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After our beautiful Irish Wolfhound and our Scottish Deerhound crossed the rainbow bridge in the last 8 months, we were left with a devastating hound-size hole in our hearts and homes. Life seemed pretty pointless without a dog and after 5 long weeks we decided to take a gamble and foster Millie. A scared bundle of legs, nose, and big eyes was delivered and we were in love at first sight. 5 weeks on , that same overwhelmed, shivering bundle has emerged into ‘Millie the Minx’. She is full of life and delighting in learning how to be a dog.…Read moreSuccess Story: Millie and Vinnie

Pippy was was an emergency foster and we quickly went from being on a foster waiting list to meeting our soon-to-be forever little girl. Upon meeting Pip, she was so sweet straight away, and we had to teach her how yo use the stairs in our apartment. After a few days of training, with a lot of cheese and some amazing help from my greyhound friends, she mastered up and down the stairs in only a week. We had Pip for 3 weeks before we decided to adopt her. Pip was a huge cuddle bug from day one, but a…Read moreSuccess Story: Pip

This is DelBoy (originally “Dwert”)! I mean does he look like a Dwert! Having suffered a serious work injury has left me permanently disabled and need to use a walker to mobilise, even very short distances. For a very long time, I lost all confidence in going out by myself due to feeling extremely vulnerable. As I discovered, not every dog can walk next to a mobility aid because they have a fear of getting their paws stood on, but not DelBoy! He was more than happy to walk alongside me. Plus, so many people actually wanted to stop and…Read moreSuccess Story: DelBoy

I “rescued ” Boots on march 16, 2019.I did not want a dog. I had a very busy life at the time. Work. Kids, sports etc.My daughter, Sarah, wanted a dog.We compromised.I admit to knowing very little about Greyhounds until 2019. When Boots moved him. He was so shy and nervous. He just didn’t know what to do with himself. It took him 2 years to bark. We talk about how we adopt them. We rescue them. But we don’t talk about how they rescue us. Boots saved my life. I had some serious medical and mental health issues over…Read moreSuccess Story: Boots

We adopted Sid in January 2023 and couldn’t have wished for a better dog! Each morning if I’ve forgotten to set my alarm, he comes into my room (at usual alarm time) and wakes me up. He then waits for our daughter to wake up, cue teeth chatters the minute her room door opens, followed by cuddles in the hallway. He then enjoys brekky in the backyard followed by a morning walk to the park. We all head off to work and school and Sid snoozes the day away. We arrive home and he enthusiastically waits behind the front door,…Read moreSuccess Story: Sid

Rex has been with our family for almost 9 years now! He is the most patient old boy, who is amazing with our young kids. Rex mostly spends his days now sleeping outside in the sunshine, but even at almost 11 years old he still has his daily outburst of zoomies. Just a lot slower than they used to be! His favourite time of the day is dinner, which makes us laugh every time watching his little dancey dance when he can see his dinner about to be given to him! As Rex is starting to get old we decided…Read moreSuccess Story: Rex and Betty

My husband and I decided we wanted to get a greyhound when we finally found a rental that allowed dogs. I wanted a big dog, but we both wanted one that would be happy in a smaller home, as we were living in a townhouse at the time. He had a good friend who had a pet greyhound and she was delightful, gentle, quit, calm and happily living in a Melbourne inner-city apartment! I took a bit of convincing as my only exposure to greyhounds had been on TV seeing them running, muzzled in races. But he assured me they…Read moreSuccess Story: Archie

Poppy was our 10th foster girl and arrived to us after a long drive from Darwin. She was smelly, dirty, but excited about her new home and an assortment of beds to choose from. Our usual tradition of ordering pizza the first night we have a foster dog didn’t happen, it was like an omen to let us know Poppy wasn’t just a foster – but will become a permanent part of our family. Poppy has been in our lives for 3 and a half years now and we cannot imagine life without her. She is extremely independent, the boss…Read moreSuccess Story: Poppy

Hi! I’m Miso, formerly known as Ivy. I’ve been living my best life with my adoptive parents for 4 months now and I have to say, I am loving being the centre of their world! I enjoy following them around and standing in their way if they try to do anything that doesn’t involve me (we are a family now after all!). One of my favorite things to do is snootavise meal preparation times, you just never know when something might fall on the floor requiring a prompt clean up by me. When I realize there is food in my…Read moreSuccess Story: Miso

Brinny came to us in 2020 as a foster. When I picked her up from Larkhill Vets, she was very timid and shut down. At first, Brinny refused to leave her bed for any reason, doing all her business and eating on a 1mx1m bed. After a few days, she gradually followed my boy Samson around and started to interact. Slowly but surely, she came out of her shell and started playing with Sammy and nagging us for pats. I realised I couldn’t let her go. She is now named Brynn – we are so glad we adopted her and…Read moreSuccess Story: Brynn