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There’s no point in making my bed in the morning anymore. The dog jumps on as soon as I leave for work, tosses pillows onto the floor, and bunches up the blankets.

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type_icon Major has finally figured out how to get onto the bed. When you get a greyhound that hasn’t been home acclimated, they usually won’t jump onto the furniture unless you teach them how. Obviously, some eventually figure it out on their own. In the case of the latter, it’s pretty easy to discourage them, because at first they’ll start by just putting their front paws up. Some don’t care about being on the furniture even if you teach them. As you can see, she’s quite pleased with herself.

Major has finally figured out how to get onto the bed. When you get a greyhound that hasn’t been home acclimated, they usually won’t jump onto the furniture unless you teach them how. Obviously, some eventually figure it out on their own. In the case of the latter, it’s pretty easy to discourage them, because at first they’ll start by just putting their front paws up. Some don’t care about being on the furniture even if you teach them. As you can see, she’s quite pleased with herself.

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type_icon Bo at the shelter

Bo at the shelter

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Bogardus

I like to keep greyhounds in pairs because they always seem happier that way. My boy, Batou, passed away a few weeks ago. Major was fussy about eating the first couple of weeks afterward, and she’s noticeably more clingy lately. So, on May 21st a new 2 year old dog named Bogardus “Bo” is making the trip up from Orlando.

    Bogardus is his actual racing name, and for some reason I kinda like it, so I’ll keep it. They often have really long weird names, e.g. Major’s racing name is AMF Casino Cruze. I did a bit of googling to try and discern his namesake. At first, I thought it was a star, because that’s what the wikipedia entry for Bogardus links to. However, it doesn’t seem to be a very important star, and he didn’t have any siblings with star names, so that didn’t really make sense.

    I’m pretty sure he’s named after Capt. A. H. Bogardus. tl;dr: world champion trap shooter from the 1800’s. He improved the european glass ball and trap, performed epic feats of endurance, and traveled around demonstrating and promoting the clay pigeon.

    I approve of this name. I’ve only been trapshooting once, at The Homestead, and I kinda sucked, and they gave me the littlest wimpy shotgun they had (although it was pretty), but it was fun anyway.

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