Just Some Poses and Yawns — Starring Lajka

Season’s Greetings to you all….

Here are some pics of Lajka (Karadhras Tinker Bell @ Mach-9)

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More Rocket BodyGuard Shots

It turns out that a lot of people viewed the last post — so here are a couple more pics from that day (click on the image to see in full size):

Rocket and His Body-Guard in SaiGon

Rocket decided to employ a personal bodyguard for taking him around SaiGon.  He decided to do this after getting bit by a street dog (probably half Phu Quoc and half Husky or Wolf or something).  He wanted to take the bodyguard from a professional firm, but I offered  a very competitive price that he just couldn’t pass up.  Rock-Bottom Rates!

Rocket with Bodyguard

Another Whippet Whelping/Puppy Cam

Here is the new Whelping/Puppy Cam from Shojin Whippets:

Video chat rooms at Ustream

Rocket Gets Stitched Up

No sooner does Rocket get over Łajka’s bi-annual cycle of Chanel no.5 , than he gets bit by an aggressive dog that looks 3/4 Wolf and 1/4 Pho Quoc.  This dog already had fresh stitches on his head.  He acted like a wolf by refusing to look me in the eye  (when I confronted him just after the attack and later when I took Rocket home).

Rocket was on leash in Pham Ngu Lao in the Saigon city Center.  The aggressive dog, that should never be off-leash, came into the garden of the cafe where we were having a meeting — just for the purpose of attacking Rocket.  Rocket was on-leash.  This fact combined with Rocket’s intentions to avoid conflict,  led to him getting bitten.  Long story short, he needed stitches.  My mobile Vet came to my place and they sewed him up.

The original plan of mine was for local anesthetic.  That didn’t work,  so Rocket was put under with general anesthesia.  These pics are of him while under the general anesthesia.  Notice the tongue flopping around,  the wide-open eyes that werent operational, and the curious-looking ears.  No, I didn’t use a flash.

A Few Pics of Rocket (after 10 days not thinking ’bout food)

Rocket lost quite a bit of weight as Łajka was in her heat.  We can now finally start getting the weight back on him.  Even though he is “too skinny”, I took some photos of him last night.

Check Out Jaama’s Whippet Puppy Cam!

Puppies recently born at Jaama Whippets (Ohio, USA) — live on Net Cam:

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Link to Jaama’s Website:  http://www.jaamawhippets.com   

The streaming might be better from the original host:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jaama-whippets-ariel-whelping-cam

More SaiGon Pics with Łajka – May 2011

Łajka was smack in the middle of her second heat a few days ago.  The boys were going nuts (and she and I were too actually) so I took her with me for the day.  Here are some shots of her on the lush grass in the center of town.

It’s been so tough with this heat and having all the dogs in one house,  that I felt tempted to let them do their thing.  Probably a good thing that i didn’t let that temptation win.

Some Pics with Łajka Whippet

Here are some recent shots of Łajka — about a day before she started her first heat in Vietnam (second in her life).  See all about her in her tab at www.machspeedwhippets.com

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All sorts of other Whippet stuff, of course, at the website given above.

New Discussion Group for Sighthound-Lovers in Asia

We have set up a new discussion group on GoogleGroups:

* Group name:  Sighthounds in Asia
* Group home page:  http://groups.google.com/group/sighthounds-in-asia
* Group email address  sighthounds-in-asia@googlegroups.com

This is place for owners, breeders, and lovers of Sighthounds (Whippet, Greyhound, Saluki, Italian Greyhound, Afghan, Borzoi, Sloughi, Azawakh, Chart Polski, Magyar Agar, Galgo Espanol, etc. PLUS ALL the other dog-breeds of group 10 FCI) to meet and discuss related topics.

If you know someone in Asia who is interested in a sighthound or any of the dog-breeds from Group 10, please tell them about this group!  Thanks.