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A Pictorial Essay on Greyhound
Rescue and Adoption


If you would like to help with any part of this process described in this section, call Joyce McRorie at (714) 962-0789. Or you can send email to Joyce: gpa@pacbell.net


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Up on the Farm

[Image: farm] Before we place our dogs in foster homes, we take them to a kennel facility in California's high desert. This stay allows us to monitor their health for a period of time and make sure that they are ready to enter a foster home. Having use of the kennel also allows us to pick up a large number of dogs at a time from the track, regardless of the number of foster homes currently available. The photo at right shows some of the 100-yard-long turn-out pens at the farm. In hot weather, they can be placed in air-conditioned kennels. Read about a recent dog food run to the farm.


[Image: farm] The picture at left is a close-up of a turn-out pen at the farm.

The high quality food we provide there, as well as the expert care they receive, means that dogs who have spent some time on the farm gain weight and get back a full coat of hair.

Most of the dogs from the track have no hair on their buns and stomach.

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Introduction to a Foster Home

The foster family then brings the greyhound home. Since we usually pick up dogs on Saturday morning, the family will have the rest of the weekend to spend with the dog. In the next couple of weeks, the foster family has a number of tasks to accomplish. They will take the greyhound to a veterinarian who cooperates with GPA for neutering/spaying, teeth cleaning, and heartworm check. They housetrain the dog and socialize it to life in a home (read about the Foster Home Experience).

Visit by a Prospective Adoptive Family

Once a prospective adopter has sent in an adoption application, he or she is contacted by a Placement Representative (read about our adoption procedures). The representative, who has discussed the adopter's interests and needs in a dog during a home visit, helps him or her set up a visit to a dog in a foster family's home.

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