Loved Hound

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Chloe - written by Robin Mittasch

You can’t help who chooses you, and who you fall in love with.

We adopted Beau, our first greyhound, and within six weeks we were headed to Greyhound Angels Adoption for what we thought would be a big ‘cow-boy’ of a hound. We looked at two, cat-safe, white and black boys available to choose from. They were gorgeous. But then, of course, we had to look at all the hounds in the kennel. All begging with their beautiful, soft, brown eyes – “pick me please”. We were overwhelmed. As we slowly walked through, we stopped at a crate with a beautiful red fawn female. Her name was Lisa. She’d been returned because she hadn’t bonded with her new owners. She would only leave her crate to eat. She had to be carried outside to do her ‘thing’ and go for walks. The day we were there, the couple had returned, but Lisa took one look at them, and ran back into her crate. She was making it very clear she didn’t want to go with them.

Somehow she ended up in our car. I remember looking at her in the rear view mirror, shaking my head in wonder about how you think you’re going to get one thing, and you come home with something totally different. We renamed her Chloe.

Chloe & Beau

It was clear from the beginning, that a shy dog like Chloe needed at least one other, more out-going greyhound, to help her negotiate her new world. Beau did his best to show her the ropes those first few months. She followed him everywhere, her big brother, when she wasn’t hiding in her crate. Rich had to crawl on his knees if he wanted to approach her, as she was deathly afraid of men, initially. She warmed up to me much more quickly. Every day saw her take baby steps towards feeling more secure. One day she decided to disembowel a stuffed toy. From that day forward, no stuffy was safe from her. Another day she finally understood what ‘cookie’ meant. She quickly became the ‘cookie monster’.

Chloe & Teddy

When two months later we added Teddy to our pack, the true Chloe started to emerge. Sweet and reserved when in the public eye, she became a maniac in the privacy of our, and now truly, her home.

Running, jumping, nitting, playing, giving kisses, getting very physical with her brothers – this girl, who chose us, daily lets us know how happy and loved she feels. We couldn't be happier.