River Rapids Cyber Greyhound Rescue


Greyhounds are magestic creatures, the most ancient purebred dog on earth. This animal was kept by Egyptians, Romans, early European tribes, and other ancient people as skilled hunters and cherished pets. The greyhound is among the top ten fastest land animals on the planet. They are the only breed mentioned in the Bible, and mentioned in high reguard. Despite all this, these magestic creatures are exploited for racing and then often disposed of when they can no longer bring a profit. Many rescue organizations worldwide have been making an effort to find homes for all the retired racers and to reform or eliminate the Greyhound racing industry. To read about the plight of real greyhounds and the efforts to save them, please visit Adopt a Greyhound or The Greyhound Protection League. (Note: The latter is quite graphic and will likely induce pity and/or outrage, so visit at your own risk.)

Greyhound Facts

• Greyhounds race in grades, the highest is A and is for the fastest dogs. By losing, dogs are moved to lower grades until they are "graded off." Then they are bred, adopted, or destroyed.
• Greyhounds usually grade off after only a year or two of racing (sometimes just a few months). All racers are usually retired before they are five years old.
• Greyhounds that aren't destroyed live 10-12 years, but some have lived to 14 or 15.
• They weigh 50 to 80 pounds and are quite tall (all legs).
• Greyhounds have very little body fat. This makes them very sensitive to heat, cold, pressure sores, and medication.
• Because of the lack of fat, Greyhounds should be kept indoors.
• They are prone to bloat. Other than bloat and sensitivity to medicine, they have virtually no genetic health problems. They aren't prone to hip displasia.
• A Greyhound's head isn't much wider than its neck, so conventional collars don't work, and martingale collars should be used.
• Greyhounds naturally chase. Most retired racers can be trained to ignore the resident housecats or small dogs, but some have instincts that are too strong.
• Retired racers have known only the racing life. It takes time and patience for them to adapt to alien things like stairs, windows, tile, cats, and house training.
• Racers are used to lots of handling and living in crates. This makes them easy to transition using crate training and tolerant of touching.
• Greyhounds sleep a lot. They have times of repose and times of action. They are not endurance dogs, but need a twice weekly sprint in a fenced yard or fenced dog park.
• Retired racers cannot be shown but they can take part in activities such as obedience, agility, lure coursing, fun runs, and therapy work.

Rules For Adoption
How to adopt:
Just save any images (however many you want) by right-clicking and upload them to your server/site. Remember to link to me on all pages where they are placed. (Eventually, dog supplies, particularly Greyhound-oriented ones like elevated food bowls and big beds, will be available at the store.)

	Name	Gender	Color	Age	Reason for Retirement
	Oh Too Cute	Female	Fawn & White	20 months	Training School Dropout
	Cyclonic Fury	Male	Black & White	3 years	Graded Off
	Gypsy Dance	Female	Red & White	2 years	Graded Off
	Laughing Larry	Male	Black	7 years	Age
	Lickety Split	Female	Fawn Brindle & White	3 years	Graded Off
	Monte Carlo	Male	Red & White	4 years	Graded Off
	Teacher's Pet	Male	Blue & White	2 years	Minor Injury
	Pretty Woman	Female	Black & White	4 years	Graded Off
	Rags to Riches	Male	Fawn	5 years	Graded Off
	Free Spirit	Male	Red Brindle	3 years	Graded Off
	Blazing Star	Female	Dark Brindle	3 years	Graded Off
	Sugar Maple	Female	Black-masked Fawn	2 years	Got turned around and was disqualified
	Field of Daisies	Female	Fawn & White	4 years	Graded off
	Sun God Zeus	Male	Brindle	5 years	Graded off

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