I agree with everyone on this board! There's NO WAY that I would want to leave my babies inside of a burning house! Pets bring so much joy and unconditional love, that I can't see how someone wouldn't want to try and rescue their loved one! Like most of you here have experienced, people sometimes think I'm a little "loony" when it comes to being an animal afficionada.

Shai's mom, I can't believe someone had the gall to say that to you about Shai and her possibly having epilepsy! Obviously they are quite misinformed! Pam's right, they can live a long, and pretty normal life aside from taking a couple of pills a day. No big deal! That was a pretty dumb thing for that person to say, especially since they probably know how much you love your pet!! Reading about Shai is making my desire to rescue a greyhound increase!:-) I recently bought a book about it. Very interesting reading!
Margrete, are you a neighbor? I moved out to the San Jose area from IN last November. I live in Gilroy, but work in San Jose on N. 1st street...
Hugs to everyone and their babies!!