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Kick away, beautiful Sweep!!!!

Love it!!!!

You might have a greyhound when you go to be every night with massive legs draped across you, and an occasional smell that could bring tears to ones eyes....

Greyhounds in a kennel are used to their privacy...they live in a private space for the most part - so when they lay down to sleep, or have a toy in their cage with them, it is theirs....with no one near them. Also be aware that they can tend to look awake when they are, in fact, not.

Greyhounds are used to sleeping in kennels with noone touching them.... While I do sleep with some of mine, others are clearly a bit risky for sleep aggression because of their unique upbringing. Also, they can appear awake when they are not...be cautious of that.

So precious....

She should work through it with time, patience - and of course, food! Don't take it personally that she goes off and sleeps alone in her safe space. This is often a greyhound "thing" as they are used to sleeping alone in their kennel space. They like it that way. Eventually many end up draped across you on your bed...but some will always be a bit removed when they want to curl up and sleep. If she is going off to sleep, be careful not to disturb her. They have a knack of looking wide awake - while being totally asleep and because they are not used to being touched in the kennel at nap time, they can snap/bite unexpectedly with no malice in their hearts!

She's precious!

Beautiful Lila....such a special girl.

Chris is spot on.....Alone training is so important and the short durations are actually good. Gradually extend as you can. My dogs were completely used to me being out of the house and alone for hours, but now with my new husband home and me working from home every other day, I can see the difference if they are alone for three or four hours. They have gotten very used to having us home very quickly. We have already talked about reintroducing long separations gradually...so with a dog who is totally new to being alone..i.e. going from kennel to a home where you are at home all day....the transition may have some little bumps in the road. Not to worry about it....just to be aware.

Very environmentally conscious pup! So cute!!!!

Precious!!!!

Happy 13.5th birthday to lovely Lila!!!!

No Faux pas on Santa's part. This year was all about sweet Dustin. Dudley took it upon himself to enjoy the eggplant.

Sweet Specky

Dear Secret Santa, it iz me, Dustin. Ah had a reel hard year losing mAh brudder, JJ, but da package you sent me brawt lots of smiles.smiles. Santa, this is Dustin's mama. The gift pack was just beautiful. We absolutely love the tree ornament. Dustin's new daddy was so touched at the thoughtfulness of the gifts. And Dustin did share the little purple eggplant with his little brother Dudley who really liked it! Dustin laid quiet and happy with his pink bear

Yup...creepy....Good houndie!!!!

I got Dustin at two - and he had run three schooling races. At the same time, I got JJ who was three and raced a lot. Dustin was as quiet as a mouse - and JJ was a ball of life....so I think it's just the hound....and for full disclosure, I am in proceedings for adopting a lightly raced two year old right now!!!

I lost a dog to EPI last year - and it was awful watching him starve. Hopefully with PLE they can contain it for him....Many prayers to you.

Dear Santa and elves Our tree is not the kind that can sit on shelves It is on the floor and six feet or more That is unless it topples at the paws of a little black kitty Oh my, that would be such a pity.

That’s great. I will let you know.... thank you so much!

Hi everyone....as many of you know, my JJ passed away. My new husband had fallen head over heels and wanted badly for us to find a new hound with blood lines as close as possible, we knew this might be tough given JJ was almost 12 and his daddy had passed as well. With the help of Chris Grieb who suggested that I use the second offspring line from greyhound data, I found a small litter of two year olds. There was a male and female tuxedo black. I reached the trainer with help from Chris and Shelly Lake, and they agreed to let us adopt Harold once he was done racing, We weee so excited that we went out to West Virginia to meet him and fell in love. Sadly, two year old Harold passed away Unexpectedly...non race related.,,just a horrible fluke. The trainer was wonderful and asked if we were interested in his sister, Harleigh. Of course we jumped at the chance. Two weeks later, they decided that she would not continue racing. We got word today that the owner released her for us to adopt! so, here’s the request...we can get pretty easily from Rhode Island to Harrisburg next week. We will go out and get there Friday night. Is there anyone out there...or a few people who could help get her from Wheeling to Harrisburg. We have to come home Saturday night, so saving that extra three and a half hours each way would help us immensely... Thnals to all in GT for being such a great bunch of people.

Wow. I am telling Kevin the story! Seems like yesterday. We were all following on pins and needles.

Santa, dear Santa Claus, My little boy with the pretty white paws Likes treets and chewies, - peenut butter flavored is something that he really loves, pleez. But he will be happy just to be thought of at all and he will gladly share with his puppy brother who is not as tall.... We will PM you! Likes

Somehow missed this - and then couldn't PM you for some reason! So awesome you are doing this. Dustin will play next year, God willing!