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My name is
Blue and I am a male greyhound born in Jan 2008 I am an ex-racing dog, a beloved pet to my antidog-cruelty activist parents, and a certified Therapet.
This is my story. Read on, it has a happy ending, I promise
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Racing dogs often spend their entire lives either training, racing or in small kennels. Ever since I was a puppy, I trained for the races – no time for playing or learning how to be a normal dog.
I was a syndicate racer, which means that multiple people had a share in my ownership and in the money I made from being bet on. It also means that rarely anybody cares for your wellbeing. After three and a half years, my toes were starting to twist with the constant pounding on the racetracks, so they decided I was no more use for them.
Many ex-racers are killed immediately. I was lucky to be sent out for adoption. I was not so lucky, though, with the first family I got rehomed to. The young couple had small children so I was kept muzzled and in a cage in the kitchen most of the time. The people from greyhound kennels found out about this and took me back.
I went back to the adoption kennels, brokenhearted and afraid I won’t find a good family. In August 2012, a very nice older couple came to visit me. I liked them – although I was a bit shy.
They fell in love with me – as I with them – and offered me a forever sofa in their home.
No more races, no more kennels; now I have a family and a new purpose in life!
I accommodated so well to the pet life that now I am a Therapet. This way I am able to help at the local mental health hospital and work with children who are not doing so good at school.
At the end of 2016 my sister BB joined us
I helped her come out of her shell, as a fellow ex-racer
I love my family and my walks, meeting other houndies at the doggy cafĂŠ and especially cheese toasties and pulled pork!
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