Re: Z and a Greyhound
Life moves on as we all know. A few weeks after Kate passed away I listed on the National Borzoi Rescue site and filled out the application form thinking it would take a year and a half to get one which is what I wanted but wasn't willing to pay breeder prices for a show dog which are in the four figures. Well, five weeks later through a very lucky set of circumstances I drove up to D.C. Sat after hearing that I was a candidate for one Friday and picked up my new girl, Liliana, or Lili, who is an 18 month old apricot female Borzoi and great big, tall sweetie. She and Maxie, my other grey get along fabulously and we are all learning one another. To the vet to get her logged in this morning and as soon as possible a wellness visit from my vet. She is very healthy and will fill out and grow more of that gorgeous soft hair as she matures in her second year. Tall does not begin to cover it..7" taller at the shoulder than my greyhound. Long legs spread far apart front to back and they have a lope that eats ground, long hair flying. She is a great big sweetie. I don't have any good photos yet but A Russian Wolfhound (Borzoi) is pretty hard to miss. Most are not small animal (small dog and cat) safe as their prey drive is more than a greyhound's. Sweet to people and dogs more than 20#'s but my grey isn't small animal safe either so it does not matter. I got her because the rescue org. is helping place dogs from literally a mad Russian lady breeder who can breed but does everything else wrong with her Borzoi and is a pain to the organization..does not keep records, pay the AKC for papers, name the dogs, etc. I got lucky as Lili (Lilly pronounced) way earlier and she is not from an abusive situation where I have to have socializing of the dog to overcome it...not normal to be so lucky with adult rescues.
At any rate, we are back to two sighthounds, two Corvettes and me.
Sold my 19' sailboat in a week which I thought would also take a year..sold it for more than I paid for it. Was not using it.....so simplified.
Lance Pearson
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