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Ocular loves cats. However, dogs have a special place in our hearts here at Ocular. Boris, a bichon shih tzu, is our 'ambassadog'. Clients are encouraged to bring their dogs to meetings and the office is littered with toys. Ocular's...

Greyhounds as Pets is pleased to unveil our new branding, including fresh new strategy, logos, colours and website!

What we wanted was a 'home and hearth' approach. Something that would convey both the sophistication of the greyhound...

Contributed by Isobel Topham, Companion Animal Veterinarian at Green Island Vets in Dunedin.

Greyhounds have teeth.

Kia ora, I’m Isobel, a greyhound owning and loving veterinarian. I’ll be writing on hound health for your enjoyment and...

COVID19 caused the cancellation of the annual Great Global Greyhound Walk but thanks to New Zealand's amazing COVID response, we decided it was up to our kiwi hounds to carry the torch for the rest of the world with the...

Hi everyone, my name is Thornton and my wife & I have two greyhounds - Notch & Sophie.

Our first introduction to greyhounds was the GAP stand at the Petone Fair in either 2010 or 2011, although at the...

Okay ‘fess up, you take loads of photos of your hound!

Do you have that one particular photo you snapped that you think looks just greyt? Or maybe you’ve taken some really sharp pictures at one of the monthly...

You were probably as frustrated last night when you heard about moving back up Covid-19 alert levels as we were. But here we are, we've been here before and we can do it again.

Adoptions & Foster Placements...

Greyt news! Our GAP Events Team is Getting Bigger with New Volunteers in Canterbury and Auckland.

CANTERBURY

We are so delighted to announce that joining Lance, Michelle and Ashley (our current ECs) are Danielle with Buddha, Julie...

Who would have ever guessed the that adopted greyhounds and giant caterpillars would be such a fairytale match made in heaven?

Here's the story - once upon a time (back in 2016), a greyhound owner bought a giant...

TRAINING YOUR GREYHOUND TO COME WHEN CALLED

It takes lots of practice to build a reliable recall and these are the foundations. Take your time and enjoy your dog!

STEP ONE – making a specific word or noise meaningful...