|      | |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
| 
10-08-2007, 10:53 PM
| | |  J.K.Rowling adopts a greyhound
The Herald reports that J.K.Rowling has adopted a greyhound from Greyhound Rescue Fife. Celia Fernie, who runs the organisation, described Jo as a "very nice lady", not actually realising who she was until a cheque was given to her for £1,000 (a £30 donation is the usual rate). Quote:
"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.
Quote:
"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 four year old female is called Sapphire and now joins the Rowling/Murray family to keep their current dog Butch, a Jack Russell, company. Despite her fame, JKR was privy to the same scrutiny as every other potential dog adoptee. Quote:
"I 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.
"She sounded very genuine," she added.
"I could see Sapphire was going to a good home. Now I know just how good," she said.
Pictures of Jo with her new friend can be seen here.
Source: HPANA  | |
10-08-2007, 11:10 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Imp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: With The Malfoys
Posts: 103
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Heather Malfoy
Seventh Year |
awww greyhounds are sooo flippin cute!! i love how their coats are soft XD
__________________  | 
| | |
10-08-2007, 11:10 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: a dream world...
Posts: 557
|
awesome!
__________________ 
i <3 a very potter musical!
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 12:02 AM
|
#4 (permalink)
| | Vampire
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maryland
Posts: 11,238
Ministry RPG Name:
Jermey Jackston
| Book Club Babe
She gets a dog. Lucky her!
Last edited by dancerbookl; 10-09-2007 at 12:13 AM.
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 12:15 AM
|
#5 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 160
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Luna Hermione Potter
|
Is very nice to have a pet.
__________________  | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 12:28 AM
|
#6 (permalink)
| | Ghoul
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: at the dance studio
Posts: 563
|
that is really cool. i'm glad that Jo would do that, all dogs deserve a good home | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 01:44 AM
|
#7 (permalink)
| | Clabbert
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada
Posts: 2,425
|
That's totally cool. All dogs homes, and it seems most people in the public eye don't adopt. (EDIT: I mean that there are a lot of dogs out there that need homes and it seems not as many celebrities and such adopt. Don't take what I said the wrong way  That's what I meant)
Aww, Sapphire is so cute!
__________________ 
Siggy from Lissy and Anna's Shop of Super Frazzling Graphics
Last edited by MalfoyzBeloved; 10-09-2007 at 01:47 AM.
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 03:24 AM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | Chizpurfle
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Not the real world
Posts: 775
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Cora Abbott
Fifth Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Abygail (Aby) Kwikspell
Ministry Security |
Thats is so cool. My family adopts greyhounds. The one we currently have is Galaxy and she is a weird dog. I love her though. I am glad to see that Jo has an interest in rescuing greyhounds.
__________________  | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 05:33 AM
|
#9 (permalink)
| | Clabbert
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,655
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Elizabeth Snape
Graduated
Ministry RPG Name:
Department of mysteries planet room
|
awwe how cute.
__________________
Half Blood Prince | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 06:43 AM
|
#10 (permalink)
|  LPFC PressieRunespoor
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wangdoodleland.
Posts: 31,265
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jude Alexander Maxwell
Graduated
Ministry RPG Name:
Aricca Jade "AJ" Silverstone
Magical Creatures | Russian Dancing Snake-Twin | Jam Pony Rider | Has Snuffed It!
aww that's so nice of her to give so much!!! and yay!!! 1 more dog that won't die in a cage!!!  I <3 Jo, seriously. She is one amazing lady.
And haha, that's quite funny, really, that she wasn't recognized at first. 
Last edited by Pigwidgeon Took; 10-09-2007 at 06:45 AM.
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 08:11 AM
|
#11 (permalink)
| | Kneazle
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: hiding under a hat..
Posts: 3,050
| Tonks' Gum Chewer Twins' Extra Ear
That's way cool! I love greyhounds. I'm so glad she adopted one! 
__________________  | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 10:14 AM
|
#12 (permalink)
| | Phoenix
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbus, GA
Posts: 15,870
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Arabelle Adriana Meyer
Fifth Year | In Sirius denial Courageous Ginny Fan
I can apprectiate JK even more now.
__________________ 
Signature by YaYa | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 10:20 AM
|
#13 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a pineapple. <3
Posts: 18,277
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emerson Gray.
Fourth Year | G1GGL3R! *giggles* My GarBear
Aww, that's so adorable! | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 10:22 AM
|
#14 (permalink)
| | Erumpent
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 13,474
| Ultimate Potterite Original original
That's nice  | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 10:43 AM
|
#15 (permalink)
|  Keeper of Dan’s GrinLuvs SiriusK.O. Harry's love for DDCrup
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,239
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Annushka Sarah Emerzynski
First Year |
Quote:
I could see Sapphire was going to a good home. Now I know just how good," she said.
So true!
__________________ this is TOTALLY WICKED, duuuuuuuude!
 | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 11:14 AM
|
#16 (permalink)
|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Neverland
Posts: 39,664
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Margaret Jacqueline Atkinson Morris
Fifth Year | Potter’s Princess A+ FangGirl
Aww... That's so sweet
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
No matter how long you're away from it, there's always a way back. | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 11:22 AM
|
#17 (permalink)
| | Griffin
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Orleaaanss!
Posts: 8,545
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Katelyn Quillio
Fifth Year | Aquila Pacis
that is sooo random, but cool. shes a really sweet person,she is.that was really nice =)
__________________
*ish confused* ha! | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 01:15 PM
|
#18 (permalink)
| | Ashwinder
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: HERE
Posts: 1,598
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Bridget Gails♫♪♫
| California Dreamin'
AAAAAAWWWWWWWW@!!!! GO JO!!!! OMG!!! Grayhounds r awsome!!! WOOT!!
__________________
*clatter**love* always | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 01:38 PM
|
#19 (permalink)
| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: diagon alley
Posts: 558
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Diana Hayden
First Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Stella Maries
Minister's Office |
soooooooooooooo sweeet
__________________  | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 03:22 PM
|
#20 (permalink)
| | Lethifold
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England.
Posts: 22,267
| I'M A GLEEK! | | Rupert & McAvoy ♥ I'm a Cutie Patootie
Jo's so sweet!
__________________ 
'Your girlfriend is not more important
than the whole universe!'
'SHE IS TO ME!' | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 03:32 PM
|
#21 (permalink)
| | Erumpent
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The SHINee World
Posts: 13,098
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Basil A. Mephisto Ferguson
First Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Tabitha Octavia Plexio
Accidents & Catastrophes | Dapper Bowties | I am Unicorn
Thats UBER COOL! When I was little I wanted to open a Greyhound adoption agency because they are the best breed of dog EVER. I'm glad JKR got one. I'm sure it will be very happy at her home. | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 07:27 PM
|
#22 (permalink)
| | Phoenix
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the TARDIS
Posts: 15,350
|
Aw that is so sweet of JK. The greyhound's really cute. | |
| | |
10-09-2007, 07:30 PM
|
#23 (permalink)
| | Crup
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland.
Posts: 2,187
Ministry RPG Name:
Arcius Moonseed
Department of Mysteries | Greyhound Rescuer ♥
I was so thrilled when my mum told me she read in the paper that JK got a greyhound. I've got a greyhound and he's the best dog I've ever had! They make fantastic pets and they have a great nature. I also got mine from a Greyhound charity here in Scotland - and my dog has the exact same bed Sapphire is lying on in the pictures! I thought that was great XD
Last edited by Moony; 10-09-2007 at 07:31 PM.
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 09:38 PM
|
#24 (permalink)
| | Faerie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Sanrio store spending big bucks!
Posts: 3,874
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Cocoa
Third |
awww...how sweet!
| |
| | |
10-09-2007, 09:38 PM
|
#25 (permalink)
| | Thestral
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
Posts: 37,006
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jillian McGuffin
Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess
Aww! that's so nice of her! | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
| | | All times are GMT. The time now is 05:53 AM. |
x
x
x
