We were going to wait a decent mourning period for Amber before getting another greyhound, but this dear fellow came along, needing a home. I had half-jokingly said I wanted a large light-coloured male because Amber had been a small dark female and I didn’t want to be constantly comparing them. When Bill Coven of Greyhound Rescue and Adoption in Ingersol (near London, Ontario) called and said he had a laid back, fawn-coloured male, we decided that day to drive down and bring him home.
 
Jake, born May 24 2005 is a huge dog at 80 pounds (Amber was 55), the colour of a lion, with dark points. We had a few dominance issues with him at the start (he snarled at us when we tried to get him off our bed!), but the same fantastic man who taught Amber how to walk up the stairs one at a time, Danno Schut, came and taught us how to help him calm down and remind him who’s boss. He’s been with us a few weeks now and he’s just a sweetheart. Jake is “our” dog, all three of us. Amber was always lovingly fond of all of us, but she was Louise’s dog and it made her so sad that when she went out, anywhere, any time, she sat in the hall and waited for her. Jake is everyone’s dog.
 
We have found a place to run him within 15 minutes of the house, a large empty field, completely fenced, where he can just take off and go. We found his history on the Internet. He ran 140 races, won 35 and came in second in 20. You can read about Jake under his racing name Silver Chestnut. Check out his racing history.