Meet & Greet June 29, 2009

I took Mo and Kid to a Columbia area Meet & Greet for Greyhound Crossroads Sunday.  They were the only 2 greyhounds to attend and really ate up all the attention (and junky treats) the pet store shoppers had to give.  After being rawfed for 6 months, all those junkfood treats made with carbs, grains, artificial coloring, and preservatives resulted in awfully foul gas and much retching from Kido.  Poor boy — he loves the treats but the treats just don’t love him.

Kid also loved the people.  This was his first meet and greet and he was the belle of the ball (for lack of a better metaphor).  He greeted everyone with a grin and a wagging tail.  He leaned as hard as he could on anyone who would let him.  Then, he proceeded to attempt to go home with every single person who stopped to pet him.  An animal communicator once told me he wasn’t loyal to me and that he’d happily go home with just about anyone (from just looking at his picture and “tuning” into him).  And yesterday Kid proved her 100% correct!   It’s okay, though, because each time I called him back to me & gave him a good scratch on the ears he decided he wanted to go back home with me again afterall.  Mo is excellent at meet and greets (as long as there are no insanely excited dogs trying to run up in his face) but Kid is my new meeting and greeting master. He’s definitely found his calling.  I think he’d also be an excellent therapy dog so I’m going to look into that as well.

I enjoy volunteering to do meet & greets. I love educating folks and providing information about greyhounds.  I take pride when I hear terms like “majestic,” “heavenly,” “magnificent,” “beautiful,” and  ”amazing”  are used to describe my dogs by perfect strangers.

It starts. June 26, 2009

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Julie.  I’m 25 years old.  I love animals. I live with 6 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 budgies.  That’s all you need to know for now.

My dogs in order of adoption.

Emma – Tri-color collie x grey of somewhat unknown age and origin. I adopted her in May of 2004 from Pets, Inc. in West Columbia, SC. She was thought to be between 4 years old and 7 years old at the time she arrived at Pets, Inc in October 2003 which makes her currently 9-13 years old. She is my heart dog.

Giles – Blue Italian Greyhound.  Birthdate May 10, 2007.  Adopted August 2007. Affectionately known as my “biggy iggy” because he’s nearly whippet sized at 20 lbs 18″.

Mo – Red retired racing greyhound. Birthdate October 16, 2004. Adopted March 30, 2008 from Greyhound Crossroads. He’s the tallest greyhound most people have ever seen. He’s the wannabe-alpha (over my dead body) of the pack and he & I are very closely bonded.

Kid – Fawn Brindle retired racing greyhound. Mo’s litter mate. Birth date October 16, 2004. Adopted May 31, 2008 from Greyhound Crossroads.  Goofy needy boy. Never ending entertainment – my jester for sure.

Bibel – Red Italian Greyhound. Rescued from an idiotic backyard breeder August 1, 2008. We picked her up August 2nd, 2008. Unknown age — assumed birth year is 2004. She’s continuing to come out of her shell every day & is actually becoming quite an extrovert in most situations! Amazing to witness after what she’s been through.

Spike – Red & White Italian Greyhound. Birthdate January 27, 2008. Came home August 2008. Wild man!!  Broke a leg in March 2009.  He’s an amazingly sweet boy, but he is the biggest spaz of a dog I have ever known.