Adopting a greyhound is an important decision. You and your hound will hopefully have many wonderful adventures together and both of your lives will be changed for the better. We believe that time spent finding out about you, your lifestyle and circumstances will reap big rewards in matching you with the most suitable dog.
1. Get In Touch
Express your interest in adoption by contacting the kennel team or filling in the Adoption Enquiry Form below to help us discover what you’re looking for. If we have a potential match for you, we will then arrange an appointment for you to come and meet the hounds. Even if we don’t have the right hound in the kennels, we will still welcome you to visit to spend time with and walk other hounds while waiting for the right one to come along.
2. The Home Visit
Once you and the kennel team are certain that one of our hounds is right for you, we will provide you with our helpful information leaflets and booklets. One of our experienced home checkers will visit your home to check the environment is suitable for a greyhound. Appropriate fencing is essential to give the hound a safe and secure area to toilet and play. During the visit, we will talk through with you what greyhound ownership is all about, advise on any potential teething issues and give you the opportunity to ask any further questions you may have.
3. Adoption Paperwork
Once the home visit has been successfully completed, an appointment can be made to fill in the adoption paperwork and take your greyhound home. The adoption fee is £200 and includes a leather collar and lead, a muzzle and 4 weeks free Petplan insurance. We also sell coats, food and harnesses.
4. How’s It Going?
Whether you are a new or seasoned adopter, the early weeks of greyhound ownership can be a mixture of delight and challenge and we are here to help every step of the way; to hear about the joys and give advice for the worries.
We will stay in touch by phone in the first few days and weeks, then will carry out a post adoption home visit after 3 to 4 weeks. This is to check that everything is going well for you and your greyhound, for you to share happy stories and to chat about any concerns or issues.
We have found homes for over 2600 Greyhounds – our kennel team are friendly, kind and experienced, and care about each and every homed dog throughout its life. We love to receive updates of them happy in their new homes.
5. Trust The Process
We never want our greyhounds to be returned. However, please be assured we will always take our homed hounds back into our care no matter how long they have been adopted. The adoption process is in place to ensure a successful transition from us to permanent, loving homes.
