Links

Here are some of Dingo and Corona's favorite internet links.

Dingo & Corona's Friends:

• Lucky Dog's Web Site 
  Lucky Dog was a stray found wandering the campus of the University of New Orleans by his adopted owners.  He is now a very happy dog who likes to attend Yappy Hour.   His web site also contains photos of his feline siblings.

• Nellie's Web Site 
  Dingo's friend, Nellie, helps foster and find homes for other retired racing greyhounds.

Greyhound Adoption Organizations:

• Greyhound Pets of America - Louisiana Chapter
  This group organizes sever meet and greets every month.  This give potential adopters an opportunity to meet greyhounds and to help raise awareness on greyhound adoptions.  They also organize monthly walks in Audubon Park.

• Greyhound Friends of the Gulf Coast 
  This is the group that matched us with Corona.

Other Local Adoption Organizations:

• Louisiana SPCA
  Dingo & Corona had a good time taking an Agility for Fun class with the Louisiana SPCA.   Classes are held on the new mezzanine that Jefferson Feed constructed for their agility and obedience classes.

About Greyhounds:

• Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies
  This is a fantastic book that has all sorts of good information about greyhounds.   This is how Dingo got started with clicker training.  It is easy and it really works.  But you have to follow the rules very closely.

• Adopt a Greyhound
  This web site has lots of information that we found to be very helpful when we first researched information about adopting a greyhound.

• Mobile Greyhound Park
  Both Dingo and Corona use to race at this track.  We found Dingo in the adoption kennel at the trak.

Other Cool Greyhounds:

• Gilleys' Dancing Greyhound Girls
  Here are some performing greyhounds that are often featured on Animal Planet.  We also saw them perform at the Hound Dawg Howliday in Pensacola, FL as well as Sandy Paws on Jekyll Island, GA .

Pet Art:

• Georg Williams
  This guy does great pet portraits.  He did a fantastic job on both Dingo and Corona's portraits.

Shopping:

• Greyhound Pets of America - Louisiana Chapter
  This store benefits one of our local greyhound adoption organizations.

• Greyhound Adoption Center
  This web site sells A LOT of greyhound merchandise.  It is run by volunteers and sales support their greyhound rescue organization.

• 2 Hounds Designs
  This web site some wonderful collars.  Angela was able to get a purse from this store to match Dingo and Corona's silk collars.  These items are custom made to your specifications.

• K-9 Designs
  Dingo gets great collars from this web site.  Her latest collar is holding up very well with her scratching.

• Hound Togs
  Dingo and Corona each have two of their coats, a rain coat, and some snoods.  They fit great.

• Fast Jack Sportswear
  Fast Jack sells some cool greyhound t-shirts for humans.  Dingo and Corona shop at Fast Jack every year for Dave's Christmas gift.

• Three Dog Bakery
  Dingo loves the fresh-baked treats from this place.  Unfortunately, their bakery in the French Quarter closed after Katrina.  But at least we can still order birthday cakes on line.

• HealthyPets.com
  This is where we get our dental supplies (more info below).

• Greyhound Love
  This web site sells several children's books about greyhounds.  We have read "The Home Stretch" which is good story that makes us think of Corona.  It is about a dog that had a difficult time finding its "forever home."  It is also very well illustrated.

• Greyhound Goodies
  This is a good place to get plush toy greyhounds.

Magazines:

• Urban Dog Magazine
  "Get in touch with your inner dog" in this New Orleans based magazine.

• Celebrating Greyhounds Magazine
  This magazine is all about greyhounds and is published by The Greyhound Project, a non-profit organization.  The magazine is now in color and has lots of beautiful photos.

Travel:

• Butler Greenwood Plantation
  Located in St. Francisville, LA, this plantation Bed & Breakfast has several cottages that are all pet friendly.  Dingo and Corona stayed here during May 2005.

• Noble Manor Bed & Breakfast
  Dingo stayed at Noble Manor in 2003, a very nice bed & breakfast in the historic area of Pensacola, FL.   The owners have three dogs themselves, one Shih Tzu and two Standard Poodles.

Grooming:

• Dental Supplies from HealthyPets.com
  Dingo and Corona keep their teeth in good shape by brushing every night with C.E.T. Oral Hygiene Rinse. They love to get their teeth brushed because it is always followed by a yummy Dental Rawhide or Chew.  We use either C.E.T. HEXtra Medium Premium Chews (rawhides) or C.E.T. HEXtra Premium Chews Petite (pressed rawhide stick).  The key to all of these products is the ingredient chlorhexidine.

• How To Dremel You Dog's Nails
  Dingo and Corona get pedicures using a Dremel tool.  The Dremel is a great way to get the nails short with out the bleeding.  This web site will explain how to use the Dremel tool to trim your dog's nails along with some very helpful hints.

Canine Good Citizens:

• American Kennel Club
  Dingo passed the AKC's Canine Good Citizen test.  This link will provide you with more information on the test procedures.

E-mail us at thedogs@marshallgreyhounds.com.

This page was last updated on 09/23/07.