Did You Adopt A Greyhound Gap Dog??

[kizzeysmum]

Its great to hear that Millie is so happy with you

[drdeb]

Hi,
We have been fostering Reece (we now call him Jake) and are just going through the adoption bit. We had been looking for a year, came and met Jake and loved him straight away. We already have a saluki cross called Bella and they get on brilliantly. It's great to watch them hooning round the garden together, then curling up in the same basket! The support and advice from Lisa and Liz was great over the first few weeks. Jake has been such a total star he's settled right in

[drdeb]

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That's Jake (aka Reece) on the left and Bella on the left

[drdeb]

Out bunny spotting, but still need to put some weight on - he's so handsome you just gotta love him!

[lurcherlot]

Hello Deborah and to the forum Good to hear that everything continues to go well with Bella and Jake ... lovely pictures of them both too ;D

[andywillow]

OMG Just look at him now ;D ;D That pic has brought tears to my eyes, who would have believed what state he arrived at Gap in, he looks amazing ;D ;D
So pleased this lad has finally got a home of his own with a gorgeous pal too ;D

Sue

[samburns]

Wow Lovely to see Jake doing so well and with a lovely friend to play and curl up with too ;D

[Jes]

One of many beautiful video's by Tony Butchart depicting greyhounds in their forever homes


www.liveleak.com/view?i=dd6_1273212757

[dorrie]

I am so pleased he has found such a good home and companion.

I loved Jake from the moment I saw him, but I had just lost his look-alike, Santana, only the day before I saw him on the Gap website. I felt that the similarity was just too much at that time

He looks great. I wish you all happiness in the future together.

Hx

[elmuervo]

He looks just wonderful, what a transformation . . . and what a happy boy! ;D ;D

Jo
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[Dylan wonky lurcher 4 yrs on]

We adopted Dylan on 17th Sept 2005 (how time flies!!)
It was probably a bit of a mad thing to do as we had 4 young children -all under 8 years old, 4 cats, 2 rabbits and 2 rats - yet Lisa still managed to find us the perfect dog ;D

At the time Dylan was fostered by the other Lisa, but it was Dawn that brought him over to us.
I was told he was 'probably' about 20 months old and that he was 'fully grown' (he was fairly big already) - but he carried on growing.....and growing. I've never measured him but he is very large so it may be that he is mixed with a deerhound or something.
I needed help with training as he was my first dog and i immediately received help from Andrea - to whom i am eternally grateful.
Dylan is excellent off lead, brilliant recall, no bother with small furries (my cats bully him and he is scared of my bossy hens) and loves children.
Nowadays (he's probably about 7) his muzzle is greying, his tummy is balder and his breath is getting smellier - but he still has moments of pure lurcher lunacy.
I can't ever imagine being without him and i can't ever imagine getting a dog from anyone other than GG - their support really is second to none. I still feel that I have that support even though we have had our dog for a long time. Im sure i'll be back again one day in the future

[Melanie]

Jan 11, 2004 18:27:40 GMT -5 Lisa said:

If so this section is here for you to add your dog's story, how they came to Gap and how you found them.
Was the adoption smooth, what problems did you have when you got your new dog home etc. This enables people considering offering one of our dogs a home to read from you, yourselves what they can expect from us as a rescue.

We have recently adopted a Gap dog. I thought I'd add how the process went for us, so we can help inform new comers.

My husband and I decided we wanted a Greyhound. We felt this breed would fit our lifestyle. We went to another Greyhound rescue first to test my husbands allergies. We walked 6 black boys - we'd got our heart set on a black boy because we'd heard they were hardest to rehome - and as we were walking outside we couldn't really tell.

A little while later in mid-May 2010, I found Greyhound Gap by accident while looking for Greyhound forums. I decided to bite the bullet and call her. We'd seen a black boy we liked called Kelvin, most things about him seemed to fit our needs, but we were aware that Lisa didn't just give you any dog you fancied, she'd match who suited each other best.

We had a detailed phone conversation with Lisa, and she offered us the chance to 'foster-with-a-view-to-keep' a black boy who'd recently come in to kennels. Then, if Dave was allergic, we'd gave a detailed report on his personality to help the family who took him, and if he did work out, we could keep him.

About a week later, we had Nicky come and do a home check (we'd also had 3 Greyhounds round earlier in the week to test Dave's reactions, he'd only had minor ones so we went ahead), which thankfully we passed. She wasn't checking how rich we were, or how big our house was, purely that the house and garden were safe, and we knew the basics on dog care.

On Sat May 29th, we went up to Stoke to meet Axel. We hadn't been offered Kelvin as he was already settled in foster, so we didn't want to mess him around if it didn't work out, plus, Lisa said Axel would fit in well with us. We saw Axel come out from the kennels with Lisa and he was gorgeous! We took him for a walk with all the other hounds and he was lovely straight off. After, Lisa let us borrow the muzzle and fishtail he was wearing, if we adopted him, we'd simply add it to the donation. We put Axel in the car and off we went.

It didn't take long for Axel to settle, he whined a little the first night and he was 100% clean in the house. The only accident he's had since was when he drank a LOT of water quickly and we didn't quite open the door in time. He settled with Dave and me straight away, showing no fear. We didn't actually realise he was nervous of men until a friend came round. We're currently working on this, and his general slight nerves of strangers, he's improving and getting more used to other dogs too. The dog walker he has every day has a staffie girl, and they are great friends

The adoption was finalised in June and all went smoothly. I recommend Greyhound Gap to anyone looking for a pointy dog, you won't be disappointed. Lisa called every day at first to see how Axel was settling and the aftercare really is amazing. We are so thankful for all the hard work from the team, they bring amazing dogs into peoples lives.

[Gill Alderman]

I adopted Luna in July (with husband John) She is now a beautiful 8 month old pup, very active and intelligent, very Saluki. She lives with Jukel and Saffy, collie/greyhound (mostly) lurchers aged 13 and 8, in a small Herefordshire village, near the Welsh borders. She settled in well, treating Saffy as her mum and cuddling up to her.
Luna is now bigger than Jukel and Saffy, about 24 ins, and very graceful even when muddy! - lots of long country walks here and a soggy garden after the snow.
I will attempt to post a photo of Luna when I've learned how!
Thank you Lisa and all and especially Carol, Luna's foster Mum, for your hard work and dedication.

[greybeard]

Sorry it's taken so long to get here, but life has got very lively since Perry(grin) arrived, insinuated himself, and took over! I digress-
the application speaks for itself, but the phone calls from Lisa. She's a good interrogator so tell it as it Really is. Your circumstances that is, then there shouldn't be any nasty surprises. Our conversations (2) lasted about 3 hours in total. Very interesting and quite far reaching. Just when I thought I'd really blown it, the cruncher. Have you thought about a black boy? No prizes for PC here. Slightly hesitant yees. Good. We'll get your home check sorted then. That was done in quick time by the renown Andywillow, followed by "The wait". You don't get the result till later, (it allows the checker to escape). Next a meeting in the park- us+Kizzie+Sue+Perry. By the end of the walk they were behaving like an ol' married couple. This was obviously fed back to Lisa and we were "invited" to the Gap show, where we were given Perry to toddle around with for the day. After the heaven's opened and we'd retreated to the car and dried off- no snapping, just a bit of confusion all round as P not used to cars. Suited up and back into the fray. Sue later tackled Lisa who was not keen on letting P go until "they're on holiday. They can settle him in", carried the discussion. He travelled brilliantly- in fact we had to check he was still breathing a few times. After inspecting the soon to be racetrack garden, collapsed on a dog bed and slept.
A week of phone calls from Lisa- no problems. In fact the problem then was sorting out insurance for an oldie, as he's 8 not 4 to 6 years old.
It's been a fair honeymoon period. About a month ago he decided he was "sorted". I came home to be greeted by a toy whizzing past my head, when I turned P was doing a fantastic playbow, then proceeded to bounce off the walls. A good 20 min later Kizzie got over the shock and tentatively joined in. We haven't looked back.
The main problem has been for us+Kizzie getting used to the live wire that is Perry. Life is now a project in progress.

For what you get Gap don't "charge" anywhere near enough!!
Many thanks to the whole team who worked to bring us together. Another Lisa/ Sue triumph.
Cath, Chris, Kizzie and last but not least, Perry.

[Flaperoo]

Lovely update and delighted to hear Perry is doing so well

I didn't know this section existed and I've been a member for five years

Maryx