Great Greyhound Gathering & this week's Friday Funny

Happy Friday Puppy Love-rs! What do you have planned for the weekend? We are going to the Great Greyhound Gathering in Nottingham tomorrow and rather excited indeed! So many of our fab twitter & facebook pals will be there, including gorgeous Lisa Rees with her Dog O'Nine Tails stall and Soxi, Dino, Karen & Neil....we can't wait to see Karen and hear her news...she has been training as a Galen Myotherapist  - dog massage - and will very soon be qualified! So any achy pups out there, get in touch!! 

The show tomorrow will include fun & more serious dog shows, stalls, etc, and takes place at the Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick Park, Nottingham NG2 4BE from 9am. We will also be meeting up with beautiful Bethan from Greyhound Rescue Shropshire & Borders and the rest of their fundraising team. We have launched a range of ECO shoppers made especially for GRSB, part of the Retired Greyhound Trust, and they will also be selling other Puppy Love items on their stall to raise much needed £££ for the Greyhounds in their care. 

You will be able to buy the shoppers directly from our eBay store from next week where a good percentage of the sale will go directly to GRSB! Here's a sneaky preview of one of the designs...

And of course, being Friday it can mean only one thing.... it's time for this week's Friday Funny! This one is just soooo cute.... meet MAY(yorkie) and LUNE (maltese) in a bonio speed eating contest! Enjoy! x x

Crufts 2011

Aww...it's all over for another year now after gorgeous Jet the flatcoated retriever claimed his THIRD Crufts title... this time as Best In Show! Jet is 9 and it was lovely to see an older doggie (who is still very much in his prime) take the title.... but to us they really are all winners! Every single doggie there (over 21,000 of them too) was absolutely beautiful to us and are awarded the Puppy Love 'You're P-awesome' award.

Photo @ The Daily Mail

We had a wonderful time there at the NEC on Saturday and met so many lovely people & doggies. There is so much to see and next year we will be going to 2 days for sure! We didn't go to the main arena and show-rings as really we just like to see the charity stalls and stands - like the wonderful Galen Therapy Centre who gorgeous Karen is training with and Support Dogs UK. Here is a demonstration of Canine Myotherapy in action... doggie was so relaxed, she fell asleep! 

Sarah from Galen Therapy at work

We also saw some fab doggie products, like the 100% bio-degradeable bowls at Beco Things. Here are a selcetion of the goodies we picked up:

Almost as soon as we arrived, we met up with Soxi's Mami & Papi, Karen and Neil who are truely two of the loveliest people in existence! We had such a giggle and Karen proudly sported her Puppy Love 'Race Cars not Greyhounds' Shopper all day. You can get one for yourself here! We can't wait to go visit them and gorgeous Soxi, Brooke and Dino later in the year :) 

Now, I know some of you will already have heard of serotonin boosters and how the sunshine can make you feel happier and is great for your well-being etc etc...maybe some of you wild-ones have heard of some of those recreational drugs too? Well, we have found something even better! It is very exclusive and we feel very lucky indeed to have been able to have been given some for free..... introducing the BEST smile and well-being enducing treatment on the planet... Cassie Cuddles!! ;) 

It was so lovely to meet support dog Cassie in the reals and her p-awesome mommy, Sylv who has the coolest hair-do and is truly an inpirational lady :) We found out too, that not only is Cassie extremely beautiful, she is also very very clever as she wasn't trained until she was 4. Before that she was Sylv's pet doggie. The bond between the two of them was so wonderful to see and gave us the *leaky eyes* when we left them. Happy leaky eyes though - not sad ones :) Hope we can visit them both again soon!! We are making Cassie a little fleecey hoodie for after her hydro-therapy sessions. 

A special shoutout also to Cassie's fellow support dog, and our newest twitter friend, Merlin and his girlie Grace who were in the final of Friends for Life at Crufts last night...they also gave us the happy leaky eyes... and we are so proud of them! Winners to us and all your twitter family guys! And to our little minxy-moo's family and breeder, Jackie from Hitmonchan Cresteds who was there showing off that amazing Hitmonchan gene pool! 

All in all, a fab time was had by by all! Lee even for-go-ed the Arsenal game to stay longer! That's saying something! Crufts 2012 here we come... x x

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Crufts & Craziness

Wowza...this week has just flown by! 

We have been sooo busy here at Puppy Love HQ getting all our new products together ready for the new online store launch next week! Things are coming along well... teasers for you include an addition to our ECO© collection... hand-crocheted ECO© beds, glamorous Tuxedo bandanas AND new hand-knit sweater designs. We will also be shipping imternationally too from the new store...fab news! 

More great news is...we will be at Crufts this year at Birmingham's NEC! We don't have a stall but are visiting our fab friends Karen & Neil (gorgeous @Soxiloxi's Mami & Papi) at the Galen Therapy Stall and are very excited indeed. Galen Canine Myotherapy Treatment is a gentle and non-invasive treatment for muscular problems and there will be live demonstrations going on - if your doggie has any muscular isuues,, check out the therapy and get more info, including local practitioners, by clicking the link ... 

We will also be meeting up with beautiful @Cassie_Spaniel and her mummy, Sylv, on the Support Dogs UK stall! Support Dogs UK is a fantastic UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with epilepsy, physical disabilities and children with autism by training dogs to act as efficient and safe assistants. Each dog is taught tasks tailored to his owner's needs, enabling them to lead a fuller and more independent life... really an amazing charity! Aside from all the amazing things these doggies learn to do, a cuddle can make the biggest difference! And we've even managed to line up some special Cassie-cuddles for us too!! 

Only a few more sleeps to go now...  Crufts starts on March 10th and we will be there on the 12th. If you see us, or Galen & Support Dogs do come say hi!! x x

Busy bunnies!

We have been very busy the last few days... getting ready for and then restocking after the Greyhound Gala on Sunday. Northants Greyhound Rescue did a great job organising a fab day out for doggies & their owners! The weather was a little challenging... it was sooo windy!! Lols! And we were treated to showers but just like at Jerry Green it didn't dampen anyone's spirits & then we had some gorgeous sunshine as a reward in the closing hours...

We made some lovely new friends too - Lisa, Teagan & their gorgeous Greyhound girl from Dog 'O' Nine Tails who make Greyhound collars & other crafty bits. We were sorely tempted for one for Mr Buzz and will be measuring him up at Xmas for sure! x x

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Greyhound Gala

This Sunday is the Northants Greyhound Rescue 'Greyhound Gala' @ Towcester Racecourse and we are going to be there!! Yaay! We are really looking forward to it. The day starts at 10am and includes a 20 class dog show - yes..20!! All breeds are welcome to join in the fun & judging starts at 11am. There will be lots of fun things going on including trade stalls of all varieties, food & drinks and a chance to meet some doggies who are looking for their forever home... maybe it will be with you!! ♥ We will have an extra large collection of our greyhound & lurcher bandanas with us, along with our "Race Cars not Greyhounds" cotton shoppers & special greyhound & lurcher coats. x x

NEW!! Special Greyhound & Lurcher Collection

Today I have been making bandanas for our new collection... Greyhound & Lurchers! Being so slender & graceful Greyhounds & Lurchers can be hard to find collars & bandanas for as they often need an in-between size... having beautiful long slender necks on tall bodies! So I decided to make them their very own collection of Puppy Love! All of our designs are available in Greyhound & Lurcher sizes and will be available on our stall @ Salisbury and coming soon to Ebay & Etsy. xx