Greyhounds make "greyt" pets! | Events

Adopting an animal is a big decision, and selecting the right kind of animal and right breed is very important! Retired racing greyhounds make wonderful pets. Learning about what a greyhound's life was like during his career is extremely important because it will help you understand his behavior.

Greyhound puppies are born on a farm where they begin the early stages of training. They are raised with their littermates and sometimes stay with them through training and on into their racing career. Greyhounds are constantly handled by people and as a result, greyhound puppies become very well socialized from a very early age. This is one of the reasons retired racing greyhounds make such wonderful pets.

At between 12 and 18 months old, the greyhound puppies have had all of their necessary training and are ready to go to the track and become a race dog. While they are racing, they are kept on a tight routine, which is why they prefer to live in a scheduled home environment. Racing greyhounds generally retire at about two to four years old from various things. The most common reasons include lack of interest in competing, injury, loss of interest, and age.

The longer a greyhound's career, the better racer he was. Keep in mind though, the length of a dog's racing career does not in any way play a part in his or her ability to make a wonderful and gentle pet! Many greyhounds live happily with families with children and other pets. 

If you’d like more information about adopting one of the over 20 greyhounds of all sizes, and colors currently available for adoption, please contact It’s a Grey Area Greyhound Adoption at 504-908-8884 or info@itsagreyarea.com.

More information on greyhound adoption and events we hold and attend throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama can also be found on our website at www.itsagreyarea.com or our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/itsagreyarea.

If you’d like the opportunity to meet some greyhounds, please come and visit us at Dog Days at the Bluebonnet Swamp on Saturday, September 17 from 9am-11am.  More information on the Dogs Days event can be found at the BREC’s Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center Website by following this link: http://www.brec.org/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&cpid=379