There is a new addition to the Murray family to tell you about tonight, as author J.K. Rowling has now adopted a four year old former race dog. The Herald reports that Jo and her family visited the Greyhound Rescue Fife agency in Scotland, and chose the female dog, making a generous donation to the business in the process. The owner of the agency said:
It was only when she asked for a £30 donation to Greyhound Rescue Fife, which the 61-year-old runs with her husband, Jimmy, near Kirkcaldy, that she realised she had been dealing with the world’s most famous children’s author.
At the bottom of a cheque for £1000 was the signature millions of Harry Potter fans would die for. “When I looked at the cheque I couldn’t believe it. The first thing I noticed was the amount she had made it out for,” Mrs Fernie said yesterday.
“Then I spotted her name and realised who it was. I just said Oh, I didn’t recognise you,’ and she just smiled politely. She was a lovely woman – the whole family were very nice.”
The new member of the family, named Sapphire (no word if she is a Ravenclaw ;) joins their other pet, a Jack Russell named Butch, at the Murray home in Edinburgh, Scotland. The owner of the dog rescue center said that she “always ask a person a bit about their lifestyle – what size their house is, do they have a garden and quite importantly does it have a wall at least 6ft high, because I would hate for the dog to get out and run off,” Mrs Fernie recalled…I could see Sapphire was going to a good home. Now I know just how good,” she said.”
she is so beautiful!!! and Butch looks very unhappy in that other picture…. lol.
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Posted by padfootrocksmysocks on October 08, 2007, 11:49 PM
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Nice to see that an otherwise “unwanted” dog got a fabulous new home and family. I laughed out loud at the picture in the gallery where Sapphire and Butch had opposite beds to their size.
Posted by Alison aka NobleBirth Descending on October 09, 2007, 12:08 AM
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Good on, JK! (yep, yep!) All dogs are only as friendly as their owners….this one’s gonna be a doll! (not that she isn’t already!) I think of Butch as the “older sibling who’s feeling left out, with the new baby’s arriva! They’ll be fast friends in no time! For someone, who could just go out and BUY any animal she wished, I am pleased that she chose to adopt. I wish more people would!Greyhounds are wonderful!
Hey, jo rowling is receiving a special honour award at the Pride of Britain awards! I thought she was presenting, but she’s not! Why am i surprised? Way to go, Jo!
I’ve heard what lovely pets retired greyhounds make. There is a rescue program in my area, and I often see people out walking these graceful dogs. It was great seeing the pictures—my favorite is the one with the greyhound on the tiny bed and the tiny dog on the large dog’s bed. Cute.
Hugs to JKR and her family for adopting this special dog. :-)
We all know what an incredible person Jo is … the fact that she adopted a rescue greyhound is just magic! I know very well these dogs, for a good friend of mine is resposible for adoptions of former racer in Italy. I hope lots of people will follow Jo’s footsteps and adopte one too!!!!
I’m so glad she got a rescue greyhound. I would have liked one – but settled for two rescued guinea pigs (cavies) instead. Ginger. Twins. Called Fred & George…I wonder why?!
Story for my fellow HP pet lovers: On Friday, July 20th, our dog “Blue” passed away. It was a very emotional day to say the the least. Read book seven the next day. Put the fictional character deaths into perspective pretty quickly….didn’t shed a tear. I did, however, have to walk away from the book for a bit when Hedwig died. :-(
Over the next few days, I had to resist the urge to run up and down the neighborhood and hug and furry friends I came across. Before the neighbors called the cops, we decided it was time to look online for a new canine companion. We had gone to a breeder for Blue, so this was a new experience for us. We couldn’t believe the number of pets out there waiting for a good home. Heartbreaking. After searching through hundreds of available pets, we saw our next dog: he had been rescued minutes away from being put down at a high-kill shelter. He was scraggly and small, and looked like a cross between a gremlin and an ewok. We fell in love. A week later, Tucker became a member of our family.
We’ll never forget Blue (I still tear up thinking about him), but we have a lot of love to share, and are so glad we didn’t hesitate to bring a deserving pet, waiting for that love, into our family. Rescues rock!
p.s. I wanted to name him “Padfoot” or “Norbert”, but got voted down. And I so wanted to be known as “Norbert’s mummy.” Humph.
"You -- wait," he panted, staring up at James with an expression of purest loathing. "You -- wait..."[br]"Wait for what?" said Sirius coolly. "What're you going to do, Snivelly, wipe your nose on us?"
incoherent splutterings I adore that photo ♥