as many of you know, diana and i are involved in a couple greyhound adoption groups which take retired racers and try to put them into homes. the biggest group in chicago is called greyhounds only, which does a great job of organizing dog owners and raising awareness of these very good dogs.

there's a two year old retired racer named val who's been diagnosed with epilepsy. his diagnosis and treatment costs have topped $3000, and this is going to be hard for the adoption group and foster family to cover.

if you can, please check out the greyhounds only site, and click on the "hound in need" button in the upper left corner. there's a paypal button on val's page, and any donations (even small ones) would be greatly appreciated.

thanks.

How can you resist such an adorable hound:



Having a couple dogs myself, both from a rescue, this was easy and felt good.

Good luck, Val!


EDIT: and yet, below my avatar, it says I am a useless piece of shit. What do I have to do to earn your love?! BLOW FLUSS? Here kittty kitty.

Wow...thanks for posting this. Really. It makes me so happy to know that there are people out there that care enough to take the time, and money, to set up things like this.

I'm going to make a donation, but I wish I could help more.

any little bit helps. i'm asking friends on a couple of boards i frequent, and a lot of people are making small donations, which is fucking rad.

thanks again.

In honor of this thread and inspired by your avatar, Mr. Ryan, I have changed my avatar.

Meet Chico Joe Jr.
His Dogster Page

EDIT: and with that, my little quote below my avatar is no longer 'useless piece of shit'. Guess that's all it takes, making your avatar your pet.

Good luck to you, sir, and the hound!

thanks. this is a small bump.

bumpin

My greyhound, Otis, is 6 this year. I treat him better than most people treat their children. My dalmation died last year and had seizures in his final weeks. I know what that is like.

By combining the two in one post you have been successful in choking me up. I am broke, but when I get paid from a project next week I am donating.

In fact, I just called my girlfriend and told her. She had planned to stop by our favorite place to pick up dinner tonite. We decided to donate that money instead and we are making dinner from leftovers!

It's comin' Val!