Greyhound Rescue Adoptions

FAST FRIENDS is a great group of dedicated people. I was part of another greyhound group and became disillusioned been personality became more important than greyhounds. I almost gave up volunteering, but then found this caring group

I adopted my precious Grey from Fast Friends in August 2011. I have cats so I made them aware that I could only consider hounds that would be okay with my kittys. The first hound we met wasn’t a good fit. The poor boy seemed too skittish and fragile to be able to move from the situation he had become accustomed to. I had two other hounds to visit in Bakersfield and after talking to both hound Moms over the phone I will admit, I was already in love with one in particular. I decided to visit him first and it was head over heels LOVE at first sight.
After I took my Moon home there was a period of frustration with how long it took to receive his medical records, but after visiting at one of the charity dog washes they regularly have I realized how much this family rescue truly has on its plate.
They truly do everything they possibly can to save every hound they come across.
I do hope the process improves, but I can understand why it could take so long to get an individual hounds paperwork out.

We adopted two greys from Fast Friends earlier this year. We went to adopt 1 and came home with 2 (if I had said yes, my husband would have taken the third foster dog also!). Unlike the review from 1÷22÷2012, I felt that the match game was played perfectly for us. The organization not only has a wonderful and respectful relationship with the track staff but I have found them to be very professional in dealing with the applicants. Foster families take in the dogs right from the track and teach them the ways of living in a home all the while learning their personalities in order to make appropriate matches with their new families. Follow-​up calls were made to see how integration into our family was going. The two we adopted were suggested to us based on our family dynamics and lifestyle and even involved a drive to thier foster family in Bakersfield from Chino Hills to get the perfect match. I couldn’tbe more «greytfull» to Fast Friends and the McRorys.

California is not one of the states that allows greyhound racing, fortunately. These dogs live to be 12 – 14 years old, but are retired from racing at as young as three. No longer ‘useful’, they are likely to be killed. I ran into a woman in the park who had adopted 2 beautiful greyhounds and she cleared up some common misconceptions for me. People think greyhounds need a lot of space to run and that they are hyper. Not true! Greyhounds are couch potatoes and sleep most of the time, like cats, which makes them ideal pets for small spaces. But although they do not need inordinate amounts of exercise, they cannot ever be unleashed outdoors — if they see something to chase, they will take off and get lost. Only the cheetah runs faster at 65 mph. One other drawback regarding greyhounds is that they often will not do well with small dogs and cats, so the agency tests them before adopting them out. Other than the aforementioned issues, greyhounds make wonderful pets. They are not aggressive and don’t bite at all or bark much. They are gentle and sweet, and will get stressed out if left alone for hours… a problem that is remedied by adopting more than one. I couldn’t stop staring in admiration at the two dogs in the park, with their exquisite slender snouts and stately demeanor. Perhaps this is why greyhounds were formerly companions for kings, and were buried with pharaohs.