Last week Ken and I were asked if we could help out with another oops litter. There were four 6-week old greyhound pups, one of whom was born with a leg defect. Of course we aren’t an adoption group, but we are a way-station for greyhounds who can’t stay where they are, but don’t yet have...
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Great news! The 10 day course of Antirobe and 30 day course of Doxycycline have all run their course and it’s been a couple weeks with no swelling of the foot or lameness. The lymph node in Rocky’s leg has returned to it’s normal size and overall he seems no worse for wear. I...
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Get those bidding fingers ready because the 2009 Miss Nellie auction to benefit Hope for Hounds and the Ohio State Greyhound Health and Wellness Program has begun!!! This highly anticipated annual event helps to support Dr. Couto and his wonderful staff at OSU who provide treatment and support to greyhounds and their owners all over...
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Southeastern Greyhound Club hosted the 2009 ASFA Greyhound Specialty yesterday at the beautiful Bear Creek Farm in Moreland, GA. There were 25 hounds entered: 11 Open, 7 Field Champion and 7 Veterans. A really nice turn out of dogs and several that I’d never seen run before, so I was really excited to see...
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For a variety of reasons, Ken and I are switching back to a (primarily) kibble diet, supplemented with raw. We didn’t want to go back to Kirkland or Diamond, so we were looking at higher end foods. We decied on Taste of the Wild (TOTW) High Prairie and have gone through a few weeks of...
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It’s been hard keeping this bee under my bonnet all weekend, but I did NOT want to do anything to jeopardize the outcome we are celebrating today! Lexus, the greyhound from RI dog park tragedy, has been set free!!! A very special greyhound angel, Robin, and her attorney husband learned of Lexus’ fate last week...
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Life with greyhounds involves a lot of napping. Mostly the hounds, though they occasionally suck in a human passing by. In fact, retired racers have pretty much elevated sleeping to an art form. Many people are surprised to learn that the fastest dog breed on the planet is actually, well, a couch potato. Very...
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Thirty minutes ago Ken embarked on a 24 gaming marathon to benefit Texas Children's Cancer Center. That's right, for 24 straight hours he will play his XBox, PS3, Nintendo DS, Wii and his computer...all for the children. Gamers all over the country will be putting their weekend gaming hours to good use in this...
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There was a hearing today for the recently retired and adopted greyhound who killed a pomeranian mix at a Rhode Island dog park. Unfortunately, she has been declared a vicious dog and as such is under the following restrictions:
She cannot be rehomed or given away to anyone.
Has to be confined 24/7 in her house or...
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Our vet added Antirobe/clindamycin to the mix last Friday and we stopped the Rimadyl Sunday night. He foot is no longer swollen and he’s walking somewhat normally on it, just a little limping now and then. Previously, his foot would be swollen up within 12 hours of stopping the Rimadyl. The lymph node is...
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson