Aspen the Yorkie

Almost everyone who cares about animals knows about Greyhounds and dog racing.  It’s sad what many dogs go through, and we’ll talk a bit about that, but there are good people doing good things to help, too, so we’ll also talk about that. 

We have people in our Town who adopt rescued Greyhounds.  I met a couple of very nice Greyhounds at my last appointment to the vet.  I’m just a tiny little dog, and these are bigger than me, very fine featured dogs with very strong hind-quarter muscles which probably is why they are fast, and used for racing.  They are so gentle that it’s sad to think that they are used this way.  Let’s get the sad video over with, then we can move on to the good things people are doing:

Greyhounds, or dogs that look very much like them have been found as part of the artwork on Egyptian tombs over 2000 BC. They were developed for hunting in more recent history. They make wonderful, gentle, loving house pets.

If you think you’d like to learn more about how to help Greyhounds, or would like to adopt on, there are many websites that help, Adopt a Greyhoud is just one that will lead to other helpful sites.