Greylvr

Because you are questioning the way I placed bull breeds, if you have never had to deal with the stereotypes that come with bulls breeds or have to watch a breed you love close to being extinct then you wouldn't understand the levels people will go through to protect them and making sure they are not exposed to small animals is one of those ways to protect them. Years ago us bully lovers had to read about Germany taking 1,000s of dogs and killing them just because irresponsible owners didn't take the precautions to keep the breed safe so a few bad dogs got a ton of good dogs killed it was so sad. I have no problems taking advice and welcome it actually

Not sure on changes you can make but when I worked at shelters you get use to the barking. I suppose you could put some sort of think of the front of the kennels to block view but then how would you see if they need cleaned?

Have you ever owned an Am staff, pit bull or anything close? have you seen the fear in people's eyes when you walk them? Have you seen or heard what people say when one screams to get to another dog or cat? Why risk it when the breed is going to be extinct if people are not very careful on placing them. Lets put it this way, what if greyhounds were terrifying to the majority of people, and what if they are notorious for killing small animals even those trained not to or those raised with cats, what if each animal hurt by the breed was another nail in the coffin of this breed would you not want someone to be very careful on placing them? Would deem the dog aggressive because it wants to kill a cat? Or would you just prefer not to risk it and make sure you are educating the public and minimizing the risk that another animal can be hurt for the sake of the breed? Yes I know the laws about them never being off leash, I knew that GAP could get dogs their green collar. I also knew that even with a green collar they cant be off lead. I know the laws and have already put them in my book marks so that I can print them out to put in the go home packet for adopters. I knew you could get them green collars but was unsure if we should do it before adoption or let the adopters go through with it. I had also lost the link on the exact place to have it done. I am certainly glad that these two large rescues were absolutely perfect and never made a mistake or had t learn anything they must have been born with the laws in grained into them wish I could have been born that way. Look I am not going to run out grab the first 10 greyhounds I see throw them all in my house and run to gumtree to find homes day one. Which it seems many here think is going to happen. I have been working on my mission statement, and go home packets, I am looking at ordering muzzles, collars and leashes to give to the owner when they adopt. I am looking into good greyhound product places that I can send to the new owners. I am looking into a ton of resources to print out and send with the new owners. I am looking at the best record keeping product that will be able to hold all the info we will keep on the dog. We will be keeping files on all the dogs that will contain everything and a copy will be given to the new owners. I understand that you love this breed and are protective of them. I wouldnt be too worried about us we will be fine as will the dogs. As far as redefining the wheel what is it you think we are trying to redefine?

That dog was cat aggressive we managed. My cat will remain safe. At that time we took up to 20 dogs and had a huge set up for them. They all got time in the house with the family and had huge divided yards. We would work with the dogs and ensure the safety of the cat and fairness of both dog and cat. Our house is actually well set up so that neither of the two would have to come in contact but still both be inside. If we got a dog that was like this it would most likely be kept with my daughter who is in the back of the house with a dividing door and plenty of room. We then have the main part of the house which is then divided from the front part of the house its a nice set up actually.

Actually I am a dog trainer did it as a business for some time. I am also trained by the HSUS in temp testing, and humane training took it when I worked for Animal Control. I have a lot of experience with dogs. I have worked as a vet tech for many years, have gone to college for vet tech so I am not just some run of the mill person who has no experience with dogs, dog behavior etc. I spend many years training dogs, working with aggressive dogs and their owners to make them safer and more under control. Not to say I will ever adopt out an aggressive dog but when you have people who need help with their dogs and you can help them that was my job. Excellent I was gong to suggest you get one but you've got it covered. :D Well I have been trained on temp testing shelter dogs, but not sighthounds specifically so may need to look into that do you know of any in Victoria or anything special they look at? We were trained in looking for resource guarding, full body touching, prey drive, and stuff like that we had sighthounds come into the shelter and just did the typical temp testing. I'm not sure about sighthound specific tests. I know that in America the temp tests for working/hunt scent hounds were a bit different to the other dogs (making allowances for their high scent/prey drives and general disinterest in people :laugh:) I don't know if they have sighthound specific testing but I imagine there would have to be some leniency given their prey drive? Perhaps chat to a few sighthound people and some temp tester contacts and see if there is one. It would be interesting to find out. On the subject of temp testing, I don't necessarily agree with a blanket temp test for all breeds as what someone considers abnormal for one breed can be completely normal in another...but that's another discussion there lol Well the training I took went over the different types of dogs it was a pretty inclusive week long class. I also studied under a great trainer/behavioralist that taught me a ton when I was running my dog training business. I will do some digging and let you know what I come up with

Yes I know, but usually when people sign a contract they try to stick to it. I am not sure why my asking people to do this equates to me not being a good rescue, I can tell you really really don't want us to do this I just cant understand why. Why are we so bad? Why are we not capable of running a good rescue and helping dogs. Do you give all new rescues this much trouble or just greyhound ones? I have been involved in dogs since I Was 15 and volunteering at a vet, I spent all my adult life working for vets, going to school to be a vet tech, working at shelters and humane societies, running rescues. I think maybe its just you dont understand how dedicated I am to helping animals its not a hobby for me its a passion.

Actually I am a dog trainer did it as a business for some time. I am also trained by the HSUS in temp testing, and humane training took it when I worked for Animal Control. I have a lot of experience with dogs. I have worked as a vet tech for many years, have gone to college for vet tech so I am not just some run of the mill person who has no experience with dogs, dog behavior etc. I spend many years training dogs, working with aggressive dogs and their owners to make them safer and more under control. Not to say I will ever adopt out an aggressive dog but when you have people who need help with their dogs and you can help them that was my job. Excellent I was gong to suggest you get one but you've got it covered. :D Well I have been trained on temp testing shelter dogs, but not sighthounds specifically so may need to look into that do you know of any in Victoria or anything special they look at? We were trained in looking for resource guarding, full body touching, prey drive, and stuff like that we had sighthounds come into the shelter and just did the typical temp testing.

Somehow my being ever so diligent with bull breeds has been equated to me adopting out aggressive dogs and for some reason people have come to the conclusion that I am not worthy or good enough to rescue and re-home greyhounds. Where I may very well have a ton more experience with dogs, and rescue than many of these other rescues that are out there but not being given a chance is pretty un-fair. Maybe other rescue groups have done wrong and caused harm but I assure you I will not be one of those. Shouldn't it be in the contract that when an adopter moves the rescue is let known so they can update their records? How else do you do follow ups? I leave my adoptions open for us to follow up any time. I like to know where my dogs are, what happens if say you see a dog in a shelter web site in QLD that looks a lot like a dog you placed but they lived in Vic would you not want to know they moved to QLD so you can make sure that if a dog does get out and picked up you can take the steps to help the dog if it needs it? If people dont want to agree to my terms they certainly dont have to adopt from me. I tend to think the worse though so that could be why I want to make sure I have everything covered.

Actually I am a dog trainer did it as a business for some time. I am also trained by the HSUS in temp testing, and humane training took it when I worked for Animal Control. I have a lot of experience with dogs. I have worked as a vet tech for many years, have gone to college for vet tech so I am not just some run of the mill person who has no experience with dogs, dog behavior etc. I spend many years training dogs, working with aggressive dogs and their owners to make them safer and more under control. Not to say I will ever adopt out an aggressive dog but when you have people who need help with their dogs and you can help them that was my job.

No I wont have the same restrictions on the greyhounds as we did on the Am Staffs. Many greyhounds can and do get along with cats and small animals. If they dont test well with my cat they simply will be re homed with a family with no cats or plan to get cats. With the children there are to many variables to put a blanket decision on all the dogs. My kids were raised around rescue so they know the ins and outs, they love it and do understand that sometimes we can get a dog that is too far gone to be helped. As someone who has had greyhounds and cats living together for a few years now, fosters and owned, racebred and showbred, I am aware how quickly a dog can turn on a cat when it is seemingly ok. So I am curious on what your back up plan is if your foster greyhound proved non cat safe after a couple of weeks time; what will you do with it? You can't adopt it out to a non cat home if you don't already have one lined up, sometimes it takes months for the right home to turn up. So what of your poor cat? I had a non cat safe dog here once for 3 days, was horrible for the dog, the cats, the people, but as I was a foster carer the dog was able to be moved on and made a wonderful pet for someone cat free. The dog would come back if the adopter couldnt handle it. I have had dogs that would love to kill a cat in my rescue when I had a cat its doable not easy but doable and am prepared to deal with this. I had a cattle dog once that was feral for 5 years, put into a kennel and then got shipped to us. He didnt like children or cats we assessed him and found that he was willing to learn he just didnt know anything from being wild. He did take a year in our care but turned out to be a beautiful well behaved dog. He was adopted out to a family and did very well never a problem but the owners who took him knew everything about him we held nothing back we never do we tell the adopters everything. We keep records of everything pertaining to health and behavior all this is passed on in a file with the dogs.

Oh wow somehow I missed this part. I have never placed an aggressive dog ever in my life I had them put down. This was a precaution we took above and beyond all the testing we did. I am not sure where you got that we were re homing aggro dogs. In all fairness here, dogmad does have a little bit of bias against bull breeds that may chase/attack small animals. Some experiences she's had along the way haven't painted certain types of dogs in a great light. (Note to self: need to introduce her to my Rottie/Pittie cross girl for some positive experiences with a bull breed dog) Seriously though, if you have to place so many restrictions on potential adopters of a dog, then maybe that dog shouldn't be rehomed at all? Especially in Victoria... err! T. Sorry this wasnt in Victoria, and I am not rescuing bully breeds here in victoria. Dogmad should not have had any bad experiences see this is where education is the key. 1 bad experience is enough to turn people off a breed this is why I was very diligent to educate and be super picky of where my dogs went.

I'm looking at how these tough restrictions will be perceived by the public. I made no comment about the actual nature of the dog. Well when you educate people they tend to understand a lot more. I wasnt just saying this is how it is now go away I was explaining why, answering any questions they had. Am staffs, bit bulls and other bully breeds are not as easy to place responsibly as other breeds. Some people didnt like it but I am here for the dogs not to make people happy at the expense of the breed or dogs. There were plenty of other rescues that they could get a dog from.

Oh wow somehow I missed this part. I have never placed an aggressive dog ever in my life I had them put down. This was a precaution we took above and beyond all the testing we did. I am not sure where you got that we were re homing aggro dogs. That level of restriction on new owners raises the question of how aggressive the dog would be to require such total separation. This is a breed that has been bred for many years to kill other animals, this is a breed that is very close to becoming extinct because people get them to look tough, society sees animal aggression and think that means they will be human aggressive. It was not a risk I wanted to take to negatively effect a whole breed and add fuel to the BSL fire because I wasnt careful in my placing of this breed. we had rescues that were taking in this breed and telling people its how you raise them and if you dont abuse them they are fine, recommending they take their new dogs to the dog parks all these were very detrimental to the breed I know these rescues were trying to help but it was adding fuel to the fire when these people took these suggestions and their dogs hurt or killed another animal. It wasnt a risk I was going to take there was nothing wrong with he dogs but the risk was there that it could get out of hand and the blame would be on the dog not the irresponsible owner. It worked for me and my rescue we never had an issue and I am happy with that. Maybe it wasnt needed the extra precaution but hey I never had a police officer on my door asking why I had placed a dog that has now hurt another animal or human. I am happy with my choices.

Oh wow somehow I missed this part. I have never placed an aggressive dog ever in my life I had them put down. This was a precaution we took above and beyond all the testing we did. I am not sure where you got that we were re homing aggro dogs.

what happened if they moved? Look at GAP and GSN closely. Might not be any need to reinvent the wheel. GAP are the only ones who can issue a green collar in Victoria. And what if neighbours changed, bought a new pet, had someone to stay with a small pet and so on? I would consider such aggressive dogs - no matter what breed - to be unrehomable. They would be euthanased in my rescue - that would be the responsible thing to do because no matter how hard you may have tried, you are putting a very aggressive dog back into the community which is placing everyone else and their pets at risk. I didn't see where Greylvr stated the dogs were actually aggressive though. If the dogs pass all testing but that requirement is still there just to be extra careful, I can see no issues with that. When we ("we" being greyhound rescuers in general) rehome non-cat safe greyhounds, we're taking a risk with cats that might belong to neighbours of the new owner and that is generally considered acceptable. Personally, it worries me and I advise aopters in that situation to supervise and muzzle for the first few days to give the cat a chance to learn of the new arrival in a way that is less likely to result in a dead cat. Getting back to something Greytmate said.. Taking from a single trainer is not something I'd consider doing. I have a trainer whose dogs I really like (because they're always cat-safe and in beautiful condition) but I'd never turn down a dog from somewhere else. In fact, if we got two applications to surrender at the same time, I'd probably take the other dog first because the responsible trainer is more likely to be willing to hold a dog. I'd prefer to reward the better trainer by taking his dogs first but the sad reality is, that would result in more dogs ending up dead (and I think he understands this). I can definitely understand prefering to source intakes from a trusted individual but as greytmate points out, there are definitely implications there so it's something to think about very carefully as essentially, you're turning yourself into a private rehoming service for one trainer (rather than a rescue). Ah yep very good point I dont plan to just take from this one trainer for ever, I was just planning on not taking owner surrenders, shelters etc just sticking to retired or injured track dogs. I just know how easy rescues can get over run by taking in any dog from anywhere and I think that if I can narrow it down to just track dogs it will help us to stay focused on what we want to accomplish. Very good point on the responsible trainer thought. I plan to get to know other trainers and through this 1 trainer like they said they have friends who will need help.

I agree with the bolded statements. I have already answered the question a bit back. I would never say anything to reflect badly on any rescue group. So the dogs that are dying while waiting for a spot in the larger groups arent a good reason to help them? I know that there are dog being PTS simply because they are out of time at the kennel and other rescues have no room for them and the wait can be 6 months or more. We will be getting all the laws and regulations we need to stick by this week. We have no intention of breaking any laws or placing dogs in homes that would be a danger to them or the breed. Here I thought victoria was different but I guess its not, I guess some still see rescues as a competition which is sad because its not rescues should never feel they need to compete doesnt do much for the big picture. How do you see us as competing against other groups? These are dogs that they couldnt take any way so wouldnt that be helping in stead of competing. If there are dogs dying because they cant get into a rescue isnt that a need? What if there was a group that could just save 2 or 3 dogs a month thats more dogs saved and not put to death just because there was no room at the rescues. lack of foster carers is what hold up the works - for all rescues. will you have the same restrictions on the greyhounds as you did the amstaff's - owned home, no neighbours with other pets? What will you do with your rescue dog if it turns out not suitable with your kids or cat? Sometimes their true personality takes a while to shine through. What's your back up plan? And I'm not a rescue, no competition to me, but I am very aware of how hard groups like GAP and GSN have had to fight for the greyhound and I am very cautious when someone new comes on the scene promising all sorts of stuff. Greyhounds have a lot to lose. No I wont have the same restrictions on the greyhounds as we did on the Am Staffs. Many greyhounds can and do get along with cats and small animals. If they dont test well with my cat they simply will be re homed with a family with no cats or plan to get cats. With the children there are to many variables to put a blanket decision on all the dogs. My kids were raised around rescue so they know the ins and outs, they love it and do understand that sometimes we can get a dog that is too far gone to be helped. I am not promising all sorts of stuff I am not trying to sell someone a bridge, I am dedicated to helping a wonderful breed through education and adoption. I am sorry that some of you guys dont feel we will do a good job but you dont know myself or my dedication to rescue and rescue dogs. You are free to knock me back but I just hope that you understand not everyone is a cowboy type rescue and really do want to do the right thing and know how to go about it.

I would never say anything to reflect badly on any rescue group. So the dogs that are dying while waiting for a spot in the larger groups arent a good reason to help them? I know that there are dog being PTS simply because they are out of time at the kennel and other rescues have no room for them and the wait can be 6 months or more. We will be getting all the laws and regulations we need to stick by this week. We have no intention of breaking any laws or placing dogs in homes that would be a danger to them or the breed. Here I thought victoria was different but I guess its not, I guess some still see rescues as a competition which is sad because its not rescues should never feel they need to compete doesnt do much for the big picture. How do you see us as competing against other groups? These are dogs that they couldnt take any way so wouldnt that be helping in stead of competing. If there are dogs dying because they cant get into a rescue isnt that a need? What if there was a group that could just save 2 or 3 dogs a month thats more dogs saved and not put to death just because there was no room at the rescues.

These are some wonderful pics I will have to get MIdori a xmas get up and grab some photos I am sure she will hate it :laugh:

SSM, there was an interesting paper on this. The authors conducted extensive interviews with people relinquishing their pets to an animal shelter. Your experience (my bold) is similar to what they found - however, it turns out there had been extensive procrastination (at least months) prior to suddenly wanting to be rid of the animal straight away. It was a difficult paper to read without some level of subjectivity (and fist shaking!) but it was a very interesting insight. In particular, the way people only "heard" what they wanted to hear from the shelter staff - even with serious issues such as aggression (and biting the owner!) they convinced themselves that the shelter would find a home for the dog. Yes, when I worked in a shelter we would inform them of the assessment process, usually twice to make sure they understood. They would still come back and say we didn't tell them what could happen. In the US there are large signs on the front that say animals left here may be sold for research and people still leave their pets

I just wanted to comment on the lower the price, many breeders do this. Also just because you can afford a high purchase price doesnt mean you are a better home and vice versa. Our rescue got some dogs from some very rich people and the dogs were in horrid condition, mis treated and abused from some of these good homes. Money does not equate to a good home and just because someone one cant afford a high price doesnt mean they wont be a great home.

If they moved they had to report to us that they had moved. You have to understand that we took the placement of Am staffs very serious and the people were educated on what it meant to own this breed by the time we were done educating them they understood they couldn't get new pets and they had to be very diligent. They also had to be home owners (landlords didnt allow the breed) and have home insurance that even allowed the breed so it wasn't a impulse decision on their part. This was some years ago and luckily we didnt have problems.

Dog are still being put down because the wait to get them into GAP can be up to 6 months. There are trainers that would love to get their dogs in bit for one reason or another cant wait the 6 months. I would say there is still a need for a group who can take in these dogs that are being put down. It will grow to be more than just this one trainer, its a starting point. We are not helping just this one trainer we want to help others if they need it. If they dont no problem, if they get the dogs into GAP or this other rescue thats great too as long as they are saved. I plan to go to some of GAPs events and having a good time getting to know people from all over. I dont understand the problem with a couple saving a few dogs here and there. We arent going to rush out and try to raise all this money and gobble up the resources, its most likely that these other rescues wont even know who we are and certainly wont feel a crunch on their groups because a few people save some dogs. I understand you dont like the idea of a new group I can feel it in your posts but really its not like we are trying to take over anything here in victoria we simply want to help some dogs.

what happened if they moved? Look at GAP and GSN closely. Might not be any need to reinvent the wheel. GAP are the only ones who can issue a green collar in Victoria. And what if neighbours changed, bought a new pet, had someone to stay with a small pet and so on? I would consider such aggressive dogs - no matter what breed - to be unrehomable. They would be euthanased in my rescue - that would be the responsible thing to do because no matter how hard you may have tried, you are putting a very aggressive dog back into the community which is placing everyone else and their pets at risk. Most of the Am Staffs were ok with smaller animals but it was a risk that I wasnt willing to take because the breed is in trouble and even one chasing another dog was bad. We never had an issue, and the people who adopted from us were well educated and understood responsible bull breed ownership.

I see what you are saying, we will be writing up what we will take and wont take etc getting this all on paper will help us stick to the guidelines we set up. Yes they are owned by her The dogs the trainer does not feel would not make good pets she has put down at her vet. She has other dogs, has them handled by other people, has a child and spends a ton of time with the dogs but like I said once they get to me we will also do temp tests, cat testing, and child testing. I wouldnt require nor ask someone to do this but thats just me and my choice. People will get more dogs, and produce more puppies each year regardless if dogs are taken or put down. My concern is for the dogs once their racing career is over if I can save them from being put down I will be happy with that. You might be surprised who is interested in helping smaller groups. Yup we are working on gathering all the info this week. We will be talking with the right agencies this week and make sure we are within the laws at all times. I have no doubt that these groups are great and do wonderful work. I am not trying to compete with them or anything like that I prefer rescues work to help each other not compete with each other. I respect that opinion and other have mentioned it but I have explained my issues in an earlier post. If we all had this out look there would be none of these wonderful groups there are today we would all be fostering for the RSPCA but sometimes there is a need that a smaller group can fill.

Oh these are awesome thanks. I am toying with the idea of putting all the rescue dogs thru the greenhounds program I know there is one in Victoria but I cant for the life of me find it right now. I know in some states you can do in home training and then have them tested but in Victoria I am sure they need to go to a kennel for a week so still looking into that. What do you think? Worth it to be able to send the dogs out with a green collar or better to let the owners go through it with their pets? We have one adopter who moved to Victoria and she's having her girl assessed through GAP. As far as I know, this does involve the dog being kenneled there for some amount of time but I'm not sure of the exacts. I don't think Victoria has quite the same thing as NSW but it's worth seeing if you can become an approved assessor. Greyhound Safety Net would be best able to answer questions there. Perhaps send them a PM. http://gap.grv.org.au/Portals/16/GAP%20Fact%20Sheets/GAP%20Fact%20Sheet%20New%20Green-Collar%20Assesments.pdf They have to stay there for a week :) There's a wait though, to get them in. Another thing to consider is that if you put all your greyhounds through the Greenhound assessment, in addition to the cost ($150 non-refundable) it will add to the waiting list for dogs that will go through GAP. Ie, for every dog that has safe backup with a rescue and goes through it, one that doesn't can't. It isn't as simple as that I'm sure, but it's just another thing to think about. I suppose it depends on what your aims are for the rescue you operate. If your aim is to get as many dogs into good homes as possible, it may be better to spend money, time and effort elsewhere. One of the good things about greyhound rescues is that they are able to pick up dogs that fall through the cracks, and end up in pounds/on gumtree etc, rather than going through GAP. GAP only takes on so many, and there is a waiting list for that as well, which is a deterrent for some owners/trainers. I suppose it depends on your I'm not saying that it's a bad idea, just .. there are a lot of elements to think about, I guess. Also, I really don't mean to be rude, but it sounds like there are a few things to think about before you set it up. Whether to register as a charity, what that means and requires.. there are a lot of things to get your head around, and it's not for the faint hearted. Greyhound Safety Net are based in Mornington already and I'm sure they are always in need of foster carers - I've never seen a rescue that couldn't use a few extra hands, PARTICULARLY if they are able to foster.. Perhaps it would be better to join with an established group and foster and get involved in the running of that before starting your own? I know I said this in another thread a few days ago, about starting a rescue, but I really do think there is value in helping existing groups rather than having a lot of smaller ones. The less competition there is between groups who have broadly the same aims (ie, to help greyhounds), teh better - you don't want to have to fight for people's attention, money, support, time, effort.. and it will invariably happen, because an organisation is an organisation is an organisation. Each has aims and requirements, and particularly when they're involved in dog rescue, there is always a need for more money for vet fees, transport, marketing, .. everything. The less double up there is in terms of admin and overheads among people who want to work for the same thing, the more each dollar can do. Kay's Greys is another Melbourne based greyhound rescue group - I fostered for Kay in a former life, when she was part of Greyhound Rescue. Which is Sydney based but had a branch in Vic at the time (not sure if it still does). There are others too, perhaps get in contact with them and see what would be really helpful for them? I do understand the desire to do it yourself and run things your way, etc etc- trust me, I'm an introverted control freak. But I just often see little rescues starting up here and there and think, all the time and money spent trying to establish yourself could've gone so much further. If the aim is to get more dogs into good homes, a critical mass is a really good thing. If the general public need to know more about waht great pets greyhounds can make (and I think they do!), then if people worked together to get that message out, it's better than each group trying to get their own name known. It's better to have a broader focus, I suppose, and focus on the bigger picture. Despite all of that - if it's possible to become a Greenhjound assessor that would be BRILLIANT. You could do SO, so much good work for all sorts of people. I'm sure all greyhound rescue organisations would love the chance to get their hounds assessed without the requirement that they send them away, pay $150, (and in most cases, I doubt they want to co-operate and give $$ to the industry....). I really don't want to be a mean, rude person to come and burst your bubble, but I really, really love greyhounds.. I guess I just think in many cases, people's time and effort would be better spent bolstering the things already in existence instead of starting new ones. There are very good points but I have fostered in the past and just had too many bad experiences. Dogs placed in homes I didnt think were acceptable and had no say. Rescues knowing I had children sending me dogs that were not good with kids, being stuck with vet bills that the rescue should have paid but never did. I ran a successful rescue for 11 years and love it. I am very picky on where my dogs go, I had humane societies shipping me dogs that would be put down if I didnt work with them. Some took 6 months to a year to rehab but I was very successful. I have seen rescues bad mouth the race dog owners and I do not think that is the proper way to help these dogs. I want the dogs to come from the track to a home where they are worked with to get over fears and learn to live with a family. I dont ever plan to board a dog or have them in kennels, just a nice warm house :) I just want to be a small organization that helps dogs. I have a trainer that is willing to send me the dogs they can no longer keep and she may have friends too that need our help. I want to focus on ex racers and getting them into a retirement home instead of them being euthanized. On the other subject I may look into becoming an assessor it would be great to be able to offer this service free to rescues, I think it would go a long way to helping more greyhounds than just those that find themselves at my house. You might find it helpful to see what other greyhound adoption groups are doing in Victoria and learn more about the industry before you set something up. If you are exclusively taking dogs from only one or two trainers you can't really expect charity donations. You might like to look at the bigger picture to get an idea about how your organisation should be run and how to manage intake in an effective way. You also need to know more about the standards required for a dog to pass the green collar test if you are going to be selling greyhound as pets. I will be looking into the green collar program too. I dont like the word selling sounds like a dog broker, I will be adopting out dogs as pets. Not sure what you mean about managing the intake. The trainer we will be getting the dogs from is very strict on what dogs leave her kennel so between her and then getting the dogs into our home and assessing their temperaments ( I volunteered at a shelter doing temp testing on dogs) we should be ok if a problem arises we will have to deal with it properly.