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In 1994, when I was a senior in High School, my family adopted a greyhound. We named her Belle for several reasons: she arrived on Christmas day, and we were all big fans of the Indians who had Albert Belle at the time. Before we adopted Belle, she raced with other greyhounds. This kept her very lean and in good shape. Supposedly racing greyhounds have less than 5% fat in their body. Here's a picture of her in racing form just before we adopted her:
She loved playing with soft toys like the one pictured below. She especially liked it when they made some sort of noise.
Sadly, she soon developed cancer, which is common in greyhounds. We had her leg removed and she went through chemotherapy. It took a little while but she really came back and started acting like herself again! Here's a picture of her lounging. You can see where her right hind leg is missing:(
She went on to live almost another two years after her chemotherapy, almost twice as long as the doctors were hoping for. But in the summer of 2001, the cancer had spread badly enough that she was in severe pain, and we had her put to sleep. She was a well loved member of the family! Here's a few more pictures of her:
Racing Greyhounds are often abused, and are very often euthanized when they can't race anymore. Adopting a Greyhound can help to save these poor dogs that are so beautiful and so loving. Visit here for more info on adopting a Greyhound:
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