Adoption information
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About Budgie
Budgie is a true ray of sunshine who is always excited by life. He goes about his day seeking out joy wherever he can find it, during walks, meeting new friends – he even smiles in his sleep! You can tell when he is really excited because his teeth chatter together and his tail spins around like a helicopter about to take off.
He’s a big muscular boy, with an especially adorable face that doesn’t quite match his athletic body. He’s very proud of his soft, shiny fur and looks particularly glorious in the sun, shimmering like a black diamond. He loves to be outside as walks are his favourite part of the day. He’s usually pretty relaxed unless something particularly interesting looking/smelling is up ahead. You’ll need good arm muscles to pull him back as he is a strong boy! He prefers larger dogs as small ones are a bit intimidating to him, despite his size.
Budgie would be okay as an only dog provided he gets lots of attention. He doesn’t like being away from his humans and feels most comfortable when they are in the same room as him. He’s secretly a bit of a sook – loves cuddles and just wants to be loved and doted on by people. He’ll do anything to please those around him so is making good progress on learning commands and will respond to his name. He’s a smart boy and would respond well to training.
No cat or small dog applications.
No children under 10
No full time workers unless working from home ongoing
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.
