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Romeo was a beautiful red fawn that lived up to his name. He was 9
when we adopted him just 4 days after losing Hannah. Something
kept telling me that Hannah knew this boy needed a loving home and made
room for him with us. His previous adopted owner no longer wanted
him. I simply stated - their loss was our gain.
Romeo was one of the first Greyhounds to race at the
Woodlands Race Track in Kansas City Kansas. In fact, everyone who
checked his tattoo's could not believe what they were seeing. Most
generally, Greyhounds have a 5 digit registration number tattooed in
their left ear. Romeo only had a 4 digit registration number and
it wasn't a mistake either. His race name was Bels Slickster but
his call name was Romeo and it fit him like a glove.
Romeo was a very loving boy. He enjoyed being a part of
our family. He enjoyed the simple things in life and most of all,
once again, he was small dog safe, cat safe and bunny safe. In
fact, he befriended our youngest little house bunny named Billiey.
Billiey was a special needs bunny and only had one eye. My
favorite picture was that of Romeo and Billiey together. Billiey
would hop all around Romeo and even over Romeo, too. Romeo never
showed any sign of hurting Billiey. In fact, he would simply smile
and almost fall asleep with Billiey near him. Lucky??? Of
course we were. Greyhounds are sighthounds and you can never
place 100% trust in them around small animals of any kind.
Romeo proved to be a fantastic Greyhound ambassador for
Greyhound adoption. Although he was a senior Greyhound, everyone
who met him wanted to adopt him. His gentle eyes were the window
to his soul. He held nothing back in giving his love to you.
He gave you everything he had from every fiber of his body. He was
a fantastic teacher as well. He gently taught all of the new
fosters house rules without raising a bark to them. It was Romeo
who started teaching us not to judge a Greyhound by their exterior but
to seek their love through patience and kindness. He was very
instrumental in our decision to adopt our third Greyhound. We
thought we would have Romeo forever. But sadly, in the middle of
the night just 8 months after his adoption, we were awakened by sounds
of thrashing near our bed. Romeo was having a severe major stroke
that brought on cluster seizures. The seizures were hard and we
couldn't stop them no matter what we tried. He died in my
daughter's arms on the way to the emergency vet January 13, 2001.
Once again, we were dealt with another devastating loss to
our family. We didn't know if we should continue to adopt or not
after his passing. We decided on waiting a while before adopting
again until we saw how our third adopted Greyhound was grieving.
After all, Romeo was her mentor, her life and her first love just as he
was our mentor, our life and our love, too.
Little Billiey, Romeo's little house bunny brother, took the
hardest blow losing his best friend. He grieved for a year until
he finally died from his rare disease that left him sight challenged and
without his right eye. He passed to the Rainbow Bridge just a
little over 13 months to the day after his best friend, Romeo, went to
the Bridge.
God Speed Romeo and Billiey. We will always love you both and we
will keep your memory alive in our hearts. May you wait for us
with satiny soft angel wings at the Rainbow Bridge until we meet
again.....
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