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david_a posted:So sorry Yes!    Can’t leave out Jody: 
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Sorry for this wall of text. These are the things I love about Barley and some anecdotes. Writing this was cathartic so I thought I’d share. Barley I love how crazy and demanding she is, especially by greyhound standards. As she got older we always say she is “10 going on 2” because she acts so young. She is 11 now. I work from home and she pushes her nose up under my arm while I’m at my desk. Sometimes causing me to mis-click. She will stay there panting on my arm/torso until I get up and give her a treat. She has me well trained. She was roaching within the first 30 minutes of being in our house. She has never seemed uncomfortable and she did not have that months-long warm up period most greyhounds get where the personality takes a while to come out. She has been “crazy Barley” from day one with us. She hates getting wet and refuses to go into the bathrooms in our house. One attempted bath time ended up with her hiding in the closet. It is NOT a walk in closet! The only exception to this is when she hears fireworks, she will hide in one of the bathrooms (dog logic I guess). I had to carry her across small creeks when hiking because water is terrifying. Whenever one of us comes home, she runs out the dog door and stands at the gate. She will bark and howl until she sees us come out of the garage. She is extremely food motivated and she demands her meals on time, sometimes early. Sometimes way too early, like before 5 am. When we go from the bedroom to the kitchen to give her breakfast, she will be right on top of you all the way down the hallway. She turns around 5-6 times to make sure you’re still going toward the kitchen to feed her. She actually impedes your path while doing this, but she is so excited for breakfast, she can’t help it. When you get to the kitchen she will try to jump on you. If you are a guest in our house and you’re eating something, she will be about 6 inches from your face. She knows who at home will or won’t give her scraps, but anyone new is worth a try in her book. We try to teach her manners but it doesn’t work. My retired father-in-law often visits for a few weeks at a time. He makes coffee and toast every morning, and Barley and Jody each get their own toast. She knows when he is here and listens for him stirring in the guest room in the morning. If she suspects he is awake she will stand outside his door and whine/bark. Around the corner from our house, at the bottom of the hill, the sidewalk has a few places where drainage is expected so there are small grooves in it for about 20 feet or so. She inexplicably hates walking on that part and will pull to the side incredibly hard. She would pull so hard we had to get her a chest harness instead of a regular collar because she was choking herself. One time she came into my office while I was working and proudly showed me a bird carcass. I tried to get it from her and she ran into the kitchen and swallowed it whole. After she retired she has never shown any interest in running. Even at the dog park or greyhound events with wide open spaces. She would rather saunter along while sniffing and urinating on things. I’ve seen her occasionally hustle to get something, but never sprint. At the age of 10 she decided to start eating poop! We had to give them both special supplements and canned pineapple with their meals so she would stop. If we ran out of either, within a day or two she would gobble up more turds. I don’t think she ever spontaneously rooed. But she would roo on demand if you made the sound or played a video. This gets her pretty worked up and she is incredibly loud. She always wants to be with her people, and she especially loves cuddling on the sofa. Sometimes if I’m working late she will bother me continuously until I relocate to the sofa, where she will lay with her head by me and snooze. If we are cleaning the house or something that requires us to be moving from room to room, she will get visibly annoyed while following us around. If we are in the pool, she will come outside to be with us but obviously won’t get in the water. She will be distressed by the heat and you can tell she wants us to be inside, on the couch, in the AC with her. When you give her neck scratches, she will turn her head a bit and visibly smile, and let out a happy groan. Likewise, if she’s laying down and you rub her belly, or she stretches her legs, she will also happy groan. She has always been a happy dog. She’s outgoing and not at all skiddish. She will approach strangers for pets or treats. She will randomly lay on our pool lounge chairs and sun herself. Some of her favorite treats include pistachios, bones, jerky treats, Nubs, and toast. Among many other things.
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At our emergency vet visit the other night they told us Barley’s pericardium has scar tissue from the first drain and it was more difficult to get the needle in this time. Yesterday she was scheduled for her first chemo appointment. They told us they would have to hold her still for about 30 minutes, then keep her under observation for a few hours. After some lengthy discussion and debate, even writing out the pros and cons, we decided to take her to PetSmart instead of chemo. We let her pick out any treats she wanted. She got about $100 worth of treats! She then got a puppachino from Starbucks. Then she got to stop by our little-old-lady neighbor’s house for some love and affection because she always stops us to pet them on our walks. She had a lot of kind and supportive words for us. Shortly after we got home, a good friend of ours stopped by and surprised us with Shake Shack. Barley received her own burger, of course! At this point we are thinking quality over quantity for her time left. The chemo is palliative, no chance to cure. We framed it from her point of view. If she could understand, and was given the choice of going to the vet for chemo or going to PetSmart and Starbucks, we are pretty sure she’d choose the latter.  
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Barley Racing name: JoJo Dancer JH Left ear: 58052. Right ear: 32B March 15, 2012 - August 3, 2023  More Barley tidbits: She would push your hands around with her nose when you got into the treat drawer. I think she thought it would speed up the treat dispensing process. She frequently ‘upskirted’ people including Mrs. Beekeeper. If someone wearing a skirt or dress was visiting we’d have to warn them because Barley would put her nose under and lift up, revealing everything underneath! We thought this was a coincidence or just clumsiness the first couple of times but later we realized she would do this on purpose. She had sleep startle and would growl or snap at even slight movements. This was usually only at night in our bed. During daytime naps on the couch it wouldn’t bother her. However this changed depending on her hunger level. If it was before breakfast, anytime you stirred would cause her to jump up and demand her breakfast. After breakfast, any disturbance would be met with a growl. We always said to leave her alone while she is digesting.    Goodbye my sweet, sweet beautiful girl. You brought so much joy and love to our lives. Rest in peace.
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Barley raced for a while in Florida. Later she became a “Hemopet” (blood donor). She was adopted through AAGI (Arizona Adopt a Greyhound Inc) in 2018. About 2 months after her adoption the owners listed her for sale on Craigslist for a measly $200. For those who don’t know, Craigslist is a terrible place for pets as the purchasers could be dog fighters buying bait dogs, puppy mill operators, etc. My wife and her friend picked her up through the Craigslist deal with the intention of returning her to AAGI, something we’ve done with other dogs in the past. On their ride back home, my wife’s friend texted me and said “you’re hosed  ”. When my wife walked in the door, Barley immediately jumped on her and licked her face. AAGI took several days to get back to us. Sometimes we joke that they intentionally took a while so she could settle in at our house. They were livid when they found out she had been listed on Craigslist. When AAGI adopts out a dog, they make you sign a contract stating you will surrender the dog to them if it doesn’t work out for any reason. They were at capacity within their network so we agreed to foster her for a while. My wife was finishing med school at the time and we had been considering getting a second dog. I had originally wanted to get her another greyhound as a graduation present. It didn’t make sense for me to get rid of Barley and get another hound, especially as she settled in extremely quickly at our house. So for my wife’s graduation gift she got a framed photo of Barley and and envelope with $200, to cover the sale amount. She knew right away this meant I agreed to keep her. Drunk Beekeeper fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Aug 4, 2023 |
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Hi Meet Lady         She is 3 years old and raced in Australia before coming to the US. Mrs. Beekeeper found her listed on craigslist the day after Barley passed. We always report or pick up greyhounds from craigslist and bring them to the adoption group as we know it’s risky to have a dog listed there. We reported her to the adoption group and within a couple hours their network had determined she came from another adoption group, and that group drove up and got her, threatening legal action. They asked us if we wanted to adopt her but it was the day after Barley passed and we really weren’t ready. She went to two potential homes and got returned both times, all within a month. After her second return the adoption group reached out to us again and offered for us to adopt her. We drove 2 hours to a donor event for the adoption group at a golf course. We paid the adoption fee and the leader made an announcement that she had just been adopted and publicly thanked us. Everyone clapped and cheered, it was kind of surreal. So far she’s settling in ok, but has separation anxiety and is a bit destructive. She’s destroyed a couple pairs of shoes, a textbook, a tshirt, etc. Nothing we can’t work on though. But the best part is that Jody is super happy! Before she arrived Jody was depressed and just laid in bed all day. (I know that’s weird for a greyhound right?) but now they play together and she’s more active.
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Radiation Cow posted:Hi Lady! Yep. They said the SA and “too much energy”. I work from home so separation will be minimal, and we’ve been walking her every morning and giving her lots of attention and play time.
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Major Isoor posted:Congrats on another Australian longdog in the thread! Melbourne is what we’ve heard. We don’t know which group sent her over but we will find out. We will be in Queensland and Melbourne in February, will likely haul a dog or two back for the group.
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(Interesting though, I didn't realise we sent hounds to the US. Was she from Queensland, perhaps?)
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I am so sorry for your loss. We will miss the Gello updates here
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So sorry about Teedo. 
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