Yazmin came up from London to visit us in May then came back again in July to shoot a cover shot with big bold Lester.

Yazmin brings her own supply of treats with her so we look forward to seeing her again.

This is Yazmin and Jack getting into the festive spirit. In May?

At least he's not doing a Remy.

Look what she did to the old mans background in the studio. He can stop moaning at us now all we do is cover it in hairs at least they sweep off.

Caught in the act

Yazmin and Indi both pretending they couldn't possibly get up to any mischief.

A few words from Yazmin

When I saw the advert looking for models to do a shoot for a greyhound rescue calendar, being an animal lover, I was intrigued and went straight to the link for more information. As I began to read I was hooked and wanted to be apart of this great cause. I was saddened and shocked and felt very naïve reading about the greyhounds, guess I thought like many others that once there racing life was over they lived a happy life until the end with the owners, how wrong was I, or may be that would be in a perfect world, but then in a perfect world animals wouldn't be bred for the gambling and sport industry.

I emailed Jenny and Stuart saying that I would love to model for the calendar and do anything I could to help raise awareness. It was a long wait as they had to sift through over 350 models all wanting to do the same. But then on Tuesday 14 th March I got the email I'd hoped for, saying I had been selected to model for the calendar, I was over the moon and a date for the shoot was made.

On Wednesday 24 th May I was on my way and travelling up to the Lake District for my shoot, very excited and looking forward to meeting Jenny, Stuart and the 4 greyhounds. Stuart met me at the station and he briefed me on the two day shoot on the way to his house. The greeting I got at the house is one that I'll never forget, three greyhounds bounding around me making such a fuss of me and licking me, I fell in love with them straight away and was taken aback by just how lovely they are. The fourth one, Leister my babe, he was very timid, but you only have to read his story to see why, and look at him now – wow only Stuart and Jenny could have done that.

Now I could go on and on about what a fantastic time I had on that shoot and all the little stories I have, but they are my memories that will always be with me through my life. I had never modelled with dogs before and I have to say it's nothing like modelling with people, you have to stay in position at all times and wait for the dogs to be in position and looking right before the shot is perfect, that is so hard when you've got a beautiful dog next to you and all you want to do is cuddle them! One picture in particular comes to mind of Jack and I in the field at sunset, I'm looking at him and he starts to come towards me, so automatically I go to kiss him, Stuart takes the picture just as I'm about to look like a goldfish, and just after the shot was taken Jack gives me a huge lick on the face – I love that shot!

The whole experience was fantastic, fun and was the best photo shoot I have ever done and I loved working with the dogs and learning all the little tricks to get them to look in the right direction and put ears up at the right time, but I'm not revealing how that's done!

Before I knew it, time had flown by and it was time to go home, leaving them was very emotional and I didn't want to leave. When I got home all I could do was tell everyone I knew about the wonderful time I had and what lovely dog's greyhounds are and they make fantastic pets. The support I got from people was great, all saying that they would buy a calendar to support them.

When I got a phone call from Stuart asking me to come back for a second shoot, I was over the moon to be going back to see them all again so soon and we set the date for early July. Again another fantastic time was had by both me and the greyhounds; they are my favourite models to work with. It was on my second visit that I had two great bits of news awaiting me, the first was that Leister had found a new home and he had progressed so much and let me cuddle up to him. The second was such an honour for me when Jenny & Stuart asked me to be the spokes Model for the 2007 Calendars.

So here I am, and to sum the whole lot up, Greyhounds are loving, have a gentle temperament, and do make fantastic pets, so please help with making people aware of them and support our calendar.

Kisses

Yazmin x