About Buttons

Pet name: Buttons
Racing name: Novelty Game
Date of birth: 5th January 1994
Dam's name: Kalajena
Sire's name: Dukes Lodge
Brother's and sister's names: Beechers Brook (fawn female), Goosegirl (white and fawn female), Lost City (white and fawn male), Novelty Joker (black male), Novelty King (white and black male)
Tracks I raced at: Wimbledon
Age at retirement: Not sure
Age when I came to live at my current home: 8 years and 10 months
General likes: Watching the other dogs run, any type of raw meat, quiet walks, having my ears rubbed, living with three other greyhounds, and having a garden to play in.
General dislikes: Long car rides, strangers, going to the vet, busy roads, milk floats, and the ironing board.
Favourite food: Freeze-dried liver, raw beef mince, pigs' ears.
Favourite treat: Chocolate digestive biscuits, tripe sticks
Favourite walk: Anywhere where there aren’t too any people and there are lots of squirrels.
Favourite other dog: My brother Jack, because he lets me share his bed with him when I am frightened and I can boss him around.
Favourite toy: A soft squeaky dog, and also when I am very excited I like to gently grab Mum’s arm and pull on that.
Things that I'm most frightened of: People I don’t know.
My ideal day: It would start at 3am when I woofed at the bottom of the stairs and Mum came down to let Jack and I run around in the garden for a bit (there are so many interesting smells in the middle of the night). We would all go back to bed for a few hours and then Mum would come back downstairs and give us a Bonio while she had a cup of tea.; We would all drive to some nice woods somewhere with lots and lots of squirrels but no other people or dogs. After a long walk we would come home and have a large meal of raw mince. Jack and I would have a quick snooze together in the corner bed in the living room and then I would go and look round in the garden for a while. For our afternoon walk we would meet up with one of Mum’s greyhound friends so there would be lots of us all out together.; For dinner we would have more raw meat, and Mum would spend the evening sitting in the chair next to my bed rubbing my ears and telling me how brave I am.

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