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What Ethical Rescue Means to Us

Gumtree Greys is proud to be an ethically funded, professionally run rescue group. Let’s unpack what that involves.

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Dog Body Language: What are Calming Signals?

Ever wished you could speak dog? Learning about canine body language is the next best thing.

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Fact Sheet 1: Bringing Your New Rescue Greyhound Home

Your newly adopted greyhound may never have lived in a house before. Everything will be new and strange. Imagine you have just landed from the moon and seen televisions, vacuum cleaners, glass doors and mirrors for

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Fact Sheet 2: Your First Night

We recommend not letting your dog in the bedroom unless you are prepared for them to be there for life! Sleeping outside the room may also help them learn that there are times when you

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Fact Sheet 3: Feeding Your Greyhound

What To Feed Your Adopted Greyhound – And What NOT To Feed Your Adopted Greyhound At Gumtree Greys, we are all too aware that our beautiful rescued greyhounds generally have had a dreadful start to

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Fact Sheet 4: Rescued Greyhounds and Food

Your new dog may never have lived in a house before. Everything will be new and strange. Imagine you have just landed from the moon and seen televisions, vacuum cleaners, glass doors and mirrors for

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Fact Sheet 5: Responsible Ownership

Please remember that your dog must be microchipped and always have an identification tag. When you let him out into the garden off the lead the first few times, pop his muzzle on. This will

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Fact Sheet 6: Greyhound Care & Ownership

Bedding Your greyhound will like a soft thick bed, like an old doona. They like to stretch out, sometimes finding basket-type beds too constricting. They will make a beeline for the sofa, so if you

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Fact Sheet 8: Homing a Greyhound with Other Dogs

If coming from the racing industry/a trainer, chances are your greyhound will likely have spent all of his life only with other greyhounds.  But it is likely that your greyhound will find other types of

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Fact Sheet 10: Cats and Other Small Animals

All breeds of dogs are interested in chasing cats – greyhounds are so much faster that they stand a far greater chance of catching them! Yet some greyhounds can settle with small dogs and cats

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