After reading Camie's Kitties comment about Camie not knowing her date of birth, I started thinking about the website that gives greyhound owners that information, but only if you have the greyhound's tattoos. Camie's tattoo cannot be completely read, so her information cannot be found.
Did you know that greyhounds are tattooed in their ears when they are puppies? Ouch! The tattoos are checked before each race to be sure that the dog racing is the one that is said to be racing.
A greyhound is given a tattoo in each ear. The LEFT ear contains a 5 digit number that is assigned to the litter at birth. All pups in a particular litter will have the same number.
The RIGHT ear contains either a 2 or 3 digit number followed by a letter. The numbers represent the month and year the hound was born in. The first 1 or 2 numbers identify the month and the last number identifies the year. The letter signifies the order in which they were tattooed.
There is a website that I absolutely love because it lists my dogs'lineages. I am big into my own family history, so imagine my delight when I found out that I could research my dogs' family history. LOL We are asked all the time if Jack and Scout are related. Yes, they are. They are actually cousins. The site is Greyhound Data . Here is Jack's actual page. We renamed Jack, but trust me this is my boy. I have uploaded photos of him to the page. This page gives statics on Jack's races. It shows his family history along with some photos of his family. His father was an excellent racer and is in the hall of fame. His grandfather and great grandfathers were also great racers. I've been told that some of the older dogs do not have all of their races listed, so even though they were great racers it does not always show up for them on this page. Jack chose not to follow in the family business, but that's fine with us. He retired very early and that is why he has been in a home for 2.5 years already.
Even if you are not a greyhound or a dog owner, you might find Greyhound Data interesting.
Oh, no! I just noticed something on Jack's page. I celebrated his birthday on the wrong date this year. He was actually born on January 3rd, not the 4th. :-O I can't believe I did that.
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Home Again - Part 3
Well, we just realized that we didn't finish telling you about the rest of our trip home. I don't know if we even remember the res...
Mom is going to have to help me see if we can figure out my missing numbers. I have the first part and the last part, and I know my birth month and year.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I was a very good racer either since I retired when I was a little over 2 years old. (I am almost 12 now).
Camie
I hope you can find your information Camie. I think you will find it very interesting to see your family history. Good luck and let us know if you find out anything. If you know your racing name, I think you can look it up that way, too.
ReplyDeleteThat is really interesting!
ReplyDeleteHugs & Snugs
Eduardo the Snuggle Puggle
Sumtimes we wish us kittys cud know when we was born, but the mom has given a good guess (she found us in November and we were about 4 to 6 weeks old). Happy purrthday belated!
ReplyDeleteHi - Mom thinks she found me. Part of the problem is that I was adopted in Mexico. There are no race tracks in CA, and our closest track is in Tiajuana. It is still part of the American Racing Circuit, but it is a last stop. I was rare in that I was adopted straight from the track. The rescue agency was down there on a fundraiser to see how the money Mom donated was being spent on the retirement kennel. My 1st mom (Mom's mom) fell in love with me, and I got to come home on the bus.
ReplyDeleteAnyway - Mom thinks this is me: http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=549602
She says that the weight and color fit, and she thinks my muzzle had the name Gilda on it.
Camie
Camie, your Mom will have to have a big party on your birthday this year since she has a real date now.
ReplyDeleteWe see that you didn't like running around in circles either. Scout likes to do it, but she never did it professionally because she had a foot injury. Jack didn't see the point of running in circles. He prefers to run through the house like a crazy guy.