Dear diary 2/2/10. All animals have finished meeting. All animals have gone to their own living areas.
I know somethings brewing coz all the animals are laying down and all facing the same direction.
Will have to sneak Lady out back door and put her in car for the night.

coops

Coops I remember back in 1970 being at the old Chipping Norton trial track. A guy had left a dog or two in what was his wife's car. He was shitting himself about going home. They ripped the inside of the car to shreds. OK, it probably won't happen to you as there were two dogs, they were at a trial track which is a fairly exciting environment for a greyhound and most importantly we do know than when it all boils down, Lady is essentially a "lady" and although a "lady" might eat the occasional plastic cup or similar object, being totally destructive is not in her make up, I think. Might be best not to trial her for a while until the plastic has been further processed into whatever, plastic gets further processed into, "polysomething" or maybe just lots of black smoke coming out of her arse.

She sounds like a candidate for one of those American Muzzles!!! I don't think they are cheap, but either is a new apolstry job in your vehicle!!!

Dear diary 3/2/10. Lady's night in the car proved to be a mistake.@#$#@%^&
Lady was in the paddock this morning trying to throw up a gearbox. @#$#@$%^

coops

So how is Lady settling in now, Vanilla slice? ;-)

Hello Cream puff my little humming bird.

Yes lady is settling in fine. By next week I reckon she will have the shits because there will be nothing left around the place for her to eat.

coops

Go to a pet shop and buy some bunnies. That will give her some to eat and something to play with at the same time.

yes and it will also give coops 7years on the side line to master his training skills if he gets caught

the b word is a naughty word these days lol

You may have to introduce them to the Mixo virus so she can catch them.

coops i once got told that if a dog chews or eats anthing that its not ment too. the dog will be no good.wat are your thoughts on this ?

The dogs no good.

coops

Twas a joke

T'was a joke he said! Whew, that was close paulyt. I thought they were after me. I never worked so fast to hide the evidence. You can bring em back now Yutha mate he was only joking.

coops

I never said they weren't out to get you. They still are.

Quick Yutha, put em back.

coops

are you still going to race her ?

Yes justin, as much as I can.

coops

Dear diary. 11/2/10 Learned Lady some box manners this morning chasing bulls in the ring.
Lady needs to hang on to the bull a lot longer.
Lady needs to learn not to sit down in the boxes.
Will learn Lady again a lot more other times.

coops

Dear diary. still the same day.
Very sad today as we had to bury Beryl the pig. Full ceromony performed as usual to all our departed animal friends.
Dear diary. must move Lady to another location on the property tomorrow.

coops

Coops I have been away and about to go away again but I have certainly been wondering what has been progressing with the 2 bitches, not too much it seems but it can be a slow process. With regard to the rodent matter, I completely deny any involvement in illegal activity although I did sneak (yes that means steal) one apricot from the West Como fruit shop in about 1959. Hopefully, the relevant statutory period has elapsed, leaving me in the clear in terms of punishment. I still feel ashamed because Mr Lummis, the owner of the fruit shop, was in later years generous in allowing me to weigh my fawn Greenane Toast bitch on his fruit shop scales. Her racing weight varied between "half a bag of spuds plus two oranges" and "half a bag of spuds, 2 x oranges and a whole cabbage".

Dear Diary 18/2/10. Lady has finished her re education and will be trialling at Dapto in the morning. Hopefully she will do better than last trial of 17.60.
Bess will also be trialling for the first time since 19th December 09 after she broke her fibular.

coops

Coops, thanks for that advice, I am looking forward to learning she has found 10 lengths improvement with a 16.99 (BOD). Any chance of posting the report tomorrow as I am away for 2 1/2 weeks as from tomorrow night.

Dear diary. Trialled lady and Bess at Dapto this morning over the shorts.
Lady's test day after her re education for three weeks ran very well indeed.
Bess's second run for 2 months ran what I expected. Fair.

coops

Was the clock working mate?;);):D

Oh sorry mate. 17.35 for lady and 17.80 for Bess.

coops

Good on you Lady, a bit to go yet but there is hope. Bess, 17.80, as Nick sometimes says, "hmmmmmmmmmm".

A little bit more with Lady,to break the track record which was broken about a week ago 16.79 by Pauper.

Bess with her 3rd run in 2 months will improve.

coops

What time you trialling them tonight coops?

Dear diary 23/2/10 Trialled both dogs at Richmond this morning over 400mtrs. Lady did ok. Still a bit howdy dowdy out the boxes. Bess jumped 3 lths in front. Lady beat Bess by 5 lths.
Bess needs a new home.

coops

What was Lady's time like taking into account she jumped poorly?

Lady ran 23.27. She needs to improve around 5 tenths to be reasonable.
She probably lost 1to2 tenths at the boxes.

coops

First time at 400m so hopefully she improves next run and jumps well.

Nothing wrong with running in the 23.20 for a maiden. Given the right race, that would win some maidens, but if you can get her down under 23, you are guaranteed to win more than just a maiden race.

I have no doubt that she'll get below 23.00 in the next couple of runs. But at the moment I'm concerntrating in getting her fit so she can get to that time. I've got 5 weeks to get her ready for the easter maiden heats at wentworth park.

coops

Well lets hope she can break the 23 second mark.

Hey Coops, your aiming high with Group 2 Wenty Pk Easter Maiden as i hope she can get a good 520m for you and morgan. We had a go with my two dogs for a winner and a 4th a couple of years ago. The winner ran about 30.50 but best time was under 30.00 in the heats. He was blown away in the semi finals. Anyway mate you never know if you dont have a go. 23.20 for a maiden at richmond is okay. She should improve on that. Good Luck with her and are you still going to the meeting on sunday. Just letting know i wont be there. cheers Dougie :)

No it's not a group 2 Dougie, it's a maiden. Would 24.38 post to post at WP be ok to win a heat.

coops

It is a group race, however, I am under the impression its a group 3 race?

Multiquip Magic Maiden 520m (Group 3)

Heats: Sunday, March 21 (non-TAB meeting)

Semi-Finals: Monday, March 29

Final: Saturday, April 3

Eligibility: Maidens Only.

Nominations Close: Wednesday, March 17 at 9am with GRNSW.

Final Prizemoney: 1 st $20,000. 2 nd $5,000. 3 rd $2,500. Unplaced $100

So what you are saying is, If I get a run in the heats, Lady is a group 3 dog. WOW!

coops