About me

Hello
My name is Flynn and I am a retired racing greyhound. I live in Bradford with my two humans and two cats.
I used to race at Wolverhampton but I got injured and my owner didn’t want me any more so my mum rescued me.
Mum says that when she met me it wasn’t love at first sight and that I was a bit of a sorry sight, my fur looked yellow instead of white and I was a bit ‘excitable’ (not her words but I think excitable sounds much better!) Anyway, she thought about it and decided that, provided I didn’t chase the cats, I could be re-homed with her.
The temptation to chase the cats was almost overwhelming, but, I’m an intelligent boy and I didn’t fancy living in those kennels a day longer than absolutely necessary, I behaved myself as well as I knew how and landed myself a nice new home…. and a trip to the vets… such a shame, I could have fathered champions!
My racing name was Ordinary Joe and my dad was very famous, his name was Staplers Jo (or Staplers Joe), he was British greyhound of the year in 1995 and Irish stud dog of the year in 2000 and 2001, he had over 4150 kids!!
I don’t think that I had very many races but I didn’t like racing much, I am a big boy and it was such a tight squeeze to get into the trap. One time somebody shut the door on my tail and it got broken. Then I hurt my foot and my owner didn’t think I was worth keeping. I am so glad that my mum rescued me.
I’m not quite as fast as I used to be these days but I do have my moments, I can rush around the garden like a lunatic when the mood takes me, its fun to see the grass and soil flying through the air as I do a sharp turn into another lap… I like chasing rabbits when I am out on a walk… but I never catch them!