[nagdu] our first greyhound trip

[Tami Kinney]

Rebecca,

I just realized something. Zeb is that perfect mellow yellow lab people
keep comparing my active black poodle against. /lol/ She does great
guide work on country roads, and she loves kitties and all that, too.
She just levitates a lot when she sees ponies or goats, and when we
visit a house with kitties, she loves them so exuberantly they get a
little hissy at her for some reason. /lol/ This thrills her, because
apparently she thinks they're just wanting to play, too, because of
course they love her. /lol/ She's better now, still comes on a bit
strong for kitties even when they're used to dogs and like them. What a
nut! Going into a house with jack russels would definitely cause
levitation. Hanging around in the yard results in soccer... /lol/ 

Glad you had a great trip with that yellow lab Mitzi is so totally
not. /lol/ 

Er... In case I haven't told the back story lately, I live in Portland,
which is near boring, where GDB breeds raises and trains labs, the
majority of which are yellow, and which are seen about demonstrating
that they are very mellow. Owner training a young black poodle -- a
mellow example of her breed, for sure -- has given me a lot of chance to
hear about how perfect those mellow yellow labs really are...
Apparently, Zeb fits the myth!

Tami


On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:12 -0400, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: 
> Hi all.  Zeb and I got back this past Monday from our first greyhound 
> trip. We went to Williamsport to visit family and friends. On the 12th I 
> got picked up by my grandparents at the bus station as most of my family 
> had to work.  All of my family members really like Zeb's house behavior, 
> guide work, personality, and his looks.  When I got to my grandparent' 
> house, Zeb met the two cats which he didn't bother with and wasn't 
> distracted by.  When my mother arrived, I went to her house where Zeb 
> met the two jack russell terriers.  It took them a day or so to get used 
> to Zeb but they seemed to like them.  Mom and I had hoagies for supper 
> and then on saturday we all went shopping at K-mart, and then out for 
> lunch.  Zeb did awesome in the stores.  When we got home and had supper, 
> afterwords we went for a mile and a half walk.  The two jack russells 
> went along and Zeb walked well on the country road.  He got to see some 
> ponies as well which didn't bother him.  On Sunday I spent the night 
> with some friends.  Monday I visited my grandparents and went out for 
> supper with my brother and his wife.  Then I spent the rest of the week 
> with some friends.  They had a kitten named lucky and Zeb behaved nicely 
> around the kitten.  He had a few days where he didn't ware the harness 
> at all as we just hung out at hte house, sat outside, and relaxed.  On 
> Friday night, we went to see a group called Spencer and the T-Bones.  It 
> was a fifties, sixties, and seventies band and the music didn't bother 
> Zeb.  On saturday we went out for lunch, and then that night went to do 
> karaoke.  The karaoke music didn't bother Zeb either.  On sunday went to 
> church and hung out.  monday came back home.  Both bus trips were 
> successful and I really enjoyed myself and now I know that Sir Zeb 
> adapts well in various environments so we can travel with ease.  Next 
> week it's back to work for us.
> -- 
> Rebecca and Zeb
> email: rilniski at gmail.com
> twitter: zebs_mom
> my facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5
> Zeb's facebook: www.facebook.com/zeb.ilniski
>