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Lobbying For The Humane Society In Albany

I happily closed the store today in honor of the Humane Society’s Lobby Day in Albany. This was a totally volunteer event for any who would make the effort to travel to Albany and lobby on behalf of animal welfare. There are so many people out there that have a care for our fellow creatures but are unsure of how to help, but the most powerful way is ironically not just a donation but, to go face to face with our local and state legislators. I know there are 1000’s of issues from education to taxes needing attention; but animals […]

Inside The Greyhound Track

A quick update post because Grey2KUSA just sent us this video, it’s a lil sad; but it is how I lived while racing and I really didn’t now any different or what I was missing. 🙂 Do now! Kinda like what you don’t know ….. Anyway, every day I meet our customers and they are so unaware of how me and my friends live at the tracks; or how uncertain and scary our lives are when we don’t race anymore. So take a peek into our world (or how mine was) I am so glad to be a diva […]

Willow On The Web

Today I don’t have to go to work-yay! Lynn & I get to stay home, working on our writings and lay like broccoli. This day is about freedom; and it is a very precious thing-believe me I know. I bet you didn’t know that Lynn renamed me Willow because in the Language of Flowers it means ‘freedom’. I really had no freedom as a youngster; I like to run now and again but dog racing is not just running-we had no freedoms execpt out to the track for that couple minutes. When you’re contained all day- that racetrack was our few minutes of freedom so we almost looked forward to it […]

Flowers, Chocolates, and Dogs For A “Greyt” Valentine

Valentine’s Day is the day to recognize all of our loveys with flowers, candy…and bones. There are many kinds of loveys; young ones, old ones, distant ones, human to butterfly to greyhound. Each Holiday because we see so many people, we promote awareness to something we think everyone should know. And this time; it’s my promotion and it’s all about me and my friends! I just love “all about me”; and I am so excited this Valentine’s Day to be supporting Grey2K USA ; the nationwide greyhound rescue and advocacy organization. So, as a really cool idea for Valentine’s Day we have yummy, […]

Crates for Me and Turkeys

As a professional, racing greyhound (or rather a now happy “reposing” greyhound), I had a different upbringing than most of my friends. As a puppy I quickly saw that most of my days would be spent in a carrier and a crate. Kennel to track and back again. I of course wasn’t aware that this was not the normal life of all animals; I thought everyone lived like that! Who knew? So when Lynn told me about the animals raised for our food, I immediately identified. Crates,crates, and more crates. Being the Thanksgiving holiday affair is coming; I started wondering […]

ASPCA Anniversary-Yippee!

This month is the 140th anniversary of the ASPCA; the first organization for animal welfare. I am one of the lucky ones, and all because one man 140 years ago had a conscience. So for me, this month is cause for hoorays and yippees. Many don’t know or understand how my life was or could have ended up before I was let go from racing. It was exciting, and I love to run, but read this from the ASPCA to see what I did and how I lived. The society in West Palm Beach is not all […]