Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
It's about time this exploitation was ended IMO...so many dogs end up being bred to race, and those that don't cut the mustard are done in. It's only the lucky ones that get homes.
A greyhound puppy has a better chance of ending up in a good home than most pure-bred dogs and certainly most mixes. Greyhound adoption, despite all its growing pains and strife, is the envy of every breed rescue out there.

Greyhound adoptions have increased by leaps and bounds over the last 20 years and continue to grow. New devotees are introduced to the breed every year. Additionally, greyhound adoption first occurred on a large scale in the early to mid-1990s. These dogs are reaching the average age of mortality in large numbers. As they pass on they are being replaced by younger dogs as has happened in our house where we have lost 3 seniors in the last 7 years. Coupled with the fact that greyhound breedings have been reduced by 40% since 1992, and continue to decline, there is reason to be confident that full adoption could occur as soon as 1997. If adoptions continue to rise and breeding continues to decline, mathematically, the numbers have to meet sooner or later. Right now 95% are either adopted or retained for breeding.

It's possible that one will have to get on a waiting list in just a few years to get a greyhound. There are already groups doing preadoptions, where puppies headed to the track are "adopted" at whelp and the adoptive owners get to follow the life of their future pet from puppyhood, through racing, all the way to the couch.

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