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Meet Clove, my new dog-to-be. She's a sweet small greyhound who will come to live with me in about two weeks. I'm somewhat terrified, as I've never had a pet and fear it will all go Terribly Wrong, but I've gone ahead and taken the plunge.
The adoption people tell me that often greyhounds do best with first-time owners, because they're so unlike other dogs that it's better not to have pre-conceived notions of what dogs are like. Clove never actually raced, because she seems to have no prey drive whatsoever and therefore no interest in chasing rabbits around in circles. At the pet store yesterday, she was totally nonchalant about the small dogs and cats, though the other greyhounds were pulling at their leashes trying to chase them. She's a bit shy, and sort of freaked out by loud noises and odd things like automatic doors, but I think that will fade as she gets used to the big wide world. She also seemed to have a genuine horror on her face when we went near the speaker playing Xmas carols, and I probably won't try to break her of that particular habit.
Anyway, if my Vox & Flickr output turns ALL CLOVE ALL THE TIME, you can't say you weren't warned.
The adoption people tell me that often greyhounds do best with first-time owners, because they're so unlike other dogs that it's better not to have pre-conceived notions of what dogs are like. Clove never actually raced, because she seems to have no prey drive whatsoever and therefore no interest in chasing rabbits around in circles. At the pet store yesterday, she was totally nonchalant about the small dogs and cats, though the other greyhounds were pulling at their leashes trying to chase them. She's a bit shy, and sort of freaked out by loud noises and odd things like automatic doors, but I think that will fade as she gets used to the big wide world. She also seemed to have a genuine horror on her face when we went near the speaker playing Xmas carols, and I probably won't try to break her of that particular habit.
Anyway, if my Vox & Flickr output turns ALL CLOVE ALL THE TIME, you can't say you weren't warned.
