Cathy Munro

We’re taking a little walk down memory lane with today’s Adoption Tails – here’s a few stories from 2014/2015 and our story teller is Marchet. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.

Louie

Louie was adopted!! Louie, Louie we miss you. Our handsome black puppy boy now has his very own home. It took your new family less than a week to fail fostering. You have already learned so much and are behaving so well.

Saturn

Saturn was adopted!! [Insert wild Muppet applause]

Our sweet, fun, playful brindle boy Saturn went to his forever home. He knew something good was happening. His new family was so excited to come and take him home. You will be missed but you are going to have so much love and fun with your new family which includes male Greyhounds.

Pepper

Handsome & hairy Pepper from South Korea was adopted today!! One more journey to Canada and his forever home. 🙂 I am so sad but I know two happy people and a very happy hound. Pepper our very special, adorable boy was adopted today. He is now a Canadian and I miss him already. I think he will be way too busy to miss us much though. Happy life sweet boy.

Alphie

Alphie, the first of four dogs from Ireland was adopted!! Alphie, now known as Logan was adopted today and he will be living really close so hopefully we will get to see him frequently. He is one lucky boy to not only have a family that already loves him but also are home a lot. That is called greyhound heaven as they so love to be with their people.

Pace

Our big handsome red boy Pace today went to his forever home. He was so excited when his new mom came to get him. He has waited so patiently for the right family to show up so that he could pick them. It finally happened and was he ever excited. They are so smart, they know. We will miss you. They don’t live far though so I bet he will be coming to run in the dog park and visit.

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We’re taking a little walk down memory lane with today’s Adoption Tails – here’s a few stories from 2014/2015 and our story teller is Marchet. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.

True

The very sweet and very handsome brindle boy True was quickly adopted today. (Saturday) His new mom came with her female grey to pick out a new male friend. She saw one male and then out came True. He really showed her that he wanted to go home with them. It didn’t take more than 5 or 10 minutes for that decision to be made. The dogs sure do know what they want. Since both the 2 legged and 4 legged females really like him…………it was a done deal. -Marchet

Rambo

Rambo was adopted today! Handsome red boy Rambo won out over the other boys at the kennel to go home today. He was a very happy boy. His new dad, who is tall and lanky like a greyhound was very excited. -Marchet

Sawyer

Today the very handsome white and fawn darling affectionate Sawyer was adopted. He will be leading a very interesting life. Most of his time will be spent on the very large ship where his dad is Captain. Don’t worry the ship is in port most of the time where there are close by areas where he can get lots of exercise. Most of all he will get lots of love. -Marchet

Holly

This family already had 2 females from us. Since one was getting old and didn’t want to play as much they along with the 2 girls decided that Holly was the right one for them. -Marchet

Jack

Jack, the very handsome red boy picked his new mom today. She saw one male and then we brought Jack out….that was it. He convinced her that there was absolutely no reason to see anyone else. Usually I say you are here you might as well look at a few more. I didn’t bother today. That really was it. Love at first sight. -Marchet

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Join us here each Monday as Regional Vice President Kathy Kreyling shares stories from the Adoption Center. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.

Maura

Even if you have had many dogs, losing two dogs in less than a year is tough and everyone reacts differently — some people feel the need to get another dog right away and some need to have a little time to regroup. Each member of this couple was on the opposite side of the fence. However, shortly after this couple lost their dog, a beautiful female Greyhound came back to us through no fault of her own – she was very loved but a member of the family was suffering severe allergies because of the dog. They were devastated to give her up. I think the Universe, with some help from its earthling helpers (including a wife who couldn’t wait any longer for a new addition), conspired to get this dog together with this couple. All it took was a nice walk, some leaning and schmoozing from the dog and the couple was pretty much putty in her hands. Thank heavens — Maura/Luna, nka Carly, found a place with a couple who had plenty of love for her and vice versa!!!!

Paco

The first couple lost their 5 year old Greyhound to Osteo a couple of days ago and they needed a new family member for their 12 year old boy, Norman, and for themselves. Norman is such a sweetheart and so easy to get along with that the screening process, which he was in charge of, didn’t seem to eliminate many dogs. So, the parents had to jump in and do the hard work! From the very beginning, they were smitten with a very handsome brindle boy who was very affectionate, but had so much energy, they wanted to make sure they could handle him. After seeing a wide variety of dogs, they kept coming back to this boy and they decided they could absolutely handle him and Paco had to be a member of the family!!

Snookie

The next couple were school teachers who have the next 6 weeks off and decided that there couldn’t be a better time to bring a dog into their lives (BTW, we’re hoping there are a lot of other people out there who feel the same way!!!!). They were thinking that a calm girl would fit their situation the best and we set off to find just that (keep in mind that “calm” and “girl” do not always go together!). They saw quite a few dogs and weren’t sure who was going to be the best one for them. But, as it usually happens, once they spent some time outside with the dogs, one of them quickly made it obvious that she was the one for them — Snookie!!

Bishop and Oxie

This couple has been thinking about getting a Greyhound for around two years, but they wanted to get everything in order first … like graduating from college, getting married and renting a house with a yard. Now that all is in order and they are both going to be working from home for a while, the time is finally right. They came in thinking they would adopt one dog and come back quickly to get a second one, but that changed when they met two dogs that they thought would be a very good fit for them. The million dollar question was “how would the two dogs get along with each other”? Thankfully and luckily, they did get along very well, so Oxie and Bishop headed off to their new home near Northgate in Seattle.

Danica

The next lady has fostered a few dogs for us when we needed her and her foster failure rate has been wonderful — 100%!!! When she offered to help us the last time we asked for foster homes, I’ll be honest, I had my fingers crossed she would fail again! And, she didn’t let me, or the cute little fawn girl she was fostering, down!! Hooray, today Danica is officially part of the family!!!!

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Join us here each Monday as Regional Vice President Kathy Kreyling shares stories from the Adoption Center. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.

Reagan

We definitely had some interesting combinations of dogs this weekend, and this adoption was no different. This couple came in with an Australian Shepherd named Bane who needs a buddy, but wasn’t really sure he wanted a buddy. He loves to play so he needed a dog that could keep up with him and, I admit, we were a little concerned that he would be too active and rough for our dogs — we couldn’t have been more wrong! One of our darling little girls started out sweet and calm and when we got outside, she turned into a whirling dervish and actually smacked Bane a couple of times with her paw (it almost looked like some of the slaps you’ve seen where the person uses their whole arm in the slap!) We finally found a dog that was so mellow and really couldn’t have cared less about Bane and vice versa!!! That’s when we knew we had found our match — Reagan, nka Penelope!!!!

Greta

This lady has been trying to come get a new brother or sister for her dog, Winnie (who just happens to be from Macau), but something kept getting in the way. Finally, all the stars aligned and she headed our way. Winnie had decided she wanted to meet lots of boys and she gave us a pretty lengthy list — she met those and we added a couple of others and also a few girls. Winnie actually wasn’t much help narrowing the list of candidates down because she got along with everybody so that left the final decision to her mom. Her mom gave the situation careful thought and, of course, you know that since Winnie was pretty sure she wanted a brother, she went home with a new sister, Greta!

Betzy

We say over & over that these dogs are addictive and here’s more proof. This family got their first Lurcher, Davey, almost exactly a month ago and they already decided that they needed another one. The funny thing is that the daughter and mother were both looking at our website and they both decided on the same dog that would need to join their family. They brought Davey to meet the dog and luckily he approved. He hadn’t quite figured out how to play with his new sister before he left, but we’re sure Betzy (who also happens to be a Lurcher) will be happy to give him instructions!!

Buck

We have an amazing number of wonderful dogs right now and this gentleman saw a good portion of them. He met some of every type … strong, rowdy, calm, you name it — and, surprisingly, he seemed to have a relatively easy time narrowing the list down to a manageable number. At first, he was leaning toward some of our big, strong boys, but when he thought about his young grandchildren, he thought that one of our calmer boys would be a much better fit. So he headed off to eastern Washington with his new best friend, our beautiful, black boy — Buck!

Ian

This couple has been thinking about getting a Greyhound for quite a few years and the time is finally right for them. They actually started watching our website while they still lived in Canada. Now they are in the U.S., the wife isn’t working at the present and the husband will be working from home for the rest of this month so they thought they couldn’t pick a better time to adopt a dog. After they narrowed their list of dogs down to two (one boy and one girl), it kind of looked like they were having a bit of a hard time deciding and then one final fact tipped the scale towards one dog. The handsome, brindle boy had the same birthday as the wife and that just seemed like a sign that Ian belonged with them!!

Peri

A really cute 12 year old poodle named Hazel brought her family in to find a new playmate for her. At first, we were a little worried that our hounds might be a little too active for her, but we quickly realized it may be the other way around. Even though she doesn’t see well, Hazel checked out every dog and she was ready to play with all of them. As so often happens, if the dog doesn’t make a decision, the owners have to do it and, thankfully, this family was in total agreement that Peri would be a wonderful playmate for Hazel!!

Odie

When we put out the call for foster homes to help us handle the huge influx of dogs we had coming in early February, a couple who already had a female Greyhound, Laila (fka Opal) offered to take a dog and they chose a boy who had been at the kennel for quite a while. This boy would probably have gotten adopted more quickly if he hadn’t made it almost impossible for his foster parents to get any sleep. I have to give the foster parents a lot of credit — they loved this boy and wanted to try everything they could to help him sleep through the night. When they thought they had done just about everything and nothing worked, someone suggested giving him a small amount of food just before bed and, just like magic, he slept through the night (and so did the rest of the family)!!! With that final hurdle cleared (and the fact that Laila had so much fun playing with him) the family couldn’t wait to make Odie part of the family!!

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