Look how happy Silke the greyhound is having just been adopted and being driven away to her new loving home. Smiles were the order of the day as 31 former racing greyhounds were adopted into homes at an Adoption Day ...
VIDEO: Every Greyhound Has a Story – Peggy-Lou Athorn
When a greyhound blood donor saved the life of Peggy-Lou Athorn’s pet bull-terrier, she promised that one day she would repay the debt to the docile breed. True to her word, she has fostered numerous former racing greyhounds, bringing them ...
VIDEO: Every Greyhound Has a Story – Don & Jenny Graham
Few people are as dedicated to re-homing former racing greyhounds than Don & Jenny Graham. The Carrum Downs couple continues to foster greyhounds despite having many of their own as pets, and they volunteer countless hours of their time at ...
VIDEO: Every Greyhound Has a Story – Derarca, Cena & Geordie
Fostering an ex-racing greyhound to help prepare it for life as a household pet has proven a life-changing moment for Derarca O’Mahony. Derarca, from the trendy Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, said the try-before-you-buy nature of fostering greyhounds through the ...
VIDEO: Every Greyhound Has a Story – Fred Basset
Greyhound Racing Victoria and its Greyhound Adoption Program are proud to launch the first in a special series of videos bringing to life the successful ‘Every Greyhound Has a Story’ photographic exhibition, which was showcased across Victoria in 2014/15. . ...
Unintended initiation with greyhounds rekindled by twenty cents and a tantrum
Koroit local Denis Morgan has recently adopted his first greyhound through the Greyhound Adoption Program following an involvement in racing greyhounds. He bought his first greyhound for five pounds as a teenager with money saved from doing a local paper ...
VIDEO: Hands-on approach to greyhound ownership simply a case of doing what’s right
Greyhound Racing Victoria strongly encourages anyone considering buying into a greyhound pup or race dog to first consider the dog’s future beyond the racetrack.
VIDEO: Preparing greyhounds for the Greyhound Adoption Program
Socialising your greyhound with other dog breeds in a controlled environment can go a long way towards ensuring he or she is accepted into the Greyhound Adoption Program, and goes on to live a long and happy life as somebody’s ...
VIDEO: 70/70 a Perfect Score for Greyhound Adoption Day
Australia’s record for the number of greyhounds finding new homes in a single day has been blown out of the water today at The Meadows. Seventy greyhounds were available at today’s Adoption Day at The Meadows, with all 70 finding ...
COMING SOON: Melbourne’s Biggest Ever Greyhound Adoption Day!
More than 70 greyhounds including three irresistible young puppies will be available for adoption at The Meadows on Sunday 1 May in what is set to be Melbourne’s biggest ever greyhound ‘Adoption Day’. Interest in greyhounds as pets is at ...