Such a sweet little girl...

We picked up Torie from Dr. Carol's over a week ago and have fallen in love. She took a couple days to warm up to us and our two other resident female greyhounds, but she's really settling in nicely. She's extremely sweet and quite the snuggler. As you can see from the below photos, she's also making great strides in becoming a couch potato. Because she's just a year and a half old, she still has a lot of puppy in her. She'll make somebody very happy.

Moving on

Torie has had a busy weekend... not a boring day in here anywhere! She's needed to gain a little weight and when I weighed her on Friday, she was up almost 2 lbs! She's such a little thang and has a pretty good appetite, so the next 2 lbs should be easy :-)


On Saturday, Torie went on her first home visit, and I was so proud of her! She was a little restless, but was such a good girl! She didn't stay, but this was a really good experience for her.


This morning, Torie roached for the first time... a full out, relaxed, playgirl pose!! I knew she could do it!


Today is Torie's last day here. I'll be out of town next weekend and then will be getting a pair of senior fosters, so it was time for Torie to move to another foster home. She's been such a pleasure to have, and in the 10+ days she's been here, I've already seen her settle nicely into pet life. She's going to make someone an awesome and fun companion and friend.

Bye bye, sweet Torie. I know I'll be seeing you... ♥

Cute 101

Torie is very diligent about bringing stuffies to share with everyone.
She can empty the toy basket in minutes! ☺

Today was "monthly heartworm medicine mailing"
to all the foster hounds
and that's best done on the floor.
Torrie immediately volunteered to help.
I don't know how I've ever done it without her ☺

Hey, Torie, could you try to be cute?
Torie shares.
She shared her crate with her foster-friend Annie,
and she is happy to share a bed with Sting.

Video of Torie playing

Torie is really enjoying her new life and this morning she and Sting had an adorable play session :-) Unfortunately, I must have stopped the recording accidentally because this is just a portion of it. They played harder and harder and then a loud yelp ended the fun. No worry - they were fine.

All the stuffies you see on the floor are Torie's contribution to my housekeeping :-)) The calm observer is Rising.

Settling in

Torie is doing wonderfully!!! It's hard to believe she's so young and so well mannered. She's taken to the house hounds and the house like she's been a pet already.

Of course, no one's perfect ;-))

The first couple of days she was in the house, she did what many new hounds do when first introduced to this new world - she collected all the things that interested her! She carefully picked up something, and put it in her pile. Then she wandered around some more, and found something else. She never chewed anything - she just collected it. By the time I interrupted, she had a slipper, a box, a paper bag, a tote, and several stuffies!!


The novelty of "things" seems to have worn off, and she's stopped collecting, but how cute was that!!

Torie at rest - calm, peaceful, and adorable.

A big playbow - any takers?

There's MORE to this fancy kennel???

Torie and Annie felt fine today, so I decided to bring them upstairs a day early to meet my own hounds and see the rest of the house. Torie started off with her muzzle since she was a little insecure around new hounds at the M&G.

Hellooooo.... what is all this???

Meeting Triple

Meeting Digger

Once the introductions were done (and they went pretty well) Torie relaxed and started to explore. The kitchen always seems to be fascinating to new houndies :-))

Oops. Well, let me explain...
I was curious... I was just moving it... it looked lonely... it... it...
Rats. OK, you caught me.
But remember, I'm young. I'm in a new world.
I have to learn about "homes".
And... aren't I simply ADORABLE???

After a busy afternoon exploring,
and then a nice dinner, Torie relaxed.
She's going to do FINE!!

Torie and her best friend, Annie, had their routine vetting yesterday, and both girls did greyt! Vetting includes blood work, heartworm testing, stool sample check, microchip, spay, dental, flea treatment, and heartworm prevention. Whew!

In this picture, Torie has already been spayed, and she's now having her teeth cleaned. Newly adopted greyhound teeth sparkle, and this is why ;-))




Once the procedures were finished, Torie snoozed the rest of the day. This morning she was very chipper and had a good breakfast, and at noon, she headed back home with Annie!

I know this is a bit of a scary day for each greyhound, but once it's all done, they can REALLY start to relax and enjoy the lazy life!!