Guest wolfieskitten Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hi everyone! My name is Kimmie and I'm new here (obviously lol). Hubby (Colin) and I are the new, proud owners of Tiger (Dr. McPharlin - race name) who we adopted through GAP Queensland a month ago. A little about meself: I am originally from South Carolina but now live in Brisbane, Australia. Colin & I met in '04 on the net, in person in '05, got engaged and I moved here during Thanksgiving '05, we married December 10, 2005. I own(ed) 2 elderly german shepherds : Baron & Tasha, whom I opted to leave with my friend Nicole (Baron), and my parent's (Tasha) because of quarantine issues - they are both extremely sensitive to all vaccines, therefore were vaccinated as little as possible, so quarantine here wanted to keep them for nearly a year. At their ages and given that they were "country dogs" used to wild streams, ponds, and woods, I opted to leave them behind for their own happiness. But it was a heart wrenching decision for me. I know they are so much happier there than they would be here in the city, not to mention they are used to air conditioning 24/7 and most houses in our area are not air conditioned (we have a window unit only in our bedroom and it costs about $5 per day to run just that). SO I felt it was the only fair thing to do. Baron is living out his retirement as a "demo dog" for Nicole who is a police officer and dog training instructor. So he is extremely happy as he luuurves obedience work. Tasha is playing house mother to my sisters dog (who also stayed with mom & dad when Jenny got married), cuz he kept escaping from her house (fence) in the city, and my dad's lab puppy. SHe makes a good surrogate mom since she never had any pups and her daily routine is to get my dad to do eveything for her lol. She's got my parent's well trained! Colin grew up with miniature poodles (don't even ask my opinion hehe) in the city and I grew up with working dogs on a farm. So we searched for a long time for a breed that would suit us both. Greyhounds it was as soon as he saw the GAP dogs at a local fair. Then we just had to find the dog for us. Tiger came along as a 2 time adoption failure.... he loves kids, but he's really dominant and isn't cat safe. He's a great big beautiful blue brindle boy ( 33 kg ) which isn't huge, but he's really long and when he roaches, stretches out his full length which takes up our entire 3 person sofa.....make that one dog sofa lol. He's just a big "sook", hrmmmmm lemme see what that translates to....Baby, that's it. He's a big baby who doesn't like kisses but tolerates them from me. He is extremely dignified unless he's playing with his favorite squeaky plush toys, then he's a big goof. He's just the right kind of boy for us, he'll walk with me in the mornings and roach out on the sofa at night after dinner while we read or watch tv. We are waiting a little while for us all to settle in since he's new to us, and we just moved into our house 2 months ago then we will be fostering some dogs for GAP and I can't wait. The foster carers here seem to have all the fun Oh yeah, and I ramble, lots lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rycezmom Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Welcome from Miami, Pictures please Quote The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~Mme. de Staël Missing my Bridge Angels Ryce, Bo, Jim, Miss Millie, Miss Rose, Gustopher P Jones (Pimpmaster G), Miss Isabella and Miss Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wolfieskitten Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I haven't figured out how to post photos. I stuck a query in the OT forum, but in the short term here's a linkee to my blog which has a few photos http://kittendownunder.blogspot.com/2007/0...rever-home.html. Um, one may read through my blog no problem, but there ARE some adult type topics if you have kids around. Just wanted to let you know. Mostly it's just my hum drum day to day boring life kinda stuff. So anywho, feel free to look around, but there are some other pics of me, my family, and all my furkids lurking somewhere in the blog archives. I'll try to sort out the photos on here asap....I'm not the greatest when it comes to navigating this type of forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GREENSTGREYS Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Welcome from Massachusetts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2hounds Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I look forward to you figuring out how to post pictures! Quote 2 Hounds Design Martingale Collars | 2 Hounds Design Facebook PageAlisha, Bob, Livvie (the 2.5 year old!) plus Mia Bella, Tippy, + Wahoo and Diesel the crazy kitties (and missing sweet Iceman, Paradise, Bandit, Cujo & Sebastian) in Indian Trail, NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BerrysMom Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Welcome from Washington! Tiger looks like a very happy hound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brandy_b Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Welcome!! Your right, he is very handsome!!!! <3 Brandy & Caliloka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowiebears Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Congrats on your new family member! Greys are the greatest...I'm sure you both will have a great time with your new furkid! Welcome from the Washington DC 'burbs! --Isaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytful4 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) A Great big Hello from Northern Virginia! Edited March 11, 2007 by greytful4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Winterwish Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome! Tiger is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stealthydog Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Nice to meet you. Greeting from the Midwest (K.C.) Tiger is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytmonty Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome from Philly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jessicaksu125 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 That is one handsome boy. Welcome from Maine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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