The Trouble With Tigers

Un levriero nella grande difficoltà. 15 punti nel nuovo tigrotto. One greyhound in big trouble. 15 stitches in the new baby tiger. Now I'm not saying I did, or I didn't, but the human in this joint thinks I might have. I'm on the watch list. The cute kitty, that I love to look at and want to smell, suddenly came up with two chunks out of her backside. Suspiciously look like bite marks, but the Vet thinks they may have been old wounds that finally festered up from abscesses. I'm being good 'cuz I just want a little sniff of her. So far, no luck on that. Luna, Susie and I are playing in the yard today, it is such nice Fall weather and we are zip-zapping. Happy Thanksgiving to all of y'all. Ringraziamento felice. Cool Coty.

Leoni e tigri ed orsi.

Leoni e tigri ed orsi. Abbiamo un leone dalle 4 libbre nella casa. Lions and tigers and bears. We have a 4 pound tiger in the house.

We found her on Halloween night. Teensy little bugger that Mom said we had to take home- I barked when we put in the car even though she didn't take up my space. I wasn't really protesting, I was just welcoming her. She's too-too cute. We've given her the Italian name of Margherita, which means Pearl ! She's almost learning it, when she's not busy zooming like a maniac. She could be quicker than me, but I THINK NOT. I love her already and want to smell her, but she bats my snoot.

Scary Dog Day that Turned Out Well

Giorno di cane spaventoso che è risultato bene. This morning I got caught with my Martindale collar on the cupboard door handle below the kitchen counter. I'm not supposed to stand in the kitchen by the stove top - I have learned the word "Hot", Caldo, and I'm very good at moving away when Mom says that to me. The loop of the collar snagged on the knob, and as I turned to back up, the cupboard door flew open, I jumped a mile, and all heck broke loose ! I was headed to Woodstock when my bi-ped managed to snatch me as I sped out of the kitchen at 45 mph ! To make up for it, Luna, Susie and I went to Lake Arrowhead to take a stroll around Festival Park. We had a swell time, making several loops around the park. It's so pretty up there. My Mom says it's like walking a deer I'm so TALL. We made a striking canine trio - 1 Biker Booted Dood, and 2 girlie-girls ! Too much fun! Cool, calm and collected, Coty. Ciao-ciao,

Greyhound Camo

La principessa bianca diabolica - in camuffamento. Who's the JD now ??? The Evil White Princess - in camouflage.

In Between the Rain

JD Coty reporting in.

Luna and I stayed with Kate & the Gang last week when my Mom went to her Mom's 95th b/d party in California. WOW - that's pretty darned old, I must say !! It rained the day Mom left and hasn't stopped since ! Kate called me her "Sweetest Boy" - I fooled her !! What a great actor I am. These are pictures of me lounging in 10 inches of pure rainwater and also me and Luna Petunia racing like the wind between the bouts of rain.

Grey Scrawny Neck in Jeopardy of Being Wrung

JD Coty reporting in that I am again in the proverbial dog house. Mom went downstairs this morning to find two piles of cat litter OUTSIDE the litter box. I am wondering myself who might have done that, she seems to think it was ME !?! Her exact words were - "if I find the beast who did this I'm going to wring his scrawny neck". I was right behind her, I heard it with my very own ears. If you see Breaking News of any Greys in trouble be sure to tell the authorities of my innocence. It might clear me in dog court.

Those Pearly Whites - It Ain't Chewing Tobaky

PeeeeYuuuuu - Potty Mouth Coty. Cool Coty was not chewing tobacco out behind the barn tonight. No siree... chewing cat poop is my new vice. My bi-ped had, not 5 minutes before, been admiring my pearly whites, exclaiming how nice and healthy they looked. Hah ! I showed her what juvenile delinquent JD Coty is all about. We were getting ready for our walk and I was so excited that I dashed downstairs, grabbed a bite of cat poop out of the litter box - yes, you read that right - cat poop, and chewed it right up ! Then made a mad dash back upstairs catch the walk. BUSTED ! Bending down to hook me up - my dragon breath gave me away. Gag ! The cat was out of the bag. Freshly chewed cat poo. Phew-weeee. One look into my crocodile sized jaws and the brown glob on my molar was a dead give-away :--( Talk about potty mouth !!!!!!!!!!! Heee-Heeeeeeee. We did some serious tooth brushing and my pearly whites are clean again. Luna and Susie think I'm a disgusting meathead. Chicks. JD Coty signing off.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

It's not safe to take a nap in this household. Being white - Luna is just asking to be 'touched-up' with Kool-Aid ;--) Although I resemble a Florida Cricket frog with my caramel and black markings, my bi-ped thinks I can be easily be turned into an Eastern Box Turtle with a little yellow Kool-Aid. Halloween should be a blast !!

Running With The Bulls

Quegli sciocchi pazzeschi mi non hanno niente. "Those Crazy Fools (who run with the bulls) have nothing on me". This wading pool thing is so Coty Cool, that my bi-ped pack leader thinks I am a complete nut case. We just did 3 rounds of Run With The Bulls. This is how it works - I - Cool Coty - make a mad dash into my wading pool - splash, splash, whack and jump until it waves. My pack leader calls me out to dry off, but today because she had a red beach towel, I turned into a Raging Greyt-Bull. I ran at her like the devil was after me, she waved the towel and I zipped past at 45 mph. After a few runs at the cape, I ran back to the pool, cannon balled in, and then ... 'got the call' Toro Toro Toro !!!! I was out in a flash and high-tailing it down to the bottom of the dog field headed for that red waving towel. I zipped, I zapped, I zigged and I zagged. It was waaaaay Coty Cool. And we did the whole thing over and over again. Who knew ??? Susie and Luna think I am the coolest Dude on the block. It's true. I AM COOL COTY.

La Bella Luna ha denti puliti. Luna Petunia had her choppers cleaned today. She didn't quite look like Austin Powers,"Yea Baby", and not quite as bad as Van L.B. described "Greys teeth look like they've been smoking for 20 years" but our bi-ped Mom thought we'd clean them again just for prevention. Do you see her resting with Miki the Cat? I've been trying out my new Bad Boy Biker boots and we found a really neat dead bug on our last outing. It was a race to see who could manage to roll their head on it first. Susie is the shortest and sneaks under both our tummies so I think she was the winner. Lots of baby frogs outside and we have a tuber rose that you can smell halfway up the driveway. Exotic. Perfume was invented because of flowers like tuber roses and peonies. That's a Cool Coty opinion. Ciao, ciao.

Duuuuudes - look at my new blue suede shoes ;--) Well..maybe not suede, but very cool just the same. My back pinkies, or lack of, are still pretty tender for long walks, so Mom got me black Biker boots (Thera-Paw boots) after reading about them on the message board, now I don't have to go home halfway through our walks. To show my deep appreciation, I wee-wee'd on her tomato plant, much to her disgust. She said, "that was a lame thing to do, typical Bad Boy behavior" That's me Cool Coty, Biker Bad Boy. Roooooo Roooooo !

Call me Mark Spitz'n'Grey. This swimming thing is very Cool Coty. I turn into quite the silly greyt dog in my new wading pool. As one who is still figuring out what scary things abound, I jumped right in and started paddling like tadpole. I look like a leopard frog. Splashing, and biting the waves and generally having fun, fun, fun. Luna got in also, but I splashed her right out. Some day I might try a real lake or pool. I chased Susie and Luna around the yard after my swim. It's very exhausting to splash in circles and dog paddle in 6 inches of water.

Hot ! Hot ! Hot ! Too hot for even the obnoxious squirrels. 92 degrees, 54 % humidity and heat index 98 degrees and counting. Four baby Phoebe birds fledged this morning. Jumped right out of their nest at the top corner of the porch, just like mini-paratroopers, and flap-flap, out into the blue sky and forest trees. No looking back, all made it without falling into the huge hydrangea bushes below. We can hear them peeping in the leaves. No greythound news this weekend, it's major nap time in this heat.

Dog Stinkhorns - Strange garden tails

Look at what we found growing under a rhododendron. Mushrooms ? A miniature elephant trunk ? Sea creatures on land ? UPDATE: RR from Georgia BotSocs (Botanical Society) identified this for my mom: Dog Stinkhorn !!!!!!! Hah-ha-ha-haa-hee-hee-hee. Isn't that a typical garden find for a dog ???? Usually WE are the ones making the stinkies. Hee-hee-hee.....So much for the drought this year, it doesn't seem like it will ever stop raining. Not that I am Coty complaining. I love the rain, it makes my pasture grass long and soft for napping. Luna and I played real hard in the pasture this morning, Susie and Marty, the Cat, had to stand aside as 140 lbs. of racing greyhounds zoomed by, and by, and by. I was chasing the ball and Luna was chasing me.

Much-Ado-About-Something.

OMG - Luna is soooo smart, my mom asked her if she knew how to sit, and she sat right down !! Kisses and effusive hugs all around. Hmmm, guess I should show my good stuff once in awhile instead of knocking down the wall in the kennel room and getting stuck on the basement side :--) We cruised the garden this morning, everything is getting ready to pop with color...this is a carpet rose, which soon will be laying over completely covered in bouquets of hot pink roses. Our garden is a work in progress, il nostro giardino è i lavori in corso, which is so much fun. We are still adding to the vegetable garden, row-by-row. Two zucchini plants went in this week - and you know what that means....friends will hide in fear once these start producing. Do greyts eat zucchini ? I'll let you know. Arrivederci tutto.

Abbiamo avuti oggi lotti di divertimento. We had lots of fun today. And just missed the rain - it is raining cats and dogs here right now. I was a quiet and respectful guest as is my regal nature, whereas Luna Petunia is a naughty girlfriend. She got tired of playing in the pasture and zipped right through the slats to another fenced area- but everyone noticed the 'new Luna' and her devious ways and she was captured red-hounded. She was strolling around, sniffing things, watching all the visiting Greyts and day dreaming of her racing days. Though she's been retired since 2005 ol' Luna Petunia can run still like the wind. My greyt sister was looking good. We are both happy and tired. Bouna notte.

Cool Coty Reporting that my new sister has settled in. We put one of the Kuranda beds on the back deck this morning and all lounged outside drinking coffee and listening to the birds, while it was still cool. I LOVE COOL COTY weather. I HATE hot weather.

Luna keeps stealing MY dog napping spot and then scrunches the cover all up into a ball, it takes her several minutes to get it just right. Sheesh - girls..... She is a QT - little brown polka-dotted freckles on the back of her ears and also lightly under her white fur. We've been running around like zombies in the dog pasture and after a while I have to flop down and rest. Luna and Susie continue to run like zombies, so I have to get up and join them again because I might miss something. It's soooooo much fun. Gotta Grey - Gotta Run, see ya' at the Farm Meeting. Cool Coty.

That Van - he is a funny guy. "See ya Crater", Moon walking - huh ! We do have moon flowers planted. Big, white blooms that open only at night. When we were meeting la bella Luna on Saturday, a potential adopter at the kennel said it was so neat to see my white tipped tail and that he's seen several brindles with tipped tails - and GUESS WHAT !?! Luna has a white-tipped tail ! Is that amazing ? ;o Hahahahah-hee-hee -a late Sunday night Cool Coty-ism.

We cha-cha'd the night away. La bella Luna is a player ! She can hop and bow with the best of the dog and cat dancers. It was a mostly uneventful first night, a little pacing because of the weather and missing Patty and her pooches, but this morning all is well. Questa mattina abbiamo fatto una passeggiata ed abbiamo pulito i nostri denti del cane. This morning we took a walk and we brushed our dog teeth !

Sono così emozionante. La Bella Luna e arrivato. I am so excited, the Beautiful Moon has arrived. Our petite bella Luna is just as sassy as Miss Susie. Look how she rooted around in my toy basket and picked out the big knuckle bone to gnaw. We just beat the rain home from the adoption and made a quick pee-pass in the dog pasture. Luna has finished checking out each room, we are napping so we can rock later tonight. It is Saturday night, you know - we are going to let our hair down ;--) ... like GH's have much hair, hee-hee, a Cool Coty joke... and dance some dog cha-cha's to welcome our new sister. Ciao-ciao.

It only took 5 months but I think I'm getting a grey hound sister !! Is that Way Coty-Cool or what ?? Her name is Pk's Lynx, NKA Luna. We get to meet her next Saturday and if she likes me and Susie - she will be COMING HOME with us. What's not to like about me, or love for that matter ? I'm tall, dark (the brindle stripes) and handsome ! Soft too. Chicks dig me. Susie thinks I am The Best. And except for my teensy little phobia about the flying battleships known as carpenter bees - I am cool. Here's a picture of our potential adoptee that my Mom found on the greyhound database - isn't she beautiful ? Keep your toes crossed ;--)

Ciao, ciao! Flora & Fauna - we had a Tiger Swallowtail, green anole and a dragonfly in the garden today and one of the bluebird houses has lodgers already. An Eastern phoebe is checking out a ledge on the porch - we think it's the same girl from the last two years. She had two broods last year. I didn't stay out very long -those buzzing things freak me :--( but we did get two rows of asparagus planted. In two years - remind me and I'll tell you about the taste of fresh asparagus - or if GreytHounds even eat asparagus. Arrivederci - Cool Coty

Yippee-ki-oh. Whoop-whoop !! I am stitch free. Woooooo-hoooooooooo. One of my little pinkies still has about 1/4 inch healing spot, but it is doing very well. I will quit boring y'all with tales of my tootsies.
Me and Suz' went out to the garden today. I got a little freaky, those darned Cadillac-sized carpenter bees buzzed me and 'bout scared my brindle stripes right off. That would make me just a big caramel colored GreytHound. I made my biped take me back inside, and I am talking RIGHT NOW ! Bugs and bees - ick. Tomorrow we begin to plant - yeah !

I'm back to my hip-hopping Greyt self. I can get some bounce going with my hopping. Still have stitches in my tootsies but maybe those will be out by tomorrow - cross your toes ;-) I did a test run in the yard today and I am LOOKING GOOD. Almost made it to warp speed. I had to switch my sleeping spot this week. I headed to bed one night and Susie was sound asleep in MY crate !! I could not believe it. I was too shocked and had to turn and look mournfully at my biped. Susie was rousted but now there's red dog cooties in there, so I've taken my blankets to the bottom of the stairs and that's where I'm staying. Hmmmphhh.

It's time to start moseying around the garden. We are getting ready to plant veggies. Lots of digging, raking, hoeing and pitch-forking. Whew - good thing I'm only supervising this Gig. The peonies are beginning to peep out . I'm so excited, I'll keep you posted on how our garden grows. Ciao-ciao, Cool Coty.

Sibling rivalry. Remember my satirical remark about Susie 'being the perfect dog' - HAH !! she got busted showing her true evil dog self yesterday. When our human bi-ped came around the corner into the kitchen - Susie was standing ON TOP of the island ! A greyt greyhound would NEVER do that - ahem - we are TALL enough to counter surf without jumping on top of things ;--) It was one of those candid camera moments and now there is evidence to prove there are 2 delinquents in this house. Signing off - Cool Coty.

It's taking a little longer for one of my toes to heal since the surgery is on the bottom of that toe. I keep this foot bandaged half-time; half the time I slip out of the bandage, and half the time my Mom is smarter than me and it stays on. I'm trying to let it air dry, but when I walk on it, it just gets rubbed again and I leave a little red paw print all over the house. I am feeling better though, and when my Mom got home from work I was my bouncing, bowing self and nitted (nibbled) her entire arm :--) Those are my love kisses. I did it to Susie's neck also, phhlllffff !! - got a big mouthful of fur from that. Bleggghhhh.

Woo-eeee. The Vet removed my bandages today and left them off ! Wanted to get a little air on my tootsies. As long as I don't go on a licking spree, I won't have to wear an Elizabethean collar. How icky would that be ?? Finally all the parts arrived for my new Kuranda bed and it is set up and ready for me to take a test drive. It's BIG - just my size. Think I'll go nap now. Buona notte.

Well, well...my feet are doing very well, the bandages were changed yesterday, and again next Tuesday, then maybe off by next Friday. I am laying upside down again in my crate with my feet up the wall, like a silly Greyt, just to make sure everyone notices me. I am a brat.

My Mom doesn't cut me any slack anymore for peeing in the basement, now I have to wear a Belly Band. It's back to puppy training 101. Hmmpfff !! Insult upon insult in this forever home. First the pedicure, and now the belly band. And Susie - she's just the perfect dog, not a brat like me.

Want to see my bandaged tootsies?
"Pedicure, stile del levriero".
"Pedicure, Greyhound style" :--)

Mom is telecommuting this week - to keep an eye on me although I don't know why as Susie is lying on a pillow outside my crate door watching me also !! Suz' gives me a sniff every now and again to make sure I'm still breathing -which is soooo annoying - all right, already !! - I'm napping !! I'm napping !!. I'm not really as squished as it looks in the picture, Just resting upside down, being a silly Greyt. Mom ordered a Kuranda bed just for me, except they sent the wrong size hardware - too bad, or I could be snoozing Kuranda-style right now. Susie's Kuranda bed is red and mine will be green.

Ouch-ouch-ouch. My surgery is finished, and I am sleeping it off right now. The vet said I might spend the night just to make sure. I hope I get a treat when I get home. I hear that Susie misses me, but gets to take an extra walk to make up for it. That's OK because now I'll be able to walk with her on the hard street without my tootsies hurting.

Buon giorno, il grande cane parla. I'm practicing my greyhound Italian. "Good morning, the big dog speaks". I had an exciting week staying at the Manyhounds Inn. I have pictures to prove what fun I had and how stylish I can be. One picture shows me in a white cap with a brim and my Mom says it looks EXACTLY like a picture she has of her father !! Same long snout profile and hat !! Too funny - I didn't realize that Sicilians and greyhounds were related but the snozzolas match and the proof is in the picture :--)

Kate noticed that my back outer toes are kind of torn up and we visited the vet to see what could be done. Some dogs have 'cat' feet, some have webbed feet, and others hare feet. Greyhounds have Hare feet which are elongated with the two center toes longer than the side toes. I'm going to have surgery next week to fix those two outside toes so that I can run like the wind again.

E tempo per il mio pelo. It is time for my nap.

Coty's collapsed Downward Facing Dog Yoga pose. Coty faking a Greyhound Feeling Remorse pose. The Total Juvenile Delinquent ! I'm in BIG trouble - big dog -big trouble. My Mom went out for two hours, and to entertain myself I chewed up the corner of the front windowsill. I am in my crate right now - feeling a very slight tinge of remorse. My Mom was shocked to say the least since she keeps telling people I am such a good dog. She might be a little lofty in her characterization of me. I had a big Chew so it isn't like I didn't have something else to munch on. I don't know what got into me. "It was just there", right in front of me while standing looking out the front window. Sheesh. Ciao - Coty, JD Extraordinaire.

Wow - it's a sharp world out from the Track. I cut my wrist-knob, as my Mom calls it, and had to get 2 staples zapped into it ! The Vet says I'm a great dog, and didn't fuss at all. When he (the Vet) said I may need one of those Elizabethian collars if I am a chewer - my Mom nixed that idea. I've been trying to be good and not chew on my wrist covering. So far, so good. It is closing up and I still have the staples in. Two days. Eight to go. Can you picture a greyhound - and a big one at that - trying to get into a kennel wearing one of those goofy things ??! Queen Elizabeth, maybe, but not King Coty. I'm sure they are very useful and help the healing process, but, frankly Scarlett - Not For Me, Thank You.

Hi, it's Coty, back to blogging. I've been snoring by the fire for the last month as it's been so cold out. I've also been in school - obedience training with Jen Bachelor. My best command so far is 'lie down'. My Mom says I'm perfect at that. I don't do the sphinx look too well, mostly just slide into a 'sit' and then plop over on my side which is comfy and relaxing. My biggest goal is to learn to push open the dog door at home by myself. Not there yet, although if someone flips to door up for me, I can use it just fine and dandy. Susie is lucky - her dog door is electronic but even though it's the largest one, I'm a tall dude and it doesn't fit me as well so we had Big Dog door put in also. My Mom learned a new trick herself yesterday. She made me go through the door to eat my dinner. Not a snack mind you, she had my DINNER! I thought that was a dirty trick, but - whatever - I was hungry. The weather has been wonderful for two days and we are planning a vegetable garden. The idea is for me and Susie to play 'around it'. Hee-hee, we will see how that works out :-)

Here's a picture on my non-grey sister. Although I outweigh her by 35 pounds she is OK for a Big Sis' . I try to muscle in an steal her stuffy toys, but she's a pretty tough cookie. Susie has been assigned as the official Circus Barker at the Meet and Greet on Woodstock and she reels those rubes in to meet the greyt-hounds. She waves her paw at anyone walking by and smiles until she brings them on over. Good PR job.

Well, well, it's the New Year and I am snoring my way into it. I mean - really - what's all the excitement ?? I've been having fun all week playing in my own dog sized pasture. Except for the last two rainy days, I've been running around like my tail is on fire - Susie has to be careful because I am 75 pounds of streaked lightening. I have to say, she is pretty agile and teases me to give chase. It turns out that I am quite THE watch dog, and can bark if there's a reason. I don't bark at silly things like squirrels, I am a real watchdog and bark at humans moving in the forest outside. (My neighbor is doing some remodeling and apparently walks back and forth across his backyard, which Coty has been monitoring). My Mom says I am a FINE DOG ! Feliz Navidad - Coty.