Beech Hill House
WEB SITE
Greyhounds & other dogs Welcome
Quality
Bed & Breakfast
in the
English Lake District
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STUART STOTT
PHOTOGRAPHER
Portfolio
tel: 015395 52394
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Our Present 'Foster' Dogs looking for a new home |
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Madonna |
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Our long-term foster dog is Goldie |
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Some of the new Greyhounds arriving soon, and available for adoption |
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Our Foster Dogs
that have been
Re-Homed
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BOOK 'CARING FOR YOUR RESCUED GREYHOUND
by Jenny Stott - - - £10.00 - - - BUY BOOK |
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Charity no. 269668
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GREYHOUND RESCUE
Fostering Greyhounds in the South Lake District, Cumbria |
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Why are there so many
black Greyhounds at the moment? |
Indi is one of Top Honcho's
many offspring
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At the moment there seems to be a large number of black greyhounds coming into rescue centres looking for new homes - this is why?
A black greyhound by the name of 'Head Honcho' whose racing history is NCC(116) - 20 starts, 18 wins. Won SA Derby, SA Puppy Classic, Shepparton Cup and 4th Melb Cup was a WORLD CHAMPION SIRE who sired 4,798 offspring. Sadly 'Head Honcho' died in 2001.
One of Head Honcho's offspring was a black greyhound called Top Honcho. Top Honcho sired 10,211 offspring and will always be remembered as one of the greatest
sires ever. He had a tremendous impact on the Irish and UK breeding programs. Sadly Top Honcho died on the 5th November 2007.
Many of the offspring of both Head Honcho and Top Honcho are black and it is these offspring and some of
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their offspring, and their offspring, who are now arriving in the rescue centres. The young ones being those who didn't make the grade, or are injured and the older ones now their racing careers are over.
Large numbers of black Greyhounds coming into rescue centres will be a trend for some time to come.
Should one of Top Honcho's black offspring become a champion sire then the run of black greyhounds will continue for some time. However if a dog of another colour becomes a champion sire then this will encourage other colours to drift back into the system.
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© 2004 - 2012 Stuart & Jenny Stott
All pictures on this page are copyright and cannot be used in whole or in part without our permission.
If you want to use any of them please contact us for further details |
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