I think we might have to keep our foster hound

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Our Eric on the right and Betty, formerly known as Crumpet on the left. Our local branch of the Retired Greyhound Trust put out a call for existing owners to foster another dog or two to clear the kennels for overspill from other branches. I had a kind of plan to take on another hound anyway after this rubbish has passed - basic reassessment of what's important kind of decision. She's a couple of years younger than Eric and a very different character. Seems to have settled in well and she's been to two different supposedly forever homes and been returned so I reckon we owe her a settled forever home...

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Looks like she's staying, then. Mrs P is going to do the paperwork tomorrow.

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I'm not completely sure she's settling in...what do you think?

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Rewe said:

She looks anxious and petrified to me! Look at that defensive posture!

Is she an ex-racer? Do they still have ear tattoos?

Yes and yes. Her racing name was Clondoty Sally. Right ear has PX, Left ear has HXX. She ran 125 races, mostly at Monmore Green (Wolverhampton, our nearest track and a few early on at Perry Barr (North Birmingham, not too far away) 24 wins and 10 second places, so never set the world alight but not too shabby. Eric also raced, also nearly always at Monmore. 16 wins and 9 seconds.

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cologne2792 said:

Lovely!

I've had two and still miss them.

Always plenty up for adoption. If you foster first they only want £25. Cheapest way into owning a pedigree dog?

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UPDATE: Betty is a little tinker! She's taken to grabbing any bread-related product off the kitchen counter and wolfing it down, with help from Eric, no doubt...We've had to resort to balancing loaves and bagels on top of the tins in the cupboard. Grrr!

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Further update: all bread products removed from kitchen counters so she grabbed a tray of eggs yesterday!