Greetings and Salutations
 

Hi folks,

I am thinking of getting back into the greyhound game in my old age. I was a professional trainer many years ago My last winner was in the early 80's with a dog by Temlee. I never thought I would get the bug again but apparantly it never goes away completly!
I am looking forward to getting to know you all.
cheers
R

Onya rollck mate, get into it me old fruit gum and have some fun.

Hope you have good luck with your future dogs.

cheers

coops

Rollk, sounds like you might be a "senior" like me. Good to have some company. By Temlee ay, that was a while ago but I am thinking you might go back a lot further, not sure. I was thinking of going sort of semi-pro at one time (work for trainer and have my own small team of dogs) in the early 70s. Thank heavens I did not, I would have gone broke fast in that I couldn't train a pig to be dirty.

Yutha mate, nice to hear from you again.

Queation: What makes a good trainer?
Answer: A good dog.

Question: What makes a very good trainer?
Answer: Keeping that good dog winning week after week after week.


coops

To be a good trainer you need the facilities, not for example, going through the ridiculous process of arriving at the local park, having identified where the sprinkler heads are, anxiously keeping an eye out as your mate gets a few hundred yards away and hoping that no one turns up with their "mut" either on the lead or worse still running loose. These memories are so vivid. When dogs are young and they have ability they are generally relatively easy to train but as you have indicated, as time goes on, they become harder to train as injuries take their toll. This is where the "cream rises to the surface". When I got my first greyhound, a virtual giveaway ($40), I won a couple of races early on with her and I remember saying to my dad, quite naively, "I think I can now call myself a dog trainer". What "crap", she could have been so much better, no champion that is for sure, but a lot better.

But, but, but mate, you trained a winner without those facilities, so you must be a good trainer.

I haven't got those facilities and Sinka's had a few wins. I just walk him a lot and gallop him when ever I have the chance and thats not very often and even let him watch the tele now and again with me on the couch while the missus is not home and I've got a champion. In my eyes anyway.

coops

sorry to bring up an old post but i thought it was sweet you let your dog watch tv with you coops. I have only one dog at the moment 2nd on sunday, and i have no facilities just walk and hopefully trial ( or find a trainer soon).

welcome to the greyhounds again rollck. it seams funny me saying that to someone that has 100% more now how about dogs then me.

hey....Just I'm also newbie on this forum. Myself Viktor Cley from USA.I'm 25 years old. I would feel pleasure to join this site.

We too feel pleasure to have you here Viktor Cley.

coops

hi everybody....this is Alcott Blake from USA. just I have newbie on this forum and I want to say hello each visitor on this forum.