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Daytona ( I Belong To Barb)


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Daytona came to me July 11, 2009. After spending 11 years on the farm. Daytona ran 6 races and then went to the farm and had 9 pups, after which she was simply left on the farm. she didn't even live in a kennel but outside.

 

Christina Newsome of Triangle Greyhound Society convinced them to let her be put up for adoption. I picked her up the day after my DD's wedding on my way home from the mountains.

 

What a hot ticket she was. W did not call her Wiggle Butt for nothing. She was hard to get a good picture of because she wouldn't stand still whenever the camera came out.

 

I will miss the way she would run out just before bed and immediately run right back in because she knew cookies came at bedtime and I had better be quick about it or she would stamp her feet at me to hurry up.

 

She was not a snuggler but she never turned down ear scritches and she had the most beautiful set of bat ears.

 

I really thought she was going to make 15 but the last couple of weeks she went down hill. The twinkle in her eye was gone, as was the wiggle and the stamp. She wasn't eating, not even cookies. All she wanted was water and she could no longer hold it. She was up 3,4,5 times at night to go out and then she was real slow to lay back down which tells me she was in pain and she was panting a lot. I couldn't let her go on this way so today I placed her in Gods loving hands and asked Him to take her to Bill and he would show her where the cookies are.

 

I wish we had more time together baby girl. I love you and will miss you.

 

She loved to dig and take dirt naps.

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I haven't seen her roach in quite some time and she was real good at it.

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Her first set of jammies.

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Are those the most awesome set of ears?

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One of the last pictures I got of her. This was only about a month ago.

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She was so classic and she ALWAYS wore a set of pearls.

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I miss you so much.

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I'm so very sorry :( :( :( :(

 

I'm so glad she got to spend her last senior years in your loving home. :grouphug

Kim and Bruce - with Rick (Rick Roufus 6/30/16) and missing my sweet greyhound Angels Rainey (LG's Rainey 10/4/2000 - 3/8/2011), Anubis (RJ's Saint Nick 12/25/2001 - 9/12/12) and Zeke (Hey Who Whiz It 4/6/2009 - 7/20/2020) and Larry (PTL Laroach 2/24/2007 - 8/2/2020) -- and Chester (Lab) (8/31/1990 - 5/3/2005), Captain (Schipperke) (10/12/1992 - 6/13/2005) and Remy (GSP) (?/?/1998 - 1/6/2005) at the bridge
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Oh, Lori. My heart is breaking for you. Daytona was so special. I'm sure she has found Bill by now and is making fun of his eating habits :grouphug

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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.

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I'm so sorry you & Daytona had to say goodbye. She has already had "heaven on earth" for the last 3 1/2 years, so she should be all ready for what's to come! And Bill will be there to greet her.

 

What a beautiful lady she was. Thank heavens she found her way to you all. Remember all her wonderful, quirky ways, and her beauty, and she'll be in your heart forever.

 

Hugs,

 

Barb & The Girls

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Barb, Mom to Grey's Tickertape & Grey's McCarthy.
Always missing: Wizzie and Desi

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Godspeed Ms. Daytona. You were a joy to us and your forever family and you returned the love many times over. Give Bill a slurp and ask hime what's for dinner!

 

Lori, hugs to you and Michael.

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I'm so sorry.

 

Godspeed, pretty girl.

Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in Illinois
We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10.

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Hugs to you, Lori and Michael. I am sorry that it was Daytona's time. She was a beautiful, classy girl and I am sure she is already stamping her feet at Bill.

 

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Cindy with Miss Fancypants, Paris Bueller, Zeke, and Angus 
Dante (Dg's Boyd), Zoe (In a While), Brady (Devilish Effect), Goose (BG Shotgun), Maverick (BG ShoMe), Maggie (All Trades Jax), Sherman (LNB Herman Bad) and Indy (BYB whippet) forever in my heart
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Lori, I am so very sorry for your loss. I remember when she joined you. You gave her the hardest gift of love to give, you took her pain away from her to carry forever in your heart. :bighug

 

Run with the angels sweet Daytona, you are with the very very best ~

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