<!--quoteo(post=351820:date=Feb 26 2009, 02&#58;49 PM:name=lovelypinky)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lovelypinky &#064; Feb 26 2009, 02&#58;49 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=351820">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=351806:date=Feb 26 2009, 11&#58;16 AM:name=JoeyandDavid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JoeyandDavid &#064; Feb 26 2009, 11&#58;16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=351806">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hi sue.... did you ever tell us how you got pappy in the first place.. we he a rescue or a liter puppy<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />i was thinking of getting Chocolate lab but my sister asked me if i would like to get a italian greyhound cause she got hers a female italian greyhound from a man from NC he breeds italian greyhounds and one of his dogs (Pappy) is a stud he had few litters until he got bitten twice by cooperhead snake in fall of 1996 on his right shoulder and on his right leg but he killed the snake and he almost died and he did survived and Pappy was sterile wouldn&#39;t makes puppies so the man who own him had to give him up that the man have too many dogs anyway and my sister when she heard that he is giving Pappy away for adpotion and my sister jumped that i would adopt him for the man that i will give Pappy good home and take care of him. So  i met the man to show i am serious that i would adopt Pappy and i did on June 5th 2007 Pappy flew to detroit to me. So now it is almost 2 years since Pappy came into my life and he is doing great.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":smile:" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />  i hope you enjoyed the story how i got Pappy<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Sue, thanks for sharing this wonderful story - I know you have given Pappy a wonderful home and love him very much.  It&#39;s amazing how these animals become like children to us, isn&#39;t it?<br />