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:grouphug I'll keep you and Ms. Pearl in my thoughts.

Happily, Aston is still doing great! He is very much a gentleman, very sweet and confident when we are accosted by hordes of children on walks some of the neighborhood kids now yell his name and run after us when they see him walking by, and he sees them and just wags while they petting-zoo him Good point.. I think I saw mention of non-reporting tracks on GT lately? It would make sense if he did race some, as then his possible meniscus tear could be an old racing injury. Awesome!! I'll send you a message.

I'd grab a phone book and start calling vet offices.. an e-vet should be open somewhere? I've been known to call vets' offices for advice, esp. when dogsitting

The collar came with him, and the bed color was the one that happened to be in stock at Costco. I LOVE THESE DOG BEDS. I am very into the shopping aspect of dog ownership but the matching thing was luck The jumble of letters is what happens when I lose my ability to articulate because of happy.. I couldn't think of any more words to blab with

Sorry for the delay!! I was biting my lip through the "borrow" period since I like to overanalyze EVERYTHING, but today I drove back to the foster home to sign papers and now Aston is officially OURS!!! Some action shots - pardon the motion blurs AND! his current pose, as of two minutes ago: He is 6 years old, has racing tatts but never raced according to his greyhound-data record. This may be due to his left hind leg - he favors it quite a bit, and even tripod-bunny-hops when he starts to pick up speed. No tenderness anywhere, though, and past vet checks haven't turned up anything.. He doesn't seem to have any SA - I started alone training asap as I was instructed, and I've gotten up to two hours of being away without him batting an eyelash, it seems. He stays at my side w/slack leash on walks, he isn't tempted by potty water, he doesn't bother for handouts when we're eating people food, he takes stairs like a PRO! He is super patient, letting me stick my fingers in his mouth to check his teeth and wrestling with his martingale and tag collars (I'm such a noob). His tummy has been fine with the transition so far - no accidents or barf/D, he has been crying a little here and there BUT we have gotten some wags out of him and he even gave my fiance kisses today (I'M JEALOUS )! He seemed pretty aloof yesterday, but today when my fiance and I returned from our respective errands in the afternoon, Aston came to greet us at the door as we arrived, with his tail going like mad. He is such a love. What I don't understand is how his first family gave him up after four years?? and he was in two foster homes before we got him. I am nooot one to look a gift dog in the mouth , just sayin'. He is making it TOO EASY!! I feel like I'm cheating on a Dog-Owner 101 test. I'm still tripping out over it all. No dogs before and I'm euphoric. And waking up at 6:30am without an alarm to take Aston on morning walks. !!! JWLKAJFKELWJAFKLEJWAKFEJWALGNHAJGHW!!!

Update: We got a recommendation for a dark brindle guy who's currently living with his foster family out a bit east of us We'll hopefully get to pick him up tonight on a "borrow" basis to make sure he'll get along reasonably well with my bossy parrot. I have a VERY antsy stomach right now!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE... Here's majorly hoping we'll be his forever home!!!! Edited: I can't spell when I'm excited on top of being caffeinated

Sending LOTS of positive thoughts your way.

Azusa/SGV though I love OC too! I got quite familiar with the area while living with my fiance in Tustin..

OP!!! Saw this thread and had to give a shoutout when I saw that you're also a Sydney with an S/O named John. WE RULE Also, WELCOME TO GREYTALK!! even though I'm a newbie, too.

Hi everyone! After much blabbing to folks who've known greys, and much googling (my specialty ), my fiance and I decided that we wanted to go for an adoption with GreySave here in L.A. We had our home visit on Friday, and passed with flying colors (and after months of being move-in cluttered, our house was *spotless* - we should really do home visits more often ).. now we're waiting for their recommendations on particular greys in their pool. WaaaaaaaaAAAaaAaAaa I'm waaay nervous/excited. I've never had a dog of my own before, so I'm bouncing all over the place and stuffing all kinds of unapplied knowledge into my head, while my fiance (who's lived with dogs his whole life) smiles and nods. YAY! greygreygrey. Apologies in advance for the onslaught of unsolicited pictures once he/she arrives & thanks to everyone already for providing an amazing research environment!! This forum is decadent brainfoood. nom. yers truly, Sydney