Chris and Jamie have a greyhound

Chris and Jamie have a racing greyhound named Ego Bayou. Lil' "E" is her kennel name. She just started her racing career today at Naples-Ft Myers, Florida. She is the #8 dog in the pictures below. She held onto a photo finish for the win. Congrats!

-POST 8-

A better day

I know that the last post upset some people and I am sorry, I was not pointing a finger at any one person. We have the best group of greyhound owners in the WORLD. When I got the call from the AL track , it just did me in. I feel guilty that I can not care or take in anymore hounds but we just can't, It is cold here this morning, it got down to about 18 here. all dogs are warm and have plenty of food and that is the most inportant thing, the rest will have to take care of itself, I know everyone is having a hard time, I wish it were different for all of us

blessings to all

julie and the hounds of cool springs

adoptions and returns and open house

Every hound that gets a new home , takes the chance of being returned. we have had several this past month, People do not realize how hard it is on the greyhounds, I don't ever think I have had one returned when it was there(greyhounds) fault, People have babies, move, change jobs or just get tired of the responsibility and the pets are the first to go. You name it and I have heard it, reasons for being returned, The latest was " the dog peed on my Bush" they had him for a year. It is easy to lose faith in humans, dogs never lose it in us, The kennel is full and we havent taken in any new dogs from the track since June, Maybe they were just suppose to live out there lives here at the farm. I was hoping that we would get low enough on hounds that I could go to work part time too help ease the strain of the bills, that is not going to happen anytime soon.
Everyone worked so hard for the open house and the shop and kennel were beautiful, I want to thank you for coming out and seeing the hounds, Out of 30 hounds, we had 4 that received a special gift from our adopters, THANK YOU, we sold around 400.00 in items from the shop along with two donations. If we do not do adoptions or get a pesonal donation, we do not have any income, Britt and Tim and andrea and robert, make a special point to help us every month.

We did not sell enough kits (pretzels) to make the order so I will be sending back the money to Patches mom, we didnt even come close, Yes, I am worried, can we hold on to the farm? I don't know, we are going to try, We have alot of lifetime hounds here that are depending on me. I had a call today(and they come alot) and the owner said if I didnt take his hounds that they were going to be put down, we DON'T have any room, so I can't sleep, we can only take what we can hold and feed and take care of, Jason is coming tomorrow to give me a much needed break, he will be king of the farm for a day,

when your greyhound escapes

This is very important, and if you havent gotten it, get it together, when your dog is out, you will not have time................

1. ALWAYS have your correct information on your dogs collar and keep it on them, if you do not hve a CFGA tag, pick one up at the kennel


2. If your grey gets away and out of your sight, call me FAST, we will help you........


3. if your greyhound is still in your sight, get down on the ground and act like you are playing, they will most likely come to you and see what you are doing,DO NOT CHASE THEM, can you run 45 m.p.h?


4. keep in your car, flyers with your information on it, where you live and several contact numbers, a discription of your dogs. make a blank line for where he or she was last seen, you vets name and number. Tape to put up the flyers..........a squaker or toy, and bowl for water. an extra lead and collar.


5. call animal control ASAP and the police department in your area. Greyounds most likely hit the pavement and run............ If you travel with your pet, PLEASE have your cell phone on the collar.


6. I myself have had 12 out at one time in 5 o'clok traffic.Duke power left the gate open. if you have a fenced yard, keep a lock on it................the power people,fed-X children will leave your gate open