Vintage

Goofy, beautiful Aero came to us from Cal Perry, Appraxin. He has the best sense of humor of any whippet I've ever known. Granted, doggy senses of humor are...well, basic. Aero's idea of a very funny joke is to jump into every crate in the room before going to his own, tail wagging madly.

 

The last thing Cal said to me as I was driving away with this silly boy was, "Don't let him get away from you!" Aero had an Excellent Adventure a few years ago, which may have whitened the last hair on Cal's head. Here's the story as it was told to me.

 

It seems a friend a few states away saw Aero and wanted to buy him. Cal finally decided to let him go and sent him off with another friend who had agreed to deliver him. Somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia, Aero got loose. Did I mention it was November? After weeks of searching for him, most had given him up for dead, but one determined whippet lover saw to it that Aero's flyers stayed up.

 

One day a man saw the poster in an ophthalmologist's office and said, "I've seen that dog! He's been eating my cat's food in the garage for the past few weeks!" Though Aero wouldn't come near anyone at first, all it took was a beautiful girl whippet to lure him in. They say that once they got a leash on him, he trotted right along behind, as if he had never been lost. But Aero had survived on his own (with a little help from a cat) for two months in the West Virginia mountains in winter. Who says whippets are fragile?

 

Needless to say, Aero does not leave our house without a leash, but I don't think he's interested in going anywhere. He seems awfully content to spend his days alternately on the couch or playing with Juliet and Katie in the yard. Aero always did like the ladies...