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Night time, I'm in the middle of some writing. Castorp comes out of his den, he shakes himself up, then settles on the rug next to me. He sits there for a while, perfectly still. Then he gets up again and moves back into his den.

Oh that trust can be so complete and unpolluted.

#dogs #sighthounds #whippets #proximity #love #whippet_moments

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-10-25 · 01:59 UTC

Conrad had finished packing his satchel. He put on his coat and his hat. Castorp, his whippet, had taken position by the door, watching him closely: you won't leave me behind, will you? Oh I'd better carry his coat, Conrad said to himself, there will be rain and we won't stop.

He did not lock the door when they left; there was no need for this anymore. Castorp walked two steps ahead, in the disciplined trot that he assumed when he was on alert, head high, looking left and right and feeling important.

How they made it through the marshland is unclear. They were sighted once or twice in the Poachers' Plain, the tall man with his long Australian Duster coat and the scruffy wide-rimmed hat, the dog always two steps ahead. Then they were forgotten.

#vss #dogs #whippets #trot #freedom #whippet_moments

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 13:21 UTC

#whippet_moments

Last week we had a day's family outing to Salisbury, with guests. A fine late-summer afternoon, some clouds but no rain, a warm day with hints of autumn in the air.

We took Castorp with us, so I had an excuse to avoid the museum. Instead I could sit on a bench on the green by the cathedral, Castorp lying next to me on the grass. I soaked up the beauty of the building in front of me, a stony dream of a spiritual England, long lost yet still lingering on.

Meanwhile Castorp dreamt of a chicken dish, checked out every dog that passed by, and felt safe since he was near me.

#dogs #whippets #Salisbury #cathedrals #EnglishSummer #LateSummer #EnglandUsNoMore

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #salisbury #cathedrals #englishsummer

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 13:21 UTC

#whippet_moments

Last week we had a day's family outing to Salisbury, with guests. A fine late-summer afternoon, some clouds but no rain, a warm day with hints of autumn in the air.

We took Castorp with us, so I had an excuse to avoid the museum. Instead I could sit on a bench on the green by the cathedral, Castorp lying next to me on the grass. I soaked up the beauty of the building in front of me, a stony dream of a spiritual England, long lost yet still lingering on.

Meanwhile Castorp dreamt of a chicken dish, checked out every dog that passed by, and felt safe since he was near me.

#dogs #whippets #Salisbury #cathedrals #EnglishSummer #LateSummer #EnglandUsNoMore

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #salisbury #cathedrals #englishsummer

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 13:21 UTC

#whippet_moments

Last week we had a day's family outing to Salisbury, with guests. A fine late-summer afternoon, some clouds but no rain, a warm day with hints of autumn in the air.

We took Castorp with us, so I had an excuse to avoid the museum. Instead I could sit on a bench on the green by the cathedral, Castorp lying next to me on the grass. I soaked up the beauty of the building in front of me, a stony dream of a spiritual England, long lost yet still lingering on.

Meanwhile Castorp dreamt of a chicken dish, checked out every dog that passed by, and felt safe since he was near me.

#dogs #whippets #Salisbury #cathedrals #EnglishSummer #LateSummer #EnglandUsNoMore

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #salisbury #cathedrals #englishsummer

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 13:21 UTC

#whippet_moments

Last week we had a day's family outing to Salisbury, with guests. A fine late-summer afternoon, some clouds but no rain, a warm day with hints of autumn in the air.

We took Castorp with us, so I had an excuse to avoid the museum. Instead I could sit on a bench on the green by the cathedral, Castorp lying next to me on the grass. I soaked up the beauty of the building in front of me, a stony dream of a spiritual England, long lost yet still lingering on.

Meanwhile Castorp dreamt of a chicken dish, checked out every dog that passed by, and felt safe since he was near me.

#dogs #whippets #Salisbury #cathedrals #EnglishSummer #LateSummer #EnglandUsNoMore

#englandusnomore #latesummer #englishsummer #cathedrals #salisbury #whippets

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 13:21 UTC

#whippet_moments

Last week we had a day's family outing to Salisbury, with guests. A fine late-summer afternoon, some clouds but no rain, a warm day with hints of autumn in the air.

We took Castorp with us, so I had an excuse to avoid the museum. Instead I could sit on a bench on the green by the cathedral, Castorp lying next to me on the grass. I soaked up the beauty of the building in front of me, a stony dream of a spiritual England, long lost yet still lingering on.

Meanwhile Castorp dreamt of a chicken dish, checked out every dog that passed by, and felt safe since he was near me.

#dogs #whippets #Salisbury #cathedrals #EnglishSummer #LateSummer #EnglandUsNoMore

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #salisbury #cathedrals #englishsummer

the roamer @[email protected] · 2025-01-24 · 06:19 UTC

#whippet_moments

Funny thing happened yesterday. Our whippet Castorp loves being part of all family doings, and when I give a big hug to one of my daughters and he's in the room, invariably he joins in and makes us all laugh.

Yesterday on returning home I greeted my daughter upstairs, while he was downstairs. She said she had missed me, we hugged. We immediately heard him bark downstairs, insistently. He knew.

Dogs know everything.

#whippets #dogs #family #TheFlow

#whippet_moments #whippets #dogs #family #theflow

the roamer @[email protected] · 2024-08-23 · 22:12 UTC

#whippet_moments

Castorp comes over, he puts his head in my hand and looks at me with his dark endlessly deep eyes. He wants a walk and he knows how to melt me.

#dogs #whippets #charme

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #charme

Mike maɪk @[email protected] · 2024-05-30 · 13:05 UTC

Two things very dear to my husband’s heart have been in recovery recently - Meg our whippet took a while to get over major dental treatment late in life (she’s 14), & his beautiful Humber 12 Vogue (90 years old!) was in dock for engine surgery. So we gave them an outing together to celebrate being back on the road.
#whippet #DogsOfMastodon #OldCars #VintageCar #gccg #Humber #Humber12 #ArtDeco #motoring #whippets

#whippet #dogsofmastodon #oldcars #vintagecar #gccg #humber

Nostromo Pups @[email protected] · 2024-04-02 · 13:13 UTC

5. A week later and the Mr, the Youngest and myself go back to the #RSPCA. He's brought into the room wearing a cone as he's been castrated. We learn that he's been an 'indoor' dog: never been out walking, never been in a car, not house-trained, never eaten dog food but scavenged human food scraps. Crikey, he looks like he's never eaten at all, his skin is translucent and his body sharp and knobbly, every bone visible.

He is "10, or he might be 11, we're not really sure" years old and has a grade 4 heart murmur.

He is anxious, aloof and in desperate need.

We have what he needs and arrange a meeting for him and Hector, you know, just to see if they get on together...

His name is Jed and he is the saddest, most elderly, poorly animal in the shelter and his name is already written across our hearts.
#RescueDogs #whippetsofmastodon #itsadogslife #rainbowbridge #whippetsofthefediverse #dogstory #whippets

#rescuedogs #whippetsofmastodon #itsadogslife #rainbowbridge #whippetsofthefediverse #dogstory

Nostromo Pups @[email protected] · 2024-03-30 · 14:36 UTC

Yak bars! Our favourite thing!

#whippet #whippets #whippetpuppies #whippetsofmastodon #itsadogslife

Nostromo Pups @[email protected] · 2024-03-29 · 15:40 UTC

The most important aspect of mine and Hector's relationship was the intervention by my friend and dog behavioural psychologist Martina. One hour on the phone to her then putting to practice the wisdom she gave me, changed everything. I would say that she is the reason he continued to live with us (and my children still love me).

Martina trained me. I became more dog. I still grappled with the fact we had to re-home our cat Sydney (because of the dog), the doors were in an appalling mess (because of the dog), the front window was bare of its blind (because of the dog), Child 2 had no trainers (because of the dog) - the list goes on but you get the picture, dear reader.

Mr worked really hard to make Hector a model family pet, the kids helped wash the muddy paw prints that appeared everywhere and I used my training to bring out the best in him - and me.

#whippets #itsadogslife #rainbowbridge

Nostromo Pups @[email protected] · 2024-03-28 · 16:45 UTC

2. Hector bonded solely and soul-y with his Mr Human. They were one, they understood each other completely so when Mr left for work every morning Hector fell apart. Seperation anxiety. When I left for the school run, various playgroups, shopping, whatever, Hector wrecked our house. Decimated it. Chewed doors to matchsticks kind of thing. Those memes you see of doggy destruction? True stories. On his first birthday he bit me. I took this picture on the day:

#whippets #itsadogslife #rainbowbridge

Mike 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2023-07-25 · 20:24 UTC

#introduction This is me for you, introducing myself on my first day on this instance

Derbyshire born, married a Scot, byw yng Nghymru (living in Wales)
sometimes miss city life (Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester)
#linguist, #francophile, #humanist #quaker #GayGardener

Concerns:
#ClimateChange
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Loves:
#whippets
#butterflies
grow your own food
all kinds of music from #shostakovich to #supremes to #SamSmith
#languages
dysgu cymraeg
board games
#Bridge
progressive politics

#gyo #BeardedGay #woke #quakerism #QuakerRainbow 🌈

#introduction #linguist #francophile #humanist #quaker #gaygardener

the roamer @[email protected] · 2023-05-10 · 09:28 UTC

CW: Moments with my whippet: Castorp and the rain

#whippet_moments

Walking Castorp in the rain. He moves a few steps, then stops. Looks at the world in quiet rejection. He does not tell the rain that it should not be, and he does not feel personally slighted by it. He merely refuses to cooperate with it. A few more steps, then he stops again, shakes himself and moves no more. This is how dictatorships are brought down.

#dogs #whippets #SelfAssertion #CivilResistance #satyagraha

#whippet_moments #dogs #whippets #selfassertion #civilresistance #satyagraha

Mike maɪk @[email protected] · 2023-02-11 · 15:02 UTC

#introduction This is me for you!

Derbyshire born, married a Scot, byw yng Nghymru (living in Wales)
sometimes miss city life (Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester)
#linguist, #francophile, #humanist #quaker #GayGardener

Concerns:
#ClimateChange
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Loves:
#whippets
#butterflies
grow your own food
all kinds of music from #shostakovich to #supremes to #SamSmith
#languages
dysgu cymraeg
board games
#Bridge
progressive politics

#gyo #BeardedGay #woke #quakerism #QuakerRainbow 🌈

#introduction #linguist #francophile #humanist #quaker #gaygardener

We Built This City 🥥🌴 @[email protected] · 2022-12-18 · 15:47 UTC

The #whippets have zero interest in this #MensWorldCup final ⚽️🇦🇷⚽️🇦🇷⚽️

#whippets #mensworldcup