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See the Events Calendar for our monthly Meet and Greet events and for more details on the special events below. 4/20-22 America's Family Pet Expo 4/21 GreySave Spa Day in Pasadena 5/19 GreySave Race to the Park! Picnic Search GreySave Navigating this site from a touch-screen device
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NOTE: If you greyhound is lost, go immediately to If Your Greyhound is Lost and follow the instructions there. It's always anxiety-producing when a dog gets loose in the open. But when a sighthound like a greyhound gets loose, it's downright scary. At least it should be to you. If it isn't, read the statistics below about what happens to greys who do run off. If you think it won't happen to you, read about a GreySave adopter who lost two dogs temporarily. As you will see, he's learned his lesson and graciously agreed to write the article below about his experiences. But your grey doesn't have to get loose; the article by Marcia Herman is full of tips for how to hang on to your needlenosed pal(s). Click on the titles below to go to the articles. At the bottom of this page you'll find links to signs that you can post on yard gates.
• How Not to Become a Member of the Runaway's Club This article by Marcia Herman, Editor Emeritus of Celebrating Greyhounds Magazine, is so full of helpful hints to keep your Greyhound safe, that we are reprinting it here (with permission). The few minutes it takes to read it may save your Greyhound’s life. Go to the article.
• It Happens in an Instant: A Tale of Lost Dogs Written in early 2008 by an adopter from GreySave. Go to the article.
• Gone in Six Seconds: Stats About Runaway Greys Members of GreyTalk, an online forum for greyhound owners, has been tracking lost greyhounds on its Greyhound Amber Alert Forum for several years. The numbers below are based on reports to GreyTalk by its participants. Probably many lost dogs are never reported to GreyTalk. The key thing to note about these numbers, then, is the percentage that don't make it back home.
How can you keep from becoming a part of these statistics? Note how people reported that their greys got loose: 33% said through open gates, and 26% said through open doors. 27 people said that their greyhounds got lost while being walked (as was true for the owner in the second article below) or tun off-leash in a non-fenced area. Now that we've got your attention, we urge yo to read the article below for ways that you can prevent this from happening to you and the greys who rely on your judgment.
Greyhound Warning Signs Click on the links below to download signs that you can post, in English and in Spanish, to warn visitors to close the gate behind them because there may be a greyhound in the yard. |
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