The Greyhound Walking Club of Central New York

Nice to see some of the local media taking interest in our club. Click here for the article. Oh, just an FYI for everyone. I got a call on Sunday from WSTM. They promise to be at our next event.

Glenn

Thanks to everyone who attended! We had a bigger than expected turnout and best of all, the rain held off for the entire event.  It was a wonderful morning and it seemed that everyone had a great time. Also, a special thanks to Leiko and all the people at Onondaga Lake Parks for being nice enough to let use their park for our event. Hopefully this can be a regular thing for our club.
For some pictures from today, click here. I also have a short video below. If you have any pictures you would like to share with the club, please use the SUBMIT PICTURES button at the top of the website. I personally would love to see all the pictures that people took throughout the day.

Glenn

Many people have expressed concern over the tidiness of the Dog Park. I share these concerns but I want to assure everyone that our hounds will be safe. We will be on the small dog side which is always a lot cleaner. Plus, I will be getting there at least an hour early to make sure the grounds are up to snuff. If there aren’t, I will do the cleanup myself.  Onondaga Parks is also going to make sure that the grounds are spick and span before they close the night before.  Again, as a precaution, its always good to make sure your hound is up to date on all their shots and preventatives (flea, tick, heartworm, worms). That’s just good common sense even if they weren’t attending a dog park event.  

I really appreciate the feedback. Please continue to email with any questions and remember to post a comment in the event page if you plan on coming. Lets get a big turnout! This is going to be alot of fun!

Glenn

Information on our next walk:

Sunday, July 25th from 9am-10am.(Take note of the earlier start time) 
Wegmans Good Dog Park
Onondaga Lake Park
2500 Cold Springs, Liverpool, NY 13090

Directions can be found HERE.

Well, after some doing and negotiation, our next event will be held at the Good Dog Park in Liverpool. Instead of walking our hounds, we will have one whole side of the dog park to ourselves. Yes, the kind folks at Onondaga Parks are allowing our club private access to one of the two fenced in areas for an hour. This is all happening FREE OF CHARGE! This means our hounds can play, explore and run free while us humans can hang out, watch the fun and socialize. I want to make this an event to remember. I will have a table setup at the entrance promoting our club,  and most importantly, promoting Greyhound adoption. If any of the local adoption groups would like to have literature on that table, please feel free to email me.  I am also going to try and get one of the local TV stations there to cover the event!  We will also be doing some raffles for Greyhound Walking Club Merchandise.
In order to make the event as incredible as I know it can be, I will need your help. Please tell as many Greyhound owners as you can. The bigger the turnout the better. We want to really show people just how tight nit our club is and just how passionate we are about our hounds. So please, spread the word!

There are just a couple additional rules that need to be followed at this event:

#1. This event is just for Greyhounds and their owners. I know we do allow other breeds at our walks but I would like to keep this event to just our Greyhounds.
#2. When entering the fenced in area, your Greyhound must be wearing all their proof of Rabies vacacination tags.
#3. All Greyhounds must wear a muzzle when off leash in the fenced in area. This is one that I am not so happy with but its strictly for the safety of the dogs. We  know Greyhounds pretty much all get along. However, in an environment where they are allowed to roam and play free, you never know what could happen. My hope is we can make this Good Dog Park event a regular occurance so lets make sure our hounds are on their best behavior.

That’s it! I hope you are as excited about this event  as I am. It should be a great time and also give us the opportunity to help promote Greyhound adoption. If at 10am, people feel like having an actual walk around the park with our hounds, we could certainly do that.  If anyone has any additional ideas for that day or questions please don’t hesitate to email me at glenn@thegreyhoundwalkingclub.com. As always, please leave a comment at the end of this post if you plan on attending.

Glenn

Hello everyone…
Please keep watching the site for the next few days. I have to exciting news to post concerning our next walk. It will be a walk we won’t soon forget. Did I get you thinking? Want a hint? Sorry, youll have to wait. I promise, it will be posted very soon.

Glenn