How to adopt a greyhound

The situation of the greyhound in many countries like Spain is dramaticAfter living for several years with humans who used them to earn money in greyhound races, when they are no longer useful they get rid of them in the worst way we can imagine. Fortunately, more and more people have a second chance to be truly happy.

If you are thinking of restoring trust to one of them, then we are going to tell you how to adopt a greyhound.

Before adopting ...

Adopt a dog, regardless of the breed or crossbreed, it must be a premeditated decision. You have to think that he may have had a difficult past, and that if so, he will need us to be patient with him and, above all, that we give them a lot of affection during the years that remain in his life, because a second rejection would be terrible for him.

In the specific case of the greyhound, to be happy he will need to be taken out for long walks or runs every day, and to spend a lot of time at home, either keeping him company, playing with him, and teaching him, for For example, to sit down or give the leg

How to adopt a greyhound?

If we have made the decision to adopt a greyhound, what we have to do now is look for associations or animal shelters online where they have. In Spain we have several associations that are dedicated to collecting, caring for and giving for adoption greyhounds that have been left without a family, and they are the following:

• SOS Greyhounds
• Greyhounds 112
• Greyhounds of La Mancha
• Save a life
• Greyhound Leku

In all of them they will inform us of the furry ones they have for adoption: their character, if they have any disease, how old they are, ... and everything we want to know.

If we are interested in any, we have to bear in mind that it is very likely that they will follow up to ensure that the dog has fallen into good hands.

Adopting a greyhound is a very beautiful action, but you have to think it through to avoid problems 🙂.