About Us

Polly Hornberger is the heart and soul of Greyhound Love.  Here is her story:

"I have had Dalmatians since 1985, showing in breed and obedience.  My last Dalmatian, Douglas, passed to the rainbow bridge in March of 2000.  In the Fall of 1999, Douglas was showing signs  of aging and his health problems prevented us from using him for the Therapy Dogs Inc. program, which is based in Wyoming.  I am a tester/observer for the program and needed to look for a new canine partner.  I'm also not getting any younger and decider I needed a calmer breed as a partner.  This is when Kayla entered my life. Kayla is - you guessed it- a rescued Greyhound.  My husband Gary and I were both bitten by the "Greyhound Love Bug".  Our lives have never been the same. It is amazing how, with all these Greys have gone through, they can still trust and love us.  They wormed their way into our hearts in record time.  We wanted to help with Greyhound rescue and attempted to foster greyhounds.  Fostering is taking a Greyhound into your home fresh from the track to teach him/her the way to live outside the kennel and prepare him/her for a new family.  The only problem was, we FLUNKED!  We couldn't part with the dogs after they came into our home.  So I began to look for other ways to spread the word of the Greyhound and help with rescue. I give talks at schools on pet therapy and I incorporated Greyhound rescue information into it.  My two registered Therapy Dogs are Benny and Toby, both wonderful Greyhound ambassadors.

I have a successful business that I truly love, teaching private Piano, Organ, and Keyboard.  In early 1999 (before the "Greyhound Bug") I decided to take up a hobby and try art.  I signed up for an art class.  Never did I expect to start another business based on my art!  But when the "Greyhound Bug" bit, I realized selling my work to help rescue groups was a perfect way to give back to the Greys (especially since Fostering is a NO-NO!) It all came together when a 6 year old student of mine, Michaela, gathered up her three Greys and pulled them together calling out "Greyhound Love"!  I knew that was the name of my new business.  "Greyhound Love" - What a perfect name for what I felt for the Greys and my new adventure. One of my designs has Mackie with three Greys gathered together showing this special moment.   Benny is now Chairman (or is that Chairdog?) of the board for Greyhound Love Collectibles and Toby is co-chair.  

 Polly and her crew of Greyhounds

Our first trip to the Dewey Beach Greyhound Gathering was October of 2000.  I was overwhelmed by all the merchandise I had and have my dear friend Pam to thank for taking over and getting it all under control and organized.  By donating and selling my merchandise I can help so many of the volunteers and groups who spend their lives working for this greyt cause!

Benny and Kayla

Teazer, Dentee, Toby, and Asher

I would like to thank all the people who inspired and helped me make Greyhound Love Collectibles a reality:

• Pam Wolfgang my best friend who is ALWAYS there for me
• Mary Ellen Christ my art instructor 
• Laurie Rhodes of Berry's Best Pet Bakery
• Beth Good of Good Impressions, Stevens PA
• Paper & Film of Spring City, PA
• Glady's of Anvil Art Studio & Framing, Pottstown PA
• Mary Ellen Snyder, my computer instructor (since I am computer illiterate!)
• Jane Griddley who gave me the wonderful idea of putting my artwork on clothes
• Theresa Levandoski and Donna Doney for helping me with my latest idea of Greyhound Love children's books
• Kurt Shollengerger my niece's husband is my newest angel who helped me with my note cards
• And last but not least, a thank you to Izzy for bringing Michelle Kurtz to me to build this web site!
   

Polly and Greyhound Love Collectibles was featured in two articles in "The Mercury" Sunday edition on December 11, 2000.  Click the links below to view the articles: Greyhound Love in "The Mercury - A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Newspaper Another Greyhound Love article in the Mercury