Angles3- I'm sorry about your friends young greyhound. It is not so well known but greyhounds can not be put under regular anaesthetics, they will die everytime. It has to do with the fact that their bodies are so low in body fat (anaesthetics work by going into the body fat and then slowly dispersing to the blood). So whenever you take a greyhound to the vet make sure they know about it! Greyhounds need to be put on a special drip anaesthetic, not isofluorine gas.

As for therapy Baley and I regularly go to a Nursing Home for Alzhimers and walk around. He loves the attention so much and a lot of people remember their pets if nothing else.

I didn't know about the Dishlicker! I love it!

Anna-66 - Greyhounds do make graet pets! I love Rotties, but I don't have the lifestyle to have one, same with Sibs. But I've worked with many of them and they are great!!

Shais Mom- It is always hard to have a pet go over the Rainbow Bridge. I fostered a kitten (DeeDee) that had been left in our overnight box at the Wildlife Center in a plastic bag. She was underweight, had mange, a resiptory infection, and an eye infection. So I brought her into my home (along with a slew of other rescued animals I was caring for) and started her on the long trail back to health. To make a long story short just as she was getting better she had a seziure and I euthanized her. It was so hard beause she'd come into my life unexspectedly and she worked so hard for me to get better.

And I know they stay with us. At night sometimes I can swear that I feel her light little body jump up on the bed. But when I look no one is there.

For pictures of little DeeDee:
http://members.tripod.com/Balme/Company.html

Baley is staring at me right now saying stop writing about that damn cat and talk about me! He is so affraid of cats! It is so funny, he is 75 pounds and a little over three feet tall, but any little kitten can send him running! My friends 4 pound kitten once wrapped around his back leg and started kicking and bitting and Baley just stood there with a look of horror in his eyes! What a sissy.

I'll talk to you all later!

Cheers,
Tigeress