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About Rick
Rick is an adventurer. He loves to explore the world. He gets very excited when you reach for his lead, he will do a few warm-up stretches then he’s ready to set off. Rick also loves his yard, happy to catch the breeze for a while.
Rick adores meeting new people. He has a serious case of FOMO and loves to be around his people or visitors that come to say Hi. He is also very independent and is happy to laze about in his favourite rooms. He loves to greet new friends with a nose in the ear or eyeball – he’s a bit of a close talker. Once he has done his meet and greet, he will happily lie at their feet and soak up the vibes in the room.
Rick is toilet trained and has learnt all the other house rules so he can be the best family companion. He treasures the comfort and cuddles in his foster home. Ricky can be a little cheeky when it comes to the kitchen bench, he may get a bit nosey. He loves nothing more than checking out what's going on at the next table at the local cafe and saying a big Hello.
Rick is very happy the racetrack is in the distant past. He loves being the family man. Our gorgeous Rick also knows just how handsome he is too. This white and black boy with the white stripe on his forehead gets lots of admiring attention on his walks.
Rick likes to hang out with polite dogs after an introduction and has been to several markets and on walks with other greyhounds. He has had several foster buddies in his foster home. He is not a fan of impolite dogs out and about but is easily distracted by yummy treats.
Rick is a little too eager when it comes to wild rabbits or cats lurking around the property, so it is best that he goes to a home where these little critters are not inviting themselves over.
He is quite a lazy boy and loves to laze around in his favourite spots in the house. He is happy to be by himself in another room for a bit and has been left alone for a few hours on his own. He does enjoy being around his people though. He sleeps peacefully through the night until it's time to go out to the toilet or for breakfast in the morning.
He always walks beautifully on the lead. He is the best boy and ready to be your best friend.
No cat or small dog applications please.
No children under ten.
No full time workers unless working from home or there is another dog
We only consider applications who compete our Gumtree Greys online application.
When this is done we can make contact to discuss adopting a greyhound and potential suitable greys currently in foster care.
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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.