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About Ross
Ross is always looking for the joy in life. He thinks life is one big game and he is determined to get as much fun out of it as he can. It’s impossible not to feel your spirits lift when this beautiful boy is around.
Ross loves his food at lot. He knows where the food is kept and will often hang out in the kitchen, giving his humans epic puppy-dog eyes until he gets a snack. His obsession with food makes training Ross very easy, he will do almost anything for a little treat. Since his time in foster care Ross has developed a habit of watching YouTube, particularly videos involving dogs. He will watch with his eyes glued to the screen in wonder. It’s a sight to behold.
He’s a very affectionate boy, sometimes a bit clingy. He will do anything to please his humans and loves to be around them. Ross will need someone who is home often to keep him company and may benefit from living with another dog. He truly loves his toys and can sometimes be overly protective of them. He is slowly learning to “drop” on command, but further patience, firm handling and training will be required.
Ross is a handsome boy who has a very dark chocolate coat, a rarity in the greyhound world.
No cat or small dog applications please.
Two walks a day.
Lots of human or canine company
We only consider applications who compete our online application.
When this is done we can make contact to discuss adopting a greyhound and potential suitable greys currently in foster care.
Adoption details
Dogs are pack animals and Greyhounds, in particular, are very familiar with being surrounded by other dogs in their racing kennel environment. For this reason, when left alone without people or other dogs for company, they can be prone to separation anxiety which can manifest in destructive and/or noisy behaviour. Yes, they may "grow out" of it after a few weeks in their new home, but why put the dog through that stress to ultimately live all day alone, while everyone is at work? As a result we do not rehome dogs into households where they are left on their own for more than 4 hours per day, without either people or another dog for company.
During the COVID crisis, not all of our rescued Greyhounds will have the usual socialisation with other dogs so we may advise to use a muzzle in some situations until the dog is fully socialised.
Contact Gumtree Greys by email: gumtree.greys@gmail.com
Following your initial application, we conduct a home check. Our dogs are placed on a two week trial. The adoption fee is paid at time of placement and reimbursed if the trial is unsuccessful.
After the trial period is deemed successful, the adoption process is finalised.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.