Meet the Newest Member of our Family

His name is Dusty and he is a retired racing Greyhound. Dusty will officially move in to our home this coming Friday. We have been in the process of adopting Dusty over the past few weeks. I say process because it requires an approved application, references, and home visits. Dusty is so sweet with Grace and Ava. He likes to have his belly rubbed and behind his ears scratched and if he isn't ready for you to stop rubbing he nudges you with his nose. We are really excited about Dusty joining our family. This weekend we have been busy getting all of his doggy gear that he will need.

Here is a little bio on Dusty that the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas wrote on him for their website.

"Dusty, aka Flying Dustberry, is a 5-year-old brindle male born December 22, 2003. His sire is the famous Gable Dodge, making his grand sire Wigwam Wag, and his dam is Flying Cherry. Dusty was quite the racer with 113 races under his belt - 54 of those races in Grade AA. He raced his whole career in Wheeling, West Virginia, beginning August 31, 2005 and ending August 17, 2007."

I have learned the past few weeks that I'm terrible at the waiting game. I have always wanted to add more children to our family one day through adoption and this has shown me that I would have to have a lot more patience in the Waiting game.

Pictures courtesy of the GALT website.