Meet Bunny Our Rescue Greyhound

So, I apologize for becoming a YouTube channel for dogs, but today is Julian's birthday. It's Wednesday, April 17. We started this process in January. We bought our house and I know many of you knew we wanted to adopt a

greyhound

. A long time and once we got settled in the house, we did it for 2019. Our goal was to adopt a

greyhound

and it's been a bit of a long process and it's a good thing because, sorry, we just got a lot of the greyhounds. being adopted, so we waited a while for the opportunity to adopt a greyhound, which is great.

We have been working with an organization called Graysave and some of them are ex-racing greyhounds, but that is not the dog we are. get greyhounds they have universal blood and it's something they use when a dog needs surgery or when a dog needs a blood donor they basically have greyhounds that donate blood and this little one is one of those dogs it's really cool that the gray saves not only saves greyhounds from races, but any greyhound really needs a home, so we knew it was possible that we were going to get one of these dogs and tonight we got the call on the way home saying that they had a girl ready for us and she was at their home in foster and I am beside myself, I am very excited, she is apparently very shy and very timid, but we already went through the whole process, they came and did a visit to the house, they met these kids and they considered us a worthy adoptive family, so Yeah, and the guy from Graysave met our dogs and learned the dynamic and said he'd be surprised if this new girl we got wasn't at the bottom of the pecking order, so Peach might be like a big sister actually. about this dog, we all see Peach as this baby, but this dog is three years old and she's very shy and she's a little complicated because well, I haven't told her yet, but in May we've been planning a vacation. about a year, as many of you know, we literally never take vacations, they're always for work, but we actually decided we were going on vacation the first week of May, so we were waiting until after that week, obviously to spend more time with him, but The guy we've been working with at Graysave has been placing dogs in homes for decades, so when he says he has a dog suitable for our family, I trust him and he wants us to get her as soon as we can. and then he'll probably he'll stay with his foster home while we're on vacation, but we'll have a little time here with his good couple of weeks.

I know I'm nervous, even though I'm nervous about leaving her, you know? Right after we get her, I don't want you to be confused, but that's how I feel like how life works, you know, the moment you don't expect it is when you get it, you guys, you're going to have a sister Peachy, right? excited you're going to be a big sister you're not the baby anymore my baby I'm like I'm so over the moon excited I don't think we're going to film obviously the whole process but we're going to make it a movie you know everything appropriate it's going to take a lot of time and patience are you ready for this marble shoot, this is your last step in life, honey, it's the last step of your journey is to make friends with a big dog, literally come on? to get her Friday it's Wednesday right now it's Wednesday night right now we're going to get her Friday like it's been a dream of mine to have a full size greyhound, a

rescue

greyhound for my entire life, are you excited?

I'm so excited we were in a supermarket and it was like trying not to cry and be inappropriate. It's a birthday present, I'm sure I'm going to cry. I cry every time. I've already been crying a little. I can't help it. idea of ​​having your new dog forever you go on a long journey through life are the only times I really like to cry on the internet is the last time we will have a pack of three dogs very soon it will be a pack of four dogs are you so Excited, honey, there's been so much boy energy, it's just you and me, we're going to have a third girl, we're finally going to even out the troops here, three, am I right, three boys and three girls, do I have all the fears? like, you know, every time you get a dog, are they going to like it here?, are they going to lick our pack?, are we going to be good dog parents and do right by them?, like I'm overwhelmed, happy, scared, excited and everything so good.

We will contact you again on Friday. I guess it's Friday. My dues, oh, yesterday and Wednesday night were incredibly distracting and it was hard to focus on anything other than being super excited. Today we are done with our work and it is time to go to the pet store and buy some basic things for our new baby, so we are going to do that and then we will go pick her up at six and we will

meet

everyone outside in the park and then bring them all home together yes, we are going to take them for about a year we are not going to have meat in the house they are going to give you a sister says what sister doesn't know what it is sister what what this sister bless you I was telling Julian that we got Peach five years ago, but like Peaches, Julian's baby, you know I'm his mom, but it was Julian who got Peachy, but for me it's been 11 years and it's been nine years since I did this.

I'm not going to put on makeup because I'm going to cry a lot. I like it. Can't. I'm so excited. Okay, let's go for a walk. Let's leave the house. Okay, we'll look for you. leaving the house will tire you out a little we won't buy you anything I'm joking I'll probably buy you something guys ready to do this with four dogs it's enough of a process with three let's do it let's get out of our Do you mind, I know you think it's yours, but it's not yours, so now that we have a few things we are in the park because tired dogs are happy dogs and we have a better chance of success if this night goes smoothly if the dogs are tired so we leave exhausted.

Everyone is in a good mood so that when they

meet

the little dog we have a nice calm dog energy and not a crazy Kermit Peach Marble energy before and after you guys got tired, very tired, we walked across town and of course , we arrived very early. about an hour before, we're going to sit here and try to distract ourselves for an hour, so we're really excited. Oh, I just want to meet her. Well, I'll play 20 questions or something when we get into his foster home. I'm not going to film, I don't want to ask, I think it's inappropriate so we'll just go in, meet her and go from there, so the first time you see her will probably be in the car our goal is to take Clary to the park I'm going to take the car back to our house and I'll pick up our dogs and I don't know the name of the method, but it's basically one by one you introduce them, you know. a neutral space like a park or somewhere other than the dog house, starting with the most socially safe, which surprises many of you, I know it's kermit and they just run into positive reinforcement, distract them, reinforcement positive distracts them and then you pass by. dog, hopefully we'll have all three or two of them and once you know whether to interact with her or not, it'll be fine and then we'll go for a walk together and then we'll bring them into the house, so it'll be a while. until we get back home to her, but I think it's beneficial for us to take the time and do it, and they should be really tired right now too, so Jenna yeah, this is our baby, she's three years old, her name is Clary but apparently she doesn't know, it was just an ID and she wasn't a racing dog so she didn't have a racing name so in theory we can call her hello whatever we want.

She is very shy. She was sleeping in a corner. from her adoptive father's house, not even in the bed in the corner, like between the bed and the wall, she was very shy, very small, very sweet, I cried like a baby the second I saw her and I can't believe she's our girl We have to think of a name. If we are going to rename it, we could name it after another fruit. What if we call her peach too? I'm fine with peach, so is peach. We're going on a long, long journey through life together, are you excited to go?

On a long journey of life, how about staying here with her? I'll bring the dogs and we'll get this show on before it gets dark, let's do it, I'll be right back, okay, we don't know what to do. call you I think we're going to call her baby for now this is your brother that's your sister's brother his name is kermit do you like hermes that was like no contact if she's not interested anymore that's totally fine fine fine good job fine we are walking everyone together now and we only have her little one, uh, her mask on as a precaution, look, go, peach, you're doing great, good job, everyone, mommy's plants, hey, no, this is one of the Disgusting poop, oh, sorry.

I almost hit you in the eye hello I want to give you a hug I love you so much welcome home welcome home so her adoptive father told us that she doesn't feel comfortable eating like in the kitchen so to feed her where her bed is let's go' Let's go Let's feed here good girl, okay, your little safe place for her drinking, okay, let's give her some privacy, guys, come on, peach, come on, okay, what are we doing okay? We're helping her up the stairs because I'm not. I want to put her in the living room or something like a playroom or a room by herself because I'm where you can't hear her or you know she's crying or chewing on something, we're helping her up. stairs, I don't think this one has ever been up, we just went up that flight and now we're going up the second one, honey, you can do it right, yeah, oh, you haven't seen our room yet, oh, it's her first time.

On this floor, what do you think? Her adoptive father warned us, but she is terrified of television, not the sound, but the image. Hopefully the goal is for you to sleep with us in this room, maybe on the floor, on this little couch, but. It's not going to happen for a while. We still have some general desensitization to do. The iggs are doing great like we knew they were going to be good and they are doing better than I expected but I don't think they would have been useful. During that looking process, we realized that when Kermit cries, which is all the time, she cries back, so maybe they'll cry to each other and create a dimension and then they'll both go into it.

I know you don't know what. sitting means but you want to come here in your bed to be advised every day oh she is good at just making sure you remove any bits or particles of food from their teeth oh she is good at this yes she is yes she is yes true at those, oh, that felt weird, huh, what a good girl, good girl, okay, you can finish now, what's the little angel? Hey, that's a lot of chicken licking, you're having a stressful day, I know it's a lot, you're doing well, honey, the eggs are Great, you're doing well, we put her in a soft cage and she's fine, she's a very greyhound. small, but we could get a better cage and as much as I would like her to just be in bed on the floor.

Still, you know, we don't love her as much as I do and I think she's so sweet. You know she's a dog we don't know and we need to take all the safety precautions we can to get her sleeping in a crate, she's fine, we'll wake up early in the morning and have a full day doing dog things. Good morning, she goes, don't drink that, don't drink that, oh my God, you can't drink that, you know? where is your water do you know where you water it she says I can't help it she looks so cute you keep trying to drink pool water it's not for you it doesn't taste good she's like a clumsy little girl a little clumsy three -years old hello hello hmm it's cute that we can kiss her without having to pick her up yay kiss you just your face is here oh it's there look at her legs oh look at the leg well the difficult thing is that she obviously doesn't respond to her name nor does she know any basic commands, so if you say don't leave the pool, she's just joking, she's not used to responding to a person, so when we walked in the park we didn't film, but we really did.

We need all hands on deck, obviously, it's our first day hike and she was doing very well, we passed by some baseball fields and she was fine, there are a lot of people, kids, and then we got to the part where there are baseball fields. basketball and tennis courts and soccer and she was getting what I would say alarmed, you know, she doesn't like to try to run, she's not scared, but we realized she had never heard a ball in her life, like she was a little alarmed by the sound of basketball and the sound of football. and the sound of tennis and she just watched and listened and was good, but it's funny like we realized all the things that she's probably never been exposed to in her life, which is crazy because you know no.

Don't think twice when you walk through the park and there are people playing soccer or basketball. Hey, she was willing to sit there and just listen, so it's just going to be a series. I think about desensitizing her and getting her comfortable with the sounds. What's helpful is that our neighbor is playing basketball this afternoon, so she's in our yard listening to a basketball and she was okay with that, so it's crazy, it's crazy how many firsts she's probably going to have, ya you know, and it just reminds you that you always remember that she has never seen theworld, so what a great time, just doing little things and then little breaks and then little things and little breaks, so what we're doing now is taking away all the toys. because last night she came in she was very excited, it's obviously an exciting day and the house is full of toys because our dogs have a million toys that they only play with from time to time, but she, of course, started playing and you know, she got excited and ran. and he was having a little bit of toy aggression, like when Julian tried to take it from him, you know, it was a big growl like a little bit like no, this is mine, which is fine, but that's something we have to work on and obviously she I ripped off the ear of one of the toys and immediately tried to eat it, so the toys are good, the toys are great, they are not good for health, we will probably need some training and supervision with the toys, so now we are moving the toys so I can have them. one at a time and we can do some good positive reinforcement with the toys, you have a visitor, hello, she murmurs, do you want to say hello?

It's okay, if she sets limits for you, you should respect them because she has been very respectful of your limits this Is her bed okay? Good job Marple and we're working on a bark. When she's in your space, she's fine, but when you're just barking, that's not fine, that's fine, boundaries are fine, being mean is not fine, well, we're in the broadcast room, huh. She is very afraid of screaming, particularly the TV, it's not the sound, it's the visual, so we took her to the playroom to see how she would do and it only took her a couple of minutes to become desensitized.

I imagine you already know. I'll face some challenges but for the most part he sat on his bed and ate deliciousness so peach honestly what the hello baby this is vegetables you're doing great baby I promise you it doesn't give scary, we had to go up to the monitors and physically touch them to show her that they are flat and not three dimensional, they are not things that will jump out and catch her, she really just wants to go outside, she really wants to be outside, who can blame her appearance? Like we could do it, yeah, there's a lot of noises, what do you think honey, we'll do a little bit of this and then go outside, okay, it's the refrigerator every time the refrigerator turns on and off, she says? um what the hell was that happy easter guys happy easter a little lady sat in the playroom what lasted about three or four hours last night yeah about three four hours and right now we're heading towards the strap and without muzzle time? and Kermit started to cry, so she started to cry to him, she has been very respectful of the Marvel space, that's why no barking or emotion is heard.

I would say it's harder because of her scientific discrepancy, but easier than Peach because Peach was a puppy and she didn't stop at his face, she didn't respect his face, she didn't understand what that is, so it was exhausting, I would say, three years until they felt really comfortable with each other. Peach was two years old for the first time. Marvel, it's like ten years, yeah, you just started going gray right away, but I honestly think between going up and down the stairs because she's starting to get that between feeding time and between crying from walking, she's really starting to to understand the routine. a little yes, she is afraid of everything, but she is very willing to learn, she is not like you know, fearful and evasive, she is a little curious and she likes what that is and then she is totally willing to learn, as you said this morning when you you got up She went down the stairs, yes, she is pretty, she went down the first flight as if we had two flights separated by a landing and she went up the first flight as if she knew what the stairs were like.

I'm a little scared, but I'm very willing to do it. learn how that wet hair was, it was a good school water, look at you, yeah, happy easter, honey, happy easter, baby, we're so lucky to have you, parts of this are a lot easier than a puppy and others harder than a puppy, she wants to play with you, but she is being respectful, we had a great walk, we did much better with the basketballs and soccer balls, we even smelled basketball, she met some people, yes, people touched, today is much easier, although they were scared by a fruit stand with an umbrella oh do you want to get up and this is really your place yes hello hello I feel that on walks and in the yard the children bark less because now they feel that they have protection even though she is not protecting them at all, please don't judge me if any of my plants die, she had her hands full, she is having fun in her bed without relaxing, that is her safe place and, um, the person the one we were working with at Graysave gave us the same Good advice: this is your bed.

She tried a couple of times to jump on the couch and obviously Julian and I would love to have her on the couch and hug her, but it invades her safe space, but we usually have little. The dogs there jump on the couch and are face to face with marbles like in their safe space, so I think he's been very, very, very tolerant of her because she's not invading his space at all, she's not interested and pick up on their social cues. and she likes having her own space and she has made a big difference for us.

I think we're picking a name that we don't know yet, we know it and we're just working on some basic commands, like just getting her attention when you're talking to her and coming towards us we work for a minute like we have to work on commands to save her face. life sit, stay and come, but for the most part it's about getting his attention and getting him to respond. This is actually very good progress in three days and she is smiling today and you are so desperate to get her attention. This is like I mean 70 million times quieter than when we had Peach and she was lunging at him, nibbling on his ear and we heard cannonballs coming at him for three years straight, that was the only noise he heard. we hear.

Well, it's Monday morning, my friends, everyone had breakfast and we had a couple of phone calls, but we were out here while Julian was on the phone. this is what she does once she's comfortable and having a good time there's no way to pick her up so easily you have to come on monday oh little bird oh that's so sweet she cries every time she smells kermit she likes to smell his sadness smell her stress and sadness she also cries because she wants pizza to play with, but we still have to work on getting everyone outside, we haven't had her muzzle on for the most part, but we keep our leash on you know, just in case.

It got out of hand to go grab her, but I've been trying to get her interested in toys just to see if she has any similar hidden resources or whatever they call them. You know, if a dog gets very attached to something when he bites one. from the other dogs and at least outside she doesn't really want to play tug of war or ball or anything she just wants to hang, we've been running around trying to get her to chase us and I think it's the laziest chase ever. I've ever seen Kermit, Peachy and Marble walk up to her and sniff her while she was lying down and she just took a good sniff and then her big head on the floor, she finally surprises me on the rope and we're done getting interested. on the ropes still a little like she's not in the mood to play just trying to figure out where she is what are you doing oh you smell something dead this is what we've done in terms of her feeding situation so she always has access to clean water and she is eating her kibble whose food bowl is not on the floor so the eggs don't get in here and try to smell bad, but this gives us the ability to have her own feeding space for the moment because she is not comfortable. be around the other dogs with food, so we give her a space where she can be and eat alone in peace and not be bothered by any of the other dogs, and in our room we get her a much larger kennel for her. for sleeping I think he responds very well to a crate like you know a dog it's like a den so he's been going there very well and happily at night sometimes he wakes up like it's like 6 or 7am. and she wants to leave. pee and then sometimes she wants to go back to bed so this has worked very well for her.

Hopefully, maybe one day you'll know we'll transition to just a bed, but for now I think the crate is helping her feel safe and secure, so we're welcoming day five of not showering or practicing any self-care. . I'm kidding, welcome to our lovely girl's fifth day. I think this is probably the last day we'll be filming and then just tell people that we have her, you know there's a lot of reasons why we wait and don't tell people that she's here, people have all kinds of opinions and all kinds of things you want to say and what you're doing wrong and all that, but the fact of the matter is this is our home, our pack, our dogs and we're doing what we think you know is best for her and best we can, so useful knowledge is appreciated, but some of it is not. useful and I think it's better if we solve things without your opinions, you know everyone and everyone and everything.

Bunny is doing great and to be honest I know since you've spent almost a week with her and you know they are leaving in a couple of weeks she will be staying with her foster dad and her two giant horses of foster siblings greyhounds, which you know I was very upset at first, but I think it will be a really good thing for her to leave. Go back and reconnect with some big dogs and you know, have some space away from the little ones and then we can meet up after a week and you know, get back to our routine and everything and with him she spends more time alone. a lot more time without people, so it might be a good thing, you know, taking a little break and then coming back and, um, just you know, I want to tell you my thoughts and my experience so far, enjoying, you can chime in any time you want.

We want to, but we've had challenges and successes, which is really important because the things that are challenging are having a shy dog, he's afraid of a lot of things he's never seen before, he tends to adapt and say okay, I decided that that It's not going to be like that. Kill me and I'm okay with that if she is in a scenario where she is overwhelmed, which is easy to tell when a dog is overwhelmed. You know the best thing you can do is just get her out of that situation and somewhere where she can calm down. depressed because you can't help a dog once she's in that state of panic and it's been really good for us to see her in scenarios of both situations, you know, it's something that she's willing to desensitize herself to right now, like the noises from the kitchen.

For example, you know she does well with some dishes and then if she gets up and starts to look a little scary, you know to just stop and do it little by little. Another thing that is challenging is that, unlike a puppy, you know that, like a puppy, they are ready to be here. They are not afraid. They're just excited. There is much love. You know they may not necessarily respond or give you a message about you, but you want to have them. Going out into the world and seeing people, you know, seeing everything and they're so excited to do it, but with a

rescue

dog it's okay to have moments of healing and rest, and you know we've been doing everything we can to deal with it. she walks and does things that will help her, you know, with energy and that kind of thing, but those quiet moments and like sitting and she wants to sit in her bed or her crate or wherever she feels safe, that's fine and dogs interact like they don't want to be friends if they just want to coexist, that's fine because our number one job, you know, is to give him a safe home and a safe place to live and give him what he needs and at the same time keep our own dogs safe and that.

It's been at least for me and I know for YouTube, one of the biggest learning curves here is understanding that we want to do right by her, we want to expose her to things and show her that things aren't going to hurt. her, but at the end of the day she is the dog that she is and we are here for whatever she requires, and over time you know that more of her personality will come out, she will start to feel more comfortable and you know that that's what just you can wait, but it's okay to just understand that we need to move at her pace and that she's a new dog, but she's not a puppy and she has a lot of things she needs to get comfortable with before she's born.

I can do dog things, you know, and that's fine and this level of coexistence is healthy socialization and a lot, so she has growled at Kermit both times he tried to get into her bed and that's just teaching her boundaries. Kermit and it's like I'm not going to lie, it's scary when you hear a big dog growl at your little dog, but for those of you who know Kermit, there's no place in this house where Kermit can't sit, he sits, They sleep in a dog pile on top. on each other, he sleeps on us, he can't wait to sit on our guests, he has a right to every inch of the house, there's nowhere he can't go and you know you can train and teach quite a bit with him.that doesn't go in his box, it doesn't go in his bed, but you know, when he gets excited and we get up and go move to another room or whatever and he's just interested in her, he likes her. she and she growled at him and he didn't read her body language and you know you're wondering okay, that's okay, thanks for warning him, thanks for warning us, you know a growl is good, it sets boundaries in space, but when Kermit does it .

I didn't read that you know what the next step is. Is it a pinch? It's a snap, it's a bite, but at least she's willing to warn you and what's more, I'm sure, as many of you who have rescued dogs can relate, know more about retraining your established dogs with the new dog because In theory, she is quite easy. dog, you know, apart from some fear, yes, she is just a wonderful girl and she is ready to learn and live her life, but she is teaching Kermit that you can't just go and sit wherever you want, you need a space of respect because these dogs don't have their own beds, you know, they have their own food bowls, but they all eat together and that kind of thing, they're constantly in each other's space and sitting on top of each other and that kind of thing and it's not family to They have a big, warm dog that looks fun to sit on and who might not want that.

Yes, they have their own ways of communicating with each other, but it's our job to also help them understand that because, for lack of a better word. some of them are dumb, I'm looking at you guys, if we had rescued her this would be a very easy thing to do, but the fact that we are assimilating her into an already established pack of small dogs and you know, it's really stressful. and not everything is like rainbows and butterflies, this is a challenge, it is a daily challenge that requires a lot of time, energy and effort, but it is worth it, you know, we have moments like this, it is very difficult, we did this because she needs a home and we have a home and we are two willing and able people with the time, energy and effort to give it the life it deserves, but you know part of the wait is I think some people have a misconception about greyhounds in general. or rescue dogs that would be like, oh, bring your dog, we want to see your dog and you know where she is, why she's sitting there or why she has a muzzle or that kind of thing and the fact of the matter is we wait a week to say we have her, you know, because we need time to adjust, our dogs need time to adjust, she needs time to adjust, but I also like if we move at her pace, that's fine and I.

I hope you are respectful and understanding of that, you know this is a very long process and we will be in this with her for a long time and I adore her and I love her, but you know that some parts are difficult and some parts are sad. Some parts of her are scary and I hope we are always doing right with her and our other dogs too. You know we're willing to put in the time and work, but you know that for those of you who are like oh, do an Easter egg hunt with your big dog like he's a long-time fan.

I mean, we understand the expectation that you guys are excited about our new dog because of all the things we do on video and things with the other dogs, so we understand that, but at the same time he's going to learn it for you and for us, yeah , this is very different and we are going to do our best to always make her happy and do right by her and let her adapt and heal at her own pace which means you may not see her much which is fine and so It will be how it turns out well.

I think managing everyone's expectations of her is important, even though you know she doesn't have to be our dog and that's all that matters, that we take care of her and do right by her, but I just want to tell you and I would ask you . that you guys are respectful of her boundaries like we are and that we have a lot of resources available through your adoption agency and all that kind of stuff, but that we're willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that you know her. has a good and safe life and that our dogs also have a good and safe life, the harder the rain, the bigger the rainbow and right now, like I said, I imagine that many of you who have rescued animals know what It feels, you know, the first week. the first month the first six months the first year is hard and it's a lot and she has a lot to learn, but you have to do it at her pace, not at your pace, and I think the challenge will obviously be worth it when she's done it . the ability to just be a dog, the things I'm very grateful for are the fact that he's not afraid of people, he's not afraid of little children, other dogs, he's not afraid of other dogs in walks, their prey instinct is not. like something we are dealing with at all she is not interested in chasing squirrels or birds she is not a dog that runs when the door opens she is very quiet she is very sweet and could go on and on she is a great dog very willing to learn and is curious, one of the most useful things is that she is very respectful of the other dog's space.

Many things in our lives have changed and will continue to change for the better and it is rewarding, but it is difficult, I will say that. The positive for you has been the lack of Aries energy because you can't have Aries energy right now, all things considered, she is a wonderful dog and just requires a lot of time and a lot of patience, and the good news is that we have both. Of those things, yes, of course, Julian, that's true, but I love you, I love our new girl and I hope she can be happy here.

She seems like she's doing pretty well. I guess we'll keep you posted, but you should also know that if there's no update. it just means we're working, you know, so yeah, that's our girl, that's the

bunny

, that's the

bunny

. I'll see you next week, thank you for your understanding and support and I'll see you next time, bye.