For the next two weeks or so I kept bugging my parents about letting me keep him. At first they kept saying no because we already have three dogs and we don't have the space or money for another. But I kept bugging them and eventually my Dad decided he really like him too.

We decided we wanted to change his name to something else. We went through a whole bunch of names and finally they let me name him Lightning. When I let him outside he doesn't always want to walk out there alone so I have to come out on the deck and push him off so he will go to the bathroom. Then when I come to let him in he does this really funny run towards the door. It's a cross between a waddle and a run. He is generally kinda lazy which suprises me because out of all of our Greyhounds he has the most muscle. He just doesn't use it when at home.

He was a very good racer. Almost as good as Turner was. They race a few times againts eachother and I think Lighning won the most of those. They were really close. Both him and Maggie sleep in my room. Lightning doesn't really like to sleep on my bed so I put his bed on the floor next to mine and he sleeps there. He likes to threaten to chase the cats and sometimes he will but most of the time he just looks at her and walks away. We have two cats but I don't know if he has seen Magic yet cause she is always hiding cause of all the dogs that are around here. Willow just isn't smart enough to stay out of the way.