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If you’re thinking about fostering or adopting a greyhound, we at
God’s Greyts would like to tell you a little bit about how our “foster
to adopt” program works. We do not "stock" a huge number of greyhounds.
We have several dogs in foster care that are mostly already spoken for.
What we do is talk to each potential foster home/adopter to find out
about their family dynamic and what they are looking for in personality
and temperament of the dog. (We don't recommend choosing a greyhound by
color). Then, we go to the track kennels and "shop" for what you
want.... cat friendly, laid back, active, outgoing...whatever you want!
The dog then goes into one of our greyhound savvy foster homes until the
next scheduled vet appt. where they will be spayed or neutered, have all
their vaccines, heartworm test, dental cleaning and a nail trim. They go
back into the grey expert home to recover from the surgery for a few
days and then we bring them to your home and do a brief educational
session with your family on caring for this unique breed. Sometimes we
will have dogs in foster care that are available and ready to be
adopted, We’d be glad to tell you all about them and even arrange for a
visit. We provide a crate, bed, dog food, collar with ID tag and a
leash, all free of charge to our foster homes. If you decide to adopt,
you can purchase the crate if you wish for $75, which is less than you'd
pay anywhere. We get a great "rescue" price from the factory that makes
these awesome crates and we pass the savings on to our adopters. Just a
note, if there is ever a hurricane and you need to evacuate your family
to a shelter, you can only take your dog there if you have a crate for
it. They do not provide crates and they don't allow uncrated dogs. These
crates fold up and store easily in a narrow space in your garage or
shed. If you fall in love with your foster greyhound, you’ll have the
first option to adopt, even if someone else is interested in your foster
dog. If you are serious about adopting but don’t “connect” with the
first or second foster, you can keep fostering different dogs until the
“right” one comes along. Our adoption fee is $225 and that is about half
the cost of the retail price of the vet services...again, we get rescue
pricing. We also provide a new special greyhound leash and a tag collar.
We provide a personalized ID tag upon the dog being formally adopted, as
greyhounds should NEVER go without ID. They run 40 MPH and if they ever
get loose, it's crucial that they have their ID tag on. We order the the
tags
with whatever information YOU want on them. We recommend having your
cell phone number(s) on the tag. Please be aware that greyhounds can
NEVER be let "off leash" unless they are in a completely fenced in area.
They must be kept as indoor pets, as they cannot tolerate extremes in
temperature and could easily die of heat stroke. We insist upon these
two conditions being met as stated in our adoption contract that you
must agree upon by signing. We have a brief handbook that you can obtain
from our "downloads" page or we can email
or snail mail it to you if you are interested in finding out more about this unique
breed. Simply email us at godsgreyts@mac.com or call and request it. If you’d
like to submit an application to adopt, please email us and
we’ll send it to you right away. Keep checking back to our website as we
are just starting to build it. Thanks for your interest in God’s Greyts! Carol Becker – President Chuck Bartaway – VP Nancy Buck – Sec/Treas |