Apr 7, 2023 2 min read

Dogs of Eaglemont

Eaglemont may be short of public open space, community centres and public toilets but we have plenty of well-loved, pampered dogs.

A new arrival who is settling in well to the cafe set.

DOGS OF EAGLEMONT #29 - Dolly
My family had greyhounds for chasing the lure around a track, and for open coursing, back in the 1950s. I still have a silverplate tea & coffee set that came into the family as a prize from some event. If my memory is OK the successful dog's "kennel" name was Charmaine, her racing name has faded into history.

In my mid-teens I helped an elderly friend exercise his racing greyhounds by jogging for miles along country roads with 2 or 3 greyhounds trotting beside me. They never tired. Quivering and twitching with excitement, never even panting.

My favourite was Queenie (more formally Canavan Queen) - a nondescipt, smallish blonde bitch. Not a big stature, not heavily muscled, but a big heart. A bit of a Makybe Diva of the dog track.

Dolly presented herself at the Sunday Market as a very calm, affectionate dog. Up for some patting, and all that "good girl, good dog, aren't you a beautiful girl" talk that was on offer. Invariably greyhounds as pets are described as couch-potatoes. Bred for speed, prefer to lounge about.

Here are some of our previous fur friends.