I'm so thankful 🙏 that you were the one to give Belle such an amazing home 🏡 full of love, care, kindness, compassion and most importantly you made her feel safe. So she repaid you with 😄 laughter. The best medicine in the world for everyone.
What makes people assume greyhounds have been abused, yes there are injuries but what sport does not. There are more dogs abused and treated poorly in suburban yards. Most greyhound trainers care for the animal with the best of everything to ensure the athlete can perform the best that, they get heaps of love and attention that is the reason
If your adopted greyhound has performed well, that is earned the owners money, then they are usually treated well. My second greyhound was not very good on the track. I don't know where he was booted off to but when he was eventually rescued he was a wreck . He was so frightened he would tremble if he heard a loud noise. He would cower when he saw a raised arm. Also, read about why many greyhounds are missing ears!
@@paulhaines617 "What makes assume greyhounds have been abused ?" Well the fact that they are traumatized and have to learn to trust humans and not be scared by everything is a good clue I'd say.
@@magalim5518 Greyhounds are not traumatized. They are loved and get the best care. They love to race or they wouldn't. Where have you ever seen a greyhound being traumatized? So ridiculous. Traumatized greyhounds can't race. So there's no sense in traumatizing them is there? Learn the real truth before commenting.
We've had many dogs over the years and loved them all. Our last four have been greyhounds that were retired from racing and they have been the absolute best dogs in the world. They are gentle, funny, quiet and loving! I hope that I am always able to have a greyhound in my life! Btw, only one of the four was a natural sitter, but they all roached.
Thank you for sharing, beautiful Belle. In the early 90's I had both a boy and girl greyhounds. They were both tuxedo dogs; black face, neck, shoulders, back, flanks, and tail; all black. Paws and underbelly- white. The boy, Lou, would roach. I would could downstairs in the middle of the night to check some thing or another. Turn on the light at the foot of the stairs-- 6' away from me Lou is on the couch,(a no-no) doing the roach with his eye suits open but his eyes were rolled up inside his head. Scared the lovin crap out of me! Anyway, We lost our last doggie a month ago. He was a sweet boy, and I miss him dearly.
It's great to see that Belle has mentally recovered enough to ENJOY running now. Her roaching is the perfect pose for when a person tells a dog to "play dead!"
What a pile of nonsense. Greyhounds adore racing. I feel sorry the dog ended up with adopters who didn’t learn about these dogs and instead fabricate nonsense
Thank you so much for adopting her and making her feel really loved safe happy and comfortable and also for allowing her to be her crazy silly goofy self may you have many years together that are full of fun love happiness silliness and goofiness
We owned an ex racing Greyhound as well for 7 years, he was 5 when we got him. We think that the time with us were the best years of his life. We still adore Greyhounds. Although ours died almost 4 years ago, we always show our love for these dogs whenever we see spot some. And we see them a lot when we travel to the UK.. Thank you for sharing .
I have a greyhound named Molly that also has had a rough past due to being an ex-racer Molly looks a lot like Belle and also does roaching every time she sleeps! If you ever think about getting a dog please go to a shelter and adopt instead of getting a dog from a breeder ❤️❤️❤️
reminds me of the pitlab I adopted, she was abused and was constantly left outside(I live in Wyoming) and left in a shelter for 1 year before I found her.Owners used to spray her off in a cage to clean her messes and was really under weight when I got her.Now I get teased she is over weight and she has free reign of the house and sleeps on the couches.She was so nervous when I got her like I was going to abandon her like she was used to.7 years in and getting grey around the eyes and mouth, spoiled to pieces and belly rubs 2 hours a day at minimum and she shows me all the love I showed her.
So happy for this baby, I have a soft spot for these breeds. They do suffer so much. It’s nice to see the tide has turned for her. God bless you for giving her the life she deserves.💕
I adopted my first greyhound in 24th December 1999. A special day in more ways than one. I followed all the guide lines about letting her off lead. I was so careful. One afternoon walk I let her off lead (a very safe place) and she took off and ran circles around me. I just stood in the middle cheering, laughing and crying at such a beautiful thing. Since my first girl I have adopted 3 greyhounds and fostered 1. They are funny, loving, lazy and just absolutely adorable. When you welcome an ex- racer into your home it is like a 4 year old puppy! Quick to train but all the funny things of a puppy discovering a new life.
I've had 4 retired Greyhounds and I miss them so much. My first was abused horribly, he was found with 13 other Greys on a man's property in winter freezing in Iowa. They were all starved, no water and open sores and every parasite imaginable. All waiting to be sold to a research lab. My big boy was not expected to survive but he did and made his way to the adoption folks I reached out to. He was the most loving and beautiful Greyhound and we had him for many years. My first female was scarred up from racing scuffles and my 2nd male had his racing career end with a broken leg. so much abuse in the racing industry I'm glad so many tracks are closing down. All of my Greys were amazing.
Thank you Kimberly for giving them all a good life, care, love......! You saved not one life, but 4! What an awesome person you are! Have a blessed Xmas! 🎄🐾❣️
I’ve adopted retired racers for 22 years and all my hounds were/are healthy, happy and well adjusted coming straight off the race track. Yes, they needed to learn house rules, how to negotiate stairs and hardwood floors but none were abused. These are the Olympic athletes of the dog world. They have extremely sensitive personalities and temperament and would never stand a chance at winning of abused. It’s counter productive to abuse the animal that earns your income. We live just 5 miles from the now closed greyhound track in Birmingham, AL, USA and I volunteered at the adoption center which shared kennel areas with the active racers. I looked hard to find the abuse that lobbying groups like Grey2K advertise but never saw anything remotely abusive. I saw kennel staff come in inclement weather like fatal tornadoes to make sure the hounds were safe and well cared for. Some of these staff members lost homes but they were still there caring for the hounds. IDK where this hound raced but before the Florida vote basically killed racing in the US, the track I volunteered at had a 99.7% adoption rate with over 975 hounds/year placed in prescreened, loving homes. All adoptees have to agree to chip and report any changes in the dogs status and can be forced to surrender the dog if found to be neglectful in care. Augie had suffered a hock fracture at the Grade A level and received extremely expensive orthopedic care at one of the best Veterinary colleges in the US. Some hounds have issues with corns and don’t enjoy running on any surface but the sand they were accustomed to at the track so it may be your hound needed to toughen up the delicate skin on her toes before she felt comfortable running full tilt. I don’t find videos of this type are helpful to “save” greyhounds. It furthers the message of groups who do very little to actually care for any hounds and spend more of their money on political party contributions and enriching themselves. When Grey2K helped get the track in South Alabama to be closed, they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars but not one penny went to placing the hundred+ hounds who had to be retired/transferred to other tracks that displaced hounds there. The racing greyhound community joined together and drove hounds all the way to Canada and all over the US. Now there are no tracks in Alabama and when we lost our Atticus to Osteosarcoma, we had to drive 6 hours to TN to find another retired racer. There are only a few tracks left in the US that the wait list is years long at the few adoption programs left with access to racers. The socialization, training and care they receive in the racing industry contributes the to making the sweet natured, gentle giants we adore.
@@Sweetlyfe Yes I do and that’s why I said IDK where the hound came from and suggested that not all hounds are treated horribly in racing. The US had that issue until the late 1980s and early 1990s. Due to cases of abuse, the GPA instituted lifetime ban on anyone caught abusing the dogs and began to require all hounds to be drug tested at the end of every race, only adopted after spay/neuter, owners signed agreements to return the dog if they could not care for it and the adoption groups retained legal rights to forcibly seize any hound found in abusive/neglectful conditions. The adoption rate in the US was at 99.7% when racing was banned in FL. My point is people were led to believe by banning racing, the dogs would be saved from abuse. Instead it caused the best racers to sent abroad to countries with less developed and less organized/funded post racing adoption programs. It took thousands of dogs out of a well regulated and heavily monitored system. From what I understand, counties like Mexico, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the UK have most of the tracks now but are years behind on building the well monitored system the Americans have. There are only a handful of tracks left so adopting in the US means up to a year wait lists to adopt and the cost of importing from abroad makes it difficult for many to afford to import. I just feel like people who refused to actually give the donations to the dogs welfare benefited and the people who really tried to care for them properly ended up losing their livelihood. I would love to see their welfare improved worldwide and having a system that finally got their act together was set aside to go years backwards in countries who are just beginning to establish programs. US racing wasn’t infallible but definitely wasn’t a system that allowed abuse. The breeding, handling and training racers experience does contribute to the healthy, well tempered breed we seem to all enjoy. Look at the difference between a racer and a Galgo. Almost identical dogs but have different temperament due to horrible abuse and torture the Galgo suffers if it’s allowed to live till the next hunting season. Galgo groups are full of hounds that are ruffled with parasite, starved and so traumatized that they take months to accept touch and the most basic affection. They are similar in form but are bred for totally different purposes and are treated vastly different. Those hounds are abused and tortured not the majority of racers. It hurts the breed to act like every one is terribly treated. It encourages people to just end the entire system instead of getting involved to make it better. I was actually suggesting that people volunteer and see what what track life is like in their area before judging all are abused. I was actually anti racing until my enjoyment of them led to me volunteering at the adoption center at our track. It was through seeing how they actually lived, trained and raced that I opened up my mind. Getting involved in spreading how wonderful they are as pets and how their experiences on the track makes them better socialized, healthier as a breed and gives people who perhaps don’t have the lifestyle for raising a puppy or perhaps prefer a more laid back adult dog the chance to adopt a dog. I have a genetic condition that has been gradually debilitating since my mid 20s. It’s led to needing a kidney & liver transplant and retired adult racers have been such a blessing to my life. They make wonderful, polite companions and family members. Two of mine became Pet Therapy Ambassadors and our newest is training to do the same. They are highly trainable, perfect height for bed and wheel chair/Walker dependent people and love the work. I just wish people were doing more videos about that type of activity instead of saying look at my poor abused dog when I see a normal hound learning to adjust to a new environment. We were in a documentary called Underneath We Are All Grey that was done by UAB students and focused on showing what track life is like and how well they transition to pets and pets with activities they excel at. Now there’s Agility, Fast Cat, Lure coursing, Therapy work and even Medical Assistance Animal trained retired racers. Let’s see more stories about hounds doing that and being happy.
You're 💯 percent spot on. I also volunteered the same way you described. Everything you pointed out is so true. Most of the scarring happened when it was a puppy or from toe nails(THE DOG KIND) playing outside in a turnout area playing horsing around jumping on one another. Turnouts usually 5to6 times a day depending on weather and temperature half hour to hour at a time. Do the math. How much time does the average house pet get to interact with humans and play with other dogs. No wonder these dogs make great pets. I've had numerous retired racers and they all took a little time to adjust to the COMPLETELY UNKNOWN new world they're living in. Biggest mistake adopters make is they throw the whole world at these dogs. Be patient and understand it's a whole new world to them not you. All have different and unique personalities. Absolutely nothing to do with the imaginary abuse purported by grey2k grifters. Just look and see who contributed to shutting down racing in Florida. When a racing trainer or kennel worker came into the adoption building the dogs from that kennel would go crazy wanting to be with them. Not from fear but pure love of a familiar friend. Miss those days something fierce 😢
Greyhounds are one of the single most elegant dog breeds, even when she’s drooling, she has style 😂. I hear nothing but wonderful things about Greyhounds as pets and this slender beauty confirms it. I’m glad she’s found her safe and loving home🤍💗.
@@jpah8944 , thank you for your agreement! I have been adopting rescued racers for 23 years, not one of my dogs would EVER be let off leash in an open space! How would I ever forgive myself if they got away, ran into traffic, or whatever other bad things that might befall them.
Greyhounds are such sweet dogs. Every single one I've ever met has been so docile and gentle. It took mine about 6 months to a year to start showing off her personality and she is a goofy girl. Makes me smile every single day. My favorite breed.
Gorgeous girl. So forgiving. Extraordinary creatures, aren’t they? You have a real beauty there. Hideous industry. What a dream to see it universally closed.
@@matthewmiles9626 Not certain I see your point here, Matthew. I hesitate to call horse racing a “sport”, given how many don’t survive., and if they do, how many live an idyllic life in green, green fields, and not end up as dog food.? Virtually every Melbourne Cup one beautiful creature has to be euthanised. Not particularly sporting for the horse. And let’s not get into steeplechase. There would be less greyhounds. That’s a good thing, surely. There will always be any number of unwanted dogs, of all breeds, languishing in rescues all over the country waiting for loving homes.
@@carolcox302 They are bred to run. If you don't race them there's no need for them. There is always people that don't but the majority are looked after better than humans.
How beautiful!! 🥰🥰😍😍What a change when love and respect is given to these incredible amazing dogs! ❤❤🙌🙌🥹🥹🙏🙏Thank you for adopting her and helping her bloom! 🥹🥹
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Beautiful Belle
Beautiful lady ❤goddess you for helping belle ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I just love greyhounds they're so beautiful and silly looking at different times
So beautiful when they run and so silly when they sleep
I love greyhounds! She’s so sweet!❤️
Us too!! We have fallen in love with them after learning more about them!
Thank you for helping this beautiful creature, Belle the greyhound dog, to overcome trauma and be a dog and live her best life. ; ) ☺
I've got two former racing greyhounds. They take a while to become themselves but they make great pets. Thanks for the video.
Awww! She is just beautiful!!
She ran for joy 😊.
I'm so thankful 🙏 that you were the one to give Belle such an amazing home 🏡 full of love, care, kindness, compassion and most importantly you made her feel safe. So she repaid you with 😄 laughter. The best medicine in the world for everyone.
Thank you for helping her to be a dog...Love does wonders for animals...She's got a good home and human love...
What makes people assume greyhounds have been abused, yes there are injuries but what sport does not. There are more dogs abused and treated poorly in suburban yards.
Most greyhound trainers care for the animal with the best of everything to ensure the athlete can perform the best that, they get heaps of love and attention that is the reason
They make such great contributions to your families
If your adopted greyhound has performed well, that is earned the owners money, then they are usually treated well. My second greyhound was not very good on the track. I don't know where he was booted off to but when he was eventually rescued he was a wreck . He was so frightened he would tremble if he heard a loud noise. He would cower when he saw a raised arm. Also, read about why many greyhounds are missing ears!
@@paulhaines617 "What makes assume greyhounds have been abused ?" Well the fact that they are traumatized and have to learn to trust humans and not be scared by everything is a good clue I'd say.
@@magalim5518 Greyhounds are not traumatized. They are loved and get the best care. They love to race or they wouldn't. Where have you ever seen a greyhound being traumatized? So ridiculous. Traumatized greyhounds can't race. So there's no sense in traumatizing them is there? Learn the real truth before commenting.
We've had many dogs over the years and loved them all. Our last four have been greyhounds that were retired from racing and they have been the absolute best dogs in the world. They are gentle, funny, quiet and loving! I hope that I am always able to have a greyhound in my life! Btw, only one of the four was a natural sitter, but they all roached.
Thank you for sharing, beautiful Belle. In the early 90's I had both a boy and girl greyhounds. They were both tuxedo dogs; black face, neck, shoulders, back, flanks, and tail; all black. Paws and underbelly- white. The boy, Lou, would roach. I would could downstairs in the middle of the night to check some thing or another. Turn on the light at the foot of the stairs-- 6' away from me Lou is on the couch,(a no-no) doing the roach with his eye suits open but his eyes were rolled up inside his head. Scared the lovin crap out of me!
Anyway, We lost our last doggie a month ago. He was a sweet boy, and I miss him dearly.
Love those added sounds; car taking off etc...
Belle is adorable princess
Bravo! My hats off to you both for being fantastic fur baby parents!!! 😃❤
Princess Belle👑👑👑👑
Queen!!!😍
Beautiful. Greyhounds are the BEST😊😊
What a lovely story. Cape Town.
Thank you! Happy Holidays 🎄 @Jean Patterson
Cutest little roach ever.
Thanks for making that greyhound video to educate people Christina. Your hound is adorable
She is beautiful. Living her best life.
She is so beautiful thank god for you ❤
Yes, true love conquers yet agaiin. Have a happy life, baby, you definitely deserve all the love and devotion life can give you.
what a greyt video!
so glad that greyhound racing is almost over in the US
It's horrible and should be banned everywhere
Made me happier than you can imagine.
DERP!
Greyhounds are the best God Bless you both for giving her the chance to be a dog and to know love All the very best from Scotland 🏴
Love love love this story
Thank you 😍😍
Greyhounds have no settings between 0% and 100%. They're either conked out asleep or excited zoomies everywhere. It's really cute~
God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
CBD oil works wonders for anxiety. Especially around the 4th of July with all the noise. She's a sweetheart!🙏😊🙏
I just love the greyhound breed! It's so heartwarming to know that this *_cute doggo finally has a home_* where she feels safe.
Every animal deserves love and respect ... maybe one day people will learn this
So glad Belle found a great home after everything she went through.
It's great to see that Belle has mentally recovered enough to ENJOY running now. Her roaching is the perfect pose for when a person tells a dog to "play dead!"
That dog was never abused.
Not a hope this dog was abused.
What a pile of nonsense. Greyhounds adore racing. I feel sorry the dog ended up with adopters who didn’t learn about these dogs and instead fabricate nonsense
What nonsense. It just takes them time to get used to new people
She's darling.....I love goofy dogs!💋❤
She's beautiful I'm glad you adopted her, she's a lucky girl.
From ...England...THANK YOU ...XXX
Aww sweet Lady love the sound effects 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you so much for adopting her and making her feel really loved safe happy and comfortable and also for allowing her to be her crazy silly goofy self may you have many years together that are full of fun love happiness silliness and goofiness
We owned an ex racing Greyhound as well for 7 years, he was 5 when we got him. We think that the time with us were the best years of his life. We still adore Greyhounds. Although ours died almost 4 years ago, we always show our love for these dogs whenever we see spot some. And we see them a lot when we travel to the UK.. Thank you for sharing .
It's amazing how quickly they adapt to being in your home. They respond quickly to love and attention.
Great to see, enjoying life as dog 🎉
she's happy happy happy
Darling Christine
Thank you 🙏🏼❤️
Beautiful baby
Such a beautiful docile breed of dog x
I love greyhounds. I've had 8 and they have such deep hearts and souls, and can be so goody at times. I am so glad you have a Greyt baby to love!
Thank God for owners like you!
Because of you she’s come into herself. Wonderful. Thank you.
Love her beautiful smile 😍
Belle is so sweet and very beautiful. Thank you for saving her. She looks very happy now.
She is the luckiest greyhound in the world, being loved by such people, and living in such a beautiful country.
I have a greyhound named Molly that also has had a rough past due to being an ex-racer
Molly looks a lot like Belle and also does roaching every time she sleeps!
If you ever think about getting a dog please go to a shelter and adopt instead of getting a dog from a breeder
❤️❤️❤️
@Eurakachika Thank you for sharing and thank you for adopting Molly. You’re awesome for doing so! 🤩
❤❤❤❤❤beautiful
happy doggie !!
Those EYES!! They are one of the prettiest pooches. Job well done. Love is all you need. 😍
You are so kind Patricia 🥰
awwwww she is so cute and beautiful she has the perfect parents.
reminds me of the pitlab I adopted, she was abused and was constantly left outside(I live in Wyoming) and left in a shelter for 1 year before I found her.Owners used to spray her off in a cage to clean her messes and was really under weight when I got her.Now I get teased she is over weight and she has free reign of the house and sleeps on the couches.She was so nervous when I got her like I was going to abandon her like she was used to.7 years in and getting grey around the eyes and mouth, spoiled to pieces and belly rubs 2 hours a day at minimum and she shows me all the love I showed her.
All Greyhounds sleep like this. I took care of one that was rescued and she did this as well.
Belle is beautiful and thankyou for adopting and caring for her. What some people do to defenseless gentle animals is so cruel 😢 💔
Beautiful girl 😍 we have a rescue greyhound who does all these things, she's beautiful 😍😍
Cute! What is her name Mel?😁
So happy for this baby, I have a soft spot for these breeds. They do suffer so much. It’s nice to see the tide has turned for her. God bless you for giving her the life she deserves.💕
Actually they love racing and are extremely well regulated and cared for while racing. Facts matter
@@Gigi-ps7qs how true that is in my country
Awww Belle is just adorable. Your doing something wonderful. She is in the best place now surrounded by love. It's beautiful ❤️
I adopted my first greyhound in 24th December 1999. A special day in more ways than one. I followed all the guide lines about letting her off lead. I was so careful. One afternoon walk I let her off lead (a very safe place) and she took off and ran circles around me. I just stood in the middle cheering, laughing and crying at such a beautiful thing. Since my first girl I have adopted 3 greyhounds and fostered 1. They are funny, loving, lazy and just absolutely adorable. When you welcome an ex- racer into your home it is like a 4 year old puppy! Quick to train but all the funny things of a puppy discovering a new life.
You are awesome humans for helping her !
She is a beautiful creature 😍
She's running for fun now!! Beautiful to see. Also beautiful to see her so relaxed and living her best life now. ❤ 🐾
Running is her DNA oh sweetie lots and lots of hugs and kisses. 🫠🫠🫠🫠❤❤❤❤❤ I’m tearing up now.
She sure came to the right family! She’s beautiful and when she runs she’s magnificent.
What a lovely video. She looks so much like my boy.
I've had 4 retired Greyhounds and I miss them so much. My first was abused horribly, he was found with 13 other Greys on a man's property in winter freezing in Iowa. They were all starved, no water and open sores and every parasite imaginable. All waiting to be sold to a research lab. My big boy was not expected to survive but he did and made his way to the adoption folks I reached out to. He was the most loving and beautiful Greyhound and we had him for many years. My first female was scarred up from racing scuffles and my 2nd male had his racing career end with a broken leg. so much abuse in the racing industry I'm glad so many tracks are closing down. All of my Greys were amazing.
Thank you Kimberly for giving them all a good life, care, love......! You saved not one life, but 4! What an awesome person you are!
Have a blessed Xmas! 🎄🐾❣️
@@lidijabirsa7768 I want to adopt another when we move to our next home. Merry Christmas to you as well and God bless!!!
Lovely!!!
Wishing you and Belle many years of glee! ♥️
She's beautiful UK resident thankyou
It's so beautiful to see her have fun and play! She deserves all the rest and relaxation ❤️ 💙 💜
🤧 aww she's so gorgeous, bless you for saving her, great video thanks 💖😁
I’ve adopted retired racers for 22 years and all my hounds were/are healthy, happy and well adjusted coming straight off the race track. Yes, they needed to learn house rules, how to negotiate stairs and hardwood floors but none were abused. These are the Olympic athletes of the dog world. They have extremely sensitive personalities and temperament and would never stand a chance at winning of abused. It’s counter productive to abuse the animal that earns your income. We live just 5 miles from the now closed greyhound track in Birmingham, AL, USA and I volunteered at the adoption center which shared kennel areas with the active racers. I looked hard to find the abuse that lobbying groups like Grey2K advertise but never saw anything remotely abusive. I saw kennel staff come in inclement weather like fatal tornadoes to make sure the hounds were safe and well cared for. Some of these staff members lost homes but they were still there caring for the hounds. IDK where this hound raced but before the Florida vote basically killed racing in the US, the track I volunteered at had a 99.7% adoption rate with over 975 hounds/year placed in prescreened, loving homes. All adoptees have to agree to chip and report any changes in the dogs status and can be forced to surrender the dog if found to be neglectful in care. Augie had suffered a hock fracture at the Grade A level and received extremely expensive orthopedic care at one of the best Veterinary colleges in the US. Some hounds have issues with corns and don’t enjoy running on any surface but the sand they were accustomed to at the track so it may be your hound needed to toughen up the delicate skin on her toes before she felt comfortable running full tilt. I don’t find videos of this type are helpful to “save” greyhounds. It furthers the message of groups who do very little to actually care for any hounds and spend more of their money on political party contributions and enriching themselves. When Grey2K helped get the track in South Alabama to be closed, they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars but not one penny went to placing the hundred+ hounds who had to be retired/transferred to other tracks that displaced hounds there. The racing greyhound community joined together and drove hounds all the way to Canada and all over the US. Now there are no tracks in Alabama and when we lost our Atticus to Osteosarcoma, we had to drive 6 hours to TN to find another retired racer. There are only a few tracks left in the US that the wait list is years long at the few adoption programs left with access to racers. The socialization, training and care they receive in the racing industry contributes the to making the sweet natured, gentle giants we adore.
You do realise the internet is worldwide, a very common problem on the internet with people from the US, and you have experience of one place.
@@Sweetlyfe Yes I do and that’s why I said IDK where the hound came from and suggested that not all hounds are treated horribly in racing. The US had that issue until the late 1980s and early 1990s. Due to cases of abuse, the GPA instituted lifetime ban on anyone caught abusing the dogs and began to require all hounds to be drug tested at the end of every race, only adopted after spay/neuter, owners signed agreements to return the dog if they could not care for it and the adoption groups retained legal rights to forcibly seize any hound found in abusive/neglectful conditions. The adoption rate in the US was at 99.7% when racing was banned in FL. My point is people were led to believe by banning racing, the dogs would be saved from abuse. Instead it caused the best racers to sent abroad to countries with less developed and less organized/funded post racing adoption programs. It took thousands of dogs out of a well regulated and heavily monitored system. From what I understand, counties like Mexico, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the UK have most of the tracks now but are years behind on building the well monitored system the Americans have. There are only a handful of tracks left so adopting in the US means up to a year wait lists to adopt and the cost of importing from abroad makes it difficult for many to afford to import. I just feel like people who refused to actually give the donations to the dogs welfare benefited and the people who really tried to care for them properly ended up losing their livelihood. I would love to see their welfare improved worldwide and having a system that finally got their act together was set aside to go years backwards in countries who are just beginning to establish programs. US racing wasn’t infallible but definitely wasn’t a system that allowed abuse. The breeding, handling and training racers experience does contribute to the healthy, well tempered breed we seem to all enjoy. Look at the difference between a racer and a Galgo. Almost identical dogs but have different temperament due to horrible abuse and torture the Galgo suffers if it’s allowed to live till the next hunting season. Galgo groups are full of hounds that are ruffled with parasite, starved and so traumatized that they take months to accept touch and the most basic affection. They are similar in form but are bred for totally different purposes and are treated vastly different. Those hounds are abused and tortured not the majority of racers. It hurts the breed to act like every one is terribly treated. It encourages people to just end the entire system instead of getting involved to make it better. I was actually suggesting that people volunteer and see what what track life is like in their area before judging all are abused. I was actually anti racing until my enjoyment of them led to me volunteering at the adoption center at our track. It was through seeing how they actually lived, trained and raced that I opened up my mind. Getting involved in spreading how wonderful they are as pets and how their experiences on the track makes them better socialized, healthier as a breed and gives people who perhaps don’t have the lifestyle for raising a puppy or perhaps prefer a more laid back adult dog the chance to adopt a dog. I have a genetic condition that has been gradually debilitating since my mid 20s. It’s led to needing a kidney & liver transplant and retired adult racers have been such a blessing to my life. They make wonderful, polite companions and family members. Two of mine became Pet Therapy Ambassadors and our newest is training to do the same. They are highly trainable, perfect height for bed and wheel chair/Walker dependent people and love the work. I just wish people were doing more videos about that type of activity instead of saying look at my poor abused dog when I see a normal hound learning to adjust to a new environment. We were in a documentary called Underneath We Are All Grey that was done by UAB students and focused on showing what track life is like and how well they transition to pets and pets with activities they excel at. Now there’s Agility, Fast Cat, Lure coursing, Therapy work and even Medical Assistance Animal trained retired racers. Let’s see more stories about hounds doing that and being happy.
You're 💯 percent spot on. I also volunteered the same way you described. Everything you pointed out is so true. Most of the scarring happened when it was a puppy or from toe nails(THE DOG KIND) playing outside in a turnout area playing horsing around jumping on one another. Turnouts usually 5to6 times a day depending on weather and temperature half hour to hour at a time. Do the math. How much time does the average house pet get to interact with humans and play with other dogs. No wonder these dogs make great pets. I've had numerous retired racers and they all took a little time to adjust to the COMPLETELY UNKNOWN new world they're living in. Biggest mistake adopters make is they throw the whole world at these dogs. Be patient and understand it's a whole new world to them not you. All have different and unique personalities. Absolutely nothing to do with the imaginary abuse purported by grey2k grifters. Just look and see who contributed to shutting down racing in Florida. When a racing trainer or kennel worker came into the adoption building the dogs from that kennel would go crazy wanting to be with them. Not from fear but pure love of a familiar friend. Miss those days something fierce 😢
Greyhounds are one of the single most elegant dog breeds, even when she’s drooling, she has style 😂. I hear nothing but wonderful things about Greyhounds as pets and this slender beauty confirms it. I’m glad she’s found her safe and loving home🤍💗.
She’s so wonderful and she’s such a happy dog now and it’s awesome to see. Thanks again for watching @Nina Pearman! We appreciate you!
Roaching speed noodle. 😍
Greyhounds have an amazing personality. All of them I ever got to know have been a laugh a minute.
Beautiful Christine and Beautiful Belle... wow! You both touched my heart. Love, Love , Love is in the air! Merry Christmas! 🎅🙏💕🎄🌈🧚♀
Classic sighthound ;)
She is so forgiving. Thank you for rescuing her with love and kindness.
She's totally such a derpy derp!
I would be so afraid to let my greyhound off a lead...you are very lucky
@@jpah8944 , thank you for your agreement! I have been adopting rescued racers for 23 years, not one of my dogs would EVER be let off leash in an open space! How would I ever forgive myself if they got away, ran into traffic, or whatever other bad things that might befall them.
My lab sleeps the same way. It indicates they are comfortable in their surroundings.
She's a miracle! :)
How Belle got her zoomies back! 🤣😍
I have seen several videos of goofball greyhounds. Who would have thought greyhounds were quirky? Belle is beautiful 😍 Thank you for loving her ❤
Them Greyhounds run and run until they need a nap
Look at those thigh muscles..I think she's so fast that she thought she could run on water
beautiful 😍
Greyhounds are such sweet dogs. Every single one I've ever met has been so docile and gentle. It took mine about 6 months to a year to start showing off her personality and she is a goofy girl. Makes me smile every single day. My favorite breed.
Thank you for rescuing this angel!🐾💙🤗🐾👍
She will have been at a rescue centre after she was retired
Greyhounds are retired and adopted not rescued
She's adorable. Thanks for saving her, the racing industry is a very cruel place for animals, dogs and horses alike.
She wasn't saved, she was retired and adopted. Greyhounds are not abused. Learn the truth.
Gorgeous girl. So forgiving. Extraordinary creatures, aren’t they? You have a real beauty there. Hideous industry. What a dream to see it universally closed.
If there was no greyhound racing there would be a lot less greyhounds. Same with horses. If there's no sport there's no need to breed them.
@@matthewmiles9626 Not certain I see your point here, Matthew. I hesitate to call horse racing a “sport”, given how many don’t survive., and if they do, how many live an idyllic life in green, green fields, and not end up as dog food.? Virtually every Melbourne Cup one beautiful creature has to be euthanised. Not particularly sporting for the horse. And let’s not get into steeplechase. There would be less greyhounds. That’s a good thing, surely. There will always be any number of unwanted dogs, of all breeds, languishing in rescues all over the country waiting for loving homes.
@@carolcox302 They are bred to run. If you don't race them there's no need for them. There is always people that don't but the majority are looked after better than humans.
How beautiful!! 🥰🥰😍😍What a change when love and respect is given to these incredible amazing dogs! ❤❤🙌🙌🥹🥹🙏🙏Thank you for adopting her and helping her bloom! 🥹🥹
Beautiful girl 🙂
Bless you for taking care of this wonderful pup
gosh what a beautiful (and so goofy) dog.... that tongue is hilarious....😍😍
What a wonderful person you are to be so kind and patient with her. Great story!