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Engage.

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Me and my shadow.

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This one could have been in the tongue contest as well.

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In celebration of the “Show Us Your Tongue” photo contest. Today’s photo, (which was submitted for the contest - so read the post below, then go vote), Breeze and her tongue. Which, with the size of it, could be considered its own entity, county, state even. How big is a territory? Maybe we should apply for a new zip code.

SHOW US YOUR TONGUE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

As has been shown repeatedly on this blog (here, here, and here for example), greyhounds can get some serious tongue action. Stop that right now, take you mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about how those babies escape from the confines of the mouth with a fairly common regularity. We in the greyhound world call it Escaped Tongue Syndrome, ETS for short. ETS can and does seem to be rampant while the greys are running during playdate. It is also quite prevalent when they are sleeping. Though those episodes tend to be mini ETS events, with just the tiniest bit of the tongue peeking out. When one take lots of photos, one tends to get those ETS shots frequently, often by accident (when they're running), but commonly planned (when they're sleeping) because it is darned funny.

So you can just imaging my joy when I learned Twinkie over at the Twinkie Tiny Dog blog is hosting a “Show Us Your Tongue” photography contest. I was all over that. Initially, I submitted just a photo of Breeze (#108) then realized I couldn’t stop there – the greyhounds must be represented! So Willow and Drusilla will also be gracing the pages of Twinkie’s blog. What does this have to do with you, my loyal readers? Please go on over to Twinkie's blog and vote for one (or all) of the girls, you can vote up to 5 times. It’s for the hounds, they can use the affirmation that it is OK to suffer ETS and, in fact, be recognized for it.

Willow and a mini-episode of ETS

SATURDAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Cult of the Greyhound, visited regularly by a few, the envy of all the dogs in the land, the pages of which are graced by the visages of countless greyhounds. OK well you can count them, they're the same ones over and over. So much for the dramatic introduction, there was music swelling and lights dimming and everything.

So anyway, glad you're here. Hope you enjoy your visit.

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Oh to finally be able to get this monkey off my back.

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Wait...don't put those snackies away, I'm coming!

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The difference between boys and dogs is the physical inability to light them on fire. They still share the same fascination.

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One of the weirdest photos I've taken yet. So weird, I don't know what to say about it. Anyone?

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Breeze sure does have a thing for those long and lanky boys. Maybe because they can keep up with her.

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WOW! I'm surprised, I didn't think you were going to get a post up today.

SATURDAY BLOG HOP

Good morning and thank you for stopping by on the Saturday pet blog hop. The girls and I hope you enjoy your visit.

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I'm not looking until you go write your blog post to help feed a dog.

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Hey! What are you doing looking at me?!? You should be writing your blog post about the write a blog, feed a dog thing. Not all dogs are as fortunate as me and get food and snackies all the time. So go on, get out of here, skedaddle, go write your post. Once you've done that, then you can come back and gaze upon my adorable and well fed countenance.

PEDIGREE BLOG HOP - WRITE A BLOG, FEED A DOG

So here's how it works: write a blog, feed a dog. Actually more than one dog, a bunch of dogs. Pedigree will donate a 20 pound bag of dog food for every blog that writes a post about the Pedigree Adoption Drive. There's one catch - there is a time frame; you need to post between Thursday, September 16th and Sunday, September 19th.

Include these bullet points in the blog and add your blog to the blog hop (below):

* Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.

* This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a "Fan" or "Likes" the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated.

* Special for BlogPaws West: For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive through September 19, PEDIGREE will donate a bag of its new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide. It's simple: Write a post, help a dog.

* Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop to help raise awareness for the "Write a post, help a dog" effort.

So join the Blog Hop hosted by Pedigree BlogPaws by adding your name to the ever growing blog roll, get the linky code below and put it in your post (see where it says "get code here" at the bottom of all the list of all the blogs that are participating) and go back to your blog and post, even if your blog is not a pet related blog. Go. Right now. Scootch.

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Looks like we are going to have an entire contingent of greyhounds at this year's Halloween haunted house. Ginger will be manning the entrance to the Egyptian crypt. I would recommend visitors know the answer to The Riddle.

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My dusty memory is trying hard to remember if I've seen greyhound ears looking like this. So far I'm coming up with nothing from the memory banks.

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And this is the face I make after it works....

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And this is the face I use to scare away little children.

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In spite of the recent analysis of this blog by our Blog Hop host, Jovi, here's the traditional photo of the day. Miss Breeze tearing up the park. They sure love to run.

SATURDAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to Cult of the Greyhound for the Saturday Blog Hop, I'm Jovi, your host for the day. I've stepped up and taken over this site since I've noticed the author is slacking in her blogging duties and there are not nearly as many photos of moi as there should be. Speaking of which, what is with this "photo of the day" thing? That's just cheating on writing an actual blog post. And that profile photo of "Suzanne" is actually my running partner, Willow. They don't look anything alike and she certainly couldn't use that photo on the fake ID. Oh, snap, can you tell me what is this "follow" button business? There are less photos under it than there are dogs chasing my fabulous self around the dog park. I apparently need to teach her a few tricks on attracting a crowd. Sigh, so much work to do and so little time to do it in. Well, I'm off to figure out how to change all the font and background colors - the black is just so last year.

*ETA - I had some problems with the linky link and it made my blog all wonky, so I took it out for this week. It will be back for next week's Pet Blog Hop.

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Such a cheesy grin from RJ. Looks like he has just hidden all his brother's toys and is waiting for him to realize it.

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Dillon, a new favorite of the girls, is the tallest, lankiest greyhound I've ever met. I haven't quite figured out how he manages to get all that leg working properly so he can run.

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Whatcha' doin? What's going on? Where ya goin? Huh, huh, huh?

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Oh, come on now; what's with the long face?

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Practicing for Cirque du Soleil tryouts.

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I guess this qualifies as ass over tea kettle.

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Saturday Blog Hop! Welcome and enjoy.

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Early morning joy.

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Badunkadunk....

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You said snacky and you've got this thing in your hands, but it doesn't smell like a snacky treat. Heeeyyyyy...it's not a snacky! Fraud! Misrepresentation! False advertisement! That's it, I'm telling.