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Greyhound Adoption in Melbourne and Victoria
These wonderful Greyhounds are looking for their "forever" home. More dogs and the details about individual dogs can be found on our "Greyhounds for Adoption" page.
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Greyhound Safety Net is an incorporated association, registered as a charity, dedicated to Greyhound adoption.
We help greyhounds who are no longer needed for whatever reason, whether they have finished their racing careers, finished their breeding years, or were never fast enough to make it to the racing track.
We invite you to look through our website for information about us, our dogs available for adoption, and how you might help a Greyhound move from kennel to couch.
We help greyhounds who are no longer needed for whatever reason, whether they have finished their racing careers, finished their breeding years, or were never fast enough to make it to the racing track.
We invite you to look through our website for information about us, our dogs available for adoption, and how you might help a Greyhound move from kennel to couch.
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Deepest Regrets on passing of a wonderful supporter and friend.
It is with great sorrow that we have recently heard of the passing of Adam Herbert. Adam adopted Max from Greyhound Safety Net in 2009, and has been a wonderful supporter of greyhounds and GSN ever since. He will be sadly missed. Our sincere condolences to his wife Debbie and his family and friends.
Sarah with Lilly & Ruby
Welfare group that rehomes racing dogs expects influx of NSW greyhounds
Nicholas Payne, Mordialloc Chelsea Leader, July 19, 2016
GREYHOUND carer Sarah Lawson is urging locals to consider foster care, as she braces for a flood of ex-racing dogs out of New South Wales. The state’s premier Mike Baird declared a ban on the sport, which will begin mid-2017.
Ms Lawson said the effect of the ban will mean a surge of new dogs needing to be homed.
“There will certainly be a flow of dogs out of NSW,” she said. “As it is already, we struggle to find homes at the moment for the Victorian greyhounds.”
The Mordialloc resident and Greyhound Safety Net committee member has two greyhounds of her own, Lilly and Ruby, and has been a greyhound carer for more than eight years. “They’re such gentle, docile dogs,” Ms Lawson said. “I love getting to know each unique, lovable personality and watching as the greyhound experiences the joy of being part of the family for the first time.”
The Greyhound Safety Net works to provide short-term and permanent homes for ex-racing dogs, and they’re always seeking new foster carers to help with their growing intake. The greyhounds are normally fostered out for six to eight weeks, and each foster carer is provided with dog food, a collar, a lead, and a warm coat for their skinny new ward.
“We need short term foster homes and forever homes as well,” Ms Lawson said. “Every dog adopted enables GSN to save another greyhound’s life by bringing it into the foster program.”
Mr Baird’s ban followed an NSW industry report that found as many as 68,000 greyhounds had been slaughtered in the past 12 years.
Ms Lawson said the effect of the ban will mean a surge of new dogs needing to be homed.
“There will certainly be a flow of dogs out of NSW,” she said. “As it is already, we struggle to find homes at the moment for the Victorian greyhounds.”
The Mordialloc resident and Greyhound Safety Net committee member has two greyhounds of her own, Lilly and Ruby, and has been a greyhound carer for more than eight years. “They’re such gentle, docile dogs,” Ms Lawson said. “I love getting to know each unique, lovable personality and watching as the greyhound experiences the joy of being part of the family for the first time.”
The Greyhound Safety Net works to provide short-term and permanent homes for ex-racing dogs, and they’re always seeking new foster carers to help with their growing intake. The greyhounds are normally fostered out for six to eight weeks, and each foster carer is provided with dog food, a collar, a lead, and a warm coat for their skinny new ward.
“We need short term foster homes and forever homes as well,” Ms Lawson said. “Every dog adopted enables GSN to save another greyhound’s life by bringing it into the foster program.”
Mr Baird’s ban followed an NSW industry report that found as many as 68,000 greyhounds had been slaughtered in the past 12 years.
An update on our campaign to feature Black greyhounds
We are pleased to report that we exceeded our target of finding forever homes for over 50% of the adoptions last year being black dogs. This came about by a lot of hard work and determination by Julie, but once given the chance to meet these black dogs face to face and see how beautiful they looked in their glossy coats, people just fell in love with them. Pictured below are just some of them at this year's Christmas Party.
Black is the new "Must Have"
At long last, black is back in vogue. Fashionistas are raving about black as being the only colour to be seen with, citing black fits into any decor, looks great with any fashion and best of all a few black dog hairs are hardly noticeable.
All this is rather ironic for BLACK DOG POWER, the official group of Greyhounds fighting against discrimination against, and prejudice of, black dogs. Spokesdog Black Betty says that a fashion trend has done more for black dog rights than the group has been able to achieve. She quotes that, to date, while 50% of all Greyhounds are black, sadly they don’t make up 50% of those adopted. “For too long people have turned away from black dogs as being too plain or not pretty” says Black Betty. BLACK DOG POWER, whose motto is “I’m Black and I’m Proud” points out that no other coat colour is as shiny or as glossy as black.
Lucy, who had to wait several years before her chance at adoption, said despair amongst black dogs at kennels was rife. She describes her long wait as almost unbearable after seeing all the “prettier” dogs find homes. She points out that finding a home if you’re black is hard enough but if you have other disadvantages like age, health problems or even being male can make it almost impossible.
Lucky for them, this is changing, as black is now once again popular. Finally, everyone is starting to realise “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”.
Note: It is widely recognised amongst animal shelters world-wide that black dogs are the hardest animals to re-home. This tragic reality even has a name - Black Dog Syndrome. There is no logical reason for this, although theories include that black is harder to photograph, superstition that black dogs (and cats) brought bad luck in centuries past, that dogs in movies playing ‘villains’ are usually black, and that black dogs are more intimidating than other dogs. In reality, a dog’s colour has no affect on the dog’s temperament and personality, so when considering adopting a dog, please don’t discard the black greyhound on its colour, look beyond this and see the real dog inside the black coat.
This year Greyhound Safety Net has set itself a target - to find homes for 50 black greyhounds - that is 50% of the number of all dogs re-homed in the last year.
All this is rather ironic for BLACK DOG POWER, the official group of Greyhounds fighting against discrimination against, and prejudice of, black dogs. Spokesdog Black Betty says that a fashion trend has done more for black dog rights than the group has been able to achieve. She quotes that, to date, while 50% of all Greyhounds are black, sadly they don’t make up 50% of those adopted. “For too long people have turned away from black dogs as being too plain or not pretty” says Black Betty. BLACK DOG POWER, whose motto is “I’m Black and I’m Proud” points out that no other coat colour is as shiny or as glossy as black.
Lucy, who had to wait several years before her chance at adoption, said despair amongst black dogs at kennels was rife. She describes her long wait as almost unbearable after seeing all the “prettier” dogs find homes. She points out that finding a home if you’re black is hard enough but if you have other disadvantages like age, health problems or even being male can make it almost impossible.
Lucky for them, this is changing, as black is now once again popular. Finally, everyone is starting to realise “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”.
Note: It is widely recognised amongst animal shelters world-wide that black dogs are the hardest animals to re-home. This tragic reality even has a name - Black Dog Syndrome. There is no logical reason for this, although theories include that black is harder to photograph, superstition that black dogs (and cats) brought bad luck in centuries past, that dogs in movies playing ‘villains’ are usually black, and that black dogs are more intimidating than other dogs. In reality, a dog’s colour has no affect on the dog’s temperament and personality, so when considering adopting a dog, please don’t discard the black greyhound on its colour, look beyond this and see the real dog inside the black coat.
This year Greyhound Safety Net has set itself a target - to find homes for 50 black greyhounds - that is 50% of the number of all dogs re-homed in the last year.
Some photos of our gentle hounds
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Foster carers needed urgently
We are in urgent need of foster carers to help out with our older rescued greyhounds while they patiently wait for their forever homes. Could you please contact Julie on 0431 747 130 or by email if you can find a place in your home and your heart to help out one of these beautiful 'oldies'.
