While it’s likely that most everyone has heard about Paste Magazine’s Obamicon.Me site now, we’re still pretty entertained! For those not in the know, the site allows users to create their own “Obamicon” image, inspired by the now legendary Shepard Fairey poster. We did Slim:

Also, in honor of the inauguration yesterday, we are offering an 11 x 14 Fine Art Print of our Born to Run poster, available at our etsy site for $25. Each poster is printed 300 weight archival Moab Entrada Fine Art paper with Epson archival inks and is signed and dated by Barbara Karant on the back.

Continuing on with the theme of January being a good month, we have a couple more reasons to add to our list:

January is the month that PDN features a 1 ½ page article about Greyhounds! Look for the latest copy of PDN on stands now.

(Click images for larger, more readable versions)

Also, we’re excited about January because it’s the month of President Elect Obama’s anxiously anticipated inauguration! We recently submitted our “Get the Girls a Greyhound” poster to the ManifestHope:DC Art Contest, “Green Economy” category. Regarding this choice, Barbara wrote that:

“The populace of a nation that supports a green economy should also support the extended family unit to include a recycled pet. While there are many wonderful dogs in shelters there are also a class of “working dog” that provide an extraordinary opportunity as a companion animal. Like the millions of people the “clean and green” economy can lift out of poverty, these remarkable creatures should be rescued from a questionable fate and given a second chance at life after their tenure on the racetrack is over.”

While we sadly did not win (this time) it’s interesting to take a look at some of the work that did. It’s truly amazing how much creativity Obama and his forth-coming presidency have inspired. We are glad to have taken part in this movement and even more so to watch history unfold in front of us!

We are also starting to think we might write a note to George Stephanopoulos asking him to recommend a greyhound for the next presidential dog since the girls did such a good job cornering their dad through him…

Or maybe we’ll start working on VP elect Biden since he’s already talking about dog number two and this time, one from a shelter!

We’ll do whatever we can do to bring more visibility (and homes) to the Greyhounds!

The folks over at obama-dog.com were nice enough to give us a little shout out yesterday.

Obama-dog.com is chock-full of Obama family dog news and tidbits. We were particularly entertained by the clip of Barbara Walters’ interview with the Obamas, posted here.

Thanks obama-dog.com!

Last month, we wrote about a fun site called “a puppy for the president” and mentioned that we’d nominated LEE from our “get the girls a greyhound” campaign.

Well, it looks like Lee is doing pretty well. In fact, he appears to be winning! It’s not too late to visit this site, vote for Lee and help spread the word that a retired racing greyhound would make a great choice for first (or second!) dog.

In the world of reviews, Greyhounds recently received a really nice write-up from Chicago Life Magazine.

Thanks Chicago Life!

Hi All!

We’re having a big day here at Greyhounds the Book.

Last night, we had a great turnout at the Apple Store and today our campaign to “get the girls a greyhound!” was mentioned at apartmenttherapy.com!

How exciting, we love apartmenttherapy.com! And thanks, Sarah, for adopting Otto!

The notion of getting the girls a greyhound seems to be back on everyone’s radars because it was also the topic of discussion today at The Obama Dog Blog and The Huffington Post.

In addition, Greyhounds the Book was recently written up at the Miami Herald and in the Chicagoland Tails Holiday Gift Guide:

We’re still on our “get the girls a greyhound” kick and so we’ve nominated Lee on the A Puppy for the President website.

Follow this link to vote for Lee.

He may not be a puppy chronologically but now that he’s off the track, he’s entering puppy-dom anew!

In addition to the free download-able posters, we’ve added “Obama, get the girls a greyhound!” tshirts to the greyhounds zazzle shop. Check it out and help spread the word!

Thanks again to The Grillo Group for lending their awesome design skills to the cause.

We’re not the only ones who think obama should get the girls a greyhound. Over the weekend a number of sites shared in our sentiment, including Jezebel.com, Claudia Presto (here and here) and madmadlife.com, who included a nice little write-up about our posters (thanks, mad mad life!)

We’re glad to see that so many seem to agree with us.

We also think it a curious coincidence that politcail cartoonist Gary Varvel illustrated Obama as a greyhound way back in February 2007…

During his victory speech on Tuesday night, Obama announced that his first order of family business would be to fulfill his campaign promise of getting his daughters a puppy. Michelle Obama has told reporters that the family would adopt a rescue dog from a shelter. It has also mentioned that the dog needs to be hypoallergenic due to Malia’s allergies.

Well, we were thinking the term puppy can be used rather loosely and we would like to respectfully submit this suggestion to President Elect and Mrs. Obama:

Top Ten reasons the Obamas should consider adopting a greyhound:

1. They look as stately as the new president and first lady
2. They will comport themselves with dignity at state functions
3. They won’t bark during press conferences
4. They will stand quietly for photo shoots
5. They will happily spend their time sleeping while Malia and Sasha are in school
6. They are the ultimate in promoting recycling: these one-time racing dogs make perfect pets
7. America is a place where all things are possible and greyhounds survive–and thrive–against impossible odds, becoming loving pets and flyball champions and couch potatoes
8. They are the living embodiment of peace and serenity
9. Among our ideals–democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope–greyhounds demonstrate the ability, the unyielding hope, for a new and better life.
10. Whether you get a labradoodle or some other dog, greyhounds make great second dogs. . . .

Yes We Can–put a greyhound in the White House!

(There are no red greyhounds; there are no blue greyhounds–except red fawn dogs and blue dogs–but in the end, there are only good greyhounds, united in an America willing to find them homes.)

Thanks to our friendsYvonne Zipter for writing this list for us and to The Grillo Group for designing the awesome poster!

In the spirit of the recent election and in the hopes of spreading the word about our idea, we have decided to offer the above image as a FREE download-able 18×24″ poster!

Print it out, paste it up and help us put a greyhound in The White House!

Our greyhound “nomination” for the FIRST (or second FIRST) DOG would be Lee. He is being re-homed through Greyhounds Only in Chicago, IL.

Mustang Geordie
DOB: 1/24/05
Finalist in the 2006 Dubuque Future Star Stakes
Fourth in the Derby Lane Million

Lee is a stunningly handsome boy, who is 100% Irish born and bred. He came to the U.S. to become a top racer, and he has now entered retirement with grace and a great deal of style — he could go anywhere and fit in well. He is very smart, curious and attentive, and is highly responsive in any situation, because he is very connected to his people. Lee is really good at leash walking, and a wonderful traveler. In the van on the way to the vet’s office he did a perfect “sit”, and upon being praised for such a good “sit”, he got up and kissed the driver as if to say “thanks” ! He was perfectly behaved in the crowded vet’s office, ears up, and tail wagging to greet other dogs of all sizes to see if they were friends, all the while doing the greyhound lean and enjoying ear scritches. Lee is very intelligent, engaged, and interested, but willing to go with the flow: a perfect companion. We’re big fans of this Irish charmer? You will be too!

Feel free to have your rescue group submit their own recommendations for a greyhound who might be a good choice for the Obamas and post your suggestions here in the comments section!

We are beyond thrilled and delighted with the news of the election of our new President!

Greyhounds are and have been supporters of Obama.

Over the last several months we have joined the effort to get the word out with the help of author Yvonne Zipter and our friends at Grillo Group.

Our Born to Run poster is available for free download on designforobama.org and if you’d like to see more, Greyhounds for Obama posters and tshirts are also available on our zazzle site.

Go Obama and Go Greyhounds!!!