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About Greyhounds

Greyhounds are very clean, intelligent and big couch potatoes sleeping approximately 18 hours a day. Click below to learn more about this ancient breed.

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Adoptable Greyhounds

All of our Adoptable Greyhounds are in foster homes where they are learning about retired life. Enjoy reading about our current adoptable greyhounds.

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Adoption Application

Our on-line Adoption Application is designed to better recommend suitable adoptable greyhounds to you. Apply today for a chance to adopt a greyhound.

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Events

Want to meet some greyhounds? Greyhound foster dogs and ambassadogs would love to meet you! So come out and meet the dogs and their people!

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♥ ♥ See’s Candy Valentine’s Day Fundraiser ♥ ♥

Greyhound Welfare is dedicated to the adoption of retired racing greyhounds. We are a 100% volunteer-based organization supported only through donations and fundraising efforts to pay for transportation and medical costs of our foster hounds. Support our greyhound fosters by ordering yummy chocolates and candy from See’s Candy.  

We receive at least 20% of your purchase from See’s!

Fundraiser Dates: January 13th through January 31st

 ♥  ORDER HERE!!  ♥ 

Please share the fundraiser link with your family and friends!!

Additional information on the fundraiser is provided at this page.
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MEET GIGI

Gigi, racing name JSP Get Smoked, is a petite black 2-year-old girl who retired after 17 races just in time for the holidays. She’s a sweet, friendly girl who is in constant motion when out of bed.  Gigi enjoys a good stuffie to play with.  She sleeps through the night quietly. She does great on car rides….laying down and quietly resting for the ride.

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RESOURCES

Feeding Raw

Dog Parks and Fun Runs 

Additional Resources

 

MEET ‘N GREET EVENTS

Saturday 2/1/2025 11am – 1pm
Weber’s Pet Supermarket, 2280 Hunters Woods Plaza, Reston, VA
Foster Dogs Attending: TBD
 
Saturday 2/15/2025 11am – 1pm
Unleashed by Petco, 3134 Olney Sandy Spring Rd, Olney MD
Foster Dogs Attending: TBD
 
 
ATTENTION

Greyhound Welfare is not accepting adoption applications from homes with cats.
 
RETIRED NOT RESCUED

Racing Greyhounds do not need rescuing. When they retire, racing greyhounds are ready to be adopted and settle into their forever homes. Please respect these highly trained athletes for their accomplishments and don’t refer to a racing greyhound as needing to be rescued. They need to be adopted.
 
NGA Certificates Available for Your Hound

If you own an ex-racing greyhound, your dog has papers! You can now register your greyhound with the official North American greyhound registry, The National Greyhound Association. A portion of the purchase of each certificate goes to a greyhound adoption group of your choice. This is a win-win for everybody in the world of greyhound adoption.