I am so sorry to hear of Nixon's crossing to the bridge. I have been away a few days as hubby was back in hospital and the Internet just crawls there. Impossible to get online. He had a terrific life , I want a retirement just like his.i am so, so thankful I got to meet him. He was very special. Rich and Ingrid, I know that your hearts are just shattered right now and it is so hard to look past the current hour or even minute. Just know that you gave him so much love and care and he knew it. Just know that you are in my thoughts and prayers, Lori, Ty & the gang

This is beautiful, Sally, your unlimited loving devotion to everyone here is so up-lifting. I loved reading Nixon's life story, what an amazing dog he was, and so glad he was given a second chance for a happy life with Ingrid and Richard. I know they adored him to the ends of the earth and back. Like Lori, I am so glad I got to meet him in VA.

ingrid and Richard, I am continuing to keep you in my thoughts,

Love,

Bonnie, Angel Polly, Pearl, and Zuzu

Lori - will keep your dear husband in my thoughts and prayers ....

Sally - this is beautiful.... such a tender and sweet gesture. You are such a loving soul!!! We are so blessed to have you with us always ... 

Oh my, this took me by surprise. Sally, thank you, thank you, thank you. It is beautiful and a wonderful reminder of my angel. I see I need to fix the profile some more. Cookie turned 9 on May 30. Poor girl hasn't had a birthday cake yet but we'll celebrate my birthday and her's together in a couple of days. I would have loved to celebrate on June 10, which would have been Nixon's 26 Month Ampuversary. It also is our friend Taylor's two month Ampuversary (another brindle greyhound down in Florida). I don't think his dad Mark is on the forums much but he does watch FB posts.

I started to respond on Monday but have been sick with a very nasty chest cold - antibiotics, inhaler, steroids (which I have not taken), and lots of cough medicine. I actually have been sick since May 30 and was finally coming out of it but the 36 hours awake with Nixon on Friday brought everything back pretty hard and I'm not back on my feet yet.

Lori, so sorry to hear your husband has been hospitalized again. I agree, we need a Hubby status thread to keep tabs on you.

I don't want to leave anyone out but I physically am drained from this cold and sitting at the computer for very long is tough, especially after working a 12 hour shift today. To everyone who has been with us through this, thank you for all the warm thoughts and prayers. We have had a weekend of tears and laughter remembering all of the insanity of bringing Nixon into our house. We are not ones to wait very long before opening up our homes and hearts to another dog after lessons learned from Miss Kitty, our first greyhound. She believed that we should "Love Hard, Mourn Hard, and Open Our Heart Immediately Again." We do mourn hard and dig through ALL the photos and remember all the fun and crazy we had. It helps but even after Cookie was with us for 3 weeks, I wrote this:

September 21, 2010 ·

I cannot believe that it is just a month since we said good bye to Kitty. The only way I can describe the sadness is that an entire portion of my life has been locked away from me. I can see in through a window but I just can't get back in and I never will. I crave for just one more hug.

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We're probably going to wait a little longer than we normally do to bring in a new housemate because we do want extra time with Cookie and just seeing how she's handling it. She'll let us know when she's ready to look for someone else. She's a very aloof girl and I want to give her a chance to interact more with us. Tonight, after dinner, we snuggled and snored for 3 hours on her bed.

I was reading my facebook entries after we brought Nixon home and then two years later Cookie. We had Nixon home less than 24 hours and were off to the vet for his first set of stitches. And discovered that he wasn't cat safe at all. He dove up on the receptionist's desk to chase a cat, knocking EVERYTHING off including the CRT Computer monitor.

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September 15, 2010 ·

Trying to sleep and the dogs are running laps around the bed and licking my feet. Either I am loved or they are hungry.

October 24, 2010 ·

I've forgotten what it is like to have a young dog in the house. Lately, it seems that all I'm saying is, "Cookie, what are you doing?", "DROP THAT!", and "NO COOKIE NO!"

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We're looking at a boy named Tex on Sunday. He's a red brindle. Has some issues with resource guarding and just recently lost his home. They got a greyhound puppy and Tex just hasn't been himself since and suddenly started being aggressive with his humans. :

Has anyone had a dog with Lupus? There is another bounce back at the kennel that looks like a possum because his nose has turned white. I need to call Dr. Huff to see how much care that is going to be. His owners returned him because they didn't feel like dealing with it.

There is a very young dog that has been in and out of the kennel. He's a true bounce b ack and keeps having odd behaviors in each home he's in. This is normal for some greyhounds as they can be picky about where they want to live. Our home has not been rejected YET but there is a first time for everything.

And then there are two black hounds at the kennel that have never been in a home. Both have been there for 9 months, just like Cookie. Both are cat zappers and also don't do well with small children.

I know Nixon, Kitty, and Toughie (our angel hounds) will be there helping us find the right hound for us. And we're considering adding a third too....after we have a new fence installed in the backyard. It will b e as a foster I'm sure but I fail fostering every time I try it.

Again, thank you everyone for all the love and support.