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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.

Danica

This couple recently lost the Greyhound that they got while they lived in Texas. When they came in, they were ready to meet all of our dogs and take them all home! Since that wasn’t possible they decided to narrow it down a little — in fact, they narrowed it down to two dogs they wanted to get to know better. At pretty much the last minute, they caught sight of a little fawn girl while they walked through the kennel and asked to meet her. I’m sure you guessed that, it wasn’t long before they walked in to the adoption center and told us that Danica was going to be their new family member! –

Packer

Some of our wonderful dogs stay with us a lot longer than we anticipate because they run into situations that they don’t know how to handle and they react to those situations. This particular boy ran into a few of those situations and after each one, he withdrew a little more. Well, thankfully, that backslide stops now and he has the opportunity to get back to his old self. His new parents have had many of our dogs and they can’t wait to give him the chance to learn to trust again and blossom!! We are so thrilled for Packer!!!!

Madison

Often someone comes to the kennel with a specific dog in mind they would like to see and, most of the time, they end up falling in love with another dog. This time, the couple came in with a dog in mind, but they were also open to the suggestions we had for them, so we picked out a list of dogs for them to see. We showed them the dog they had come to see first and they hit it off beautifully and, while they did look at a few other dogs, truthfully, those dogs never had a chance. The couple had fallen hook, line & sinker for little Miss Madison who is now known as Maggie.

Ned

he next lady has been involved with Greyhounds since way back when John Hern was around and she has had lots of hounds. She lost her last greyhound on New Year’s Eve and couldn’t face the thought of facing 2020 without a Greyhound so she came to find a new furry companion. She loves big boys and,coincidentally, we had a few big, young boys to show her. All of the boys seemed to be on their best behavior (I think the turnout folks did a wonderful job of wearing them out!!) and they all did a greyt job of showing off their sweet, attentive sides. But, there was one boy who had that little something special so he completely stood out from the others and won her heart immediately — Ned!!!

Betsey

When you already have 4 dogs, it’s hard to imagine that you need another dog to help keep one of your dogs busy. This man has a young AKC greyhound, named Morty, that has way too much energy for his other dogs so he came to find a dog that can keep up with him. We were thinking that a girl would be best so we started through the list of active young girls that we have and just as quickly as we were bringing the dogs out, we were turning around and taking them back in. We were starting to think we might strike out, but the last girl we tried came out into the yard and gave Morty a run for his money. She kept up with him through all their activity and had no problem letting him know if he overstepped his bounds. By the end of the introduction, we were wondering if Morty was going to be able to keep up with Betsy — I guess we will see!!

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Quite a few people wanted to start their new year with their new Greyhound so we were busy.

Vegas

When you have no idea what to get your wife for Christmas, how about getting her a Greyhound. That is what this husband did and I’m sure he made a lot of brownie points for that idea. His wife has been doing turnout for the last month or so in hopes of meeting her new dog by getting to know as many of the dogs as possible. So, naturally, she had lots of dogs she wanted to introduce to her husband and two children (ages 8 & 5) and amazingly all the dogs did very well with the kids. That meant that the family not only had to narrow the list down themselves, but they also had to find one dog they all agreed on. I was thinking that might take a little time, but the little girl they picked did such an outstanding job of showing herself off, the other dogs never really had a chance. The whole family agreed that Vegas, nka Rey, was absolutely the girl for them!!

Elise

First up was a man who lost his Grey to cancer a few months ago and he was ready to get his new friend. However, there was one small thing he had to take into consideration and that was the small dog (named Lo) that belongs to his girlfriend. He met dogs a few days ago and narrowed the list down to three he was very interested in. Then he brought in Lo for a meet and greet and that list pretty much went right out the window since two out of the three dogs were clearly way too interested in Lo. Luckily, his favorite got along just fine with Lo and he was excited to take home his new furry friend — Elise who is now known as Tilda.

Kevin

This couple was obviously ready to get their new dog — they had their home visit at 9:30 and the minute the visit was over and they were approved, the woman called me to come meet dogs as soon as possible. They had been through the website and came in with their list which they quickly narrowed down to two dogs. Of those two remaining dogs, they were already leaning toward one, but when they found out he was born on their anniversary, they decided that Kevin, nka Seymour, absolutely had to be their new addition.

Flicka

The next couple fostered dogs for us a few years ago and they did what so many foster families do — they failed!!! Unfortunately, they lost their failed foster recently and they were ready to fill that hole he left. They recently did turnout so they had a list of dogs they were wanting to see and they selected a few that they wanted to spend more time with. There was one final test that the Greyhound was going to have to pass and that was it needed to get along with their friends’ Husky/Bassett hound mix named Millie. The two males flunked that test as soon as they walked in the room, but the two girls did just fine. I’m not sure, but I think that Flicka, nka Piper, had the edge over the other Grey because she was born on the same day as the woman’s father! 😉

Nina

Finally, the parents of two extremely handsome black boys had recently lost their small dog and they decided they needed to fill their pack out again. They were thinking that another boy would be the best option, but then they met a beautiful little fawn girl who stole their hearts. So, they decided that Nina would fit into their family beautifully!

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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.

Cleo

So many Greyhound families have lost one of their precious dogs to bone cancer and these ladies just joined that group when they lost their girl Ivy on Saturday. They knew that their remaining Grey named Finnegan (fka Cosmo) would not do well as an only dog and they were prepared to act pretty quickly to get another dog. They also have a cat which obviously affected the dogs that would fit in their home. Even though our list of cat trainable dogs is quickly being depleted, but there were still a few cuties for the ladies to see. Finnegan loves everybody so he was not much help in the selection process, but, the ladies were prepared to jump in and help and they all decided that Cleo was the one!!

BT

Although all of our adoptions are special, this one is just a little more special. This guy is about as sweet as he can be but he is big & strong & had absolutely no manners when he came to us so it was pretty hard to see what this guy was really like!! But our wonderful team of employees and volunteers set to work to give him some of the basic behavior training so that potential adopters could see the diamond in the rough! The work paid off and when his special family found their way to him, he was ready and waiting. I think they fell in love with him before they met him, but the deal was sealed at first sight and cemented by the first meeting. When he came out into the adoption center, he was on his best behavior and showered these people with kisses and showed all of his tricks. There was absolutely no way they could resist BT who
will now be known as Rudy!!

Tyrion

This family came to the kennel fully intending to get one specific dog. They have a female 3 or 4 year old Deerhound and a 9 year old male Greyhound that needed to be able to get along with the dog they wanted. Usually, I worry about whether or not the current dogs will like the new dog, but, in this case, the parents were so sure it was going to be fine, I really didn’t have much doubt that it would work out. I didn’t mention that the dog they were interested in just happens to be an 8 month old puppy that acts just like you would expect him to act — bouncy, happy, knows no boundaries, every thing is FUN — you know what puppies are like! None of those characteristics phased the parents or the dogs so Tyrion (who is from South Korea & just happens to be cute as a button!) has found his new home and I am guessing that is going to be one busy household as everybody gets adjusted!!

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