NLGA Outings -- Calendar

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

Did everyone see the NLGA magnet that came in the mail with the annual sponsorship letter recently?  It has some really important information on it!  In addition the the NLGA website, phone number, animal poison control, and emergency vet phone numbers the magnet also has the lost dog phone number and the 2013 events schedule.

If you take a closer look at the 2013 events schedule you will notice that some of the events this year are greyhound friendly events and some are social events for people.  The next events on the schedule are the Harriet Brewing social event on April 20th and the Annual Meeting on May 3rd!  Watch for details on both of these events on the NLGA website in the near future!

We hope you will join us!

Tails From Home -- WANTED!! 30 days of Greyhounds

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

Have you heard?!  April is Adopt a Greyhound month!  

To celebrate we would like to have a new 'Tails from Home' post for each day in April!  That's 30 days of new 'Tails from Home'!  To do this, we NEED your help!  

Please send us an email with your greyhounds 'Tails from Home'!  Include your greyhound/s name and the month/year they were adopted.  Other ideas include funny stories, what they like/dislike, favorite place to visit, tricks they know, favorite treats, favorite place for a walk, etc.  Anything you want, really!  A picture (or two) or a video is always fun too!  You can send either a list of things and we'll format it into a post, or feel free to write the whole thing if you would like!

Send your 'Tails from Home' to nlgahounds@gmail.com  We will post one a day in April!  And if we get more than 30 'Tails from Home' we will just keep on going until they are ALL posted!  

Thanks for celebration Adopt a Greyhound month with us!

April Is Adopt A Greyhound Month

April is Adopt a Greyhound Month!

What are you doing to celebrate?

Foster Feature -- Ann's New Trick

Check out little Ann's new trick!

Yup, this greyhound can sit!

Foster Feature -- Chita

This is one handsome boy!!!

Chita will be 3 on May 15 and weighs about 80 pounds.  Chita recently retired after a year of racing in Council Bluff's, Iowa at Bluff's Run.  He ran in 31 races.  You can see his statistics on the Greyhound Data website: http://www.greyhound-data.com/breed.htm. 

Chita is looking for a home without cats or other small critters.  He tries hard to be good around them, but he would be much happier if he didn't have to worry about them.

Chita with foster brother, Wrangler

Chita loves to lean and snuggle with his foster family.  He loves to go on walks in which he walks like a prefect gentleman, enjoys stuffies,eats well, and sleeps through the night in his crate. Chita is what his foster mom would call a "keeper". Chita is still waiting to find his family and his forever home.

Big Yawn

Foster Feature -- Cole at Pet Expo

Cole did such an awesome job selling himself that he went home with another NLGA board member.  Looks like Cole May have found his forever home.  I will really miss that sweet, affectionate boy but I know he will have a good home.

Congrats, Robin and Steve.  You have a wonderful boy!!!!

NLGA Outings -- Pet Expo Day 2

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

It's Pet Expo weekend!  Below are some pictures from day 2!

Echo,  Zeke, Kiki, Lena, Passion

Kiki

Foster Cole with the headless volunteer

Steel

Baboo

Anna

Nike

Conner and Cole

Cole/Spring/Conner/Anna

The hounds did a greyt job promoting how wonderful they are.  There were several people who came by our booth that fell in love with Foster Cole.  He showed them how sweet and loving the greyhounds are.

A big THANK YOU to all the day 2 volunteers!

NLGA Outings -- Pet Expo Day 1

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

It's Pet Expo weekend!  Below are some pictures of day 1...

Heaven's first event.  The girl worked the crowd for the first 3 hours. 

Heaven worked hard for the money...now it's nap time.

Greycie trying out two beds at once!

A great deal on dog beds at the Expo!
Sophie tried all the beds that were bought.  

Havana and Sophie check out more bed purchases.

Max thought he was cheated out of an event
when his foster sister went to a morning meet and greet.
  But when he arrived at the convention center parking ramp he
was so excited he would not sit still for a picture!

There was a lot of petting and visiting!

Max worked the crowd.

Tequila was up and greeting people for hours!

Tequila finally decided to lay down...
but she didn't want to be away from the action!

By the end of the day Brewski, Max, and Tequila
 found their spots to take a nap.

Killian found a spot to rest too

A big THANK YOU to all the day 1 volunteers!

Tails from Home -- Kappa

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

The dog blog mailbox got another 'Tails from Home' update...yeah!!  Today Kappa's family provided an update! Enjoy!

When we first brought Kappa home 3 months ago, she showed us little glimmers of her personality. We eagerly waited to see what she had in store for us!  

She was very slow to learn the stairs! Took almost 2 weeks for her to do both up and down. But once she did, she would play upstairs out of our sight.  We first started hearing the rustle of that clompty clomp run back and forth, but could never manage to capture it on video. 

She won't jump into the car without a treat...but has managed to identify the best bed in the house. (ours!) She loves carrots, prefers only bones from VonHansen, and fancies ultra fresh water. She doesn't care for long walks, wants to sleep in late and drools on all pillows. 

She's shy at first, but ultimately has the sweetest most kind personality. Well, except if we wake her from her slumber. 

She loves to carry around shoes, (thankfully not chew on them) and will hoard any and all toys in one area. She has demonstrated this not only at our house, but when visiting friends. 

She loves to run at the dog park and is disappointed when no one will let her chase them. She especially loves to steal someone's tennis ball..run really far, really fast...and leave it. 

She's a sweetie and we're so glad to have her in our family! 

It's greyt to see her enjoying retirement!  Thanks so much for the update on Kappa!

Follow a Hound to Retirement -- Edition 010

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers...it's Max again!

I have some greyt news!  Two of our six 'follow a hound to retirement' greyhounds have recently retired!  They both are moving onto their next careers as pets!  I'm so excited for them both!

First up, Destiny!  Destiny took her final run around the track wearing the blue silks of box 2 on Thursday March 14th.  In the race she placed 7th.  As seen in her results chart below, a 7th place finish was her fourth race in a row placing below 4th place.  That means she graded out of racing.  Destiny ran more than 110 races during her racing career and is now beginning the journey of her next career...a retired racer and the life of a pet!  Unfortunately for NLGA, but fortunately for Destiny, she unexpectedly found her forever home in the days immediately following her retirement.  We all wish Destiny and her new family the very best...we enjoyed following her to retirement!

And Vincent!  All 92 pounds of this dark brindle boy sprinted around the track for a final time on Friday March 15th.  Vincent raced a Grade B race wearing the red silks out of box 1.  He set the pace and led the whole entire race; a box to wire win!  As we have seen before, winning his race would normally move him up to Grade A.  However, over the weekend his trainer noticed a small amount of swelling remaining in one of his legs and decided it would be best for big Vincent to retire happy and healthy rather than risking an injury in a future race.  Vincent has raced over 120 races in his long career and he ended his career in style with a final race win!  Vincent was retired on St. Patrick's Day.  He will be coming to NLGA to start his retirement as soon as we can finalize all of the arrangements.  We will continue to follow Vincent on his journey to retirement!

Keep your eyes on the NLGA Dog Blog for new posts with additional details on Vincent's retirement details and ways in which you can help!

Until next time,
~Max

Tails from Home -- Europol

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!

Recently in our dog blog mailbox we got a 'Tails from Home' update from Europol's family!

Europol found his family at the end of November 2012.  His family reports that he is doing very well and is the most joyful greyhound they have ever met!  In addition to a few humans, his family includes another greyhound (Tabby) and a cat too.  Europol has a very thick and shiny black coat.  He loves car rides and can read the clock...a.k.a. he knows when it is time for that car ride!

His family was trying to get us a fabulous photo of sleek black Europol bounding through the snow...we have had plenty of snow for the opportunity lately...but Europol is simply too quick and always blurred in the photo attempts!  No problem, they were instead able to snap a picture of him doing what he spends a lot of his time doing.  And that's cuddling with Tabby!

Europol and Tabby

It's greyt to see him enjoying retirement!  Thanks so much for the update on Europol!

Foster Feature -- Cole Visits the Nursing Home

And boy was he tuckered out

On Sunday, Cole made his first trip to visit the residents at the nursing home.  He wasn't quite sure he wanted to be there and kept looking at the front door.  The other hounds were very welcoming and did a lot of sniffing.  Cole did very well for his first elevator ride--his ears perked up at the movement but he didn't make a sound.

Cole was a little apprehensive about all the strange people, but after a while he found two special people to rest his head in their lap.  He did very well with this first experience.  Cole will get another chance to meet people in a group setting this Sunday at the Pet Expo.  Stop by and see him!!

Ask Max -- Favorite Toys (Part III)

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers...it's Max again!

I've gotten a couple more pictures of our friends and their favorite toys!  If you have not sent in your pictures yet and you would still like to see them on the blog feel free to send them!  (nlgahounds@gmail.com)  I will keep updating this post with new pictures as I get them.  I'll do this for the next month of so.  Enjoy!

Little Pearl just cannot decide which toy is her favorite!

When Pearl needs her Mom's attention her favorite toy is Mom's shoe.  
Mom says this is NOT a toy...but, hey, it get the job done!

 Below is a video of Pearl with her 'other' favorite toy -- the local newspaper! 

If you have not yet, send in your pictures everyone!

Until next time,
~Max

Ask Max -- Favorite Toys (Part II)

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers...it's Max again!

Below are some pictures of our friends and their favorite toys!  Enjoy!

Daisy Lu's favorite stuffies are Lamb Chop and Green Thingy!

Daisy Lu's toy basket!

Daisy Lu is exhausted after a busy day decorating the living room!

Daisy Lu and her new toy.
She just loves it when her Mom put a treat inside....
but her favorite game is to roll it off the top step and watch it bounce down the stairs!

Scooter and a toy frog

Con and Raja with a bear

Roof's Mom says he is a "greedy gus"...just because he likes his really, really big stuffies!
Roof's dog and moose are his favorites.

Kappa snuggling with her teddy bear!

Kappa caught "red paw-ed" playing with her Mom's slipper.
It is hard to be mad at a face like that! :) 

Sadie playing with toys

Sadie thought all the toys were hers!

Tippy cuddling with an elephant

Tippy and the elephant!

Conner and Wildfire all tired out after playing!

Conner's favorite toy is Butch the lab/pit mix!

Wildfire's favorite toy is his Mom's slipper!

Kiki  and two of her favorite toys.
An American rawhide bone from her friend Moose and a chic from her friend Roof!

"I was visiting my friend Roofus the other day and well he really only likes big stuffed toys... I really really like toys which make noise. He had this really great chic that 'quacks'... I liked it so much, he let me take it home. I throw it, thrash it, chomp on it, it keeps quacking!  I LOVE this chic!" ~Kiki  

"Then there is this stump filled with squirrels.... man-o-man...
I give that stump a few shakes, the squirrels come flying out and squeak, squeak, squeak.... love, love, love!" ~Kiki

Kiki playing with the stump filled with squirrels!

Thanks for sharing your pictures and favorite toys everyone!

Until next time,

~Max