{"id":1981,"date":"2026-03-14T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/?page_id=1981"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:25:30","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stories, history and occasional news from Starcastle Hound&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query blog-loop is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"blog-loop wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3258 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-living-with-silken-windhounds\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/silken-windhounds-and-the-greying-gene\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-opt-id=2130601144  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silken Windhounds and the greying gene\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:782\/h:744\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.jpg 782w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:731\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0012.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T02:05:58+01:00\">April 20, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/silken-windhounds-and-the-greying-gene\/\" target=\"_self\" >Silken Windhounds and the greying gene<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Silken Windhounds are greying out pretty early in life <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3239 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-living-with-silken-windhounds\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/silken-windhounds-and-their-toys\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-opt-id=2046406441  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Qassie-toy1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silken Windhounds and their toys\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:372\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Qassie-toy1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:279\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Qassie-toy1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-19T21:55:32+01:00\">April 19, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/silken-windhounds-and-their-toys\/\" target=\"_self\" >Silken Windhounds and their toys<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Some Silkens play with toys even as adults <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3170 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-living-with-silken-windhounds\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/a-day-in-sunnys-life\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-opt-id=1049935240  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"692\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A day in Sunnys life\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:692\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:297\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg 300w\" \/><noscript><img data-opt-id=1049935240  decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A day in Sunnys life\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:692\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:297\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sunny-jumping-gateway.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/></noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-19T19:48:06+01:00\">April 19, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/a-day-in-sunnys-life\/\" target=\"_self\" >A day in Sunnys life<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Photos from a day in a young Silken Windhounds daily life <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1920 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/an-old-photo-all-the-memories\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-opt-id=766038975  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22768%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22768%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"An old photo, all the memories&#8230;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:225\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:1152\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1600\/h:1200\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1600w\" \/><noscript><img data-opt-id=766038975  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"An old photo, all the memories&#8230;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:225\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:1152\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlvpf61vi6vj.i.optimole.com\/w:1600\/h:1200\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Omni-Foxy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/></noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-12T14:33:28+01:00\">March 12, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/an-old-photo-all-the-memories\/\" target=\"_self\" >An old photo, all the memories&#8230;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">My oldest photos, from before 2013, seemed to be lost for a very long time. It turns out that my computer was not able to properly index that extra hard drive, when I started to rummage around, I found all digital photos from 2000-2012 tucked into a folder about gel candles! of all things&#8230; Oh&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories, history and occasional news from Starcastle Hound&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"kennel-longpage","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Blog","description":"Stories, history and occasional news from Starcastle Hound's."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1981\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}