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BOSS LX

11-20-2009, 08:15 AM

Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack in Kenosha, Wisconsin will be closing on December 31, 2009. Greyhounds need to be adopted or they will be euthanized. Please help me get the word out; there are only 6 weeks to get this task done. Contact Joanne Kehoe, Operations Director, at (312) 559-0887, or contact the Dairyland Race Track Adoption Center direct at (262) 612-8256. Great, gentle dogs.

Cutlass Queen

11-20-2009, 09:08 AM

UGH if only I had my own house I'd so take one or two of them!

PureSound15

11-20-2009, 09:13 AM

VERY cool seeing those dogs at the dog park running around with eachtoher. I'd adopt one if I could!

Prince Valiant

11-20-2009, 09:14 AM

My wife and I are thinking about skirting the cities max dog laws to adopt...we'll see.

DerangedPony

11-20-2009, 12:15 PM

The wife and I have a 5 year old male greyhound and he has been a great dog. They are low energy and are good apt. dogs. They breed the dogs well so they have little health problems. Some may not work with cats but most are great with kids.

If you are thinking about getting one of these dogs and have a question, send me a PM and I'll try to help out.

pOrk

11-20-2009, 02:52 PM

For those thinking about adopting one of these, remember a good portion of them aren't house broken as they for the most part are NOT pets.

On the flip side, greyhounds are great dogs and they ARE worth the effort to train.

srt4eh

11-20-2009, 03:40 PM

I'd love to have one....timing is just not right

Doc Brown

11-20-2009, 06:22 PM

I'm not in a position to get one or more right now, but I've had two in the past. So if you are considering doing an adoption, my advice is to not even think about it, just do it! They are sweet and well-tempered couch potatoes once adopted, and they'll become a part of your family in no time.

0TransAm0

11-20-2009, 09:07 PM

eh.. sucks that they will just put them down like that.. i want a german short haired pointer... i have to wait till spring anyway when i get the fence put in my yard...

DerangedPony

11-20-2009, 09:29 PM

It is kinda cool because you can see the dog's whole history, here is our dog, My Man Patrick:
http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=1271410

and a pic:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4231/1002329a.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/1002329a.jpg/)

Philly-O

11-20-2009, 11:41 PM

what is the cost of adopting them or are they just trying to find homes instead of euthanizing them. i wish we had more space, but our house cant hold another addition to the family.

michelle

11-21-2009, 06:14 AM

A retired Greyhound was my second choice if finding a Great Dane didn't work out. If I heard about this before getting Lola, I would have one or two Greyhounds running around.

Adam would definitely divorce me if I even brought up the idea. :goof

Car Guy

11-21-2009, 07:31 AM

srt4eh

11-21-2009, 08:53 AM

I believe all you pay is $175...which covers their cost for spaying/neutering, shots, etc

buttersgt350

11-23-2009, 04:29 PM

my neighbor adopted 2 of them. nice dogs, pretty quiet, but they can haul ass around their backyard.

DerangedPony

11-23-2009, 08:56 PM

Just a FYI. I'm a member of the greyhound group here in WI. Another member has a contact who works at the track and it seems that the e-mail going around is false. The adoption center will stay open until all the dogs are gone and, none of the dogs will be put down.

Good news but will still need to find these dogs homes.