Letters

From: Troy and his owner Jane
Date: October 2011

Hi Yevette, I wonder weather you remember me i was born Oxfordshire, I think i had 6 or 7 in my litter only one sister all the rest were brothers.My mummy was called Honey. I went to live in the south east england with my two playmates Kestrel and Merlin(you saw Kestrel in the back of the car as i left for my new home ) Merlin joined us three months later. I lived with my Mum and Dad in england till 2007 and had a wonderfull  life, but as i love the sun we all moved to France where i have lovely sunny days in the garden.As i am now 10yrs old (born 12/8/2001) sofas are also my best spot, sadly we lost our dear Kes this february he was almost 11yrs ,i miss him very much, but we have been joined by a new baby whippet Quito,he is my new friend . My Mum and Dads name is  Michael and Jane Pope nee Critchfield. The name i was given was Troy as my kennel name was Roedeane Trojan .Best wishes love to here from you

From: Maverick
Date: August 2011

Now I have been in my new home a week I thought I would let you know how I am getting on...
ON the whole I like it here. I didnt like being alone in my crate for the first couple of nights even though I had toys and 2 other dogs in the room with me... However I have now decided I quite like it and I try very hard to be clean in it too.

My sister and my foster sister get a bit rough with me sometimes but I really throw myself into it and I can do snarls and make the silly lurcher one yelp if I dig my needle teeth in her ear. My old brother lets me climb on him and I like to lie on him if mum or dad arent around to provide a lap. I have discovered that when mum does the outside dogs with the big solid feet in the mornings I can get in bed with my dad. He seems to love it when I nibble his ear.

I have learnt to wear a collar and disc, walk around the farm off the lead, and to sit which I am especially good at. My recall is excellent as long as there is food involved. I stay away from the big woolydogs and the ones with the hard feet and long neck hair but I like the ones they call cats. I usually snuggle with them but sometimes I bark at them and make them lash their tails but I never get close enough to get smacked-I'm not daft.

I miss you and my pals and my mum but not too badly and my mum says I am a bold little thing. I get lots of kisses, and nobody tells me off if I make mistakes like eating shoes. I am looking forward to something called 'the pub' when I am older as I am told someone up there has 2 whippets like me. Mum is going to get me a dashing wardrobe to make them jealous.

Thank you for caring for me when I was little and making it easy for me to go into the big wide world. When mum downloads the camera I shall send you some pictures

Love and licks

Maverick

PS I didnt even wince when I got my microchip-what a hero!