Here I am with Tears in my eyes!
Welcome Tigress!
My name is Staci and my first dog that I rescued 2 years ago was a greyhound from a local humane society. So she probably didn't have the history that yours does. She never raced on a track that I know of, she was found at a local coondog trials running around loose as is the case every year after the "festitvities" are over. They usually average about 50-75 dogs after the trials are over.
My Shaianne was fawn, you can check my webshots address and see some of her pictures. And some pictures of my new golden retriever puppy Keegan Grace. And my kitty Kylie. Her AKC name is Sweet Shaianne's Grace named after her mommy, big sister, and my grandma who loved Shaianne and loves Keegan.
She was my beautiful baby girl and made me into the animal lover I am now.
She started having seizures (grand mal) about a year ago. After she had a "wart" removed from her leg, I figured it was aftereffects of the anesethia, but she had another one 2 weeks later. The vet put her on phenobarb b/c we thought she was epileptic. The seizures stopped. Then Sept 13, 2001 she woke me up at 6am having a massive grand mal seizure, lost control of her bowels and bladder and started bleeding out. With in an hour and a half she was gone. My heart broke, and breaks every day for her. In about 2 weeks from that day I would have had her for 2 years. I miss her everyday. I visit her grave almost every time I go to my parents and talk to her and I know she is watching over me. There are little signs.
We had a major windstorm a few weeks ago, possible tornado, trailers and buildings were flipped over. My beloved Shaianne's cross still had her bandana tied to it that I tied to it in Sept, thinking it would blow away with in a week or so.
When Keegan was about 8 weeks old I took her to my parents to "meet her big sister" and she ran up to the grave and plopped down and put her head on her paws like for just an instant she was listening to something. She has done that at least twice since then.
She was my heart and soul, and I miss her everyday, I know someday I will see her again.
You can check the geocities site in my sig also, its a beautiful website that one of our other special, wonderful members Aly, made for me in memory of Shaianne.
I can't wait to hear greyhound stories!