A trip through memory lane

In 2005 I built our first web site for Greyhound Gardens. In 2009 I updated it. Technology has changed so much since then, I've taken the plunge and I'm updating again. The plan is to integrate the blog into a new and improved website with another new look.

Good grief, what I have I started. I have hundreds of pages to re-create. My mind has once again gone to the dogs.

I'm currently taking a trip down memory lane. I'm revisiting all of the greyhounds that have gone to the rainbow bridge since 2004. It's a happy sad. I don't think of them as often as I used to, but I have never forgotten them, forgotten the pleasure they brought us or forgotten the laughs they gave us.

This is Phoebe. She was 11, nearly 12 years old when she came to the gardens. This girl was a hoot. She dumped a quart of heavy whipping cream on the kitchen floor, de-feathered a down blanket and permanently dis-figured a first generation iPod.

She was going to be a puppy forever, until that damn cancer beat her down at 14.

Stay tuned, we'll be moving to new digs soon. (Sheesh, I hope so anyway.)

November

Bentley • April 7, 1997 – April 6, 2004

November is National Canine Cancer Awareness month.

As I thought back, I realized that the evil beast has taken way to many of our babies.

Phoebe • October 1, 1991 – November 27, 2005

Gracie • September 15, 1994 – March 25, 2006

Cleo • December 22, 1995 – March 28, 2008

Fonzi • October 4, 1999 – February 10, 2009

Barbie • April 16, 1996 – October 13, 2007

Duncan • April 22, 1999 – May 14, 2010

And so, as I looked a little farther, I learned that one in three dogs will be diagnosed with canine cancer.

The National Canine Cancer Foundation is raising money for research grants to help find a cure.

Who knows, maybe if we can find a cure in canines, we can find a cure in humans.

Celebrity sightings at the Garden Bistro

Lucee Fields from The Flying Nun


Phoebe Quaid, Murphy Harris, Blender Glenn and Edie Shepard, cast of The Right Stuff


And last but not least, Puppy Nicholas from The Shining

December 5

Phoebe was our introduction to the world of seniors. 11 years old and Phoebe was found wandering on a country road.

When presented with her leash, Karen never batted an eye about bring Phoebe into her world. Phoebe provided us with hours  and hours of clever antics. She proved that being a senior meant nothing more a bigger number for her age.