Spent a few minutes giving Sandy a much needed bath. She loves to get into the wading pools and lay down. But what ends up happening it seems to put them in to overdrive with hair growth which means they shed more. But it is worth the extra baths. She so loves to lay out there.

At the dog show we bought a couple bottles of mink oil shampoo to try on the greyhounds with bad coats. I can't wait to use it on Helen. But for Sandy this morning I used our old stand by greyhound soap. For those of you who don't know we make our own shampoo for the rescue dogs. We mix up equal parts of Murphy's Wood Oil Soap and Lemon Joy Dish Soap. If left on for about 10 minutes it has proven to be a great flea killer too. It doesn't protect them long term, we use Frontline for that, but it does kill the live little biting hitchhikers. If you plan right you can reuse your Lemon Joy bottle as a mixing and shampoo bottle.

Also a heads up. The Greyhound Picnic is coming. We planned it the same day as part of the Irish Scottish Festival in Hamilton. Our hope is that people can do both. It looks like the greyhounds have been invited to walk in the festival parade. Stay tuned for details. Also be sure to pre order your plaid greyhound collars from Collar Crazy!! If you pre order and Prepay we can get them here before the parade. I will get back to you with prices and where to send the money on that one.