Tommy Romano Top Dog 2002

Tommy was Top Dog tied with Oklahoma Lil in 2002 for winning 25 races. John, Carla and Dallas Sappington 2nd, 3rd and 4th from left in back. Oklahoma Lil never made a Night Of Stars appearance. Tommy ran 72 races in 2002 and had 52 wins out of his 176 races in his career.

Tommy Night Of Stars X champ

This is Tommy in the winner's circle for the Night Of Stars X race at Dairyland Greyhound Park. Second from the left in back is John Sappington, Tommy's trainer. Tommy Raced in NOS 9 (4th), 10(1st), 11(4th) and 12(6th). He is one of nine dogs that have ever appeared in 4 or more NOS races.

Meet the Cobblepots

Tommy, Zoe and Glow. I call them the Cobblepots, because their father was Oswald Cobblepot.

Cobblepot reunion

Tommy and Glow were reunited with their sister Zoe (No Barking Zone) at Lisa Kadow's place. Zoe has had some sort of stroke and seems to be recovering slowly. She really perked up when her brother and sister got there.

Glow, Bullet and Bliss start racing around in the yard. This is the day after Glow had that strange event.

Glow 2 hrs after her event

Glow was up and feeling normal after a short time. We aren't sure what caused it.

Glow has some sort of stroke

Glow had some sort of stroke that made her limp on her right rear leg first and then it went to her front right leg. She was panting and very disoriented. I gave her an aspirin and after about an hour she appeared normal with no side effects.

Bullet gets a Dental

Bullet looked funny all drugged up after his Dental. His tongue was hanging out.

Rester vs Racer

Tommy has left his racing career way behind him.

Art imitates Life

Bullet and Bliss check out the yard for insurgents (squirrels).

Tommy fixes his bed

Tommy likes to make his bed a special way and will not stop until it is just right.

Tommy discovers the sofa

After five years of staying off the furniture, Tommy decided it was time to give it a try.

Glow has her turn at the mulch pile

Glow seems to take this mulch pile seriously. She acts like she has a plan as to how she wants it to look.

Bullet has Mulch Pile Madness

The hounds love the mulch pile and they are great little farmers keeping it turned over.

Tommy and Glow

Tommy and Glow catch some sun on the patio. They are starting to show signs of aging. They both seem to have stiff joints. Glow seems worse than Tommy, so we are giving her Tramadol to help relieve the pain.

Another use for the DIY Pill Gun

Glow needs to take Tramadol for joint pain and I discivered i can use the pill gun as a cheeze cutter. I push the pill gun into the cheeze and cut out a plug. I then push the pills into the hole. Glow gobbles it up fast. I push the cheeze plug out with the plunger to clean it.

Stephanie's tail wound

This is how the wound looked on 7-26-2010.

Tommy the Jack Rabbit

Tommy looks so funny from behind with his ears sticking straight up. He looks like a giant rabbit.

DIY Pill Gun

Stephanie needs to take a bunch of pills every day for her kidney problem. She isn't very good at taking pills either. She already has to take a liquid medice and I noticed that the barrel is about the size of the capsules she needs to take. So I cut of the end of it and discovered that the pills fit perfectly inside. I load it up with two at a time and the job goes fast.

Stephanie's tail wound is healing

I took these photos today to show the progress of Stephanie's tail wound. We let the air get to it to dry it up and help speed the healing process.

Stephanie's tail wound

This is what Stephanie's tail looks like after we unwrapped the bandage.

Walking out

The hounds get ready to walk out of the house on their walk. They are really great about staying calm. They all go out in te same order everyday and they get in this position each time.

Stephanie's mishap

Stephanie went to the specialist to get her kidney function checked. It has dropped again to 19%. While she was there, her tail got slammed in a door. The tail can be saved, but it has a nasty cut in it.

Glow in the family room

Glow finds a stack of beds to rest on in the family room.

Walking in the park

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the park with the hounds. Stephanie gets short walks these days due to her bad leg so she didn't come this far.

Ground Beef Steak

The hounds got some special treats with ground up steaks.

Grass Reconstruction

This is a comparison of the yard from March and May. I fenced off the yard to give the new grass and new seed a chance to grow. Once the new grass and the old grass was established, I took the fence down. I used Scott's high traffic seed. So far it looks like it will work. Bullet has already given it some test runs and I don't see large divets and such from his high speed turns. Fingers crossed!

HSH Spa

Bliss is enjoying her spa.

Bliss is Chillin'

The temp hit about 93 deg today, so Bliss loved it when I filled her pool up. She is the only one to take advantage of the nice cool water.