Thanks to all of you who have made this such
a popular site among greyhound owners. This page is a
tribute to our first greyhound Impulse, who died suddenly
and unexpectedly on September 3, 1998. He is still sorely
missed!
This page is a reminder of the joy he was to us, and we are
glad he continues through the Internet to be a joy to
others.
This page updated as of December 22, 1998. All pictures were
rescanned, recropped, and rebalanced. Later updated as part
of a general site update on April 14, 2007.
This page was at one time given the Greyt Site Award, was
one of the permanent sites on the Greyt CyberPals Hall of
Fame, and was a popular site on The Greyhound Webring. All
those websites are no more.
What's a "lure pole"? Some people call it a "flirt pole" (Virginia does). It's a way of tricking your sighthound into exercising in your backyard (sort of a primitive Soloflex for Sighthounds).
To make a lure pole:
(1) Go to the hardware store, and get a 10 foot flexible pole
(as in, "I wouldn't touch him/her with...."). (Explaining the
pole's purpose to the hardware store was interesting.)
(2) Tie a STURDY 10 foot cord to one end of the pole, and attach
Impulse's favorite stuffed bunny rabbit at the other end of the
cord.
(3) Let Impulse out in the back yard, attach Virginia to the
flirt pole and GO DOG FISHIN!
"I know she wants me to do something.... but WHAT?"
Notice how in greyhounds the interest begins in the tail and moves forward.
"Hey! You've got MY BUNNY on the end of that thing!"
"I can run, but I can't FLY."
"On the other hand maybe I CAN fly..."
Impulse in a highly atypical position for a greyhound.
"This is going to be harder than I thought."
Back to a more traditional greyhound attack plan-
the low level ground assault.
Give that dog a see-gar! (Pure Havana rawhide)
A good run and a good chew....
hard to beat!