From a former greyhound owner, you got all 50 claps allowed. I knew Andy's previous owner and he was about as good as they get in that industry. Andy was very promising from the start, with exceptional speed. He just refused to turn the corner when he needed to. If racetracks were straight he would likely be immortalized now in a statue somewhere. The vet said it could've been a vision problem in his left eye or just his brain miswired.

Andy's owner was desperate to find a home for him because he couldn't afford to feed him or pay his vet bills and didn't have room for him if he didn't earn his keep. He is a brute of a man who one might imagine better suited to be some mob boss's bodyguard than a dog owner. He even kinda dressed for that part around the tracks. You can imagine my surprise when I saw him tear up just a little when I said I would take Andy before I'd see him put down.

Andy was one of the best and most devoted dogs I've ever had. It seemed like he knew his potential fate and recognized that I had rescued him from that. Greyhounds are highly intelligent and will do anything to please us once they figure out what it is that we want. Except for his exercise time in the field, I don't remember Andy getting more than a few feet away from me and he was always attentive to me in case I had a verbal or hand signal command for him.