Red Brindles

What is it about red brindles? I swear they're different than any other color of greyhound. For one, they seem to bark a whole lot more than the others AND they are very proud of it. Yeppers... red brindles have a lot to say and they're very happy to let the world know.

To the left is my old, now gone boy, BJ. This picture was taken by Penny Bolt when BJ was either 2 or 3 years old. We were in Lompoc, CA for the Western Greyhound Specialty. After the showing, there was a lure course, which we attended, and BJ won Best of Breed that day at the lure coursing. Anyway...

To the right is Nampa. To me, and I may be biased, he & BJ strongly resemble each other. Nampa is much younger than BJ when this picture was snapped over his Auntie Laurel's house. I think he was about 10 or 11 months old. Anyway, can you see a resemblance?

I truly think that Nampa is channeling BJ. Why? Well, he has many of the same mannerisms AND he talks... a lot! Like BJ, he never shuts up, unless he's asleep and, even then, he sometimes talks in his sleep. Go figure... Like I said, red brindles have a lot to say and they say it!

Another trait that Nampa & BJ share is that Nampa is just as mellow & laid back as the old dog. Just this morning, Nampa was laying on the sofa. So, I laid down with him, using him as a pillow. He just sighed and went back to sleep. I used to do this with BJ from time to time. They are both my boys.

I have a couple of brags about the Nampa.

1. At the TCC Derby, Nampa won the Greyhound breed hunt on Saturday. In the field were his littermate, Banner, Wizard (H. Minnich), Eclipse (L. Soutar), Hero (L. Soutar), and Solstice (H. Minnich). A good time was had by all and, most importantly, all the dogs returned in one piece, even tho' some were a bit more banged & bruised.
2. At his last dogshow, Nampa went breed over one of the top ten conformation greyhounds in the country. He was also pulled in group that day. Not too bad for a 2 yr old dog.
3. Nampa just missed being in the Top Twenty list for NOTRA. He missed it by "__" that much! (I loved watching Get Smart.)

Anyway, enough about my Nampa boy. His next outing will be at the Midland dog shows next weekend. So... c'mon by & say "Hi!"

Take care out there....