Disciple is at his new foster home. I think he'll be very happy, there are 8 other greyhounds and a huge grassy yard for them to play in. The woman that took him is pretty hard core tho, she didn't like it that he was excited to see her and said they'd have to work on calming him down. What?! He just met you, let him be a little excited about it!! Anyways, she is very experienced with greyhounds and will give him a good home (I hope). Ditto and Rusty didn't seem to mind that they are the lone dogs left in the house. We went for a nice walk last night and this morning and they enjoyed playing as if nothing happened. It wasn't that Disciple played much anyways so maybe they didn't have much adjusting to do. Now, get Ditto trained so they can have the run of the house...

Sad day...

I will be bringing Disciple to his new foster home today. It'll be sad to see him go, but at least now I don't have to worry about him escaping the confines while I am gone and marking around the house. He is a great dog and I hope he finds a home with lots of love. This isn't a goodbye to greyhound fostering or adopting, I just need to wait until my life slows down some so I can give them the time they require, especially in the beginning.

The boys hanging out on night one.

I told ya he was bleeding on the way home!

Dog Update

Well, I turned Atlanta back in last night. I can't have a dog that jumps the baby gate and has full reign of the house until it is completely potty trained. Unfortunately, Disciple has started to do just the same thing and will be turned back the Adopt a Greyhound next. I don't have a date of when he will go back, but again, I can't have a jumper. That, and he still has separation anxiety issues when he is the only dog home.

On another note, meet my new permanent addition!

His name was Rusty at the Humane Society, and since I already have a Rusty, his new name is Ditto. Kinda fitting I think. He is a lab mix and about 11 months old. Not sure he's that old because he's pretty small, but I'll go with that age. He was a stray that was picked up by Maricopa County, then turned over to the Humane Society. I brought him home today and we have already been to the vet, even before we got him home! I had a micro-chip implanted when I adopted him and it started bleeding bad. Since I was so close to my vet, I called them and they fixed him up. I guess they didn't put enough glue on when they chipped him. He's also already fallen into the pool, and was able to get himself out. I think it scared him a bit and hope he stays out of it from now on! He played hard with Rusty and Disciple and is currently napping on a dog bed here in the office. I think he's going to be a great addition to our family, don't you?

Kitten Update

Yippee, all of the kittens are eating! I had to convince the last hold-out with baby food, but whatever it took was fine by me. She's getting more friendly now too, and comes out to get lovin like the rest of the gang. They got their first set of shots today and will go back to the Humane Society for adoption in about a month. I will be adopting the mother cat after she has been fixed. The kittens are really cruising around and jumping and playing on everything. They're a whole lot of fun and it'll be sad to see them go. The concilation to that is that I will be picking up another cat or mother with kittens that need my help too. They say it'll get easier to give them back, we'll see about that!

Atlanta the Jumper

Greyhound Update

Well, I picked up a second greyhound on Friday named Atlanta. I thought that if I got a second one, the two greyhounds could stay home while Rusty and I went running or hiking or whatever and we wouldn't have any separation anxiety issues. It was a good thought but it isn't going to turn out that way I'm afraid. Atlanta is a beautiful red dog (actually is the color of a deer) that is just about the same size as Disciple, but with one main difference, he's a jumper. He learned very early that he can jump the baby gates and spent a few hours on Saturday with the run of the house while I was at the Humane Society. As you can guess, he didn't find it necessary to jump the gate to get back outside to do his business. That wasn't the problem though because I expected a mess or two while they were learning that the house is their XXL crate. The problem is that I don't foresee him stopping the jumping and that causes an issue. I setup the baby gates in the hallway so that the dogs would have more room to access the house and air conditioning. Given that I can't use the gates, they'd be forced into just the laundry room. If you've seen my laundry room, you know that it's not big enough for 3 dogs! I have made the very difficult decision to give up both greyhounds. I can't keep Disciple if he's going to freak every time he's home alone, and he's not built to hike and/or run the distances that I'd ask of him. I am not going to stop taking Rusty on the things he's enjoyed for nearly 3 years so that only leaves me one choice, and that's to give up the fosters. I hate that I can't make things work with these guys because I'm really attached to them, but it has to be right for all of us, and given the current situation, it's not. I am not sure when I will be returning them, I'm waiting to hear back from the AZ Adopt a Greyhound people. Sad day...