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Hey Lady…You missed the turn!!

Since Fishdog Kennels/Team Greyhound Racing left Birmingham Race Course in December of 2008, I thought our days of running down to the track to pick up adoption dogs were pretty much over. Last Saturday, we had one more run. Six Fishdoggies that had been sent to race at Gulf Greyhound were hauled back to Birmingham [...]

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6Apr2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Back-to-back lure coursing weekends!

With the sadness of losing Bodhi, I haven’t wanted to do much of anything. I’d already entered Bodhi and Echo in the SEGC’s Run for Rescue and Southern Turf Classic March 21-22 and I contemplated scrapping the whole weekend and just staying home. But, thanks to Ken’s encouragement (sometimes he knows what I need more [...]

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23Mar2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Greyhound Zen Moment

Few things in life are better than being surrounded by a happy, balanced pack of greyhounds. No government bailouts, no urgent emails, no ringing phone or dinging text messages. Just peace and quiet and wagging tails and puppy dog kisses…

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18Mar2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Life marches on…and sometimes it has to drag you along.

I don’t know how to start this. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been half tempted to tell Ken to just take down the site because I can’t bear to update it. We worked so hard to build this site and then Harmony got sick. And then Harmony died. And she took a huge chunk of [...]

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8Mar2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Owners: the other side of a sick dog.

I guess you can say we’ve been “lucky.” The pets that have left us for the Rainbow Bridge have all been old. Losing an old dog is hard, but as a dog reaches the end of it’s typical lifespan you start to almost expect something to go wrong. And, while the loss is heartbreaking, it’s [...]

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9Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 3 comments | Continued
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A Visit To Birmingham Race Course

Ken and I made the four hour trip to Birmingham yesterday to visit with a good friend of ours (also named Heather) and pick up some hounds for a local adoption group here in Greenville. We were able to catch a handful of races and lose a bit of money <oy!> before heading over to [...]

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28Dec2008 | Heather Vaughn | 2 comments | Continued
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Merry Christmas Sans The Pack (for once)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Ken and I actually managed to find a dog sitter to take care of the pack so we could drive the four hours to my parents’ house for the holidays. We typically drive up and back on the same day…which makes for  a long day. 8 hours of [...]

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25Dec2008 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Awesome Adoption Video

I was going to post today about the geophagy currently running rampant in our pack, but I decided that this was more important. I’ve seen a lot of adoption videos. I’d say most of them are “OK.” I’m usually waiting for the anti-racing or pro-racing shoe to drop when I’m watching one….and they rarely leave [...]

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23Dec2008 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Welcome to the new GreyhoundFreaks.com!!!

Okay, so it’s taken the better part of a year. But be honest, would you rather enjoy your greyhounds or write a blog? Yeah, same with us…..

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20Dec2008 | Ken Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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The GH Freaks Meet The Dog Whisperer

As a birthday gift this year, Ken bought tickets for us to see Cesar Millan/Dog Whisperer seminar in Atlanta Dec 6 – the day after my birthday. He talked mostly about the same things he talks about on his show – dogs as animals > species > breed > individuals; exercise, discpline, affection and what [...]

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6Dec2008 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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