Thanks to Northshore Kennel for this awesome Video about Microchipping the Pups and getting them Registered with the National Greyhound Association. 
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25 reasons to adopt a greyhound!!

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​Poems

🐾 The puppy, the athlete, the pet, I’m all three 🐾
 
I went walking through fields and up our road
In the bad weather on the walker I strode 
I ran through the fields and had plenty of space 
The fact is my whole life wasn’t a race 
 
But for me the race was my favorite part 
And for sure at the track I’ve left a piece of my heart 
For there it was that I had the most fun
When I got the chance to show how I can run 
 
People who have never been don’t understand 
They have never gone up and watched from a stand 
As I, and my friends, excitedly, take our place 
For a trip round a track that they call a race 
 
My family were always up there in that stand
Watching me run through that manicured sand 
Sometimes I’d win and more often I’d lose
Always happy to see me, never feeling the blues 
 
Remembering how they brought me up
How they held me when I was, a newly born pup
How they watched me grow every single day
All the fun we had and all of our play 
 
For you see all of my life I haven’t been racing 
I’ve been running through fields with my siblings and chasing 
Trying to get the toys from the leader 
Trying my best to get that squeaker 
 
For you haven’t seen all the fun of my youth
All the time that they spend, all the love all the truth 
The times they stayed up all through the night
Feeding us bottles, holding us tight 
 
The food that they bring us is super delicious 
Yummy and healthy and very nutritious 
For every meal from our first little dinner 
We have to eat healthy to compete as a winner 
 
Every day of the year we bring them delight 
From puppies in hands to our grown up heights 
They care for us, love us and know us so well
When we have our first race their hearts stop with the bell
 
All of the years it took to get us there
All of that time for us to finally chase that hare
Round the manicured track we run 
The ultimate zoomie, the ultimate fun
 
Then when it’s time to retire, and start my new chapter 
They know how easily your hearts, I can capture
I’ve had so much fun in my athletic career 
But now it’s time to move on to a sofa near here
 
A new phase in my life, where things are so strange 
It may take me time to get used to this change
For my old life, I was so used to 
And Now everything is totally new 
 
New people, new places, new sights and new smell
New routines, in this new world I suddenly dwell
The food it is different the activities too
Even the place that I go to the loo
 
Give me the time to miss my dear past
To get used to you slowly, build a bond that will last 
For when you adopt me, take a real look and see
The puppy, the athlete, the pet I’m all three 
 
Annoymous

MAY I GO?
I didn’t want to go at first, I fought with all my might!
But something seems to draw me now to a warm and loving light.
I want to go! I really do! It’s difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can to live just one more day.
To give you time to care for me and share your love and fears.
I know you’re sad and are afraid because I see your tears.
I’ll not be far, I promise that and hope you’ll always know
That my spirit will be close to you wherever you may go.
Thank you so for loving me, you know I loved you too.
That’s why it’s hard to say good-bye and end this life with you.
So hold me now, just one more time, and let me hear you say,
Because you care so much for me, you’ll let me go today
Susan Jackson

The Rainbow Bridge - Author Unknown

Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.. When an animal dies - one that has been especially close to someone here - that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water, sunshine and cozy beds, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they each miss someone very special, someone who had to be left behind.
. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body quivers. Suddenly, he breaks from the group, flying over the green grass - his legs carrying him faster and faster.
. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain on your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet - so long gone but never absent from your heart.
 
. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
- author unknown

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