Prancer: Winning hearts in new home
Prancer (formerly Olga) was adopted by Johnny and Barbara Mendola after they attended a Greyhound Adoptions of Florida Meet and Greet at PetSmart in Lady Lake, FL.
Here is Prancer's success story of adoption and finding a permanent loving home, as written by Johnny:
"My wife Barbara and I had a very strong desire to adopt a dog from an animal shelter when we finally made the move to Florida after we both were retired. I was thinking along the lines of a Lab or a Retriever, but then I met Blue. Blue had one blue eye and one brown eye. He was a rescued greyhound I met while on one of our stays in Florida. It was then that I made my mind up to rescue a greyhound.
We went back home to NJ to wait for the house to sell before moving to Florida. The months passed, no sale but my heart yearned for a greyhound. Come September, my wife and I made the decision to move to Florida permanently and let the house sell through our Realtor.
The PetSmart Meet and Greet
Our second week here we heard of a "meet and greet" at PetSmart. We were there that morning armed with the fact we would adopt a greyhound. Our hearts were bursting with joy when the greyhounds came in. We met one or two who were up for adoption and were trying to bond with each. Then Marilyn came in with two additional greyhounds to be adopted. One was our pride and joy Olga. It seems there was an immediate bonding between the three of us. We knew Prancer, AKA Olga, was just off the racing circuit and not fully aware of what the real world was like and that didn't matter to us. We knew she had a trainer who was very close with Olga and realized it would take time for Olga to trust us and give us the same kind of affection, and that too was okay with us.
Well, after Marilyn got Prancer to the vet and all was a go for a delivery, we never expected what was to come. After all the papers were signed and we were schooled by Marilyn on what to expect and some tips on what to do, Prancer's new forever life began. Almost immediately she was kissing my wife and I.
Prancer in her new home
She followed us everywhere we went in the house. We were armed with a can of Miracle cleaner for when she had her first accident. She never had an accident. Not once. In the middle of the night if she has to relieve herself she will bark once. I get up to take her out and she goes. Then it is back to bed until morning.
She eats on schedule twice a day and loves to go on walks. Prancer is an amazing animal. I cannot put in two paragraphs the way we feel about our Prancer. It would take at least two pages.
All our hopes and dreams have come true with Prancer. We have a dog that loves us and Prancer has someone who loves and respects her. She is a champion in our eyes. The funny part about all of this is that she has only been here one full week. It seems like she has been part of our lives for years. Thank you Marilyn for what you do and for giving us the chance to meet and fall in love with our dream, our dream named Prancer."
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| 2. | Becky | Sun Nov 09, 2008 @ 09:36PM |
I had the pleasure of meeting Prancer a couple ot times while she was in Birmingham and fell in love with her! I am so very glad she found what sounds to be her perfect forever home!!!!
Prancer was quite spoiled at the kennel and I learned that the hard way! Her kennel was one that was on top and required her to jump, well I did all of the usual things to get her to jump and nothing worked, so I picked her up and put her in, she was NOT happy with me. What I did not know was that she was spoiled and refused to jump into her kennel until she got a marshmellow. She could not be fooled into jumping either, the marshmellow had to land in the crate before she jumped!
You adopted a GREAT job and it seems like she adopted a GREAT family!
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