| Hello, my name is Colleen and I am 13 years of age. My family and
I own a retired racing greyhound who we called Sandy Louise. Sandy Louise
is 9 years old and we adopted her from The Greyhound Rescue Society of Sugar
Loaf, New York. We went to Karen Lorenzo's home and took Spanky our 6 year
old Springer/Labrador cross with us because we wanted to make sure that the
new dog would get along with him 'cause Spanky isn't all that friendly when
it comes to other cats and dogs. When we got inside we saw a black &
white greyhound that we liked and that Spanky got alone with. It was a hard
choice, because my sister and I had two choices; both black & white and
both females - one very large and one not so large. the very large one was
shy and timid, the other naughty and fun - her name was Jitterbug (later
to become Sandy Louise). After signing the forms and paying her adoption
fee we brought Jitterbug home to our house in New Jersey where she now lives
with the other dogs, the rabbits and of course the cats. Sandy Louise is
my dog and she is very special to me. She has some bad habits like stealing
food but she's fun and nice to be around. None of the other dogs at home
will annoy her because she will bite them. She is a huge couch potato but
greyhounds are great dogs and it is sad to remember all the abuse she and
other greyhounds went through before they were killed or better still adopted
by nice families. If you want a fun, intelligent loyal dog and save a life
as well then adopt a greyhound and you will be rewarded with a wonderful
friend and companion. |
