This has been a week of tight routine. My life has been swept away by the legal system while I serve jury duty. It is my first time serving. I have always been curious about the inner workings of the court. I now have new appreciation for the phrase "curiosity killed the cat". It can be pretty tedious. At the end of the day I feel like I have fuzz on my brain. I have to getting up extra early to put dogs out for a run in the morning. and then get them back out as soon as someone is home. I look forward to being able to get them out longer and spend more time with them. The first dogs to really hate my absence is my Aussies. They start barking and pacing more and generally tell me they are bored and anxious...and I am in a position to totally understand. I feel like I have been locked up all week too.

Talked to the gal from FL last night. She has a 8 year old black boy and a 4 year old black and white female picked out for us. They should arrive the first week of June. Dusk is ready to pack his little bags and head for home tomorrow. Eileen is darling as ever!! I'll miss her smiling face. Cinco the goose is getting big. Still yellow fuzz but lots of bumps where the feathers are coming.

Navy Blue Angel - Kay with her new family.

We got a call today from a man traveling to Montana from FL in a few weeks and he offered to bring us a couple of dogs. With our recent rash of placements we are going to take him up on it. I can't wait to hear what he finds for us.

My cousin called today. I haven't talked to her in years....she wanted to know about greyhounds. She will be traveling this way soon and I am anxious to have her meet my crew. I am sending her a care box of all the info I can find. Maybe after all these years it will be greyhounds that put Paula and I back in touch with each other. I think she will be a great home....maybe I can even help her pick out a pup.

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It rained and rained and rained....the grass really needs it though so no complaints here. Today I bathed all the foster greyhounds and a couple of extras. Later in the day I took both Eileen and Dusk to be cat tested. Dusk passed and Eileen is borderline. I don't think Dusk has ever really seen a cat he was curious but didn't try to chase. Eileen was more interested...not completely obsessed but very interested. Then they came back here and had a couple of hours out in the paddocks playing. Tonight's game was clearly the old playground favorite of girls gang up and chase the boy until he cries. All are resting well tonight. With the passing of the cat test Dusk has been officially spoken for. He will soon head to Great Falls. In the morning Kay will be leaving for her placement in the Three Forks area. When we ordered dogs we really thought we ordered a lot. We were only going to order 3 and ended up ordering 6....the way things are going we should have ordered 10! We got a really nice note from the race owner of Peachy/Kiki detailing her history. It is clear her owner cares a great deal for her...LUCKY GIRL!! Kiki has some litter mates that will be racing and trying to qualify for some big races...namely The Great American Greyhound Futurity. They start the qualifying races this week end....we wish them safe and successful races.

This is Cinco....my little goose who is treated like a dog...which is pretty good around here.

Today was a beautiful spring day. The dogs all got outside for hours. It stayed so warm this eve that I let them stay out until almost 10 PM. Arrangements for Kay to leave on Friday morning are set. Dusk has a serious nibble and is pending home visit and cat test. Eileen may continue to be fostered on this side of the state due to the recent flurry of adoptions. Moving her would completely deplete the foster dogs here at Hot Cha. A month ago we felt like we were ordering LOTS of dogs...and now a month later we wished we had ordered a couple more. Maybe we can get a waiting list going for the next load....that would be heaven!

The last two adoptions in this area were by ladies named Mary. I got a note from both Marys today. Kiki's "foster mom" Mary's note said she failed fostering and Kiki has a home with her forever!! Asta's mom Mary's note said Asta is the most wonderful dog ever and she is hooked.

Kay has also been claimed by a family in Three Forks and will move as soon as we can make transportation arrangements. Anyone interested in driving a pretty fawn girl part way to Three Forks on the week end?

Eileen is likely going to move next week end to a foster home in Billings....providing we can arrange transportation. Meanwhile things here are good. The goose baby has been named Cinco. He is a week old tomorrow. Caroline and Tony my long term greyhound boarders are getting ready to pack their little bags and head home with their family. There is an aussie in the Missoula Shelter in dire need. The shelter called today and begged me to come meet him. The wheels of rescue just keep on turning.....

Today Kiki headed home with her new "foster" mom. Mary will be teaching her all about life as a real dog. Of course after our long long lecture to Mary about "DO NOT LET THIS DOG ESCAPE!!!" We managed to let that dog escape. I was coming in with dogs and between Judy and I...out Kiki slipped and she headed down the road. Our eyes met and the same word was spoken "S#*T!!!" I quickly handed Judy the dogs I had and calmly called "Kiki, Come on girl" as I headed to the kennel room where the greyhounds stay. Thankfully she turned headed back to me and was looking to go in. Fearful dogs will do one of two things....either freak and bolt or head for something familiar. Today we were LUCKY and she headed back. After Kiki was safely headed home with Mary, Judy and I went and had a big chocolate fix. Next thing we knew we were at the feed store looking at baby chicks and then we were headed back home with a gosling like that was the most normal thing in the world. Stress can sure mess up logic.