We can't wait to meetTopaz, Lucy, Lola, Frankie and Floyd! Thank you to everyone involved in pulling this all together -Racing 2 Rehome, Royal Hounds, and Greyhound Pets, Inc.!!
PILOT GLOBAL GREYHOUND REHOMING ALLIANCE TAKES OFF
Racing 2 Rehome, a not-for-profit volunteer run organisation, dedicated to the rescuing and rehoming of greyhounds throughout SE Gippsland and SE Melbourne suburbs, Australia announce today that the pups are in the air!
PILOT GLOBAL GREYHOUND REHOMING ALLIANCE TAKES OFF
25 October, 2019
Thanks to a passionate alliance of volunteer rehoming groups in Australia and the United States, ten retired racing greyhounds have embarked on a 15 hour journey across the Pacific to find their forever homes.
The greyhounds are part of a pilot program between the Victorian based volunteers at Racing 2 Rehome and two west coast greyhound rehoming groups, Royal Hounds and Greyhound Pet Inc, to ensure that after their careers are finished, every racing greyhound is given the best opportunity to live a happy and healthy life, as a much loved family pet.
Racing 2 Rehome’s Adoption Co-ordinator, Rebecca Miller said the idea of rehoming retired and desexed Australian greyhounds in the United States came about following a recent trip to North America.
“Due to their gentle and loving nature, the greyhound has a long and successful history as a pet in North America and at its peak, rehoming groups in the United States were finding loving homes for tens of thousands of greyhounds annually.”
“Of recent years the desire for these dogs as pets has outstripped the numbers of dogs available for rehoming, leaving many adoption groups without dogs and potential greyhound owners sitting on very long waiting lists.”
“That left me thinking. Here we have two very greyhound savvy countries who are both passionate about the breed, yet they find themselves in two very different circumstances. One country with a ready made adoption network and supply of loving homes waiting for greyhounds, and another country with healthy, beautiful dogs desperately in need of additional loving homes.”
“A loving home is a loving home, whether it is in Australia or the US. So, the solution was plainly obvious, let’s just put the two pieces of the puzzle together and we have a win-win situation for both dogs and potential owners.”
Rebecca said that with welcome changes in Australia, greyhound owners and trainers are making it a priority to give their dogs the opportunity of successful retirement.
“The demand in Australia for retired greyhounds as pets is high and continues to grow, however currently there are greyhounds across every state, who through no fault of their own, are slipping through the cracks and are falling outside the formal industry rehoming structure and rehoming criteria.”
“They are wonderful, happy greyhounds who we have found just need a little bit of extra time, or a different environment to help their transition to pet life. As a volunteer rehoming group, they are the dogs that we believe need the greatest assistance and we are always looking for new adoption families to adopt these beautiful greyhounds.”
“Once we became aware of the massive demand in the USA and the strict adoption protocols in place in these groups, we thought the rehoming of these Australian greyhounds to loving homes in the USA was an opportunity that deserved investigation,” she said.
Volunteers working together
The world of rehoming retired racers is filled with dedicated volunteers all sharing the same goal: finding homes for these amazing dogs. Thank you to everyone involved in pulling this all together – Racing 2 Rehome, Royal Hounds, and Greyhound Pets, Inc.!!
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About this pilot program: The Greyt Cause: Same breed, Same passion, Two Continents, Same Cause
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Ashley, Missie
Join us here each Monday as Regional Vice President Kathy Kreyling shares stories from the Adoption Center. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.
Ashley
People give themselves all sorts of birthday presents, but, I think that this lady came up with one of the best gifts ever — a Greyhound! She had such fun meeting all the dogs and it seemed it didn’t take her long to be attracted to a sweet, little fawn & white girl. This girl was pretty shy and she needed someone who was patient enough to let her blossom at her own pace — and I think that is exactly what Ashley, nka Missie, got!!
May
A young couple has been waiting for a long time to adopt their first Greyhound. They wanted to wait until they moved out of their apartment into a house and that day had finally come. They have been keeping a close eye on our website for quite a while, checking out all the girls that were available and, it’s kinda funny, just yesterday a girl popped up on the website that immediately caught the attention of both of the people. They tried to keep an open mind while they were introduced to all the dogs, but, when they met that particular dog, they were so smitten, it was very difficult for any of the other dogs to compete. From the minute they met her, I think we all knew that May, who came to us from South Korea, was going to be going home with them!!
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GoGo, Sam
Join us here each Monday as Regional Vice President Kathy Kreyling shares stories from the Adoption Center. Check out our Available Dogs to see who’s still waiting for their forever home.
GoGo
When you have had 5 Greyhounds, I would say you are really “hooked” and there is no other choice but to get another one when you have space in your home and heart for another one. This lady did just that. She has come to the kennel a couple of times looking for a new friend and while she met a lot of wonderful dogs, that little connection, just didn’t happen. But that completely changed when she met a sweet little black girl who won her heart. This girl is a little shy and not everyone can see the diamond in the rough but this lady could see exactly who GoGo is and what her potential is – she has and is going to have a wonderful friend!!!
Sam
In the past few weeks, we have had a few of our long-time residents find their homes and we had another one find a home today. This boy has been on quite a ride … he started out in Australia, then went to Macau, Woodinville (via Frankfort, Germany) and is now off to Coeur d’Alene, ID. The lady that adopted this boy has already had three Greyhounds and her current Grey, Penny, was in need of a playmate. Before she even got to Woodinville, she had been following a couple of the dogs that we have that are from Macau and she was hoping one of them would be a good fit for her. Our wonderful boy, Sam won over the lady and Penny in short order and she was thrilled to take him home!!
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Sailor, Pong
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Sailor
Sometimes our dogs have to wait for a really long time to meet their new parents and we do the best we can to keep them happy while they do (and, if I may say so, we do a pretty darn good job of it!!!). The guy that was adopted today was one of those guys. This sweet boy is one of the dogs we were able to help from Macau’s Canidrome. His new mom is from Portland and she has had her eye on him for quite a while — she kept sending me notes before she came to make sure he was still available. They finally got to meet last Saturday but they couldn’t go home together because of a commitment the mom had to fulfill. So, they had to wait one more week to make things official. I told the new mother that it was awfully hard to leave a dog at the kennel once you have made a decision and she confirmed that this had been the longest week in her life EVER!!! Never fear, today, they were reunited and Sailor, nka Jhin, headed off to Portland with his new mom.
Pong
Chalk up another Greyhound for Canada!! A family with three children (aged 4, 9 & 11) were looking for a Greyhound to add to their household. They needed a cat friendly dog that also did well with children and you KNOW that is not easy to find! But, we did!! Some dogs were too shy and some too bold, but they found a very special boy who was the biggest dog we got on the load that came in two weeks ago and, at the age of 15 months, he was also the youngest dog on that load. He seemed to be unfazed by everything he encountered … so, Pong (who is the first dog adopted out of that last load) headed off to Canada with his new family!!!
