"Snowflake is doing very well. She's exploring the house, follows us around sometimes, and is trying to steal our dinners. She's running around the backyard like she owns it and is playing with her toys. She goes down the ramp we built in the back very easily, and we're still working on the stairs. She does so well at home during the day - we haven't had any problems. She's just so good! You can tell she's much more comfortable in the house and we couldn't be happier."
Shirley with Hi Volt - Adopted December 2007
Sandy with Dandy - Adopted December 2007
Ciento-Now Finnigan adopted by the Sullivan family-January 2008.
Pandora now Precious Pandora. Adopted by the Bell family-January 2008.
Angel adopted by Gail & Gary Szabo - March 2008
Timmy (Black hound) joins the Moore family: Tom, Lori & Chloe along with resident grey, Minnie. Adopted May 2008.
Diamond goes to her new home with Sally Parsons. Adopted May 2008.
Jade, adopted by Dolores Machik - May 2008
Molly, adopted by Carol Morris. May 2008
Bull (now Baron) adopted by Cassie McQuagge - July 2008
Toy (brindle) & Canoe (black) go home to Williamsburg with Scott and Sherry Burg. July 2008
Robyn with her new boy Luke. Adopted September 2008.
Alysia and Norman Doyle with Ellie. Adopted July 2008.
Greg and Nancy Curtis with Reds, now Gracie. Adopted July 2008.
Kathy and Amber Patterson with Endora. Adopted July 2008.
Rob and Robin with Darkheart. Adopted July 2008.
Jack - Adopted by Lynn & Kyle Wittet.
September 2008 - Barbie goes home with Rebecca St. Claire and her daughter Alex. Rebecca has helped foster and adopt several senior Greyhounds.
September 2008 - Duelin (Fawn on the left) goes home to Cape Charles, Virginia with Steve Hairfield and Kendall Lord and joins his new sister Madge (Brindle).
Talkin with her new family The Pooles, Norfolk VA.
Natalie & Chuck take Lilly home to Norfolk VA.
Ditto goes home with the Latigona's to Portsmouth, VA
Comet with his new family, the Leaverton's of Virginia Beach.
Maurice has found his forever home with Claire Carbonne of Virginia Beach
Pierre, now Chance, has a Greyt new life with Peter and Allison of Virginia Beach.
Exxon, now Brisco goes home with the Heiser family to Virginia Beach. August 2009
Denali goes to his forever home with the Delacey family.
Maddie is thrilled to be going to her forever home with the Barton family.
Mimi now has her forever home with Judy in Virginia Beach.
Chanel is loving her new home with the Carr's in Suffolk.
Brody is all ready to go to his new forever home.
Forty joins the Rabe family of Virginia Beach. He is joing his "big" sister Diamond, the family's Great Dane.
Catchu is on her way home to Virginia Beach.
Ruby joins Nathan & Marisa at home in Norfolk.
Justin joins his new mom Shari at home in Virginia Beach.
Tommy, now Argos, is enjoying life in the Outer Banks with his new dad Lee.
Buddy (left) & Squirrel adopted by the Cluett's and their grey Lizzy - June 2012
Moon adopted by the Verville's - June 2012
Racing Greyhound At Work
TRACING YOUR GREYHOUNDS LINEAGE AND RACING HISTORY
As you seek to better understand your ex-racing greyhound, you might find it interesting to learn about his racing career. Although not all dogs are in the online databases, you have a pretty good chance of finding your greyhound in one of them if he once raced.
Every racing greyhound has identifying tatoos in both ears. The first step is to make a note of the tattooed numbers in your greyhound's ears. You should also find them on the adoption paperwork you received when you adopted your greyhound. If the tattoos are very hard to read, it helps to shine a flashlight beam through the ear from behind to illuminate the digits.
If your greyhound was registered in the U.S., as will almost certainly be the case, the left ear should contain a 5-digit National Greyhound Association litter registration number.
The right ear (Left: right ear litter registration tatoo) will have 2 or 3 numbers and a letter. Here's how to read the right ear tatoo: the first one or two digits indicates the month the dog was whelped, and the last number (always a single digit) is the year of birth. The letter is an identifier as to the order they were tattooed in the litter (not necessarily the birth order). For example, 72B means a birthdate in July 2002, and the second dog tattooed. 111G means a birthdate in November 2001 and the seventh dog tattooed.
Once you have the tattoos, go to Greyhound-Data(www.greyhound-data.com) and search by �Tattoo�. Start by typing only the left ear litter registration number, since much of the right ear information does not seem to be in the database. Another source for getting information on your greyhound is Rosnet 2000. Rosnet Racing International's Rosnet 2000 is intended primarily for those betting on currently-racing greyhounds. It has information on some dogs not included in the Greyhound-Data database. You'll need to register to use the site, but you won't have to pay a fee.
Example of Right Ear Tatoo
For more information on Greyhound adoption, please contact Gay Latimer at[email protected]