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Loved Hound
Your hound can be featured as a Loved Hound, too. Just bid in Greyhound Gang's on-line auction (during the first two weeks of every month) for your chance to be spotlighted. Or bid to feature a friend's hound, as a present. Once you've won, you'll email me pictures and text, and the following month, this is where you and your hound will be. Loved Hound. Our wish - love for them all.
Maggie Mae - written by Kate Leyden
Maggie Mae was 5 years old when she came to us in February 2004. She had come off the Caliente track three weeks earlier. Her track name was Scardy Cat, Too - and yes she was!
That girl wouldn't leave the bedroom for weeks, and was terrified of stepping off the front porch. It took months of love and doggie school to get her to venture out for a walk. Maggie never became a star of Meet & Greets, but she claimed the title of "Most Improved".
We are so grateful that Maggie came into our lives. She is silly, and lazy, and will do just about anything for a biscuit. She is so beautiful it makes you smile. We get to love her with full, open hearts. How lucky can we get?
To help Maggie develop confidence we joined a dog-walking group.
Every Saturday morning for 7 years she has walked Bidwell Park with her friends the Greyhounds, Goldens and Mutts.
From these walks I have made wonderful friends. I get to dress her up in snappy martingales, sensational coats and holiday accoutrements. How lucky can I get?
I have been honored to volunteer at Greyhound Meet and Greets and do for others what was done for me. To tell the story of why retired racing greyhounds make greyt pets and share the antics of my ex-racer. Maybe someday they can be as lucky as I.
Maggie is a 13 year old girl now. We tell her every day that we love her and thank her for bringing such joy and happiness to our lives. And now, I get to tell you, too, about our Loved Hound Maggie.
In an email Kate sent to me, she said this, and I couldn't agree more:
"Sometimes - with all the madness in the world - you just need to celebrate the joy of adopting a retired racing greyhound and making a difference one dog at a time. I'm celebrating Maggie Mae!"