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- ACTIVITIES
- A Visit to the Greyhound Hall of Fame
- Agility as a Bonding Tool
- Fighting Cabin Fever
- Giving at the Animal Bloodmobile
- Gone To The Dogs (Camp)
- Greyhounds Go Volksmarching
- Greyhounds Go Volksmarching – A Second Look
- Have Hound, Will Travel
- How To Get Started In Lure Coursing
- Ideas For Making Pet Therapy More Fun And Exciting
- In Chattanooga They Like To Run
- Lure Coursing (Conditioning)
- Lure Coursing: The Sport For Unfit Humans
- Lure Training for Beginners
- Olly Visits Kindergarten
- On The Road With Pharaoh and Phoebe
- Pet Therapy To Therapy Pet
- Photographing Your Greyhound
- Stealth, My Flyball Greyhound
- The Grand Old Dames of Dewey
- Tracking with Greyhounds
- We Are The Champions!
- ADOPTERS’ BASIC INFO
- A Martingale Collar is Only as Safe as You Adjust It
- A Simple Primer To Help You Understand Your Greyhound
- Crating: How long is too long?
- Difficult Lessons
- Excel: Excellent with Cats After All
- Greyhound Parenting
- Home Dental Care for Your Greyhound*
- How to Read Your Greyhound’s Ear Tattoos
- Muzzles Are Our Friends
- On Cats and Hounds
- Physiological Aspects of Separation Anxiety in Dogs
- SOCIALIZATION? OR HABITUATION?
- Sparky’s Story~How She Was Captured
- The Why and How of Pedigrees and How to Read a Pedigree Chart
- Thinking Like a Dog
- Thoughts On Corns: An Analysis
- To Pee or Not to Pee: Where? is the Question
- What Is My Greyhound Trying To Tell Me?
- ADOPTION/RESCUE HISTORY
- A Unique Partnership
- Early Adoption Pioneers ~1956-98
- Guidant 1~Without Owners’ Consent – 2001
- Guidant 2~Ground Zero – 2001
- Gyro, A Guidant Greyhound – 2009
- Saving the Davis Greyhounds~1989
- Saving the Presidio Greyhounds~1989
- Sharon Murphy Tribute
- The Christmas Rescue Greyhound
- The Middleboro Nine ~ 1997
- Twelve Fewer Dogs~1997
- ADOPTIONS
- BEHAVIOR & TRAINING
- BASIC TRAINING
- Cajun and the Joy of Jockstraps
- Call The Manager! New Dog Dilemmas
- Controlling a High-Prey Grey
- Coprophagia & Urination Troubles
- Great Greyhound Motivators — Praise, Play, Treats, and Toys
- How to Get your Dog’s Attention
- Le Muzzle: An Amusing Look at This Wonderful Gadget
- Teaching Pets
- Ten Tips For Newly-Adopted Greyhounds
- The Morning “Feather” Report (Crating)
- To Pee or Not to Pee: Where? is the Question
- Behavior Links
- BEYOND BASIC TRAINING
- BODY LANGUAGE, THINKING & COMMUNICATION
- “Teddy, again you made me a happy fool!”
- Calming Signals: How to Interpret and Use Dog Language
- Dominance Theory: Leave it for the wolves
- Everyone’s Gotta Be Somewhere*
- Let’s Talk – Communicate Telepathically With Your Pets
- The Art of Animal Communication: New Age or New Tool?
- The Pack Instinct: No Such thing?
- Thinking Like a Dog
- What Is My Greyhound Trying To Tell Me?
- EMOTIONAL ISSUES
- Another Anxiety Remedy: The DAP Diffuser
- Dogs With Emotional Difficulties
- Greyhounds Coping With Sorrow
- Idiopathic Fear and Withdrawal In Greyhounds
- Robbie Who Lived In A Closet
- Separation Anxiety~Dr Machery
- The Metamorphosis of Robbie
- Thunderstorm Phobia: or Pass the Prozac, Please!
- Thunderstorm-Phobia (Machery)
- When Your Greyhound’s Personality Changes
- GETTING ALONG
- TALES FROM THE COUCH – Lee Livingood
- BASIC TRAINING
- CARE & COMFORT
- CRAFTS
- All Greyhounds Are Angels
- Counting Hounds
- Decorate Your Home With Greyhounds!
- Fancy Collars
- Greyhound Appliques
- Greyhound Costumes
- Greyhound Santa
- Home-made Steps
- Make a Greyhound Coat
- Make A Portable Pen For Your RV Or Trailer
- Poop: It’s a Terrible Thing to Waste
- Quick Gifts for Fast Dogs
- Quick Hound Toys
- Raised-Bowl Feeder
- Shake, Shake, Shake Your Bootie
- Shaker Shelf and Leash Holder
- The Greyt Crate Sofa Table
- Wrapping a Greyt Gift
- FEEDING, NUTRITION & WEIGHT
- Core Strength, Hydration and Determining Your Greyhound’s Ideal Weight
- Feeding Your Greyhound for Health and Fitness*
- Food — What Else Can I Do?
- Greyhound Gas and Proper Weight
- Home-made “Canned” Dog Food
- Homemade Liverwurst Pill Pockets – Unknown
- Hounds Battle the Bulge
- How can I get my greyhound to lose weight?
- How to Know if Your Greyhound is at the Proper Weight
- Kyolic, Barley Dog and Knox Gelatin
- Last Meals: Feeding the Terminally Ill Dog
- On Food Additives
- Optimizing Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals
- Sodium and Dogs
- What My Dogs Eat
- FICTION & POEMS
- FIRST AID/INJURIES
- FUND RAISERS
- GREYHOUND STORIES – INSPIRING & SWEET
- A Special Friendship
- Adopted at Eleven: Sadie’s Saga
- Bob, The Wonder Dog
- Eunice, Alfie & Sentimenal With Hurricane Andrew
- Genie!
- Love Conquers
- Nawty’s Legacy
- Nothin’ But Blue Skye
- Raising Aimee – A Baby Skunk
- Seniors Citizens and Adopted Greyhounds Live Happily Ever After
- She’s Beautiful. She’s Smart, She’s Jo Ann
- The Butternut Notes
- The Mighty “Q”
- They’re My Kids!
- GROOMING
- HALL OF FAME/RACING
- Beachcomber
- Couch Potato, Meet Crate Potato
- Dear Tucson-About Testosterone
- Downing~The Dog Who Delivered
- EJ’s Douglas & HB’s Commander
- Famous Greyhounds of the Past
- Forced To Run? Exploding the Myth
- HEARTS and MINDS
- Help Wanted: Greyhound Rescuers
- Hi There-An Irish Stud
- Injuries in Racing Greyhounds
- Kinto Nebo-Poor Racer, Good Mom
- Lippy and the Goddess of the Hunt
- Lucky Pilot and Johnny Leonard
- Marsha and Her Greyhounds/Answers
- Master Chee
- Meet Wayne Firestone
- Nobody Likes a Wet Dog
- P’s Rambling-World’s Fastest Dog?
- Primacy
- Rural Rube-Racing Legend
- Rusty
- The Draft Dog and the Racing Gods
- THE PEDIGREE OF HB’s COMMANDER, THE AMERICAN DERBY, AND WHY RACING GREYHOUNDS RACE
- The Truth About Injury Reporting
- Traffic Officer: Grandaddy of Them All
- Treva’s Pride and Joy
- What does a trainer do?
- Who’s On First? The Greyhound Racing Industry Explained
- HERO HOUNDS
- Ashley – My Heroine in Brindle
- Bob: Making A Career Out Of Being A Hero
- Fella Foils a Thief
- Heroes in our Houses
- Heroic Greyhounds Of The Past
- Lucy the Guardian Angel Doll
- Lulu-A Home-Trained Service Greyhound
- Mocha, our heroine
- Niles: My Hero
- Niles: Once, Twice, Three Times a Hero
- One Scary Night
- Rita, the Reluctant Heroine
- Tales of Two Heroes
- Tasha: The Greyhound Watchdog
- HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
- A Friend of Greyhounds
- Coursing On The Western Prairies (1899)
- Custer’s Greyhounds
- Early Obedience Greyhounds – Some Racing Bred
- EOS — Beloved Greyhound of HRH Prince Albert
- Greyhounds and Lurchers in The Great War
- Greyhounds in the Sky
- Home Life In Ancient Greece
- Master McGrath – Ireland’s Famous Coursing Greyhound
- Presidential Library Welcomes The Greyhounds
- Racing and Coursing Greyhounds in the Show Ring
- Racing for Peanuts; Monkey Jockeys of the ’30s
- The Dogs of the Tournament of Roses
- The Little Greyhound That Could
- The Magnanimous Lady From Canyon, Texas
- The Merry Prankster ~ A Champion in the Ring
- Twelfth Century Greyhounds in Merry Old England
- Waterloo~A Coursing Pilgrimage
- When Greyhound Bus Had a Real Greyhound
- Who is Joan Dillon?
- Who Is Patricia Gail Burnham?
- HOME
- HUMOR
- A Humorous Look at the Greyhound Anatomy
- A Walk in the Park on a Cool, Breezy Day…PRICELESS
- And Then There Was Ed
- CUTE THINGS HOUNDS DO
- Do Greyhounds Hold Grudges?
- Frankie The Wonder Dog
- Greyhound Ghost Pregnancy Confirmed!
- Hounds and Sounds
- Life with the Class Clown
- On Greyhounds, Computers, Star Trek and Balloons
- Pilot Learns To Pee
- Pilot, The Bravo Pup
- Saved By The Bus
- The Blues Brothers Meet Betty White
- The Greyhound Guide to Sleep
- Turbo Signs the Birthday Card
- Turbo Stays With a Sitter
- Turbo Visits the Hall of Fame
- “Panty, Queasy and Fainty”*
- We’re going to need a bigger bed
- KIRA SERIES – P. Gail Burnham
- 1. Prologue
- 2. Life Triumphs
- 3. Puppyhood
- 4. The Photogenic Period
- 5. Braveheart Flies To Arizona
- 6. Months Four Through Six
- 7. Star Trek with Greyhounds
- 8. The Fight/Kira Leaves the Litter
- 10. Visiting the Veterinarian
- 9. Sheena and Spode Face Tumors
- 11. Kira’s First Halloween and Sheena’s Surgery
- 12. Celebrating Sheena’s Recovery
- 13. Small Deer’s Magic Tricks
- MEDICAL & PHYSIOLOGY
- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
- ANESTHESIA & SURGICAL
- BLOOD, HEART, VASCULAR
- CANCERS/CANCER SURVIVORS
- COLOR GENETICS~HOW THEY GET SO COLORFUL
- CORNS
- DIGESTIVE
- DISEASES-INCLUDING TICK
- How to Avoid Zoonoses
- Kelly’s Unorthodox Battle with Lyme Disease
- Leptospirosis – A Silent, Deadly Disease
- Lyme Disease: What are the Signs?
- Machery Hemangiomas
- Our Christmas Miracle: Ruptured Spleen Recovery
- Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy “SLO”
- The Kono Canines~Chronic Pyogranulomitis Cellulitis
- Tick Disease Overview
- Tucker’s Mystery Illnesses – Lyme, GN, and Other Weird Symptoms
- Vestibular Diseases
- EARS-EYES-NOSE-THROAT
- ENDOCRINE
- LAB WORK & TESTS
- MUSCULOSKELETAL
- NEUROLOGICAL
- PARASITES
- Physiological Aspects of Separation Anxiety in Dogs
- URINARY
- MEDICAL WEBSITE LINKS
- PUPPIES, SPECIAL NEEDS & SENIORS
- REVIEWS – BOOKS & PRODUCTS
- Child-Proofing Your Dog
- Going to the Dogs: Greyhound Racing, Animal Activism, and American Popular Culture
- Greyhounds
- Leader of the Pack
- Moose, Bruce and the Goose
- Pets Living with Cancer: A Pet Owner’s Resource
- Surviving the Heartbreak of Choosing Death for Your Pet
- Swiftly
- The Buster Cube
- The Culture Clash
- The Doctor’s Book Of Home Remedies For Dogs And Cats
- The Natural Dog: A Complete Guide for Caring Owners
- The Nature of Healing
- The Other End of the Leash
- The Unicorn Tapestries
- Treats, Play, Love: Make Dog Training Fun For You and Your Best Friend
- Video: Pet Emergency First Aid-Dogs
- SAFETY
- A Good Fence Is the Best Defense
- A Martingale Collar is Only as Safe as You Adjust It
- Beware~11-12/92
- Beware~2-5/93
- Coffee, Cola, Tea, M&Ms?
- Collars: What To Wear Where
- Devil Dog Does It Again
- Dog Bites: Let’s Prevent Them!
- Greyhounds and Fireworks
- Have Fence, Will Travel
- How not to Become a Member of the Runaway’s Club
- How Safe is an Off-Lead Run?
- In Praise of the Much Maligned Muzzle
- Rabies Scare: The Other Part Of “Preach” Is Practice
- The Fine Art of Taking a Walk
- The Leash: The Canine-Human Connection
- Using a Retractable Lead Correctly
- Warning: Poisonous Plants and Other Toxins
- THINK PIECES
- UNCLASSIFIABLE & UNIQUE
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- ~CONTACT~
The Unsinkable Darbie O’Gill
by Robyn Barree with Kay McNelis
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Tags: Darbie, Desi, Sandy Heather, Judy Richardsentropian, Denny Barree, Dr Harden, Solomon, Rachael, collision with deck post, muscle tendons, ligaments, separated from hip, cart for rehabilitation, bedsores, urinary retention, abdominal trauma,bed-ridden, seizure, kidneys, recovered
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