Irish Wolfhounds~Borzoi~Greyhounds~Rescue Dogs: Gintaro

Gintaro looooooves being a goof on the couch

This is Gintaro, he is a cream Irish Wolfhound. His birthday is September 9, 2008. He came all the way from Poland. And my dad flew there just to pick him up to bring him all the way to Canada to live with our family. When Gintaro arrived here, he was the cutest puppy ever! Once my dad got in the door it was about 2am, my mom was in Saskatoon with my grandma, and my brother and sister were at my other grandparents house, so it was just me and my dad and the dogs that we had then. Gintaro came in the house, and wasn't scared at all. Amy was not happy that we got ANOTHER puppy. But since no one was home besides my dad i decided to take Gintaro to bed with me. No kennel.. And we make all our pups sleep in a kennel so there is no accidents. So i took him to bed with me, and he slept till 11 am! He house trained very fast. BUT he was a VERY bad puppy. And i mean BAD! He has eaten cords to portable dvd players, kitchen chair legs, coffee tables, china cabinet legs, many many many toys, walls, blinds, dvd cases, dvds!, pillows, and MUCH more! He turns 5 years old soon and he is still just as bad!
The one time my mom made homemade soup and she put it in ice cream pails on top of the stove to cool off. Gintaro comes along and spills one of them EVERYWHERE!!! all over the stove, all over the counter, and all over the floor.

Up on the counter! Being bad.

Gintaro, when we first got him :)

Gintaro is my dog, and when i finally get a place of my own, i will be taking him with me. Because he is my special boy. Gintaro has many many nicknames, ones like Taro, Stinky, Ninners, Bud Bud, Boo, Mr, Ninny, Nin, Bud, and a few more.
You can tell by the look on his face that he is trouble :) i will post more pics after i write a bit more. A few days ago i was laying on the couch with another dog and he comes up paws me, then hops on the couch and just lays on top of the dog beside me! The dog beside me is a lab/greyhound cross so she is very small compared to Gintaro. I had to dig her out! because he wouldn't move his lazy butt!

Gintaro weighs about 180lbs and is about 37"-38" at the shoulder. He is a BIG boy. He got his Canadian Championship at only 8 months old. He is a very good show dog, he absolutely loves the ring. I used to show him in Junior handling along with a few of our other dogs. But whenever i used Gintaro i ALWAYS seemed to get a 1st or a 2nd. I have won a first and moved on to the best of the best and i won that with him too :) He is my good luck charm, i was also selected to go to Regina and show for the juniors there and i won in my group and got to go on to best of the best as well. I did not win, but i did very well.