Legal Requirements

1. Local Council Registration

After your adoption is official (at the completion of your 3 week Foster to Adopt period), you will need to register your pet greyhound with your local council.

Council registration and microchip registration are different types of registration. Please contact your local council for information about how to register your greyhound with them.

Your greyhound's microchip is already registered with GRV.

Further information about dog ownership can be found here.

2. Microchipping

Is Greyhound registration different from my other animals?

Yes! If you have previously owned a dog other than a greyhound or a cat, you may be familiar with your pet's microchip number being registered with a Microchip Registry, such as Central Animal Records (CAR) or Australasia Animal Register (AAR).

Your greyhound is microchipped and registered on the Greyhound Microchip Registry (GMR) (as greyhounds are not generally registered on other registries).

The Greyhound Microchip Registry keeps a record of the current ownership details of the greyhound, which enables local council, shelters, and pounds to make swift contact with the current owner should the greyhound happen to wander from home.

As such, it is very important that the contact details recorded on the Greyhound Microchip Registry are current and kept up to date.

When you adopt a greyhound, GAP must submit a Notice of Retirement as a Pet - Transfer to New Owner form which will provide the Greyhound Microchip Registry with your contact details for the registry record. You will also need to provide details of a secondary contact person that can be contacted if your greyhound is found and you are uncontactable. Our team will guide you through this.

You will need to ensure that your contact details remain up to date. If your address or phone number changes you can notify the Greyhound Microchip Registry by submitting a Change of Contact Details (Retired Greyhound) form. If you re-home the greyhound to another person, you should ensure that a Change of Ownership (Retired Greyhound) form is submitted. All forms and further information about the Greyhound Microchip Registry can be found at https://greyhoundcare.grv.org.au/grv-microchip-registry/.