{"id":1081,"date":"2014-02-17T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sighthoundunderground.com\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2014-06-13T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T14:16:57","slug":"you-might-remember-zaina-the-hard-luck-saluki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sighthoundunderground.com\/http\/you-might-remember-zaina-the-hard-luck-saluki\/","title":{"rendered":"You Might Remember Zaina \u2013 The Hard-Luck Saluki"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, she was hit by a car in her native Qatar. Then she came to SHUG with a surgically repaired front leg that she steadfastly refused to use. Then she got adopted into a wonderful family with a four-foot-fence\u2014which the essentially three-legged Zaina cleared one day. Her heartbroken family had to return her to SHUG.<\/p>\n

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Zaina-the-desert-princess was, shall we say, royally peeved. She gave her foster family such a hard time we worried she\u2019d never forgive us. Zaina boycotted food, pouted, gave everyone the stink eye and refused to play with her very nice foster siblings. After some time, though, Zaina decided to forgive and forget, and was happy again.<\/p>\n

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A lovely SHUG adopter came to meet her, but her resident saluki made it clear there was only room for one desert princess in that home.<\/p>\n

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We worried for Zaina.<\/p>\n

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\"zainaeeyes\"<\/a>Meanwhile, Jorja Stephenson had \u201cmet\u201d Zaina on Facebook some months before and thought of her often. But fostering and volunteering for a greyhound group in her area kept her hopping. She mentioned Zaina to her husband, who just shook his head and pondered his wife\u2019s sanity. Jorja saw when Zaina was so happy with her new family and so sad when she \u201cbounced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then fate intervened. One of Jorja\u2019s friends put in an application with SHUG and listed Jorja as her personal reference. A SHUG volunteer called and they chatted. Zaina\u2019s name came up. Afterward, Jorja confessed she \u201cFacebook stalked\u201d all the posts and pictures about Zaina and practically had a PowerPoint presentation ready for her poor husband. He agreed to the sassy little saluki.<\/p>\n

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Jorja picks up the story:<\/p>\n

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After the paperwork and travel logistics were sorted out, I brought her home. I immediately wondered if I\u2019d done the right thing. She found a dog bed and curled up on it and hardly moved for two days. She growled and snarked at our dogs, acted scared to death of us humans, and seemed so sad and unsure of everything.<\/p>\n

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But after a few days, the growling eased up, she started exploring the house, and she was eating and drinking well. She started coming up to me for timid pets and scritches and started sharing the couch with me when I wasn't looking.<\/p>\n

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After several weeks she was sharing the couch with any one of the dogs and she was greeting visitors at the door. She took a special liking for my seven-year-old niece. She started running with the greyhounds outside during potty breaks, barking and playing. I've even caught her playing with a toy on a couple occasions, and even snuggling with our Chihuahua, Isabella.<\/p>\n

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Zaina now demands that I drop what I am doing and lavish love and affection on her highness. Obviously I have no qualms about that.<\/p>\n

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Zaina has stolen my favorite chair, the best spot on the couch, my feather pillows at night, my Taco Bell on occasion, and most importantly, my heart. She has me wrapped around her dainty paws. I'm head over heels in love with Zaina, and I\u2019m pretty positive she's smitten with me, too.<\/p>\n

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If you are on the fence about adopting one of these gorgeous rescues, I couldn't encourage you more to put your application in right away. My only regret is that I didn't get my application in immediately when I saw her arrive last June.<\/p>\n

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