Dedicated to the ones we loved

sky, thor, macho

To all the greys I've loved before
Who traveled in and out my door
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this blog
To all the greys I've loved before

twiggy

 To all the dogs I once caressed
And may I say I've held the best
For helping me to grow I owe a lot I know

Ollie

To all the dogs I've loved before

fog

To all the dogs I've loved before
The winds of change continue blowing

And they just carry them away

To all the greys who shared my life
Who now are in someone else's lives
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this blog
To all the dogs I've loved before

macho

 To all the dogs I once caressed
And may I say I've held the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the dogs I've loved before

ace,macho,duke,river,effe

To all the greys we've loved before
Who traveled in and out our doors
We're glad they came along
We dedicate this blog
To all the greys we've loved before

ollie, mindy, kacey

To all the greys we've loved before

Thor, Rest in Peace 

A home for Khan

The first Saturday of each month, Erie Shore GreyhoundAdoption of Ohio has a Meet and Greet (M&G) at Petco, near Rocky River Ohio.  Bill and Ace normally go, and if we have a foster dog, the foster dog gets to go too.  So, on December 7, Bill loaded the Retired Racer Bus

with Ace and Khan and went to the M&G. We get a lot of interest in greyhounds and a good bunch of adoptions from this Petco.  This is the Khan’s story of how he got adopted.

Ace and I were standing in this store, which had all sorts of interesting things, critters, rodents and dog treats out on a big table.  Ace said we can’t help ourselves.  Since I had never been in a store, this was all pretty scary to me, but I was on my leash and Ace said it is fun to go there.  There were a couple of girl greyhounds there, Rain, came up from FL with me, and a couple others I didn't know.  It was nice to see some different greyhounds.  Anyway, I was standing there, and a human girl came up and started touching me in the nicest way.  Soon she was petting me, rubbing my back, using the right amount of pressure and oh my, it felt so good.  I leaned against her to let her know that felt good.  I lost my mind for a minute and pressed my whole body weight into her.  I felt her brace to hold me up, but she didn’t stop petting me.  Soon my man, who was talking to another man handed her my leash.  I was worried, but there was something about her that told me, I would be fine.  Plus my man was watching and I don’t think he would let me get hurt.  The girl took me to look at something called Ferret, and small rodents.  We looked at birds and something called cat. Then we looked at dog snacks and returned to the man and the other greyhounds.  Before I knew what was happening another man was petting me.  He reminded me of the girl and she was standing next to him.  I liked him, and he was petting me too. So I pressed against him so he could feel how strong I am and that he could pet me.  Next thing I knew, the girl was petting me again and the man was writing.

Soon we left.  It was fun being at the store with Ace, the man and other greyhounds; it was hard on my feet.  It was nice to get back to the lady and my bed.  I don’t know why we go to stores.

A few days later, my man took me for a ride in the car, by myself.  We went to see the girl and man that were at the store!  It was so nice to see them again.  I was so happy, I pressed against the girl and then the man, which is her Dad, and back to my man.  Then a cat came by and told me that the cat is in charge.  It scared me when it hissed at me, but I was brave.  Soon, my man left me at the house with the Dad and daughter.  On the way out, my man told me to be nice cause these people want me to live with them.  My man said he would be checking on me and if there were any problems, I can come back to his house.

I like living with the new man, and his daughter.  My soon to be Dad is Larry, and my sister is Alyssa.  I will officially be theirs in about another week.  Larry walks me and I got to meet some neighbors.  Soon the fence will be finished and I can run in the yard, once it warms up.  Larry and Alyssa love me a lot and I am starting to get into their routine.  The cat comes and hisses at me sometimes, but I don’t want to bother it.

Larry has purchased a new collar or two for me and is getting me a couple of new coats.  I am a happy pampered pet.  I hope all the dogs that came to Ohio with me get good homes like I did.

I am Khan

Prelude:  Khan wrote this about 10 days ago.  I was waiting to post it till I got a new picture of him.  But in the meantime, we have received an adoption application for Khan.  So, I thought I would post Khan's blog before he goes to see if he wants to live with the new people.

 My racing name was PGs Khan, they call me Khan.  I am 3 years old and taller than the dogs I live with.  I am Black.  I have 4 white feet and a white chest and underside.  My teef are beautiful and my front top teef are vewy long.  When people rub my chin, they can feel my top K9s.  I have white hairs on my back.  The man says, I want to be grey, so, I am growing in white hairs.  The lady says I have a Red undercoat, which she can see when I am in the sun light.

I like getting petted.  I like being gently held and petted and have words said to me.  Macho and River lay on the floor with the lady, and they look like that is heaven.  I would like to try that, I think.  I watch them and want to ask her to lay with me, but Macho and River will not allow her to get on the floor without one of them being right there.  They have made it clear that that they get most of the attention.  The lady takes time with me and sits on the stairs so I can come to her.  I stand with my side against her and she rubs me.  I press harder against her cause it feels so good, and she just keeps petting and holding me.  It is the second best part of my day.

Khan in the snow

The bestest part of my day is running in the yard.  They have a nice yard here, and I have figured out that I can run.  Macho will sometimes run with me, since I am faster than him, he gets grumpy then he cheats while running.  The best part is having the yard to myself and the lady comes out to watch me run.  She tells me I can run, and jogs in the yard to show me what she wants me to do, and I go and show her how fast I am!  I love the feeling of running.  I am fast, it feels so good:  I am a confident, proud, happy dog when I am running in the yard.  I run 8 figure 8s in the yard when she is watching, then I run to her when I am done.  She rubs me and tells me I did good, and she hugs me.  I am hot and panting, but she doesn’t care, she just keeps petting me and talking to me.  I like that.  Then she asks if I am done and together we walk back to the house.  I hold my head high and my arch is out of my back when we walk together, I know she is proud of me.

The other part of the day I like is the food part.  We get fed twice each day.  I have figured out where MY bowl is, and that the humans won’t take the food away while I am eating.  They don’t like it when I eat the other dog’s food.  I know it is theirs, but for a while, they were leaving part of their food just for me. Not anymore, so I don’t get to eat as much as I did when I first got here.  We also get treats here.  The others line up for their treats.  I stay on the bed next to the man’s chair, where I am safe and out of the way.  The lady makes sure I get treats too.  If I am feeling especially insecure, I will go in the other room when she brings a treat for me.  She leaves it on that bed, and keeps the others away from it so I can get it.  I sleek to the bed and snatch the treat and eat it.  She likes us to have Milk bones.  I don’t really like Milk Bones, but they are fun to crunch.  After I crunch them, I eat the big pieces and leave the crumbs for the others.

At the end of the day, we all go upstairs and go to bed.  We sleep on dog beds on the floor.  It feels good to lie down knowing the other dogs are with me.  I know that if I get scared the humans will get up to comfort me, and that if I need l go out, I can tell Ace and he will get the man up.  I feel safe, loved, and content when we are all sleeping together, and look forward to what things I can do tomorrow.

I hope the people that adopt me are patient and kind.  And I hope they will occasionally take me for a walk.