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About Banjo
Everything Banjo does in life is to please those around him. His friends call him ‘goody-two-shoes’ and ‘teacher’s pet’ because he never puts a paw out of line. He’s incredibly curious and loves to learn from the world around him.
His eagerness makes him an excellent student who responds really well to training. He’s a smart boy who learns quickly and will benefit from having an owner who is excited to teach him things. Treats, pats and positive affirmations are Banjo’s rewards of choice. Even without training, Banjo is very well behaved and patient. He walks beautifully on a lead and will wait before crossing the road. He will let humans enter the front door first (very uncommon in the dog world) and he keeps his excitement under control at dinner time.
Banjo experiences some mild separation anxiety, so some ongoing training will be needed to help him learn that being alone isn’t always a bad thing. He’s quite lazy and is very content with just two short walks a day. He will spend the rest of the day snoozing nearby his humans, only an arms length away from a cuddle or pat.
Banjo is comfortable around other dogs, unless they are overly excitable, but he would be very happy living in an only dog house. This smart, sweet boy is looking for a fresh start with a family who dotes on him and loves him for who he is.
No cat or small dog applications please.
No children under six
No full time workers
Regional Victorian applications welcome
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.
