Beach Bound Hounds

Our adoption group, Greyhound Crossroads, puts on a greyhound beach vacation called Beach Bound Hounds at the end of September every year. We have one entire hotel reserved in Myrtle Beach, SC and have overflowed from that into other hotels. We had around 500 greyhounds and their owners this year. We have seminars, demos, vendors, contests and even went to a dinner theater with our dogs this year for a show. It is a lot of work but we have a lot of fun too. BBH was Miles second trip to the beach. His first was to Sandy Paws in GA when he was 8 weeks old.

My friend Ann took some photos of us together on the beach




Yes he is nipping my butt!! Very gently though. He has very good bite inhibition from playing with this littermates his entire life.


Miles loves the water and the ocean was no exception. He kept trying to drink the water when he got hot like he does in our pool.


Miles attended his first wedding while we were there. Have no idea who they were.





Miles was safely on leash when all the pictures were taken. I removed his leash using Photoshop in a few of the better photos.


The sand was WAY too much fun! Running, digging and just being a crazy pup.





Miles did great at BBH. He was in a fabric crate in the hotel room when I wasn't there and was quiet and didn't try to get out. He never had one accident in the suite that I shared with a bunch of other people. Although it was part of the hotel it was so large it was very much like a house. Miles earned his Canine Good Citizen title while we were at the Beach. He also got a little trophy for winning the fastest speak contest in 9/100s of a second.

Sand and Sticks

We have a name finally! Miles Per Hour - Miles. Ann Owens came up with that name on our first trip to see Alabama to visit the puppies when he was just 10 days old. Seemed to fit him the best since he can outrun me at just 8 weeks old.

Miles was lacking a few of his 100 people that he needs for proper socialization before he turns 9 weeks old so we headed to Sandy Paws at Jekyll Island Georgia to find a few more people. I think he got held and petted by more than 100 people in one day alone there. He gave out kisses to all and had so many pictures taken of him that he should never be afraid of any flashing lights or lightning. We got there Friday and left Saturday night so were only there 2 days of the event. We had a good time and there were a lot more firsts. His first ride in an elevator and it was a glass one. He did his first full steep staircase since we were on the second floor. He learned to go up and down the whole way on his own. His first night in a hotel, first night sleeping in a bed, first sand, first beach, first waves and probably a bunch more I forgot. Got a photo of him doing his first open stairs out on the beach. He did great and didn't seem stressed by any of it. No accidents in the hotel room at all or in any of the indoor vending areas. He always went outside.