Greytwalks at Shorncliffe

Hi everybody, today was another beautiful Queensland Sunday and it was off to Shorncliffe on the bay for another Greytwalks. Here are some pictures of the Greys and their humans enjoying the day.

If you are wondering about the scar on my side then my big boofy foster brother Oscar is the guilty party. We were playing chase when he gave me a love nip. I've got antibiotics for a week but otherwise I'm fine.

How embarrassing!

How embarrassing! Here I am on stage with my friends Naomi from GAP and Dr Harry and I was filmed wearing those silly wings that they put on me as part of the Greyhounds are heaven sent promotion (I don't know the names of the human pups as they were randomly selected from the hundreds who are members of the Murphy fan club).

We are doing a demonstration on the correct way for human pups to meet strange dogs. I must apologise for the quality of the video as Dad was kneeling on a concrete floor with no tripod and the sunlight was streaming in behind me (thats his excuse anyway). Anyway, all went well and Dad was very proud of me for behaving with all the noise and lights about.



Afterwards I was rewarded with a massage from my Mum for being a good boy. Bye for now.

Darwin was right!

Hi Readers, I overheard Dad telling people at the Petacular how gentle greyhounds are and that they are the worlds biggest sooks. He has even commented, rather unkindly, that the greyhounds ability to run at 60 kilometres per hour proves Darwinian evolution is correct. He says that our speed is a heightened flight response that evolved to allow greyhounds to flee anything they find scary (like baths, small fluffy dogs and worming medication).

So much for him! I am posting these photos that were taken yesterday to prove that Greys can be just as big and bad as the next dog. I would even go so far as to say that Dr Evil and his sharks fitted with frikkin laser beams would hide from me. These photos confirm the existence of Pulse Laser Equipped Greyhounds (or PLEGs for short)




I think I have proved that I shouldn't be judged on my sweet loving nature alone and that a real bad ass is just under the surface. I even fancy that I look like that other famous dog shown below although I don't have a cape (yet).

Anyway, I must be off to my next adventure now. For owners of a PLEG, I would offer the following advice -

- Always treat your PLEG as loaded
- Do not point your PLEG at anything you don't want toasted.
- Keep your PLEG safely stored when not in use

And the most important thing to remember is to always give your PLEG loads of treats to keep him in a good mood!

2009 Petacular at the RNA Showgrounds

Today my foster brother Oscar and I attended the GAP stand at the Petacular at the RNA showgrounds in Brisbane. This years theme for GAP was Greyhounds Are Heaven Sent . We all donned our halos and wings, received our final instructions and then the crowds arrived. Lots of greyhound cuddles for everybody followed with Oscar being a big hit at his first promotion.

I got to go on stage with my friend Dr Harry for a presentation to the crowds on canine safety for children. I was on stage with GAP volunteer Naomi while Dad took the pictures and movies of the presentation (Keep watching the blog for more postings). After my stage appearance I was recognised as I moved around the show and had to spend time giving cuddles to all the new Murphy groupies as I can't sign autographs too well. Dr Harry said I was a beautiful boy with a lovely physique but I knew that already. Bye for now readers.

Honourary Greyhound

Hi readers, I just have time for a very quick post as I'm dashing off for dinner (Mmmm ... dinner) of some pictures of my little sister Cherry with some of our fosters and myself. She is a great little sister and gets on well with all of the Greys although she does get trodden on sometimes, like at dinner time (Mmmm ... dinner).Which reminds me, I must go and see what is in my bowl tonight (Mmmm ... dinner)

The First Greytwalk of 2009!

Saturday was the first Greytwalk of 2009 and my foster brothers and I were raring to go. We headed out to Kookaburra Park at Karana Downs on another hot summer afternoon. A lot of our friends were there and after the walk we decided to cool off in the river. We certainly attracted a lot of attention from the water skiers and fishermen when we entered the water.



We are looking forward to the next walk at the Botanic Gardens next month! Bye for now - Murphy.

PS - Would the greyhound that "borrowed" the jet ski please return it to the Karana Downs boat ramp as its owner is getting concerned.

Thylicine sighting??

As we all know, the last Thylicine died in captivity in the 1930s after being hunted to extinction in the wild. Or did it ? This photo was taken by Dad this morning in the wilds of Burpengary. It could also be the rare Homersaurus in its native environment. The insert picture is from the Tasmanian museum and is shown for comparison. You decide - cheers - Murphy.