Hot dog!

Corny joke, but so appropriate. With the hot temps this past week it has been tough keeping my black doggy cow cool. Someone recommended a cooling vest. Basically a terry cloth cover that you wet down and wrap around your dog's body. Another fun suggestion was to freeze a bowl of water, that way the dog can lick it for hours while it melts. Anyway, by Sunday it had cooled down enough for Daisy to enjoy her weekly greyhound meetup at the dog park. Owners have noticed that she has changed so much. Daisy now trots around as soon as we come in, greets the other hounds and even shows interest in the other breeds. While she still keeps tabs on me, she no longer sticks to my side constantly. OK, she does a little but not nearly as much as she used to. During the visit, I turned around and noticed that Daisy had plunked herself down in the kiddie pool. It was so adorable, wish I was able to capture it. By the time I got over there she had already stood up. (By the way, notice the other dog with her. Doesn't it look like he is grinning ear to ear?!)

"Enough watching, I want to run too!"

Had a great time at the dog park yesterday. I was wondering if Daisy would be bored with no greyhounds there but she ended up having fun anyway. After sticking to me like glue for awhile she got more comfortable in the park and started venturing off. She was fascinated by a great dane and quickly went to check him out. Probably because he was the closest shaped dog to her. But obviously, he was huge and made Daisy look like a lap dog. Later she started playing (yes, playing!!!) with another medium sized red dog. He came up to her and they did the stare down stance thing. The owner assured me they weren't being aggressive. Pretty soon the dog took off with Daisy running after him. They did a couple circles around the park with Daisy almost knocking someone over that was in her path. My dog is fast and I loved seeing her run and enjoying herself. Hopefully this is the start of many more happy park visits.

Greyhound Gangs

There is something enduring about how greyhounds automatically flock together when they are in each others' company. I recently drove Miss Daisy to a greyhound meetup at a dog park. We came late so there were only a few left roaming around. Sure enough, as soon as they spotted Daisy all of them quickly came trotting up. They were so cute with their muzzles on, eager to check out the "new girl." Before I could even get Daisy through the second gate, all four greyhounds had swarmed around sniffing her excitedly. All the non-greyhound dog owners stopped and watched in awe as this happened. Not sure if they understood what all the fuss was about, but the other greyhound owners knew and weren't surprised one bit. Daisy was a little scared at first but took everything in stride. She soon felt comfortable enough to hang out and follow the other hounds around the park for a bit. We will definitely be back to this weekly meetup.