Adoption information
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About Ollie
Ollie is a leggy boy, stunning red fawn with brown gazing eyes.
He is not your typical ‘lazy’ greyhound, he is playful and has energy to burn, he goes for 2-3 short walks a day and would benefit from having a good-sized backyard so he can securely do his daily zoomies.
Ollie would be ok as an only dog, he is not a shy dog, he was attached to his humans and tended to follow them around the house but is slowly relaxing into the home environment and is happier to spend more time apart from them. He loves his toys, especially the squeaky ones, and will happily entertain himself with them if left alone in the home however would benefit from being taken for a long walk before hand to tire him out.
Ollie is adapting well to this new world; he is curious and will push boundaries so continued training is a must by his adopters. In the home he is learning what are his toys and what are not and to not counter surf. His walking out for most part is loose lead but can get a bit anxious especially seeing other dogs, so this is work in progress. Ollie would benefit from controlled interactions with confident dogs. He has excelled at sleeping through the night and will snooze until human’s wake, waits calmly at the front door and responds to his name.
Be warned Ollie has been known to bury his treats in his bed for later, not so cute if raw!
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.
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.