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About Us... The GentleHugs Greyhounds
Hi! My name is Therese Skinner and my Greyhounds are affectionately called the GentleHugs Greyhounds. You might also recognize us as Heisman's Greyhound Art or Greyhound Planet.
Our signature is one that almost everyone recognizes. When posting to a list, we always end our posts with GentleHugs. We decided on the signature GentleHugs back in 1999 because we wanted something that associated us with Greyhounds and also how I am personally. We came up with G for gentle and Grey because Greyhounds are a gentle breed and H for hugs and hounds because I hug everyone I meet and we have hounds! I guess it's the midwest plains hospitality in me that does that.
We first became interested in adopting a Greyhound back in 1995. I had been involved with animal adoption and rescue since I was a little girl of age 4 thanks to my loving maternal Grandmother, Myrtle. Her philosophy about animals needing a committed person to love them stuck in my mind while growing up. It became natural to me to always help an animal in need, to love an animal unconditionally and to provide a loving home for them. Animals in the wild were to be admired from afar and not made into house pets. I taught my children that philosophy and I'm now teaching my grandchildren the same, too.
In 1995, I was involved with wild animal rehabilitation. I was rehabbing orphan cottontail bunnies until they were healthy and old enough to be released back into the wild. I had to make my way into town one day to the local pet supply store to pick up some supplies. That's when I saw my first Greyhound and I knew from the time his eyes looked into mine and he leaned against me that some day I would adopt a Greyhound.
5 years later, we found ourselves looking into the eyes of our very first adopted Greyhound, Hannah. After Hannah passed, we went on to adopt 5 more Greyhounds to date. You can their read stories below. We've fostered many others, too - most with special needs. We've donated thousands of dollars to help various Greyhounds out there in need and naturally we will keep on donating. As long as there is a Greyhound in need - we will continue to donate to various groups through Heisman's Greyhound Art.
During these past few years, our home and our life has never been the same. We brag the same thing as most Greyhound parents do - we can't remember what it was like not having these beautiful dogs as family members and don't want to ever experience being without them either.
Therese and The GentleHugs Greyhounds
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