Guest Yankeegreyhound Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) We just lost our precious Hailey on November 15th. For a long time I've always wanted a boy and with losing Hailey so close to the holidays, I knew I needed my boy now. I also knew that's what Hailey wanted for us. She wanted us to give our love to another and she sent me signs. DH was originally against it and wanted to wait a couple of months but he knew my feelings on it and he started secretly working on getting me a dog!!! I love him for that. He doesn't know I know about this but it means so much to me. He was working witht he group we got our girls from but we've now moved 1/2 way across the country!!! Long story short, I was also looking to adopt locally and we went with a localish group. (we still had to travel but only 2 1/2 hours!!) So, we took our 3 kids and Sara and went to meet some dogs. We met 10 dogs. Sonny (WV's Ranson) was the first one we met and of course the one we chose! We were originally scheduled to get him on the 10th. He had been at the kennel for almost a year and the 10th was his 1 year anniversary there. For many reasons, I didn't want to wait until them and figured out a way to get him on the 3rd, Saturday . DH had off on Friday and again, tried to surprise me by getting him on Friday but I figured it out!!! So, Sonny came home on Friday!!! He's such a good boy. He gets along so well with our family. He has some interest in the kitties but we're working on that with him. He's doing better. I love this boy with all my heart but I have this irrational fear that something is going to happen to him. I have to work on that. Sonny was so good the first night. Slept through the night. The next two he was a little restless. Last night, he wouldn't settle down so DH went downstairs and slept on the dog bed next to his crate!!! I wish I had gotten a picture of that one!!! I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Just wanted to introduce my Sonny!!! Edited December 5, 2011 by Yankeegreyhound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 YEAH!!! I can't wait to see the Quote Laura with Celeste (ICU Celeste) and Galgos Beatrix and Encarna The Horse - Gracie (MD Grace E) Bridge Angels Faye Oops (Santa Fe Oops), Bonny (Bonny Drive), Darcy (D's Zipperfoot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndtime Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Congratulations! He is a wonderful dog. Two of our dogs were adopted from GAA, too. Edited because I made it sound like we only have two dogs. My grammar was terrible. Edited December 5, 2011 by Houndtime Quote Irene Ullmann w/Flying Odin and Mama Mia in Lower Delaware Angels Brandy, John E, American Idol, Paul, Fuzzy and Shine Handcrafted Greyhound and Custom Clocks http://www.houndtime.com Zoom Doggies-Racing Coats for Racing Greyhounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinw Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Congratulations!! Can't wait to see pictures Quote Xavi the galgo and Peter the cat. Missing Iker the galgo ?-Feb.9/19, Treasure (USS Treasure) April 12/01-May 6/13, Phoenix (Hallo Top Son) Dec.14/99-June 4/11 and Loca (Reko Swahili) Oct.9/95 - June 1/09, Allen the boss cat, died late November, 2021, age 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FreddyGirl Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Christine, Where does Sara sleep? My Bobbi whined until I let her sleep in my bedroom, then no noise, slept through the night. Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tinams8 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Congrats and welcome home, lucky boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yankeegreyhound Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Christine, Where does Sara sleep? My Bobbi whined until I let her sleep in my bedroom, then no noise, slept through the night. Nancy Last night Sara started out downstiars and Sonny was in his cage on the main floor (we have a split). Eventually Sara joined him on her bed next to his cage but it didn't help. I thought about letting him in our room (3rd floor) but he won't sleep anywhere but his cage right now and I don't think we want to start moving the cage up and down the stiars each night and morning. I'm noticing now, that I'm sitting downstairs from him, he's fine. So maybe if we leave some lights on and the tv on so he can hear it, he'll be fine. Wish us luck tonight!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytpups Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Congratulations...greyhounds make the best grief counsellors. Quote Jan with precious pups Emmy (Stormin J Flag) and Simon (Nitro Si) and Abbey Field. Missing my angels: Bailey Buffetbobleclair 11/11/98-17/12/09; Ben Task Rapid Wave 5/5/02-2/11/15; Brooke Glo's Destroyer 7/09/06-21/06/16 and Katie Crazykatiebug 12/11/06 -21/08/21. My blog about grief The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to. ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlosMomma Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I'm sorry about your Hailey. I have a terminally ill 13yr old dog and just recently adopted a greyhound. I wish you and Sonny a long life of greyt health and happiness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I don't know why I didn't see this before, but Congratulations! Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RaznNik Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Congratulations - looked him up and he is gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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