(Well she was at the vets yesterday being speyed)
From what I gather (hubby was the one who made the phonecall) - she's come from a yard with cats, passed cat testing and is a really sweet little black girlie... and they'll ring us probably into next week to go meet her when she's settled down and they've got their own measure of her!
Sooooo excited - would love them to ring earlier so we could go meet Mrs Houndette!
Sooo... if people look like their dogs - does getting a grey mean I automatically become a sleek, slender, supermodel athlete?! (Rather than a shaggy farting mess?!)
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emptyshell · 15/07/2011 07:31
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BehindLockNumberNine ·
15/07/2011 08:04
Woohoo! Keep us posted, how exciting 
We have our homecheck this afternoon - whilst we wanted a greyhound we have fallen in love with a little lurcher boy (and I hope to god we don't look like our dogs, Sam has huge (and I mean huge!) ears.....)
DooinMeCleanin ·
15/07/2011 08:12
'Sooo... if people look like their dogs - does getting a grey mean I automatically become a sleek, slender, supermodel athlete?! (Rather than a shaggy farting mess?!)' I have two, sleek, gracefull, shiny sighthounds and only one barrel shaped, shaggy, well worn terrier. I look like the terrier 
But I have a bike lead now, so I will be sleek and gracefull never
Good luck emptyshell. I don't know where abouts you are, but if it doesn't work for any reason I have a cat tested, dog friendly, caged bird tested, child tested grey here, who needs a forever home, but you'd need to be around the NE.
Scuttlebutter ·
15/07/2011 08:52
That's fantastic news. Really exciting!
We have three greyhounds. All are lean, tall, elegant and look like supermodels, with exquisite noses and legs that go on for ever. I am short, fat and dumpy and not even DH would describe me as "elegant". Sometimes I am asked if I have broken my nose (I haven't!) and I was behind the door when they were handing out cheekbones. So, sadly, it's not an infallible theory. Though of course Dooin is about to prove me wrong. 
Scuttlebutter ·
15/07/2011 08:53
Though of course the farting would mean you were a perfect match.
chickchickchicken ·
15/07/2011 14:10
at them changing their minds. did they at least take another rescue?
can you tell us more about her? (i cant rehome her but maybe someone else on her can) iirc she is ok with cats?
DooinMeCleanin ·
15/07/2011 14:16
Yes they took another grey afaik. She is good with the cat, we had a few 'wobbles' where she barked at him, but it was friendly play, she didn't want to hurt him she just wanted him to come out so she could see what he was.
She is good with other dogs. Very gentle with children. Sleeps a lot like a most greyhounds do 
. She walks well on her lead unless she sees another dog and then she starts pulling to say hello, but she can be distracted from this simply by saying her name and telling her she is good. Her recall is good in our gated alley, but I've not tested her in open space yet.
She is house trained. I would say her only 'problem' is that due to a bad start in life she doesn't like being left alone, so would need someone around most of the time. She doesn't settle well on her own so we let her sleep in our room, but she is very good in there and lays down on her own bed and stays there untill someone eventually manages to convince her to get up
Scuttlebutter ·
15/07/2011 22:47
Wildfig, in my head I am! Inside I am a combo of Eowyn from LOTR and Brunnhilde from the Ring Cycle (but not blonde). This works brilliantly until I get sight of myself in a shop window and think "Oh, it's a fat hobbit wearing my top!" In my pre cancer, younger days I was considerably more svelte.
However, DH is tall, leggy, dark and runs fast. So maybe the theory is right after all. He can also fart like a greyhound.
BettyTurnip ·
15/07/2011 22:54
at the wolf husky. A little boy saw our big golden retriever boy swimming in the river of the local woods and yelled to his mum that there was a polar bear in the water! Very excited he was too.
Dooin, I am a SAHM in the NE and think your greyhound foster girl looks gorgeous. I'm tempted to have The Conversation with DH about a pal for our boy but I'm just a bit concerned that our household is just too noisy and overwhelming (three dc under 7). The golden retriever is fine with it all but I do think he's particularly placid and accommodating.
Sorry for hijacking emptyshell - hope everything works out for you and the lucky dog!
DooinMeCleanin ·
16/07/2011 00:13
Betty I have two other dogs and a cat, a 3yo, a 7yo and on occassions a fourth dog. My house is most definitely not quiet and the grey is fine here
She is a really lovely dog and I'd love to see her settled in her permanant home. I can't afford to insure a third dog or I am sure DH would insist we keep her and he is the one who doesn't like dogs. Even my Gran who detests dogs made a point of saying what a lovely dog she is.
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