She is a Keeper and Her New Name is "Tari"

Day 2 – Sunday, January 24, 2010
Well, we have fallen in love with her, this was evident by the fact that my husband started calling her Tari. This is short for Nefertari the name that we picked for our next Grey. It is after the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertari, and the name means “beautiful companion”… So Tari it is.
OK, now she is finally coming out of the bedroom on her own, but she has decided that she does not like to walk on the hardwood floors. Challenge number one. Most of our house has wood floors. I want a Grey that will be with us where ever we are in the house. One step at a time. We are also still feeding her in the crate. Again, this is what she is use to at the track.

Several more walks outside and guess what, she is not shivering and her shedding has slowed down considerably. We now realize that the shivering was not because she was cold, but because she was scared. Duh. We are new dog parents. How quickly we forget… Did this happen with our first Grey? Probably, but we just did not remember, which is one of the reasons why I decided to write this daily diary. Perhaps another first- time Grey owner might want to compare, or at least have an idea of what they could expect for a dog that has no idea what retirement is all about.

Tari met some of the neighborhood canines, Belle, a 5 month old mixed breed that looks like a bit of Shephard, full of energy, didn’t bother Tari a bit. Lorraine, Belle’s “Mom” was on her way over to another neighbor’s for play time for Belle with a Rotweiller named Mocha, who I believe is 1 ½ years old. There Mocha and Belle played and Tari showed some interest for all of maybe 3 minutes, and then lost interest. She wanted to continue explore. She was checking everything out.

Another peaceful night and one close encounter between Guinn and Tari. They went nose to nose, Guinn showed her teeth but did not hiss or swat at Tari. This is a good thing. The two then just causally walked away from one another.
Oh what are we going to do about the wood floors? How are we going to get over this?