Comments on: The White Dog of Crooms Hill

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:07:44 +0000

I met her and her owners on the heath today. She’s a lovely dog; nice to be able to give her a proper stroke.

By: The Greenwich Phantom

The Greenwich Phantom — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:46:41 +0000

Thanks – she sounds fantastic. One of these days I will encounter her. She seems to be quite a character. I love her likes and dislikes – though I can understand why you don’t!

Happy times with Anonymous White Doggie – she’s clearly very popular.

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:43:33 +0000

Hello,

Sorry to bust your supernatural myths but I am a human of said dog.
She is enjoying her peoople watching during the Olympic and paralympic games. The accents and food offerings are much more varied these days. Unfortunetely her raw meat only diet is suffering, and her liking for chocolate biscuits growing. She enjoys digging holes in the lawn and rolling in fox mess after a bath. Don’t be fooled by those longing eyes, she gets all she needs here on the hill. She is mostly Siberian Husky, but still trys to get under the duvet.

I’ll withold on her name as we have had problems of people either trying to ‘rescue’ or steal her from the garden.

See you in the park, or on the hill.

Thanks

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:49:49 +0000

I’ve seen this allusive white dog a number of times also.

The dog seems content where she is, there’s nearly always a stead crowd of people looking through the fencing and wondering if the dog is okay.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:21:17 +0000

My daughters and I call her the Comedy Dog because she has such great comic timing. She (and I don’t know why I assume it’s a she) puts her head through the railings and does a very good impression of being stuck – and just about when the tourists are beginning to dial for help for this poor winsome creature, she pulls her head easily away and wanders off. Great local entertainer.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:45:13 +0000

I always assumed the dog (and that part of the garden)belonged to the house just further up the road with the gated driveway?

I believe that part of land is private and not part of the park.

By: The Greenwich Phantom

The Greenwich Phantom — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:21:13 +0000

Me too – as I say, I went up yesterday, but she was clearly being camera-shy…

But what a life for a dog, eh, having the whole park to yourself, all the time.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:41:29 +0000

Aww I want to see a photo now sounds adorable!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:26:37 +0000

She’s a lovely dog. My dogs and I often give her a stroke when we are passing (although not so easy now they’ve put up extra fencing).

Interestingly on the other side of the road, just a bit further down the hill is an all white cat that is often lazing on a high the wall. It’s obviously the place for all white animals…

By: Bugs

Bugs — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:13:35 +0000

Yes, she’s an almost spectral presence in the gloom of the undergrowth, being much bigger than most white dogs you see (such as west highlands, jack russells etc) and made more unusual by her pale eyes, if I remember correctly.

I can see why people wonder if she’s OK as it doesn’t look like she’s in someone’s garden, it’s more like an abandoned corner of the park.