Reuniting Kebo Litter mates

I have been slacking in the blog arena lately. We have had lots going on. :) I have also been slacking in taking photos too, so you won't find any pics of my kids in this post. We did have an exciting weekend last weekend on the greyhound front though. We had the opportunity to be a small part of reuniting some litter mates last Sunday. It was very heartwarming for us both!

Meet the Kebo litter mates below. From left to right: Kebo Karen, affectionately known as Jazmin, Kebo Kupcake, now affectionately known as Jade and Kebo Kash, affectionately known as Kash.Nice looking family!

Here is their story:

Jazmin retired last year and was adopted in June of last year by a very nice family in the Richmond area. Kash just retired less than two months ago and was adopted to another very nice family in the Richmond area. The families live only about 15 minutes from each other, so the litter mates will get to see each other often. :) The last litter mate to retire was Jade. She just retired this month and was adopted last weekend by the same family who adopted Jazmin. Kash and his mom came over to Jazmin and Jade's house for the reunion. It was all smiles! I love happy stories like these! There were only three pups in the litter and VAGA was able to get all three adopted.

Last Saturday, we also hosted two adoptions at the house for two more families in the Richmond area. The first hound, Jillie, you may recognize from Alex's blog. She was this little girls foster mom and helped her learn the ropes. You can read all about her antics here. =) Love the pictures of her admiring herself! She was only with us for a few hours until her new family could come to pick her up, but she made herself at home like she had lived here her whole life. She is a very happy girl! She gave us our first experience with "happy tail". It freaked me out because at first I could not figure out which dog was truly bleeding, as they all had blood on them somewhere from a happy tail swing. Once I figured it out, I was relieved. We bandaged her up and warned her new family about her happy tail. :)


Later in the day Mitch met up with some volunteers and picked up Jade and BBR Trojan (below), who is now affectionately known as Flash. He is living happily in a home with two young boys who are into superheros, hence the name. :) Jade stayed one night with us and she was already settled in by the morning. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly these dogs adjust to their new lives. Flash went to his forever home on Saturday evening and has been doing well. We will be seeing him at some future meet and greets. :)It was a wonderful greyhound weekend. We will be doing it again this weekend. Two more families around the Richmond area will be welcoming a greyhound home. =) I hope this momentum of finding homes for these wonderful dogs keeps on going.

Wordless Wednesday

Awards

We are very honored to have received two awards this week. :)

Below are the rules.

Rule 1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

We would like to send a big Greyhound Roo as a thank you to our new friends at

Sallie from Romance Puppy blog

and Yoda from Barking Out Loud blog.You guys Rock!! If you have not had the opportunity to check out these blogs, I highly recommend that you do!

Rule 2. Post 7 things about yourself. We will let Miss Queen (Maggie) do the typing for this one. ;-)

Hi bloggie friends. This is Maggie. My mum said I could type on the computer and tell 7 things about me and my brothers and sisters. Are you ready? Okay, here we go.

1. The race is over for us. We were lucky enough to find our forever home. We spend our retirement hanging out with our humans; we run when we want to in our big back yard; play with lots of squeaky toys; get lots of treats and bones; lots of love and scritches; and we help our humans when they go to events to promote greyhound adoption. They call us ambassadogs. We don't really know what that means, but we have a good time when we go on these adventures. ;) Sometimes we even get to see old friends from our racing days.

2. We are all related. Yup, isn't that neat? Our humans did not plan it that way, but they think it is pretty cool too. See this post (Good Thing They Are Fixed, 2-11-09) for details.

3. Our humans refer to us as 45mph couch potatoes. We don't mind. After all, we do a pretty good job living up to that name.

4. We have a kitty for a sister. Her name is Misty. At first we did not know what to think about her and our humans were very cautious with us at first. They told us we could not chase her or hurt her. It took us a little bit to understand she is part of the family and not a toy, but now we all live happily together.

5. We enjoy going to the beach. We like laying in the sand and playing in the waves. We also enjoy a good hearty romp around the yard and playing keep away with each other.

6. We believe every plastic bag has something good for us in it, even if it doesn't, we still like to investigate. :)

7. We love cheese. It is our favorite treat!

Well there you have it. I hope you enjoyed learning 7 things about us. Now it is Mum's turn to type.

Rule 3. Pass the award onto bloggers who you think are fantastic. If you have already received this award and have already done your post, just thank me, unless you want to re-post. :)

Aragon Greyhounds
Crafting 4 Greyhounds
Genji's Corner
Halfway Home Hounds
Hope and Greyz
Hound Life
House of Spots
Life With Dogs
My Roo Spot
Nerice's Nook
Never Say Never Greyhounds
Sarah Regan Snavely
Spacial Peepol
The Ridlon Room
Treasure What You Have

Rule 4. Contact blog award winners.

Weekend Getaway With Greys & Wine

We packed up the minivan and headed to Manassas for the Grapehounds Virginia Event (yes, we bought a minivan about a month ago. Never thought I would own one, but the Subi was not working well for long trips, so we took the plunge). I am so happy this event was held in Virginia this year. We have been trying to make it to the annual event in New York for about three years, but can't seem to get our schedules to work out for that time of year. It was nice to have such a nice event so close to home, there was no way we were going to miss it.

In our van, we had two small suitcases, which contained our belongings, and the rest of the minivan was packed with "dog related " things. Though I am not sure why we bothered bringing four dog beds.
Now, if they only had hotels with three double beds. :)

We started our wine tour off on Friday night at Willowcroft Farm Vineyards. This was our view as we hung out with the pups, tasted some wine, ate some good food and enjoyed conversations with our friends. We made some new friends while we were there and chatted with some old friends. It was a lovely evening. The weather was just perfect.

This was the best shot I could get of all four. Those darn leashes get in the way every time. ;-)




Then on Saturday we visited the next stop on the wine tour, which was Tarara Winery. There were lots of greyhound vendors, music, good food, wine tasting, lots of hounds, good friends and beautiful weather. We spent all day with our hounds just hanging out by the water, drinking wine, listening to music and enjoying another beautiful day.

Our view for the day at Tarara Winery.
The view leaving Tarara Winery. I love tree lined roads. So pretty.
On our way back to our hotel, we saw a family crossing the road.


By Sunday the pups were pooped, but we managed to drag them with us as we continued with the tour with a stop first at Sky Meadow State Park. On our way, we passed this sign. I couldn't resist. Sounds like a pretty interesting place. ;-)At Sky Meadows State Park, we saw this old house on the property behind Mount Bleak House and just thought it was beautiful.
This was the perfect place to take some pictures with the hounds.

If only we could have had one with us and the pups all in one shot. :( Maybe next time.

Another view from Sky Meadows. I am a beach girl, but even I can appreciate that these mountain views are spectacular.
After walking for a bit at the state park, we headed to our final destination on the wine tour. I have not encountered a more dog friendly winery than this one. Barrel Oak Winery (BOW) offered some very tasty wines, beautiful views, yummy food and a very welcoming atmosphere for dogs and their owners. We will definitely visit this winery again in the near future.

It seemed to me that the first Grapehounds Virginia event was a great success. I hope this event becomes an annual one and continues to grow. It was a lovely way to celebrate our 9th anniversary. :)