CYANIDE ANDY AND CYANIDE BILLY

Cyanide Andy

Cyanide Billy

The “Cyanide Brothers”, Andy and Billy, have had another set-back in what was to have been their happy retirement.

Their tale begins several years ago—with their first adoption.  That lasted  almost two years but the couple separated and the boys became a “burden” on the remaining adopter—one got loose, and we had to confiscate the other brother.

Back to GPA they came.  After some time they were fostered by a family whose lives the boys saved during Hurricane Charley in 2004.  The wind blew out a window of their home and the fumes from the generator blew back into the house, overcoming the three humans inside with carbon monoxide.  Billy and Andy woke up the adults who rounded up the teenager, and they all staggered out of the house….alive, but ill.  Another ten minutes and all three people, and the brothers, would have been dead.  Eventually, this foster family adopted Billy and Andy. 

All was well, or seemed to be so.  Then, the family took a trip and left the brothers in the care of a petsitter. All seemed routine enough.  Upon their return they contacted the petsitter and told her that they were abandoning  the dogs….without ever contacting GPA.

 Back to GPA and into another foster home went Billy and Andy.  Through all of the changes they always had each other, even though the people they had grown to love let them down terribly.

An older couple from one of our partner Adoption Groups out of state wanted to adopt two Greyhounds, and this seemed like a perfect match.  Billy and Andy were driven up to their new home.  After almost two years, the older couple is faced with a life changing decision, and their deteriorating health has made it necessary from them to enter into an assisted living arrangement.  Sadly, Billy and Andy are again homeless.

 Although they are now in Virginia, they are also on the GPA/Orlando website because if the right family comes along to adopt these two heroes, they will be given a ride back to Florida.

 Billy and Andy are nine and a half years old, are cat friendly, and are perfect in every way.

We are happy to report that Andy and Billy have found their forever home in Virginia and are finally enjoying the good life.