Category: Success Story

Pax was our first foster and first foster fail. We picked Pax up from Shenton Park Dog Refuge when they had asked if GAWA had a foster home for a greyhound that wasn’t coping in the kennels. To our surprise he was a greyhound X and had previously been rehomed a couple of times south of Perth. Pax has been a character ever since he stepped paw in our door. I think he knew this would be his forever home when he first arrived it was just us that needed to catch up on that fact. It’s taken him some…Read moreSuccess Story: Pax

We decided to foster last year and were quickly sent the beautiful April. We already had a greyhound and wanted to do something to help these beautiful souls. April was a bit of an older girl coming in at 6-years-old and already having had 2 litters. Once she settled in with us, we were quick to notice her teeth were in horrible shape. After consulting with vets and Greyhound Adoptions WA, the decision was made to remove every single one of her teeth as they were beyond saving. This went over three procedures over a period of a few months.…Read moreSuccess Story: April

We were first time foster parents and SO nervous as I saw Ronny and his little white tipped tail hop out of the GAWA volunteer’s car. He was skinny, had fleas and was wide eyed scared. But we had so much support from the GAWA family. Over the weeks we got to know his sweet and gentle personality. My daughter formed a bond with him immediately! It didn’t take long for a family to adopt him but the universe had other plans. He came back to me after the family had a change of heart. We could never let him…Read moreSuccess Story: Ronny

We fostered Smurf a few months before Christmas 2021. I instantly fell in love with Smurf’s adorable quirks and constantly pestered my partner to pleeeeeeease let us adopt her. All my pestering paid off because we foster failed and adopted our Smurfy girl Christmas 2021. She is our resident couch potato and roaching princess. Smurf’s sweet cartoon eyes and frosty brows could let her get away with Murder. She has completed our little family and is the best jealous little sister to her brother Archie.  A huge thank you to Jaicelyn for sharing your “Success Story” with Greyhound Adoptions WA.

My partner, Keegan and I adopted Archie in 2020. We had just relocated to Perth and were looking to adopt a dog which would suit our lifestyle. We both agreed we wanted a relatively low maintenance breed that would be happy chilling out most of the time. After a friend mentioned how beautiful greyhounds were, we decided to reach out to GAWA and the rest is history. Archie was such a shy boy when we first met him but after a few weeks or so, started to show his personality. He is definitely not afraid to let us know it’s…Read moreSuccess Story: Archie

We had a Border Collie and Retriever for 13 years. When they passed away within 6 months of each other, our whole family were heartbroken. When the second dog died, my wife and I made a decision to have no more dogs and we were pretty adamant about it.This was until 9 months later, when our daughter fostered Bambi and within days we knew we just had to adopt her. Bambi came to us straight from a racing kennel via the vets. When she arrived she was 5kg underweight, had kennel coat, was starving and very quiet. All she wanted…Read moreSuccess Story: Bambi

Bonnie (Little Miss Bonnie Boo) celebrating 7 greyt years with this foster fail. I still recall her jumping into my car, head out the window and off to her forever home. Having only just out of racing, she had a lot to learn about living in a home, however her brother, Big Jay and I soon taught her everything important for her new life. Beds, couches and food! Bonnie will be celebrating her 11th birthday soon and what a greyt journey it’s been. We’ve met the most amazing people and greyhounds because of adopting Bonnie, and of course we’ll always…Read moreSuccess Story: Bonnie

We have had Tango (previously Leo) for a year. I thought I would try fostering but I fell in love within 3 days of him arriving into my home. Tango is such a gentleman, he is also loyal and is either sleeping or following me around the house. His favourite time of the day is his walk! We let Tango decide to like us when he was ready to be adopted after his 5 yrs of racing and it paid off. He knew we were kind and trusted us quickly. He’s a delight and such an important part of our…Read moreSuccess Story: Tango

Pirate Paddy was a foster fail who came to me from Darwin. He had an obviously very hard life coming from the racing industry, he came to me he had a eye perforation which had been left with no veterinary treatment – he literally had a hole where the eye once would have been. Also along with his eye injury he had a terrible stomach infection. I was very concerned whether he could actually overcome all of his health issues. At that time I promised Pirate Paddy that if he overcome his injuries, I would love him forever and give…Read moreSuccess Story: Pirate Paddy

Almost 3 years ago, Coco and Jerry came into my life as first-time greyhound foster babies. Coco and Jerry are a loveable, gentle, affectionate and mesmerising pair. It was a no brainer to adopt them. Soon after Theo, came along. He was only supposed to be an emergency weekend foster, however, his next foster carer fell through. Theo was anxious in new situations and he had settled into a routine. He has irresistible, soulful eyes which pierced your heart when he stared at you. It seemed unfair to uproot him when he had already been through enough. So he stayed.…Read moreSuccess Story: Coco, Jerry and Theo