I'm a "Storm Buster" now!

We have had a lot of storms here this week. Mama has been putting the "Storm Buster T-shirt" as she now calls it on me. It seems to be working! I still get nervous, but I am not nearly as bad as I used to be. Mama says I am doing so good. It's nice not being so scared when that thunder shakes the house.

This weekend, we think that Daddy is going to take down the orange fence that has been up blocking Scout and I from most of our yard. Daddy planted grass seed way back in April. He put new dirt down to try and level out the yard, but a mole has caused problems. We are not sure if all the hard work and time we have had to wait to get our yard back was worth it due to that mole.

Mama said she may buy Scout a new pool this weekend. Scout loves to jump in water. It doesn't matter if it is a pool, creek, lake, river or mud puddle. She loves water. I do not appreciate getting wet.

Daddy will be gone all next week, so I will be the man of the house again. It's a lot of responsibility, but I can do it especially with my storm buster t-shirt.

Jack,
The Storm Buster

I think I can fly!

Oh, Baby! That's right, there are no feet touching the ground!



Jack,
The Flying Greyhound

Scout's Fun Run

Scout caused everyone to laugh when she raced because she didn't know what to do when she came out of the box. The laughter turned to cheers when Scoutie started running though.

Going to the box.

Coming out of the box.

"What do I do now?"

"Where are you going, kid?"


"You're supposed to go that way."



"Oh, it's okay."

"Ready, Set, Go!!!"

"That's it! You've got it now!"

"Look at her go!"

I love the reaction of the lady in the background. She is clapping and smiling. We have several more photos showing Scout's run, but I didn't want to bore anyone. I thought these were so cute showing the story of her fun run.

Thanks for looking,
Jack and Scout's Proud Mama

Jack's photos will be published tomorrow.

We are tired!

We are home! We arrived home around 4 p.m. yesterday. It was an 8 hour trip, but it wasn't as bad as Mama expected it to be. We stopped three times, so that made it nice.

This is what we have done most of today. We did stay in the office with Mama. We didn't want her to get lonely.



We had storms this morning, so Mama tried something that she learned at the greyhound event. A vet spoke to the group and gave all sorts of tips. His assistant has a dog that is scared of storms like me and she puts a t-shirt on him during storms. She makes it tight around the stomach and then ties it with a rubber band. Guess what? I didn't get scared during the storm this morning! We have more storms coming tonight, so Mama said she will try it again and hopefully it continues to work for me.


Scout gave me a strange look, but I don't care. If it keeps me from getting so scared, it is worth it.

Jack,
The greyhound who is trying to conquer his storm fears

Fun Run Photos

I'm posting some photos of us in the fun run. Here is Scout. She did pretty good after they told her what to do. Mama has some funny photos of her when she came out of the box and didn't know what to do, but here she is running.




Here I am. See the dirt flying as I am coming out of the box?



It was so much fun! Mama and Daddy can't stop talking about it.

Jack,
The retired racer who is remembering the racing life today