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About CGA
Colorado Greyhound Adoption is a 100% volunteer, 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to finding permanent loving homes for and promoting the adoption and welfare of retired racing greyhounds as excellent family pets.
Based in the metropolitan Denver area, our volunteer base continues to grow, as more and more greyhound enthusiasts become involved. Our group maintains a racing neutral stance.
There are several greyhound adoption organizations in Colorado. A few factors that distinguish the groups are: Adoption Process, Sponsorship, Group Support, and Fostering Approach
We have Greyhounds!! Come meet our new dogs!
URGENT - WE NEED FOSTERS!!!
We have greyhounds coming in!
We have retired racers coming in November and December and we need foster families.
Without foster families, we cannot bring in greyhounds for adoption!
Just imagine not being able to adopt one of these wonderful greyhounds because there are no foster families?
Fostering greyhounds plays a crucial role in helping these retired racing dogs transition into family pets, acclimating the hounds to home life.
So what does it take become a foster family?
You must complete a Foster Application, followed by a home visit from a CGA representative. Once approved, CGA provides necessary supplies and vet care--you provide the love, care, and home.
You will work with a dedicated foster coordinator, who will help answer questions, along with access to a google group made up with other foster families.
Questions? Contact info@greyhoundadoption.com
Ready to foster, click the link below to go directly to the foster application!
New CGA Amazon Wish List!
Donate Food for Fosters!
Now you can help CGA in a different way! With all of the greyhounds coming in to CGA, our foster hounds need food! Donating foster food is fast (like a greyhound) and easy. Click on the button below to see CGA’s Amazon Wish List. Select the food you’d like to donate from our list. It will be shipped to one of our coordinators. We all know how sensitive greyhound tummies can be, so we’ve made it easy by limiting the number of options. Please donate now!
At checkout you will see a shipping address option listed as "Morgan Fields' Gift Registry Address". Please select that one.
Spotlight: Meet Buddy
"A true friend is for ever a friend." — George MacDonald
Are you looking for a friend? Well, I’ll be your buddy! For real, my name is Buddy!
I’m a 4 and half year old male lurcher. I love people. I’m energetic and I love to go on daily walks. I’m a gentleman on lead and I do not pull. I’m food motivated and I like to learn new tricks when treats are involved!
I get along with dogs of all sizes, currently I’m the only dog in my foster home, but I’ve been in homes with other greyhounds and a mid-sized terrier and I’ve been just fine. Initially muzzled while meeting dogs and playing is recommended. (But that’s a best practice for any type of dog introduction).
I don’t show any separation anxiety being alone. I am not cat safe and I need a home without children.
Currently, I have access to a backyard through a dog door, and I love being outside. An apartment or condo would not be ideal for me. A single family home, townhome, or patio home with access to a yard would be perfect.
Buddy was relinquished back to CGA for a bite incident in his previous home. Buddy was seen by a behaviorist and determined that he has the potential to really thrive in the right setting. His love of people and friendliness are definitely pros. He has had no other signs or incidents of aggression in his foster home since coming back to CGA in October 2023.
If you are looking for a dog who will join you on adventures, explore the city or mountains, love you unconditionally, then I’ll be your best buddy!
If you are interested in meeting Buddy, let your adoption counselor know or if you don’t have an adoption counselor, fill out our online adoption application! Let us know if you have any questions about this handsome boy!
Let’s Welcome the Lurchers!
What’s a Lurcher?
With the closure of race tracks across the country, there are fewer and fewer retired racers available for adoption. However the desire to have a loving greyhound companion is at an all-time high. This has lead us to look for other avenues to bring in dogs. CGA will still see some retirees from local farms and still see the young racing school drops outs from KS that we know and love -- but now you'll also see us talking about lurchers!
So what is that?? Traditionally a lurcher is a sighthound mixed with any other breed. American Lurchers in the NE and Midwest are usually bred for field trial racing and scent hounds are preferable and traditional for this. These lurchers are anywhere from 80-100% greyhound and up to 20% "other" hound. We have started working with the American Lurcher Project - they specialize in bringing in these American Lurchers that are in need homes and help to get them to adoption groups like CGA, who match them with loving waiting adopters, like you!
It's important to know that these are GREYHOUNDS! – But they are not NGA Greyhounds --they are retired racers, just a different kind of racing. They have been raised a bit differently than NGA hounds, but many say they are akin to the farm dogs (aka racing school drop outs) that never made it to the more traditional living of an NGA track dog.
Lurchers have a great love of people. According to the American Lurcher Project, “the Midwest lurchers are affectionate, loyal, obedient, and social, as most have lived with other dogs. People who have adopted them say they are intelligent, athletic, and possess a sensor of humor. Lurchers are deeply appreciative of finding a home where they can live inside and be loved. Like many Greyhounds, they excel at roaching, being a couch potato, and playing with stuffed toys. Many of the lurchers have never seen toys or treats or had the luxury of a sleeping on a soft bed."
Over the years, CGA has brought in several non-NGA or non-tattooed hounds and they are lovely! This new partnership with the American Lurcher Project will help us focus even more attention on these dogs. They need homes and you have love to give – let’s do this!
Not convinced? This is what CGA Adopters and Foster Families have enthusiastically responded to my questions about adopting and fostering the Lurchers:
"Boone is a gift to us. I hope people start to realize how wonderful lurchers are!" Colleen Briggs gushed about Boone. "Our experience with Boone is a little different because he is almost blind with a degenerative eye disease. He is much more cautious about activities like going for walks because of this, but gaining confidence that we’ll keep him safe. We haven’t been around other lurchers, so I wouldn’t be able to generalize since every dog is so unique. But what I do know is that he is incredibly loving, eager to please, and has attached deeply to his people. He wasn’t house trained when he arrived and has needed other special training (like using sounds to direct him) to accommodate for his lack of sight, and we’ve found him to be very trainable."
CGA Foster and Vet, Kelsie, describes Phoebe (Katie Kaboom) as:
"She's just got the best personality, and SO MUCH personality! She's sweet, loves everyone, and is silly and playful and goofy. She's got the greyhound smile, and the greyhound lean, but she's also just a little extra sassy in her own way. And she's *smart.*"
Adopter Angi has this to say about Prince:
"I agreed to meet this dog named Spinner. He was a lurcher which I had no knowledge about whatsoever. But he looked just like a greyhound and acted like a greyhound. So to my mind greys and lurchers are pretty much the same.
My guy Spinner, now named Prince, is very gentle and kind. When I’m working, he lays on my bed and sleeps, which is his favorite pastime, just like the greys. Every now and then, he peeks his head over the covers to check on me.
He’s goofy and funny, gentle and kind, just like a grey. He gets excited to go for walkies and spins in circles, full of joy. He’s graceful but exuberant. He has such a great personality, it’s hard to describe everything that I love about him. I love how gentle he is, he’s just so sweet. He’s so loyal and true. He follows me everywhere and leans on me while I pet him, which I love. He’s such a little sweetheart. Even though we’ve only been together for about a month, I feel like we’re bonded and he’s my best buddy. I honestly couldn’t ask for a better friend. I have no regrets about choosing a lurcher instead of a purebred greyhound."
Meli and John stated "The playfulness, happiness and desire to connect with their people makes a lurcher a wonderful companion."
Foster Ute described her first foster lurcher as "Awesome. The personality and temperament were awesome. Very loving, and very affectionate. Very intelligent. I wouldn't mind (foster) failing one."
"They are *amazing* dogs. They fit right into the greyhound theme, and specifically the lurchers CGA has been getting are more like greyhounds than anything else. If you get a change to meet one, you'll understand." (Kelsie Glick)
PLEASE considering fostering these amazing hounds. If you are already a foster family and would like to foster an incoming lurcher, please contact your foster coordinator. If you are new to fostering, and would like to sign up, please send us an email.
Upcoming Meet & Greets
Watch this space as we start up more Meet & Greets again!
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