This is my first ‘proper’ post to the blog, so I wanted it to be about something more or less positive. Dogs make people happy so I think I’ll talk about my dogs. I have two male Greyhounds aged 10 and 7. Their names are Dylan and Maxie and I love them dearly.

All throughout my childhood I wanted pets but could never have them. When I was 11 my sister and I got a chicken each and we raised them from when they were just a week old. They weren’t dogs but the bond we had with them was so strong. I definitely took it for granted and still asked for more. So mum and dad caved and got us Dylan. My family is allergy ridden so mum and dad told me we were looking after him for two weeks for a friend.

I got bamboozled though. Mum and dad tricked me good. Those two weeks were a trial period to see whether we were allergic and no one was, so they came clean and Dylan was ours. Now, for anyone that knows about Greyhounds they would know they are lazy and, to be honest, pretty boring dogs. Dylan was 5 years old but had the attitude of grandma. He slept all day, all night. After a few years we decided he needed a playmate to toughen him up so we got Maxie, and believe it or not, we had to fight for him. Looking back on it, I’m not entirely sure why, he’s definitely not the most attractive dog. He is fat, his tail is short, he has a scar on his shoulder (he impaled himself on a tap-Stupid dog), his eyes pop out of his head, and he has a hideous overbite. On the plus side though, he knows how to be a dog. Kinda.

Since getting him though, it’s safe to say that Dylan has come out of his shell, and not just because he started humping Maxie when we first got him. They’re both learning from each other and I love them endlessly…Except for Maxie. I think I’ll only love him until he next does something stupid. He’s not the sharpest soul, bless him.

So yeah, those are my dogs. I’ll be posting a lot about them, they have many quirks and have many battle stories, such as the tap incident that I wasn’t even there for.

Thanks for reading!

Larne