Medical Foster Carer
Medical foster carers provide a little extra TLC to greyhounds recovering from surgery, injury, or illness. It’s a gentle, rewarding role that helps these dogs heal comfortably in a home environment instead of a kennel.
What’s required?
Medical Foster Care assignments vary in timing and could range from two weeks to six weeks or required time of recovery. GAP provide food, muzzle, martingale collar, snuggly coat, and lead. If your medical foster requires medication or specific items (like a crate), these items will also be provided. Carers provide a cosy bed for sleeping, and some toys to play with (even empty soft drink bottles or cardboard boxes).
Other points to note
- Volunteers need to agree and sign our Volunteer and Foster Care Agreements, which are available to view and download on the application page.
- Provide all immediate needs of a Greyhound under your care including general care such as feeding, walking (if appropriate), socialising, grooming and training
- Provide and be comfortable to do specific medical care as per the greyhound’s care plan (training provided). Tasks could include but are not limited to:
- Bandage of tail
- Bandage of foot/toes
- Treat basic wounds/cleaning and giving medication
- Administer medications orally
- Subcutaneous injections (optional)
- Fill in medical treatment chart
- Record vital signs (optional)
- Able to medicate eyes and ears
- Be willing to potentially make trips using your own transport to our vets either in Seymour or Albert Park to monitor greyhound’s recovery. Sometimes these can be as regular as once a week. The vet costs incurred at Albert Park will be covered by GAP.
- Collect and return Greyhounds to our kennel locations (Seymour, or Tullamarine) using your own transport, or at scheduled collection times at Sandown Greyhound Racing Clubs. Pick up and drop offs are always by prearrangement.
- Attend initial volunteer induction, specific medical first aid training and any scheduled training sessions either with or without your greyhound, as part of your training plan
Why Foster
Fostering a greyhound is a rewarding experience that helps newly retired greyhounds adjust to family life and families adjust to being pet owners. If you’re unsure whether a greyhound is the right fit for you, fostering is the perfect way to find out!
Foster Caring can sometimes be a challenge but it is also hugely rewarding, especially when you find out a dog you have fostered has been adopted into their new family!
At GAP, we know how to treasure our volunteers. We hold fun, free events throughout the year for all our volunteers!
Meet our dogs ready for adoption
All greyhounds adopted from GAP are de-sexed, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and health checked.
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Linguine
Norma Jae
Pershing ARP
If you are looking for a smallish male greyhound, well look no further than Pershing! Pershing can act like an excitable goofy puppy upon first meeting him but then settles down and is a friendly and affectionate boy. Pershing may suit living with or without a canine pal of similar size and children aged 10 years and older. Due to his puppyish nature, he wouldn’t be suited to live in an apartment or with elderly.
Jackson ARP
When you meet Jackson, you would think he is just a big goofy puppy! But once he gets his excitement out of the way he settles down and is a chilled boy, takes everything in his stride. Jackson may suit living with or without a robust canine friend of any size and children aged 10 years and older. He may do best in a home with a backyard to get his energy out of his system!
Pepper ARP
Pepper is full of life and personality plus! She not onlywill she make you smile from ear to ear and give you endless cuddles andkisses, but she is also totally gorgeous too! Pepper may suit living with orwithout a robust canine brother and children aged in their teenage years. Shewill likely need a backyard for her daily antics and zoomies.
Duck ARP
Duck is as adorable as his name! Duck is not only good looking, but he is also super sweet and super affectionate! He has the whole package, including being potentially suitable for large dog-savvy children, robust dog of any size and he may even be OK for an apartment (as long as he gets his mental and physical stimulation daily- as any dog would need).
Shadow
Little Ted
Grace
