Hound Sitting

Mitch and I had the pleasure of watching Sharon's three greys for two weeks. They are very well behaved and wonderfully sweet greys! We really enjoyed their stay with us!!!! =) It took everyone a day to get settled in, so I slept downstairs the first night with the hounds so that Mitch could get a good nights sleep. Pearl and Dillon got up a few times in the middle of the night and came over to me. They wanted to be loved on, so I abliged and gave them lots of TLC. The first feeding was a little tricky, but I quickly realized that calling their names out and then putting down their bowls seemed to help everyone get the hang of where they would be eating. By the next day they had things figured out. And feeding 6 dogs (yes, 6, don't forget K.C.) became a piece of cake. They adjusted to our routine quickly. Instead of my usual wake up call from Maggie, Pearl took charge of getting me up at 5:30 a.m. every morning. I have not used an alarm clock since we adopted Maggie last September. She always gets me up in time for work!!! No more loud buzzing noise in the morning, instead I have sweet Maggie giving me kisses in the face!



Below are a montage of pictures from the last two weeks. In no particular order.





Meet Wally. Wally is six years old and raced up North. Wally is a very sweet boy, who loves his toys. He does not just play with toys, but he sleeps with them too. He found a toy that had similar coloring as him.






Wally in a deep sleep.






Trying to stay awake, one ear up and one eye opened.




In honor of Friday the 13th, Maggie gives us her best imperssonation of a scary greyhound. I think she did a pretty good job.

Treat time! We began sqwaker training on Dillon, Pearl and Wally. By the end of the two weeks, they were getting the hang of it. This is not a really good picture though. It appears that Wally did not get a treat, which is not the case. Everyone got a treat, of course, but Wally finished his before I could get the camera ready to take a picture.

Meet Pearl. Pearl looks a lot like Dana. She also raced up North. She missed her mommy very much. We gave her lots of love. She is not really interested in toys. She is a very sweet girl!

I was estatic about this next shot. You see, I have no roachers in my pack. I have been wanting to see a hound roach in person. I have seen tons of pictures. Finally, I have a roacher in my house. Pearl shows us that she can roach with the best of them. Just look at her form. =)

This was so good, I had to get an arial view. It amazes me how they can conform their bodies to this position and be so comfortable.

Mitch has been working really hard to finish the gate on the front porch. We love sitting on the front porch talking and drinking wine. We want the greys to be able to come out their with us too, so Mitch had a brillant idea to build a gate on the porch and has been working on it installing it over the last month (along with many other projects to ie: the PATIO!!), it took two days to build, but a month to find time to install. =)

The greys seem to enjoy being able to have the freedom to come out on the porch and sit with us without having to be on a leash.

Hey, can we come done there with you?

In order from top to bottom : Maggie, Wally, Pearl, Booyah and Dillon.

Nothing Butt Hounds!!!

From left to right : Wally, Dillon, Booyah and Maggie.

The next picture is of Booyah's tounge, a little strange for me to want to take this picture, but I could not resist snapping a shot of this. Let me set this up for you. The greys had just come back in from running and playing with squeaky toys outside. Everyone was wiped out, including Booyah, which lead to him panting, which lead to me realizing...geez Booyah you have a really long tounge. No wonder you get ETS so much! =)

Which lead to me not being able to resist taking this shot.

The greys wait for me to get out of my car.

Around back, I am greeted with anxious, happy hounds!

Enjoying freedom on the porch.

From left to right : Pearl, Wally, Maggie and Booyah.

Wally gets ETS.

Meet Dillon, he too raced up north. His race name was Night Skipper, which I think is a pretty cool name. Sharon's kids decided to name him Dillon after the Patriot's player Corey (sp?) Dillon. He is a love bug! He followed us around a lot and wanted to be loved on! He is extremely quite. He doesn't bark or whine. His best buddy is Booyah. They love to run together in the yard. Booyah taught Dillon how to play with the squeaky toys outside and Mitch and I taught Dillon how to play catch.

Pearl taking it easy.

Dillon using his sissy's rump as a head rest.

He does not seem to care that he is dangerously close to the danger zone.

Booyah needed some alone time, so he decided to hang out in the guest bedroom during the day.

Porch shot again. The greys seem to love the porch as much as we do. We will be spending lots of time out there!

3 tail salute. If you look closely, you can see Dillon's tail is up.

Over the past two weeks, I went to the VAGA Richmond Meet and Greet and hosted an adoption at our house. Mitch decided to stay home and spend time with Dillon, Pearl and Wally instead of going to the Meet and Greet. I took Maggie and Booyah with me. We had no way to transport all five, otherwise we would have brought everyone with us. It is challeging with just my two in the Taurus. Hope to have a new car by next year. Fingers crossed. Anyways........A good number of greys and volunteers came to the MG. This year we have had good turn outs at the MG's in Richmond. I hope the Richmond area continues to grow!! We had a nice breeze and it was not as hot as I thought it was going to be. We were able to stand outside for the event. =) Both events were a lot of fun. It is really awesome to see the greys unite with their new family! It brought back a lot of memories of our adoption night. We were so excited and happy to meet our Maggie and bring her home!! We were also very excited and happy when we got to go to Trina's to pick up our Booyah! Volunteering and helping these wonderful creatures has become a real passion for me and Mitch. We enjoy volunteering very much!! We have made some really greyt friends also!