\"I was so distraught, but I wanted to find a way for something great to happen, to give his death meaning,\" he said. \"So I decided to go to the shelter and adopt the oldest, least likely to be adopted dog there.\"
That dog was a 12-year-old Chihuahua named Eyore, he said, adding that Eyore had bad knees and a heart murmur.
\"And it just took off from there,\" Greig said. \"Whenever I came across a dog that didn't look like it was going to find a home, I took it in.\"
Along the way, Greig also ended up taking an abandoned miniature pot-belly pig, two ducks and two cats that had been left in a cat carrier in an alley during a heavy rainstorm.
\"We are a full house, but taking in these guys and giving them the opportunity to live has felt like a nice way to honor Wolfgang's memory,\" he said.
Greig, who works as an accountant on weekdays, said he gets up at 5 a.m. every morning.
\"I have to make all their individual meals,\" he said. \"Each one has to eat something different since they all have different allergies. One doesn't have teeth so he needs his food blended and another has stomach problems so he needs special food.\"
He added that his roommate and a housekeeper help take care of the pets while he's away at work, though he always comes back during his lunch break to check in on them.
And while the full house keeps Greig busy around the clock, he said he wouldn't have it any other way.
\"Despite everything, there's also something that's almost easier in taking care of senior dogs,\" Greig said. \"They're much more come and wiser, and they're just like puppies. They love attention and care and they're very grateful.\"
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