The greatest thing I've ever known. Someone came and took me home!

Kevin & Diana DiRienzo select their fourth dog from GAO, Amigo!
He joins his new sister, Passion at home.

Style goes home with Susan & Michael and has a new
greyhound brother, Riptide!

Christine, newly renamed Lexi, goes home with Alyssa & Michael.

Woody finds his forever home with the Lawler family, longtime GAO family.

Anne and Mattias take brothers, Kit and Kirk home.

Diane Badner adopts Philly!

Geoff & Kristene Yaw take Tooter home!

PC, newly renamed Argos, go home with Sarah Kanzelmar and her fiance, Kevin.

Guy, newly renamed Cooper, goes home with Lisa & Rick Funk.
He will have three greyhound sisters!!!

Coleen & Ted Dunchak adopt Sparky.

Paul Provencher and Kim Schad adopt Boogie & Duel!
Now that's a lot of energy and fun in that house :)

Brooks goes home with Jim & Kim Graycar. He will have two sisters,
Nina & Cami (girls, not greyhounds!)

Richelle (greyhound in back) is reunited with her son Winston when she is adopted
by the Potter family!

Rayni goes home with the Nash family.

Goodyear, newly renamed Gunnar, goes home to PA with the Maranos.

Angelina goes home with Bill and Stacie Geiger and gains a
greyhound brother named Toby!

Rexy goes home with the Germania family.

Manny, newly renamed Xylo, goes home with Dirk and Bonnie Hayhurst.
(Bonnie not pictured - it was a guys only go home!)

Lass goes home with Chuck Darlington.

Funyun goes home with Bob & Shelly Jones.

Spot the whippet goes home with Annie Cunningham and has a new
whippet brother, Tag.

What a happy day for our Joy (fawn)! Jennifer and Jeff Buchanan
along with Archie the greyhound come to take her home. She's a lucky girl!

Happy Birthday to Kevin Hulick! What better birthday gift than
Dusty! Kevin's other greyhound, Jill, waits patiently at home.

Koshi goes home with Shannon Brill. The rest of the family waits at home.

Valen found the toy box in his new home! He was adopted by Shawna & Ed Tromczynski
and gets a new greyhound sister, Sweetpea (formerly Carrie) and rottweiler mix brother, Brutus.

Monnie Wyatt gets a new friend and our very own Romeo (Women Hater)
gets a new home filled with love and lots of attention!

Cara goes home with Ashley and Adam LaPorta.

Rhonda the 10 year old returned greyhound has a home with the D'Alessandro family!
She is newly renamed Carly (named after Charlie the greyhound with who she shares a resemblance.)
Jim, Jeanine, Jimmy, Rachel, Amy, Finnagan, Porkchop, Carly, and Abby(their nongreyhound buddy)

Punchkey (brother to Byers) came and went on the same day (trial basis
but we don't think he's coming back!)
He joins the Trettel family who most recently had Eddie Girl and Washington (yes,
broken leg Washington for whom the Washington Fund was created.)

Skywalker goes home to the Yost family. He joins Fred, Debra, Addison,
Barrett and Casey (people) and Twister his new greyhound sister.

Look who won the greyhound lottery!
Our shy girl Mya (red) who is newly renamed Pumpkin.
She joins Rhonda and John Viol along with her new grey sister Pepper,
AngeLeah (at college), Ericka, Zach, and Madi and two cat siblings Mushin and Luvvie.

Guy (Gutter Guy) newly renamed Flynn, went home with Amy & Derek
Falise. Here he his walking on his new property!

Pat (Patricio) goes home with the Krueger family. Kyle, Elise and Jen picked him up
while Jeff stayed home with Pat's new sister, Kira the Newfoundland.

Fawnzie, newly renamed Ajax, relaxes in his new home. The Reeders
were happy to see he made himself at home by taking all the pillows and throws
from the couch so he could be comfy!

On the day Muriel (10 years old) comes to the kennel after being a blood donor, she
immediately finds her new family! It may be a record - a 2 hour stay at GAO.
Thank you, Chuck and Nancy Young. You are a blessing!

Angel goes home with Marcy, Chris and Lexi Ebel. She also has a new
Boxer brother named Brian.

Byers goes home with Elizabeth & James Latham. He will train to
become a companion dog so he can go everywhere with Elizabeth.
What a lucky boy!

Star, formerly Scar (Gran Torino), is officially adopted by
Marsha & Olin Hotchkiss. Marsha is the owner of Sewing Cats & Dogs
so Star will be well-dressed!

Murray, newly renamed Solomon, goes home with the Stitak family.

Bookie (Storybook Legend), newly renamed Annie, goes home with
Matt & Alex Eaton. She'll get to play with Penny (formerly Mia at the kennel) since Emily Trimble
and Alex work together!

Sparky and Mini did get their home together! Sparky got to go a few days early
and Mini was very sad when he left. They were reunited and share a bed with each other. They join Sydney and Monty the greyhounds, three doxies and sisters, Judith Cottle and Susan Brainard. What lucky dogs!

Flyer gets a new home in Columbus with the Sheley family.
He also gets a new greyhound brother, Henry.

Samoon goes home with Debbie & Mike Szalkowski.
He'll join his new greyhound siblings, Gracie and Primo along with a few cats!

Little O, now called Regis, relaxes at home with his dad, Doug Jedlicka and
greyhound sisters, Roxanne and Lindy.

Our own Southern Charmer (Darius) goes home with
Audrey Harkonen.

The happiest family - Peachy and Liv go home with
Bob & Jan Durica!

Winston is a happy boy as he goes home with the Potter family.

Taffy, newly renamed Mya, goes home with the Gambrill family.

Ferrari goes home with Katie Dunton and her family (not shown!)

Stella has always wanted her own boy. Now she has two! She joins
the Wagner family: Julie, Scott, Joey (hugging Stella) and Ben. She is one happy girl!

Daid, newly renamed Ace, goes home with Ingrid Helmar (Crown Collars) and her son, Kevin.
Grandma Inga and girlfriend Tammy were there for the celebration.

Jasmine, newly renamed Bonnie, gets ready to take a road trip with Katie.
She is joining the Wise family in Philly who also adopted Blake and Lucy (formerly
Shana) from GAO.

Payton goes home with Mary Ellen Gillenwater. The rest of the family is waiting
at home!

Batman goes home with Jeff & Louise Retter. Waiting at home for his new
brother, is Fred (the greyhound). What a greyt dynamic duo: Batman and Fred!

Ebby goes home with Dottie Crowl. What a lucky girl!

Danielle Gunn adopts Emir, newly renamed Bentley.

Terry Murphy and her girl, Erma (brindle) adopt a new boy!
Gerry, newly renamed Eugene, goes home to Columbus and a
wonderful new life.

Wanda goes home with Laura Santurri & Harlan Siegal.

Reno, newly renamed Dakota, goes home with Pat & Frank Roszak.

Kendall goes home with his new family!
Randy, Vicky, Matthias and David.

Catcher was waiting for the perfect family and he found them!
The Semmelroth's (Katie, Ryan, Michele and Andy) from Columbus.

Pavarotti, newly renamed Gill, goes home to Michigan with
Stephanie and Jake Wagner. He continues to be a smiling, happy boy!

Comp goes home with the Corrigans (Nolan, Kim, Jack & Molly)

Gil, newly renamed Melo, goes home with Marcey & Art Aronson.

Monarch, now being called Monty, is adopted by Ed and Carole Cerny.
Sister Rita (on left) is happy to have a new brother.

Joplin, newly renamed Monarch, goes home with Nicole Covolo.

Tune goes home with Mary and Val. She'll be living close to her sister, Forti, so
they can have playdates!

What a greyt Father's Day gift! Gus goes home with the Tyminski family.
Jim & Christy with Elliott, Gray and Trip.

Joy and Crystal go home with Nita and Lewis Karpf. They will join their
two greyhound brothers to make a happy family!

Gordie, newly renamed Django, laughs in delight as he enjoys his new home.
" He's really doing great...we couldn't have asked for a better guy!" say his new
parents, Leah Ring and Ian Enggasser.

Emilio relaxes at home with his new sister, Baby.
Eric & Mary Stevens are the proud "parents".

Shaggy, newly renamed Dylan, after his spa day in his new home.
Proud parents are Dawn & Rick Gotliebowski

Fire, newly renamed Ramsey, goes home with Dana Kennedy.

Hallie goes home with Megan and Ben Smith. (ben not pictured)

Sara Bowser joins Roger and Cindy Messmore. She has a greyhound brother named Echo
and a few other non-greyhound canine siblings in her new home.

Markie says "HEY! Do you know how long I've been here?!!! TAKE ME HOME!!!!"
And so the Swansegars decide to add Markie to their happy family.
Ed, Chris, Tanya, Kyle, Cooper the border collie and Chick the greyhound.

Porkchop goes home with the D'Alessandros. Jeanine, Jim, Jimmy,
Rachel, Amy and Finnagan the greyhound.

Patty, newly renamed Pippie, goes home with Michelle & Bob Pavlik.
Waiting at home are: Ross, Randy, Melissa, Deirdre (weimaraner) and Cosmo (greyhound)!

Marcey, now Kira, relaxes in her new home with Sarah McConnell & "Dr. Rishi".

LaZoom "Zoomie" finds his second forever home with Kristina & Cullen Triner.

Charlie joins his new family: Gingr Vaughn, Alice and Qwerty (Lashes).

The Niro family adopt Stevie (Oshkosh Denver) now called Bowie.

Shirley goes home with Marilyn Gamon.

Tom & Belva take Allison home!

Bonnie Benson takes Sneaker home.

Jon & Lisa Sarraino come back for #2! Goldie will join Logan and her
human brother, Jonathan at home.

Tennie goes home with Dan & Danielle Hallihan.

Val Romer takes Gracie home to Columbus.

Brody found his forever home with Rebecca Gonzales. He'll have two sisters: Cherie the
human and Princess the greyhound!

Sissy, newly renamed Tonka, goes home with Royce Leamon & Beth Johnson.

Bobby Bolt, newly renamed Milo Blue, goes home with the Parise family.

Alysa (brindle), newly renamed Lizzy, goes home with greyhound sister, Laney and her
new family: Lenny & Linda Holzheimer and brothers Kyle and Leo (Corey wasn't able
to make it to the kennel).

Figs Boyzcott, newly renamed Dastan, goes home with Brittany Alemane.

I rescued a human today.
Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels.

I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her.

I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.

As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage.

As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about my past.

I only have the future to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone's life.

She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me.

I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her. 

Gentle fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship. 

A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that all would be well. 

Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly jumped into her arms. 

I would promise to keep her safe. I would promise to always be by her side.

I would promise to do everything I could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.

I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor. 

There are so many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors.

There are so many more to be saved. 

At least I could save one.
I rescued a human today.