It has been a busy couple of weeks. Reagan and Bach made the trip to their new homes near Bozeman and are settling in. My little Sandy is settling in like she has always been here. She is a sweet heart. Last year when Tigger died Judy gave me a bleeding heart plant. The morning after Sandy came home it had its first blooms on it. Another one of those connections that seem to happen. It wasn't until just now that I realized how close Sandy's homecoming was to the 1 year mark of Tigger's death. Only a couple of days short of a year. To me it is interesting all the ties to Tigger that have turned up in adopting Sandy. It is strangely comforting and beautiful. I am more and more convinced that there are cobwebs connecting us...even to those who have left this life. Small invisible threads that are surprisingly strong and binding.

Sherri G from Kalispell emailed of the passing of her greyhound boy Pico. A handsome long legged brindle bread thief. He is missed greatly already. His greyhound brother "Q" is especially lonely.

There was another greyhound who recently died. It needs mentioning just to make sure we all can learn from the lesson. Popsicle (Pappy) was placed with a family near Bozeman. Last week he slipped his collar while on a walk and took off. A couple of days later he was killed when he was hit by a car. We are all heart sick by his death...no one more devastated than his owners. The placement person was not notified until after his death. PLEASE keep in mind that should your greyhound take off for any reason CALL YOUR PLACEMENT REP FOR HELP!!! I am not saying it would have changed anything in this case but the more people that can go on a search the better. Greyhounds placed through GPA have a hot line number on their tag...more recent adoptions with Run for Adoption have phone numbers for Tripp's and myself, Joni. Of course if they slip the collar the tags won't help the finder BUT while you are standing there with that empty collar call those numbers and get help in your search. We would drop everything to help a greyhound we have placed. When Kiki escaped many Missoula greyhound owners hit the streets looking for her. Posting fliers, talking to people and walking their greyhounds in the area looking for leads. While we are talking about tags be sure yours are legible and current.