Fearless and hairless!

Two things we noted about Penny this past weekend...

1) I've never seen a dog that hasn't been afraid of the vaccuum and the lawnmower... Until I met Penny, that is. This girl is not scared of anything! This weekend my fiance and I finally had a chance to catch up on some yard work but Penny was not having it... While I was picking up pine cones and sticks, Tom began mowing. Penny, however, had other ideas. She loves to play with her soccer ball, but if you make the mistake of throwing it once, she'll keep bringing it back and begging for more! So she spent her afternoon trotting back and forth between us across the yard, dropping the ball in our paths and waiting for us to throw it. It took forever to finally finish the yard but we didn't mind - she was having a blast!

2) All dogs shed - it's a fact of life. But some dogs shed more than others. We happen to have one of those in our dog Nina. Because of this I keep lint rollers in strategic places in my house, car, and office for the occasional white hair that always seems to cling to my black pants. Sometimes Nina will shake and you can see a cloud of white hair flying off of her - our vaccuum cleaner is always filled with white hair. But something we curiously noted this weekend is that we haven't seen any black hairs... Not on the lint roller and not in the vaccuum... Penny doesn't even seem to shed when we pet her and even her dog bed only has a few hairs on it. So not only is she soft and great to snuggle with, but she keeps all of her hair to herself! Could she be any more wonderful??!! I wish she could teach our own dog to do that! ;)

Silly ears!

Penny has the silliest ears! They are usually crossing eachother on the top of her head, and they absolutely crack me up! Last night I took her and my greyhound Nina for a walk in the neighborhood, and after spotting a squirrel in a neighbor's yard, Penny definitely seemed to have a little extra pep in her step... This made for some very bouncy, floppy ears and I laughed out loud as we were walking. I just love those earsies!!!


Here's a video I took with my cell phone: (It's not a great video but you can see how great she walks on a leash!)

Isn't she pretty? I love her expressions!

Grace and poetry in motion

There is nothing more beautiful to me then watching a greyhound do what he does best - run! This weekend we snuck into a baseball field to give the dogs a good romp and although I've had my own hound for over 2 years now, I am still amazed each time I see her run... We started off with the muzzles because we weren't sure if Penny and my own greyhound Nina would get competitive. When it became clear that they were just having fun together, we took them off. Here are a few pictures of Penny showing off: