Ack - It's April!

A picture from back in early March. How did it get to be April already? Hearing from friends back east & they're having a miniature heat-wave. Here, it's more soggy rain and lower 50s. I'm so waiting for spring/summer to actually begin. Still waiting...

Evie's chugging along fine! Back on her thyroid medicine so we're hoping that helps with her weight again. She appears to have dropped about 2 lbs so far! [Keep in perspective that 2 lbs on a little GH is a LOT.] She's at doggy day care 1x/week. Learning to socialize with dogs that aren't GH is a challenge - but confident she's up to the task. They even come pick her up in the little white bus which is totally cute.

Evie's also been to the dog park and we had some luck meeting some other GH that she got along swimmingly with. We also made a trek back to the dog park where it all began with my dear dear Newell.

Speaking of Newell...



Coldwater Newell [3/13/1997 - 2/14/2010] - sadly Newell died back in February. I hadn't seen him in the longest time due to issues beyond my control [namely my ex husband refused to let me see him - and the only thing I can say to that is *selfish*]. Oddly too, just about 2 weeks before he died, I had talked to the ex and begged him to let me see Newell to no avail.

He was beyond the best dog ever. He was everything. He was the reason I have Evie and why we got all the other GH over the years; he and the other dogs allowed me to meet some great people all over the country [and world]; he is the reason I travelled to some pretty odd places that without him in my life - I never would have gone. He is why I will always be a GH person! While I love Evie, no GH will ever compare to Newell.

The only bit of comfort is knowing that so many other great GH like Oliver, Tara, Tigger, Crusader, Joser, and were there waiting to greet him at the bridge when he arrived

Evie's been on Twitter for awhile now [to my chagrin since I was complaining about it on this blog not too long ago]...and some of her Twitter friends were greyhounds that left their people too soon - prayers to the owners of Sheba greyhound and Tahoe greyhound who recently died.