Schedule of Events

We need all Senior Dogs 10 years and up to join us for group photos. Look for the signs and line up by age so we have a group photo for each group. After the photos we will crown the King & Queen and get a photo of these special hounds.

• 9:00-9:10 – Age 10
• 9:10-9:20 – Age 11
• 9:20-9:30 – Age 12
• 9:30 – Age 13+
• Crowning King & Queen

Event check-in. If table is not staffed look for a volunteer wearing a lime green colored volunteer name tag to assist you.

Water and soda will be available at the park. Coolers will be located near the registration table. Water and soda are free however donations are welcome to cover our cost.

We will have pools for the dogs to play in and water bowls around the pavilion. Look for the misting tent for a cool refreshing spray. We do have a large group of Greyhounds so if you see an empty bowl please help refill. Bathrooms are located in the pavilion. Bring a dog bed and a chair for you.

Games for humans – take your chance tossing some pooh. It’s not an event if we don’t toss around some (fake) poo. Come play Pik-Pak-Poo, Pooh-in-the-Shoe & Pooh-Hoop. Have some fun and win prizes! You can’t win if you don’t play!

11am Treasure Ball Game under the pavilion. $5 to play this fun game.

Come see how fast your Greyhound can run. Dogs will be timed on their run and you will be given a speeding citation showing their speed. Saturday night we will announce the fastest Greyhound, slowest Greyhound and fastest non-grey.

For safety, the ballfield will be closed to off-leash dogs during the Hustle.

Pre-ordered bag lunches from Poolside Cafe. Please have your lunch ticket with you. Put your ticket in your name badge for safekeeping. Please get a free soda or water from our coolers it is included with your lunch.

K9 Nose Work is a canine sport to mimic professional detection dogs. Donna Logsdon will be giving a demonstration with her canine on how the sport works. She will answer questions on the sport and let us know how we can involve our greyhounds. Join her under the pavilion right after lunch.

We will facilitate a service to remember the animals we have lost.  If you would like to say a few words the forum will be open to share or if you want to listen and remember your pet quietly please join us. If you have a picture we will display the photos in the lobby of the hotel where you can pick them up after the event.

The Roobucks General Store will be open. Come shop and stay for a visit. Purchase your raffle tickets and place them in the raffle bags.

Greyt Hearts trains and places Service Dogs with individuals needing Physical and/or Psychiatric assistance. Patti Goettler will talk about why greyhounds make greyt service dogs and what services they perform for humans.

For those pre-registered for this class, we will be set up in the conference room.

Tickets were pre-sold for the cookout. The Gatlinburg Rotary Club will be serving dinner beginning at 6:00. Proceeds from the cookout benefit the Rotary Club.

Our volunteer judges will be looking for originality, craftiness and the dog’s enjoyment with wearing the costume and being the center of attention. Judges will select winners for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Best Individual and for Best Group. Individual entries should start getting ready by 6:45pm so we can start at 7:00pm. Group entries should be ready to begin at 7:20pm.

Come join us for Greyhound BINGO and the much talked about TREASURE BALL GAME. Small fee for the treasure ball game, BINGO as always is free. Lots of prizes for winners. Due to its popularity we will have Bingo on Thursday and Friday night. Space is limited, so if you’re Greyhound is tired from their day of fun, let them take a nap in the room. However if you are bringing a dog, please bring a dog bed for their comfort. For those who wonder WHY we call it Surprize Bingo it’s because you don’t know what your Prize will be.

We will leave the hotel at 8:00 and head down the hill toward town. Turn right at Traffic Light #8. There is a map in the Event Book to show the route through town. Let’s strut our stuff through downtown Gatlinburg. Don’t forget your Kilwyn’s ice cream coupon.

If you get to the bottom of the hill and your senior dog says never mind, we will have a van behind Bubba Gump’s for a quick trip back to the hotel.

We will have Vans to pick up people and hounds for a ride back to the hotel. Enter the Village Shops courtyard from the main road and head back to the left of the courtyard and exit out the back onto Orchard Rd. This is where the vans will be; just look for the greyhound decals to know which van.

If you decide to walk back to the hotel, please head back up the same way you came down. The back way up Orchard Road is NOT a good road for walking with dogs. The sidewalk is VERY close to the road and there is very little lighting.

Breakfast for sale at Mynatt Park – we will have bagels (cream cheese, butter), doughnuts, coffee (cream, sugar) available beginning at 8am until we sell out.

Please remember vendors will not be open until 9:00am. Please do not wander through that area until vending opens.

Vendor Tents are located at Mynatt Park. Shopping, shopping and more shopping! Come support the Greyhound vendors who have joined us for Mountain Hounds 2019. Confirmed vendors are listed on the Vendor Directory page.

Debbie Calfa will share her experience with Galgos and the great work that her group does to meet their goal to promote the rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of the Spanish Galgo and the Podenco. Debbie will also cover their fostering program and what you can do to help.

Hey humans, take your chance with this greyt game. GreytToss is a version of corn hole with prizes.

$5.00 for 2 people to play to 11. Winner gets 2 raffle tickets, lowest score gets 1 raffle ticket. Cash pot to be split with GFNC and Raffle winner. Don’t want to play, you can still buy a ticket. Play as often as you want.

Prizes awarded Saturday night.

Place your bids and check often. You don’t want to miss what we have this year. We are also honoring pets that have gone to the bridge by having a Memory Basket auction table. The auction will close at 2:00pm. All proceeds benefit GFNC, so bid often. Winners may pick up their auction items at 3:00pm.

The Roobucks General Store will be open. Come shop and stay for a visit. Purchase your raffle tickets and place them in the raffle bags. This is also a great meeting area. Tables will be out and Wi-Fi is available along with refreshments. You only have until 4:45pm to purchase bag raffle tickets, drawing is at 5:00.

Three Jimmy’s will be serving our catered lunch of Bar-B-Que and fixins’. Lunch tickets were pre-ordered with registration. If you did not pre-order tickets we may have a few extras to sell at the event, check in the Roobucks store or with Run With It Embroidery vendor.

We can accept cash, check or credit card for payment. Items not picked up by 4:00pm will be moved to the Roobucks General Store. Please pay and pick up your items before you leave the event on Sunday. We can not ship items after the event.

Come to the Roobucks General Store to see if you are a winner! Drawing will start at 5:00pm. Exciting times as the raffle winners are drawn.

You do not have to be present to win the Bag Raffle. Winners will be listed and posted on the door and the room will be open on Saturday 9:30pm-10:30pm and again on Sunday from 7:00am until 11:00am to claim your prize.

Don’t worry if you don’t win anything in the Bag Raffle. You have a 2nd Chance Saturday at the Social. We have a 2nd Chance Raffle drawing at the Social on Saturday. All tickets from the Bag Raffle will be entered into the 2nd Chance Raffle drawing. You must be present for the 2nd Chance raffle.

Group photo will be taken on the hill beside the pavilion. Gather between the orange flags and SMILE.

Come join us and say goodbye to friends you know and those you just met. We will have just a few announcements to make while serving cake and soda for humans and ice cream for the dogs.

During this social time we will have the following events:

• 7:00pm: Group Photo
• 7:15pm: Cake and ice cream
• 7:30pm: Announcements for the event and prize winners
  • Mountain Hound Hustle winners
  • Greyt Toss winners
  • Pooh Toss winners
  • 2nd Chance Raffle drawing – all Bag Raffle tickets will be combined and winners drawn. Unlike the Bag Raffle, you must be present to win the 2nd chance raffle.
• Room Raffle drawing – will you be the lucky one to have your weekend hotel stay for free? Prize courtesy of the Sidney James Mountain Lodge.
• Special Raffle Drawings
• Live auction
• 8:30pm Greyhound Contests on the basketball court – Longest Tail, Tallest/Shortest, Twins, Best Trick, and Laziest Greyhound – These are just a few of the games we will play. Come join us on the basketball court for some fun!

In case you are leaving early in the morning and need to pick up your raffle winnings a volunteer will available to assist you, please check with the volunteer prior to collecting your winnings. Congratulations to all the winners!

A volunteer will be in the room to assist you. Please check with the volunteer prior to collecting your winnings. Congratulations to all the winners!  Any prizes that are not claimed will be used in other events to benefit GFNC.

Stop in and say goodbye before hitting the road. There is usually soda/water left so grab a drink for the trip home.

If you are leaving later in the day and can assist with park cleanup please join us at Mynatt Park. We will provide poop bags and will walk the ball field and the park to pick up any missed poop or trash. We want to make sure the park is left nice for those visiting after us.

The ballfield fencing will be removed first thing Sunday morning. Do not use the field Sunday morning without first checking the fence.

Join us at Three Jimmy’s for great food and celebration (bring bed for dog to relax).