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New Pet for JKR No Mere Padfoot
J.K. RowlingThere is a new addition to the Murray family to tell you about tonight, as author J.K. Rowling has now adopted a four year old former race dog. The Herald reports that Jo and her family visited the Greyhound Rescue Fife agency in Scotland, and chose the female dog, making a generous donation to the business in the process. The owner of the agency said:
It was only when she asked for a £30 donation to Greyhound Rescue Fife, which the 61-year-old runs with her husband, Jimmy, near Kirkcaldy, that she realised she had been dealing with the world’s most famous children’s author.At the bottom of a cheque for £1000 was the signature millions of Harry Potter fans would die for. “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.
“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 new member of the family, named Sapphire (no word if she is a Ravenclaw ;) joins their other pet, a Jack Russell named Butch, at the Murray home in Edinburgh, Scotland. The owner of the dog rescue center said that she “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…I could see Sapphire was going to a good home. Now I know just how good,” she said.”
You can see photos of JKR and her new addition, here in our galleries courtesy of Greyhound Rescue. Congratulations Jo and family!
Thanks to HPANA.
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Oooh, Jo looks so friendly in this pic :) Enjoy your new life Sapphire, you’ve been a very lucky dog!
Congratulations Jo, Sapphire and all the Murrays! Greyhounds are SUCH good citizens! They are usually quiet in the home and very affectionate, and they have just about the softest ears in creation. Wishing you many years of pleasure together!
4rth?! I love that she got a dog!! I should ask her about it at carnegie hall!!
Wow, Sapphire looks exactly like Knight, my mom’s best friend’s dog. She is the cutest dog! Go Rowling!
Wonderful! Greyhounds are the best dogs in the world, go JKR for adopting one.
That’s wonderful! People would pay to be that dog! I seem to recall reading they had a fish to…
Greyhounds are the best dogs EVER!!! EVeryone should have one – they’re such loving creatures! (Just make sure they get on with small, fluffy creatures first!) It’s unfortunate, and mostly unfounded, that most seem as being quite vicious because of the racing thing. But all my Greyhounds have been gentle souls….bless their little cotton socks :)
OK—I love her books, but the fact that she ADOPTED from a rescue rather than buying from a breeder makes her the coolest EVER!
brillient!! i have 2 greyhounds a worth while course for any dog lover! Go Jo! u rock
Greyhounds are awesome animals! They’re great pets, and many are very gentle!
Jo looks great as usual and the dog looks very cute! That’s one lucky animal… ;)
she is so beautiful!!! and Butch looks very unhappy in that other picture…. lol.
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Nice to see that an otherwise “unwanted” dog got a fabulous new home and family. I laughed out loud at the picture in the gallery where Sapphire and Butch had opposite beds to their size.
Good on, JK! (yep, yep!) All dogs are only as friendly as their owners….this one’s gonna be a doll! (not that she isn’t already!) I think of Butch as the “older sibling who’s feeling left out, with the new baby’s arriva! They’ll be fast friends in no time! For someone, who could just go out and BUY any animal she wished, I am pleased that she chose to adopt. I wish more people would!Greyhounds are wonderful!
LOL! Has anyone noticed that, in the first picture, Butch has the “big” cushion and Sapphire has the small?! Too, too cute! Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
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OMG!!! How Cute! I love JKR!...and come on…who wouldn’t recognize her?