Message to All Racing Greyhounds from Dash

A big shout out to all my racin' bros and sistas from Dash, FKA Eastern Star, racin' greyhound extrodinare.

Jus' wanna let yoous guys know dat once its time far ya to hang up your silks, dis retirerment gig really rocks. I'm eatin' twice a day an dez peoples are sooo eazy. Dey call yar name an' if'n ya run over dar they give ya food! Geez, don't know 'bout yous guys but I useta race all day an' I woodened get nuthin. An sometime dez peoples be sayin som'em, I ain't quite figured out what yet. But, man, all yous gotta do is bow or sit or heck jus' lay down an' dey give ya more food. An' dey look soo happy 'bout it too! Des is great.

Yoous guys need to remember dis word, "Treat". Memorize it 'cause wenever peoples say dis word, you get food. An dez people look soo happy to give food. Wow! Dez is Greyt!

Yestaday, all of us got water sprayed all over us. Now, I knows what ya thinkin' I ain't never liked no water neither, cepting for drinkin. But dis water was really nice. It was all warm an dey rubbed me all over. It was like heaven! I was soo relaxed I slid down onto da flo. No kiddin! Den dey rubbed me with this warm soft thing and I wasn't wet anymore, but I felt great! An dey gave me more food! Sumthin 'bout being a 'good boy' an did I wanna 'treat'!! H$*L Yeah! Treats is FOOD!

An' hey, I got dis really big soff ding to lay on. It is sooo comfy. Iz can fix it any way I wanna. I dink dey callin' it a beed. Retirerment is nice.

Ya know dos dings ya been chasin' but dey neva let ya catch'em? Dez peoples gave me 2 of 'em! Can ya believe it! Dey are great! I jus' bite'em an bite'em an dey make dis sqeeky sound. I jus love to hear dat sound. I throw 'em an den I run an I catch'em an den I bite'em. One of 'em ain't squeekin' too much no mo. I'm keepin' it wiff me on my beed.

We got this big place outside. Ders a lotta grass an not much dirt but it is so fun to run and run and run. Dez people get so excited wen I run. It makes me sooo happy. Dis mornin' der was dis furry din with long ears in the grass. I almos got 'em but he hopped under da fence. I'll get him tomorraw.

Oh, gotta go! I hear my name. If I hurry, I'll get a TREAT!!!!

Eastern Star AKA Dash

Dashing Dash dashed into our lives and hearts.

On pick-up day, he was the calmest and quietest hound at the kennel. When I walked in, some of the greyhounds went crazy. Dash stood up, what a tall, beautiful, golden boy he is! He gazed at me with the biggest brown eyes I've ever seen. His ears were straight up and his tail was wagging. It's as if he was saying, "take me, take me!" I could see that he had 'wagged' off his happy tail bandage. I put my fingers through the cage wire and he gave my fingers some sweet, gentle kisses. He was patient while I got the paper work, collar, and leash.

Dash was ready to go but was not rambuctous or overly excited. He is a big, strong boy but so gentle on lead. A greyt walker! Very sensitive and attentive to his person.

He rides well in a car, even a small car like mine. He wasn't too sure at first. He looked at me as if to say, "are you sure I can fit back there?" When I said okay, he stepped right in the car, looked around, laid down on the back seat, and stayed there. I kept looking back to check on him because he was so still and quiet, but he was fine.

As soon as we got home we started on a long walk, joining Poppy and J (our greys) who were with Steve. After everyone was tuckered out and all the sniffing was over, we went home, and everybody crashed. Dash likes his roomy xpen, fluffy bed, and squeeky toys.

All is good and everyone settled into a quiet and relaxing day.