The year 2004 was a banner year for Greyhound Adoption Center rescuing moms and

Two of the candies group of puppies

puppies. We had one group of puppies and two pregnant rescued dogs. First there was the "candies" named little group of puppies from the Caliente racetrack. We don't know what happened to their mother. The group of five included: Goober, a boy, now Finn, adopted by Ann Calhoun of Los Osos; Pez, a girl, now Ridley, adopted by Sean and Elissa Maguire; Reeses, a boy, adopted by Candy Lewis and Darren Rigg of Lakeside; Spree, renamed Luna, a girl, unfortunately recently deceased, adopted by Chris and Kary Root of La Mesa; and Twix, a girl, now Mango, adopted by Bill and Betsy Olver of Orange.

 

Then came Mama Cass (now Brandy, eight+ years old, adopted by Diane and Richard Lisi of Ladera Ranch) and her litter of nine pups, named for various animals. Boys Bear (now Bleu) and Beaver (now Woogle), adopted by Jayne and Jonathon Ziv of Oxnard; Doe, a girl, now Aidan, adopted by Jenny and Bill Huntley of La Habra; Fox, a girl, now Pepper, adopted by Dan and Julie Eide of Thornton, WA; Mink, a girl, now Abby, adopted by David and Liz Baun;

Aidan

  Moose, a boy, named Cooper, adopted by Barry and Diane Jeshurin of Irvine; Otter, a girl, adopted by Colleen Browne of Rosburg, WA; Raccoon, a boy, now Dooley, adopted by Eileen and Tom Hughes of Austin, TX; and Squirrel, a girl, now Sophie, adopted by Pam Carr of Oceanside. 

In August came Sween, one of the rescued greyhound-mixes from a backyard situation in Wasco. Three days after her arrival at GAC, she gave birth to a litter of ten puppies. Sween,

likely a Scottish Deerhound-greyhound mix, was adopted by Lindsay and Jim Howell of Sanger.

 

The August 23rd pups include: Dot, a girl, adopted by Bridget and Pat Reinhold of Lakeside; Grizzly Adams, a boy, now Dundee, adopted by Nancy Madigan of Homeland; Kowlee Sue, a girl, adopted by Carol and Wayne Simpson of Saratoga Springs, UT; Mr. Greenjeans, a boy, now Mr. G, adopted by Kathy Johnson of Alpine; Pearl, a girl, now Shasta, adopted by Pierre and Pam Turcotte of Marysville; Precious, a girl, now Ciara, adopted by the Gmurs of Clovis; Q, a boy, now

Dundee

Shecky, adopted by Roberta Diakun and Mark Corbae of Vista;  Rosie, a girl, adopted by Doug Ricketts and Russell Okihara of San Diego; Scottie, now Nevell, a boy, adopted by Lance and Val Morrow of Boulevard; and Tiger Lily, a girl, now Kerli adopted by Russ and Connie Livingston of Orland.   

 

Kerli with Darren Rigg

Shecky

 

Three years earlier, ex-racer Ginger, from Caliente, now adopted by Pat and Bridget Reinhold of Lakeside, had the first litter of pups since our group officially became Greyhound Adoption Center.

 

Happy Mother's Day to all!