And youd ont mention the fact that greyhounds are abused by their owners. I find dog racing horrible they treat their greyhounds very badly and not upto the standards i would personally like to see.
But rip was a crazy dog i would come into work at 6 am and he would be down the street playign with a trash bag ;) all full of energy but for the rest of the day he would be lazy and sleep all day. He was a very relaxed dog one day i brought my Chihuahua in and beamer was sniffing rip and then tried to hump him and rip bit his nose lol, first time i've ever seen rip nip hehe was scared for beamer because i thought he got his paw broken lol, well after that beamer didnt hump anymore ----- Original Message ----- From: "BethF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: A Greyhound called Maddy > congratulations, mostly to Maddy for finding a new home. Personally, a dog > with a new better life, needs a new name too, so consider giving her a name > that you chose for her. > > racer greyounds never sit, and may never learn to sit - laying down is > something they enjoy more! > > and forgive me for being the bearer of possible bad news - of ALL the dogs > in the world greys, especially racer greys, are the hardest to "cat safe". > Remember its a dog trained to chase a small fluffy thing no matter what and > a dog bred to do so for thousands of years. > > be prepared to keep them separated forever, maddy may never be trustworthy > with snoopy and bird. i have a friend who does some grey rescue who can > give you some pointers (her greys are ok with cats). It can be done with > most dogs, some never get over their prey drive. Some grey rescues don't > adopt to homes with cats! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erika L. Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:33 AM > Subject: A Greyhound called Maddy > > > > We became unofficial owners of our first greyhound today. :) > > > > We wanted a dog, and couldn't get the ones we really, really wanted like > > a Husky or a Golden Retriever until we buy our property, so I've been > > looking into adopting a greyhound. Funnily enough, even though they are > > racedogs, they require minimal exercise in the form of one or two walks > > a day, and prefer to sleep most of the time. > > > > So, after a bit more research, we decided that they fit us perfectly > > right now. > > > > We found a nearby Greyhound rescue kennel, and were shown several > > different dogs, including the Arnold Schwartzeneger of Greyhounds, a > > girl called Jilly. She looked like your typical, steroid-taking, > > competition-winning, muscle-bound, body builder. Wow! ... But she wasn't > > the one we fell in love with ... > > > > Because out came Maddy, a playful, tall, clumsy, but sleek, Brindle and > > White girl. > > > > All that's left is to get her used to Snoopy the cat. We actually cat > > tested her last weekend, letting her come home and stay ... But we were > > so nervous about Snoopy, we took Maddy back, thinking she wasn't the > > one. She was so sad. :( > > > > Then we spent all week agonizing over missing her, and decided that one > > night was not a test enough, ... It didn't take into account how excited > > she was to be in a house and in new surroundings. > > > > So now she's back. She has to live muzzled for the week, in case Snoopy > > decides to come out from wherever he's hiding ... But he's in a better > > mood than he was last week. The eyes aren't quite so big. The fur isn't > > up on edge. Maddy is still very curious about him, but she completely > > ignores the bird, so we're hopeful. > > > > It's going to be fun! We am so excited to have a dog again ... And to > > resurrect all the dog training skills I haven't been able to use in all > > these years will be fun as well. Maddy's an excellent walker on a leash > > and heels quite nicely ... But Come, Sit and Stay aren't in her > > vocabulary just yet. ;) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Erika > > > > Plunge boldly into the thick of life! > > Each lives it, not to many is it known; > > and seize it where you will, it is interesting. - Goethe > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
