We let Popeye go this morning

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Aw, I'm sorry. I know it must be really difficult.

It's sad Dena, but not as difficult as some. Pops turned 13 last month which is getting on up there for a greyhound. I posted in another recent thread about some of the health problems he was having and said then we didn't expect to have him with us for too much longer. I've been preparing myself for this day for a while now.

Yes I plan to get another Grey soon.

Best thing you can do to honor the breed....and it won't do you any harm, either.

There is something else I am seriously considering doing. As our various hounds and fosters have passed away over the years I've always made a donation in their memory to the adoption group they came from. But Pops came out of a special needs program with a broken leg. Depending on the seriousness of the injury medical bills for a hound like Pops can cost an adoption group between $2000 and $6000. I'm seriously considering offering to foot the bill for the next broken leg hound the group he came from brings into their special needs program.