Tanner is my foster with the broken leg. His hock was shattered racing in Mexico. Consequently, he had surgery to put in a metal plate and fuse the bone. He came out of the hospital with a splint and extremely limited activity. He had to be crated at all times, except to go outside to relieve himself. After 5 weeks, the splint came off and he was left with a slightly open wound that was healing. He had to be in a head cone for a week to stop him from licking...
Husband Mike and I live in what was a nice, small, open design, contemporary house. Both the house and the yard were completely remodeled six years ago. We worked so hard for the better part of a year to transfer this outdated, over-painted rental into our dream home. The house was redone in very pale to white colors, very light hardwood floors and acid washed, polished concrete floors. The yard was sculpted with strips of grass, paved areas and different textured rock areas with a water feature, fruit trees, berry bushes, etc. Truly lovely. Less than a...
Christmas day started so well. Husband Mike was actually home, a situation that almost never happens. Being a TV news photojournalist, he always works on every holiday. He warned me before I married him so I don’t complain. However, this year his regular weekend days off coincided with the Christmas holidays, so we were very excited about being together. Unfortunately, my girls, Lori, who lives in Philadelphia and Jenna, who lives in Napa, could not be here for the day. So Mike and I decided to make the best of it and have a wonderful day cooking an...
What a wonderful year this has been. It’s been full of walks in the park, a road trip with Alex and Ava, and a total of five foster dogs, all unique and all wonderful in his own way. And yes, they were all males. Some I’ve written about, and some stories are yet to come. Thank you my boys, for allowing me to be a part of your universe. Newton: My first love. We struggled and learned together. And it was challenging. It was so very hard to see you move on. But what a wonderful life you...
As I wrote in my last blog, THIS Is Why We Do It, this past week we took in Tanner, a racer from Mexico with a broken leg. And he is a sweetheart. He’s doing well. He can’t get enough food. That seems to be his main focus right now. He’s pretty emaciated, so that’s not a problem. He gets what he wants. However, to the other three hounds, it is very much a problem. They keep looking at me as if to say, “Hey! What’s up with the gimp? He can’t even chase a squirrel and he...
We live in a small home with the two resident greyhounds, Ava and Alex, and one foster greyhound, Lucky. We are at capacity. We have always said no more than three. Can’t be done. So today, we added Tanner. For a short stay. Really. Tanner broke his leg on a racetrack in Mexico, ended up in Los Angeles, then was transported by the tireless staff of GFFL to UC Davis for surgery to repair the broken leg and treatment of the major infection that had set in. Barbara Judson put out a call for foster families within striking distance of...
