Greyhound puppies!!!

One of the neat things about volunteering for the local Humane Society is that sometimes you get to see things you wouldn’t normally.  One of those things came along just the other day.  We have a relationship with the nearby greyhound race track that when a dog is no longer needed at the track (for whatever reason) they will be placed with us to find their forever home.  Normally the dogs that come in are at least 4 years old, but once in a while we get one that is a little over 1 year.  It is a special treat when they are still puppies at 8 or 9 months old.  Greyhounds younger than that are extremely rare.  Typically they are held at the ‘farm’ until the time they start training to race.  If they are too small or too slow or for some other reason undesirable for racing they will be surrendered.

The other day we were notified by “The Greyhound Lady” that we were getting 4 10 week old puppies!  The notice went out to the Greyhound Group (those people who own or have owned greyhounds) that they had first dibs.  All of them were spoken for immediately.  Prior to them going to their new homes, they needed to go through our normal processing of vet checks and spaying or neutering.  I had a small window of opportunity to see an actual greyhound puppy!

I loaded up my husband and my son and we went on a field trip to the Humane Society.  OH MY GOSH!!!  They were absolutely adorable!!!  They looked like little fawns….one was even fawn color, two were black and brown brindle and the other was white with a red mask! 

They were definitely the talk of the Humane Society.  Employees were coming in early just to see them, dog walkers were making sure to stop by their kennels to take a peek…

For those of you that think a Humane Society or Animal Shelter is filled with sadness…I hope to help change your mind.  There are so many GREAT things that happen there that it helps when something sad does happen.