Edmonton Greyhounds

It’s that time of year again! Time to get out the sewing machine, or be creative with your closet, or zip off to the local pet store for something that might fit a greyhound, because the annual Halloween Howleroo is upon us!

We’ll be meeting on 25 October at 2 pm in the parking lot of the Kinsman Field House for a leisurely 4 km-ish walk through the river valley. The paths are well used, so the hounds are sure to get lots of attention! Please see a map here.

Costumes for greyhounds are recommended, and to be eligible for prizes your greyhound must be dressed up. Contrary to popular belief, greyhounds don’t hate you for dressing them up for Halloween!

As always with this time of year, walks are weather dependent. If it’s blizzarding, below -15, or otherwise severely unpleasant, we’ll reschedule the walk for November 1. But we’re all going to cross our fingers for good weather! We deserve it!

Sorry again for the short notice, everyone! I’ll tell you all about it if you come out on Sunday.

This Sunday’s walk will be at the Strathcona Science Provincial Park. I hear it’s a nice pleasant walk on the city’s east end. I’ve borrowed this map and directions from Alberta Orienteering, so we’ll meet in the parking lot of the ski lodge at 2 pm for about an hour’s walk. Since I’ve never been there personally, I’ll make up a MapMyWalk map after we’ve been and save it for later walks.

The fifth annual Halloween Howleroo will take place on October 25 (weather permitting), departing from the Kinsman Field House at 2 pm. I’ll make a separate post next week will full details!

Sorry for the delay, everyone! I was trying to find a good east Edmonton walk, but my efforts have failed… So instead, I thought it might be nice to go to Beaumaris Lake again, as that’s a lovely walk over relatively flat terrain, and should be relatively cool for the greys on this upcoming weekend. Meet at Bishop Savaryn Elementary School, located at 16215 – 109 Street, at 1 pm on Sunday 7 August. We’ll head to Beaumaris Lake for a leisurely 3 km walk. If anyone has any suggestions for an east Edmonton walk that isn’t in an offleash area, I’d love to hear it!

Click this link for a map of the walk.

Thanks to everyone who made our Mother’s Day walk a success! For June 7, we’ll be walking along the Red Willow Trail in St. Albert. Meet behind the cenotaph beside St. Albert Place (click for map) at 1 pm. There is lots of parking in the lot across the street. We’ll proceed west towards the St. Albert Botanical Gardens and River Lot 56 (but we probably won’t get all the way out there!). The trail is treed for most of the way, so the hounds should get plenty of shade, and the trend right now is talking below average temperatures, around the 17 degree high mark. It should make for a pleasant, enjoyable walk!

Remember that the July walk will be the Fort  Saskatchewan Canada Day parade! Watch this space for more details!

Join us in the river valley on May 10 for a walk in the sun! We’ll be meeting at 1 pm at the Victoria Park parking lot (click here for a map) at 12130 River Valley Road. From there, we will walk west towards Groat Road along the path. The walk should take about 1.5 hours.

What better way to spend part of your Mother’s Day with your loving, four-legged baby and his friends? Join the Edmonton Greyhound Walking Club for a Sunday afternoon walk in the River Valley. Spring should be well on its way, and what better place to enjoy the sunshine than along the North Saskatchewan River, and what better company than other greyhound mummies and daddies?  Starting point, route, meeting time, and length will be posted next week, but the walk should be no more than an hour and a half long.

Just want to send a shout-out to Sue, who has been amazing at organizing the greyhound walks the last three years! I know that Priest, Mike, and I have always enjoyed going for walks with other greyhounds and greyhound owners, and we hope that you’ll enjoy the walks that we organize just as much! If you have any suggestions for walks, email us at info@edmontongreyhounds.ca!