My journey to Greyhounds began five years ago. Doesn’t seem so long!
I was teaching at a high school where a colleague would regularly email items for sale for donations to her Greyhound group. I stopped by one day to inquire, since I was in a stable career and had purchased my own home and was looking to adopt a dog. She told me (what I know now to be) a bunch of propaganda about Greyhounds... the two “facts” that stick out the most are that “over 100,000 greyhounds are killed each year because they’re considered livestock” and “they only run counter-clockwise because of racing. Even at home.” The one true thing she told me is that they don’t need excessive amounts of exercise and not having a yard wouldn’t be a problem if I was committed to taking my dog for walks (I was). So, I set out to research available dogs. I absolutely fell in love with Spice on Petfinder and arranged to meet her at her foster home.
And she was terrible!! She was on the furniture, running/jumping from couch, to loveseat, to ottoman, repeat. We almost didn’t take her. But my roommate and I decided to take her for a walk, and she was completely different outside. So we decided to give it a go. And it became abundantly clear that this dog was a spoiled rotten princess. What I thought I knew just didn’t jive with what I was seeing. So I set out to find her trainer, which I did (thanks, Sarah).
Anyway, shortly thereafter, my roommate adopted her boy and we started volunteering for GST's Sun State Greyhound Adoption. We now have our 28th foster at home and are co-owners of two active racers! (Thanks to Monte for the opportunity and to John, Crystal, & Monica for taking such great care of them.)
Spice just celebrated her fifth gotcha day and is just about as spoiled as ever 😏
The top left picture is the day I got her and stopped by my parents' house to show them the surprise!
Brooke Busby
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