Life after the Reign of Flame

People keep asking us how life is after the loss of Lady Flame. For us, we miss her most when her half-sibs come over for a visit. It just doesn't seem right that the trio isn't running around together anymore. 

We miss watching Flame run around the backyard with wild abandon. Her joy was so heartwarming...makes me tear up just writing about it... She loved being chased and we had a game that we played almost daily called, "I'm Gonna Getcha!" All we had to do was lunge in her direction, and she would take off running in the opposite direction. Repeat, repeat, repeat until she was out of breath!

We miss watching Flame roll around on her back in the grass with her legs going willy nilly in the air. She loved being outdoors more than anything in the world...

And, I truly miss photographing our supermodel hound. She was a stunning specimen of Greyhound loveliness...

Toby in his crate

But, life has changed for the positive for Toby. Oddly enough, he is now spending time relaxing in his crate. This is something he never did when Flame was alive. She occupied both crates as her condos. He would only go in them momentarily to mess up the blankets in protest;-)

Toby is spending more time in the sand between the house and the garage to stay cool. That used to be where Queen Flame's former territory was.

And, Toby is going on fast walks with Drew with virtually no stand-up or sit-down strikes at all. And, he has become a waggly-tailed dog where before he would only wag his tail briefly when I came home from vacations.

All in all, Toby is more content than ever and is truly enjoying the life of an only dog. He gets all the treats and all the lovin'!