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The Bit Where There Was Ziggy…

Posted By Claire On November 13, 2009 @ 8:18 pm In Family,Good Days,Hounds | 4 Comments

If you’ve been fol­low­ing me on Twit­ter, you may have noticed that there’s been a lot of ker­fuffle over a cer­tain Grey­hound. Yes, that’s right, we’re offi­cially Greyhound-approved Doggy-Mummies. How Exciting!

I give you the latest addi­tion to our family:

Ziggy The Greyhound [1]

Ziggy The Grey­hound
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This is Ziggy.

We brought him home yes­ter­day after adopt­ing him from the Retired Grey­hound Trust [2].

He is an Irish-bred Grey­hound that was inten­ded to race (both his ears are tat­tooed and he racing name was “Moss Ted”). How­ever, he and his near-identical lit­ter brother failed to chase and so never made the grade. He is 2 years old and the pre­cise details of his blood­line can be seen on Ziggy’s Grey­hound Data page [3].

Ziggy The Greyhound [4]

Ziggy The Grey­hound
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He is a black dog with a white chest, white toes and a white tip to his tail. He loves Weetabix, fol­low­ing K like a shadow and his favour­ite toy is his “Boofle”.

Ziggy and Boofle [5]

Ziggy and Boofle
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You can keep up to date with The Adven­tures of Ziggy over on Flickr [6] — I’ll be adding pho­tos with Ziggy’s com­ment­ary through­out the com­ing weeks.

And yes, he plays guitar.

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4 Comments To "The Bit Where There Was Ziggy…"

#1 Comment By Alyssa On November 19, 2009 @ 1:59 am

Aww! As I said on Twit­ter, he’s gor­geous! I’ve always loved Grey­hounds and sight hounds in gen­eral. And I love the name Ziggy. :D

Does he play it left-handed? ;)

#2 Comment By Imo On November 20, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

Ohh­hhh loooook he’s lovely. I hope he will be very happy with his new fam­ily :jumps:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dog tucked up like that before :swoon:

#3 Comment By Claire On November 23, 2009 @ 11:11 pm

Alyssa:

Does he play it left-handed?

Left-pawed :giggle:

Imo: Thank you — I hope he will be happy with us too — He’s set­tling in like a champ and has taken to K like vel­cro to a fuzzy sock. He’s such a cutie-pie and his bed is his most favour­ite place — and we don’t pose him with his ted­dies — he cuddles up with them all of his own accord; it’s ador­able. :swoon:

#4 Comment By Tee­see On November 30, 2009 @ 10:35 pm

Saw the pho­tos ages ago but for­got to com­ment :( Gor­geous dog! I used to work in the gambling industry so I know how often grey­hounds get for­got­ten about “after their prime” — good to see you giv­ing one a home — and in return it will provide you with lots of spe­cial moments!

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[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52208851@N00/4099843729

[2] Retired Grey­hound Trust: http://www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/

[3] Ziggy’s Grey­hound Data page: http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=1641186&order=dob&z=4QzJ0g

[4] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52208851@N00/4099844065

[5] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52208851@N00/4100649985

[6] The Adven­tures of Ziggy over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairephipps/sets/72157622794315046/

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