GALTx eNews: A Shortage Of Greys? No Way!
We hear talk that people perceive a shortage of adoptable retired racing greyhounds. We have a hard time seeing it that way. In addition to all of our available hounds, more than twenty hounds are currently calling GALT's leased kennel a temporary home, and the majority of them are retired racers.
For example, Dobbler is a young boy who ran about 31 races at Mardi Gras, Gulf and Dubuque before retiring in December 2018 and joining the GALT family. Woodrow (brother to GALT's Giovanna) is a 1.5 year old boy who raced just nine races early this year at Sanford-Orlando. Thriller is a bit more mature at six years old. He has over 100 races under his paws, all at Derby Lane, and he also sired 10 offspring. He definitely earned his happy retirement! These gentleman retired racers and all the other hounds in our kennel share one thing - they need to spend a little time in a foster home to prepare themselves for adoption.
And that's where we see a real shortage! All of our foster homes are full right now and have been operating at capacity for some time. If you live in the Dallas, Austin or Albuquerque areas and have been thinking about fostering, please take the next step to help these hounds find forever homes. You can reach our fostering team with any questions by email at [email protected] or complete an on line application right here.
If fostering just isn't for you, please consider a donation to GALT's Help A Hound Fund to help us cover the cost of operating the kennel for these pups until a foster home becomes available.
