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Welcome to REGAP of Illinois!

Retired Greyhounds as Pets

REGAP of Illinois, Inc. is a Chicagoland area/Central Illinois based anti-race, non-profit, rescue and adoption group. We are a 100% volunteer, 501c3 charitable organization. Our mission is to rescue these magnificent dogs, find loving forever homes for them and to inform the public that adopting a retired racing Greyhound is an excellent decision.

Greyhounds are loving, devoted pets who, contrary to popular belief, are obedient, intelligent, calm and relaxed dogs.

Each year the overly competitive racing industry forces thousands of racers into early retirement, usually between the age of two and five years.

To find out more about adopting a Greyhound, please contact:
George & Mona Moore
4107 E. 3rd Road
Mendota, IL 61342

(Please e-mail or call to make an appointment to see the dogs available)
regap1@juno.com or 815-538-DOGS (3647)

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Just a little housecleaning ...

Sep 25 '11 - 9:06 pm by Becca

I have just finished going thru our memberlist and have deleted a whole bunch of people who 1. have not logged in for over a year and 2. had no posts whatsoever. If you've posted even once, you're safe. If you have logged in within the last 365 days, you're safe.

Nothing against anyone, but the larger the list, the larger the database is. The larger the database is, the longer it takes for the software to sort thru it to find stuff. The longer the software takes, the slower the site runs. It's all connected!

I realize that there will be "lurkers" ... the people who get on the site and read stuff but never post. Rest assured that if you are a lurker you're still safe ... as long as you keep lurking! Keep logging in and show an active presence and I won't remove your account. Create an account and then never use it again, and you'll get booted.

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Site Maintenance

Aug 19 '11 - 9:10 am by Becca

Hey all! I am going to be pulling the REGAP site offline over the weekend in order to move it to a new host. I have to do this so that files don't get changed while I'm trying to move them - so we don't lose stuff.

I don't expect the move to take very long, but of course there could be unexpected issues. Take some time to do whatever you need to do tonight and tomorrow for updates, fixes, etc. If all goes well, I anticipate Monday morning we'll be back up and running as before.

While things are down, I will post updates on the Facebook groups page @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/11162494707. I will also set up a temp page on my own site (will edit this to link to it before I lock down the site) - you won't be able to respond but I can keep you informed at least!

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REGAP Store

Dec 4 '10 - 9:35 pm by Grrdog

If anyone would like to shop, call and see if I'm here. Here are a few photos of the store. We haven't quite finished it yet, but these photos were taken tonight with my I-phone. I hate this phone.

Thanks Bev, Kathleen, Sally and Cheryl for all of your help with getting this together!

Love, Mona

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Happy Birthday Joy!!!

Today at 12:19 AM by Grrdog

Happy Birthday Joy! And many, many more!!!

Love, Mona

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How to make the sun shine on a gloomy day

Feb 4 '12 - 3:35 pm by York Pack

The weather here is rainy and cold. Very gloomy and not a day to inspire or motivate. I decided to take the girls with for a ride to pick up their food since they love riding in the van. I made a couple of other quick stops (to get gas, an ice tea and a plain McDouble from the drive though at McD's). Then, I stopped at a small town on the way home that has a fenced ball field.

After walking them to make sure they had pottied I took them to the field put on their muzzles and let them go. They started off sniffing, suddenly realizing they were free and off they went. Only another grey parent would understand the tears that made my eyes bright as I watched them run chasing each other back and fourth around the field tails high and laughing with joy as only a greyhound can laugh. They would stop to sniff and one of them would take off and the race was back on eyes shinning and tongues lolling as they ran past me two on one side one on the other. As I watched them I forgot the wet, cold, gloomy sky and in my heart there was sunshine!

They got to share their McDouble after cooling down and they are all three now crashed and sound asleep in their favorite places.

I don't care what the weather man says the sun DID shine today!
I saw it through the eyes of my girls!

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First Dental - what should I expect?

Feb 3 '12 - 6:58 am by juliemac

Hey everyone --

Baby is going in to Dr. Wahl's a week from Monday for her first dental, and this will be my first dental experience as well. I'm nervous, and really don't know what to expect (right now, of course, I'm remembering all of the stories, which are mostly VERY bad).

Can you tell me what to expect if everything goes smoothly? And what to look for so I know when I need to take quick action?

thanks!
Julie

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