I guess you could say I am an animal activist. This picture is a beautiful sight but the lives of the dogs are anything but...they literally are running for their lives. We adopted our first greyhound about seven years ago. My oldest daughter brought home a book from school about retired racers and it had an 800 number on the last page. Once again we hit the books to learn everything we could about the breed. Kristina was our first Grey.

We are now on our third greyhound, not by choice but by circumstance. His name is Duke aka Riding Shotgun. We renamed him after adoption. He is very sweet and looks similar to the fawn colored one above. Greyhounds can have many issues...negotiating stairs, separation anxiety, house breaking problems, etc. However, our hounds each relived their puppy hood once they settled in our home which was a treat to watch. More stories and info to come later...