Siesta' s first night at home

Wow. It's been a full day. So, at 5pm yesterday I gave up on hearing back from Lindsay while still at work and came home. I gave her a call and it turned out she was still having car trouble so I offered for Ty and I to come to her home and pick up Siesta. So when Ty finished his class at 6 or so we drove 30 minutes in the rain to Prospect, CT. After Lindsay welcomed us into her house we saw Siesta again and she gave us an enthusiastic greeting with kisses. After going over the paperwork and some last minutes advice from Lindsay she helped us get everything in the car, including a HUGE crate and Siesta herself. I really have to thank Lindsay for not only being a wonderfully generous person for caring for greyhounds in search of homes, but for being a truly sweet person that I am happy to have met. I am sure Siesta will miss her and I hope I can fill the void.

So off we drove, terribly excited and a little nervous. Siesta was a great car passenger even though she had to lie down on top of her collapsed monster crate with the rear seats down to fit.



When we got home we hauled everything upstairs (ourselves, Siesta, the crate, a bag of dog food and the adorable pink toy WAG sent her home with). Here is a picture of the crate - it takes up pretty much the entire dining room so I sincerely hope this is a short term need.



We were starved so we fed Siesta 1.5 cups of her food (as directed) and ourselves some spaghetti. Seista gobbled her dinner up in less than 60 seconds flat. About 20 minutes later, Seista started wimpering a bit and we of course concluded that she must be upset about the move or the new surroundings and tried to console her. Finally, it occurred to Ty that she probably needed to go out to go to the bathroom. Genius. So off they went on a nice evening walk which I heard was VERY productive. Needless to say she was much happier when she returned and fell asleep in her kennel at midnight and we didn't hear a peep from her till 8am. Not bad for her first night.

Here are some photos I took from her first night, but like most dogs she wouldn't pose for the camera very well. We'll have to work on that.