Greyhound Needed...

All shapes, sizes and breeds

I really can't say it enough, good socialization is key with any dog. Sparkle had a little adjustment period when she came to my house. She went from a farm with no foot traffic to my neighborhood that has A LOT of it. Even during the week, in the middle of the day there are people walking their dogs. Sparkle use to bark at all of them. Now they are all her friends, some "closer" then others; sort of like people. But sparkle is one of those dogs that believes all dogs are her friends, there is not a dog that she doesn't want to play with now. There is one exception. It's a black Water Spaniel, they used to walk by our house every day. And they just wouldn't bark at each other, they would try to go after each other, even with the fence. So one day last spring I was out walking Sparkle and I ran into the gentleman with his Spaniel. We decided that they should meet properly, we were both on neutral ground. That didn't matter, both dogs stiffened up, hair stood up, and they lunged for each other. They didn't so much as touch each other, luckily it happened right away and they weren't close enough to do anything. He no longer walks by our house. But it's just that one dog. She has play dates with some of her neighborhood friends (we have a big yard for the dogs to play in) and some of the people that walk by will let their dog run the fence line with Sparkle if she's outside when they walk by. There is just something about that Water Spaniel. So this weekend Sparkle had a play date two days In a row with Summer, the Golden Retriever. She is about a month older then Sparkle, so they can play and play. Summer's people were gone for the weekend so Summer came over to play to burn off some energy. But it doesn't matter if it's an Am. Staff or a Golden puppy, Sparkle is just to fast; no one can keep up with her. I need to find her a Greyhound friend. She just wants to run and be chased; all of her friends get frustrated and give up. But it's still a good thirty minutes of hard play and chase. Then its on to I have a toy... No I have a toy... Oh look, a different toy. And right now the snow is making that game really fun.