ADOPT or FOSTER a greyhound
Apply
Apply online and a volunteer will come and meet with your family
Match
Our team will find the perfect greyhound match to suit your lifestyle
Meet
Come to Greyhound Rescue to meet your new family member
Trial
A three-week trial period ensures you’ve found your new BFF
ADOPT a greyhound
Our adoption process is designed to find the best match between hound and family so that everyone has the best chance at success! Adoptions are carefully matched on a case-by-case basis, with our experienced staff and volunteers evaluating the temperament of the greyhound and the needs of the adopters.
Once hounds are adopted, we provide ongoing support to ensure that our greyhounds are living their happily-ever-after; simply fill in an application form and one of our dedicated volunteer Adoption Coordinators will be in touch!
The adoption fee is $495 and includes vaccination, microchipping, and all hounds are flea, worm, and heartworm treated. This fee also includes our Starter Kit which contains a collar, leash, muzzle and loads of other goodies to help you get your new hound settled into the family.
FOSTER a Greyhound
Foster carers play an incredibly important role. As a foster carer with Greyhound Rescue you will be provided with ongoing support as you start a rescued hound on their journey to pet life. We have no set time on foster care, however the average placement is 3–6 months. Greyhound Rescue will pay all necessary vet bills and flea/tick/worm medication. We ask that the foster carer provides food and love.
Foster carers should be prepared to take on hounds with higher needs. We require carers who are willing and able to work with hounds that may be timid, have medical issues, or need further training in how they relate to other people and dogs.
If fostering isn’t right for your family, why not consider adopting a hound – we match hounds to homes on a case-by-case basis, with a three-week trial period to ensure a good fit – or perhaps sponsor a hound via our ‘Help A Hound’ program.
Béchamel lives for cuddles
In her new life with Liz and Simon, Béchamel has really landed on her feet – or, alternatively, in roach position, depending on her mood.
Tonya meets her match in Gracie the endurance hound
When applying to adopt a greyhound, Tonya’s one request was that she’d like a dog happy to walk with her each day. “I certainly got that!” she says. Gracie, who she adopted at eight months old, is in her element on a bushwalk and happily continues for an hour or more at a time, earning her the nickname ‘endurance hound’.