Rams Stacey E - The Rest of the Story

Something that is current news in greyhound racing & adoption circles is the placement of Stacey, a white & red greyhound bitch, with GPA-AZ. Stacey is looking for a new home.

Now, that may not be newsworthy to some, but y'all don't know Stacey's story.  You see...  Stacey is a "dead dog" according to Grey2K.

We have all seen posts on the "stuff" that is spouted by Grey2K to raise donations. Finally, somebody was involved in one of those stories that has been floating around from them for a while. The Grey2K story is that a greyhound was electrocuted at the Phoenix Greyhound Park back a few years ago before Phoenix closed. Grey2k, of course, has only told part, maybe half, of the story. This post is about, to quote Paul Harvey, "The rest of the story!"

Stacey is a big girl. She raced at 70lbs and she has these long, long legs. She's all legs.  For some time, she was accident prone, for want of a better description.

Her first race, she broke her maiden at Phoenix with a time of 30:42. Not too shabby. She showed a lot of promise then.

Another night, night she was 10 lengths ahead of the pack and at the finish line, she tripped over her own legs. She got up and was perfectly fine, but...  Aye yi yi yi!  Those legs!

Then, on another night, July 16, 2009, she tripped, yet again, and fell in the far turn. This time, however, she didn't get up. She fell into the rail. The leadouts got to her pretty darn quick, but they had to wait for the race to finish so the power to the lure could be cut.

This accident was a bad one.  The person who carried Stacey back in, had no doubt that Stacey was dead. They just knew it. When her body was carried in, her head was dangling over their arm and she had relieved herself. Even so, Stacey was taken to the vet to be examined.

As the vet examined her, he thought he heard a faint heart beat. He began massaging her heart. The vet worked with her a long time, refusing to give up.  Finally, her heart beat was stronger and Stacey finally  opened her eyes!  To everyone's amazement, she was back!!

Rams Stacey E - very much alive

One of the leadouts carried her out to the water hose, so she could be washed off before being put back into the truck. As the water hit her, she jumped up, sent the leadout flying, and took off. LOOSE DOG!!!!  Everyone scrambled to catch her. Finally, she was placed in the truck and taken back to the kennel, where she ate her dinner and curled up to go to sleep.

After a good night's sleep, the next day, it was as if nothing had happened. Even so, Stacey was given some time off, close to 2 wks, to just give her a break. Ya gotta wonder if any person has ever had a dog  survive something like that and, if so, did the dog come back to race?  Anyway, after her vacation, Stacey went back to work. She was going stir crazy in the kennel.

By all accounts from those associated with Stacey, it was as if the accident never happened. Except for one BIG positive...  Stacey learned to keep her legs under her and she stopped tripping over them.

Stacey was retired from racing in late 2011. She was bred, had a litter of pups and now, she's gone into adoption.

That's pretty good for a "dead" dog.

Contact Florida Representatives and politely encourage them to support the Greyhound Safety Act, HB 186. With that Act in place, there would be no chance of another dog possibly getting electrically shocked.  Also, ask them, why isn't Grey2K, a group supposedly for protecting greyhounds, in support of a bill that would do that in spades?

Yours in greyhounds....