Friends of Greyhounds - Rescue & Adoption

SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON!

2011-01-22T20:54:00.000-05:00

New Dogs To The Prison Program. Whew! What a couple of weeks we’ve had. I got miserably sick with a cold right when I was most busy. But with the help of a whole mess of volunteers, we put together a load of dogs to go to the Second Chance at Life Prison Program run by the National Greyhound Foundation. Last Thursday, January 13th, Natalie, who works in our adoption kennel, and I (Michelle,

Art Deco Festival on South Beach

2011-01-22T20:50:00.000-05:00

On Friday we had to have our booth set up and in place at the Art Deco Festival on South Beach in Miami by noon. It was a struggle to meet that schedule but it was worth it. What a great time we had!! Soooooooo many people. In other years we’ve opted to skip the night crowd but since the cost of the show had gone up, we wanted to get our money’s worth and opted to stay late into the night.

New dogs in the Kennel... these you've gotta see!

2011-01-22T20:37:00.002-05:00

JD Rockefeller Gloria Vanderbilt (Snickers) While Jerry and I and the volunteers “hung out” at the show, our kennel people had filled all the kennels vacated by the prison dogs with new dogs. On Saturday we cat tested them and on Monday, we started getting them to the vets for spay and neuter. No grass growing under FoG’s feet! Howard Hughes JP Getty We have such a great assortment of

SNOW FEST Parade - This Saturday!

2010-12-10T17:55:00.000-05:00

Get into the spirit of the season with Friends of Greyhounds and the North Miami Beach Snowfest Parade! This Saturday evening (December 11th) the FoG folks will be walking in a fun, neighborhood parade to show off our dogs and get some people to come to the kennel. It’s only a half mile walk so it’s a greyhound-friendly length. And it ends at a party with music, food, games and a 30 TON snow

Upcoming Events - YES! We need help.

2010-11-09T23:49:00.001-05:00

This is the time of year many of us look back over the past months and ask ourselves if we did the things that we intended to do this year. Did you finally get all those hi-voltage light bulbs replaced? Put up the extra shelves in the garage? Do more to keep in touch with elderly relatives? Donate more time to help the greyhounds? Well, the year isn’t over and we’re going into a time with

Howloween at Fairchild

2010-10-30T19:12:00.001-04:00

The Greyhounds will be at Fairchild Tropical Gardens this Sunday, Oct. 31, for their "Howloween" party. There will be food and a few lectures (therapy dogs, Bonding) and exhibitions (K-9 Unit, Rally & Obedience) and at 2 pm, a dog parade and costume contest! Fairchild is a beautiful location and dogs are only allowed in one day a year. Think about the perfect backgrounds for family photos for

Volunteering - in little bits

2010-10-21T23:41:00.000-04:00

We know that many of you want to help out but don't really have the time, or it doesn't fall when and where we need you. So we're working on putting together some "mini" volunteer projects. Our first one is about ready to be distributed. We have bags of clean but used toys that need a little re-furbishing. Each bag has from 10-15 toys in it. Most of them need squeakers replaced and we have

D1K - The Party’s On!

2010-09-26T07:52:00.005-04:00

D1K means “Dog One Thousand”and Friends of Greyhounds is celebrating our 1000th ADOPTION! We’re holding a BIG party and BBQ at the kennel on October 10th. Everyone is invited. Notice that date? 10/10/10 ? 10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000 That’s gotta be an extra special day! Who was Dog 1,000? We’ll tell you at the party!We’ll have the collar chains out for sure and our party collars on! We start at 10 and

The Super - Duper D1K Raffle Basket

2010-09-26T07:50:00.000-04:00

The centerpiece of our D1K raffles is a Giant basket of goodies that Marian Glynn has been working on for 3 months! Every dog owner and FoG supporter will want to be sure their tickets are in that drum. We’ll have a bunch of other prizes - you know me and raffles!! And you do not have to be present to win. The Super Duper D1K Raffle Basket contains. . . .• A giant, cushy, tie-dye fleece

Rising Prices

2010-09-25T22:31:00.005-04:00

This is a blog entry I have resisted writing for many weeks but I cannot postpone it any longer. When we incorporated Friends of Greyhounds, we arbitrarily set our adoption fee at $175. We didn’t know enough about this business to have a rationale for the price. It just seemed fair. And it has been a fair price for almost 10 years. But we can no longer deny that our medical bills alone are

Special Dog - Special Home

2010-09-20T08:03:00.003-04:00

There has been a bit of a fuss about one particular dog in our kennel so I want to share a story with you. Blue dogs are very rare and many greyhound people prize them. We received a small, genteel blue boy named “I Got Bottom”, nicknamed Al. Word spread quickly when his picture and bio went up on Petfinder. I was getting emails and calls from all over. I assured people that we did not

And they’re off. . . .

2010-09-16T15:15:00.003-04:00

With the worst of summer’s heat behind us, South Florida traditionally revs up their street parties, festivals and BBQs. Seems like all of sudden, invitations to participate are coming out of the woodwork. All of our events have the possibility of resulting in exposure and adoptions for dogs and/or funds to care for them. If you can help out in any way, please let me know. Email works well (

Fighting the Heat.

2010-07-29T16:33:00.006-04:00

We all like to take our dogs on walks or let them run, run, run in the backyard or dog park. But this year, with this incredibly oppressive heat, we’re seeing the effects of that heat more than we ever have. PLEASE be careful with your greyhounds! They are like kids - when they're having fun, they don't know when to stop. You have to be the smart one. Remember - greyhounds have no

Greyt Pet Photography

2010-07-21T14:42:00.004-04:00

Adopters and Pet Portraitists, Judy & Larry Warsh will be doing dog and family photographs on Saturday, August 7th at the kennel! They will have professional equipment and backdrops to help you get a family portrait that you will treasure for years to come. (Just wook at dose faces!) There's nothing like a really professionally lit and developed portrait. And have you tried to set up an

FoG needs YOU!

2010-07-21T14:30:00.002-04:00

On Saturday afternoon, July 31st we will close open house promptly at 3 pm so that we can hold a general meeting. Please join us at the kennel office (7218 W. 4th Ave, Hialeah) and bring your thinking caps, ideas and schedules. FoG needs your help! We need to tap our friends and adopters to come up ways to move our organization forward - to let people know how wonderful these dogs are and to

July 3rd BBQ

2010-06-29T09:57:00.004-04:00

Our Memorial Day BBQ was such a wonderful success, we've decided to do a repeat performance. Since many of us have standing obligations for July the 4th, we decided to get together on Saturday, July 3rd. If I can get some help hanging them, we'll even put up the chains again. I think it's good for our souls. We have some brand new, beautiful leather martingale collars in the shop and you

New Times - THANK YOU!

2010-06-29T09:17:00.002-04:00

A HUGE Thank you to the staff at Broward-Palm Beach New Times Magazine for naming Friends of Greyhounds as the 2010 "Best Place to Adopt a Pet" They wrote a very nice little article and told everybody about our open house! You can read it on their site in a flipbook format. Just click here. Our piece starts on page 14 and finishes on 17. What a wonderful thing for them to do and we truly

Pet Connection Party on SATURDAY

2010-06-21T20:47:00.005-04:00

Our friends at Boss, the Pet Connection are having a party on Saturday and we're all invited! Enrique (master of the affordable deep dental cleaning I talked about last month) will have music and food and lots of doggie traffic at his place on University Drive in Sunrise. It's between Sunset Strip & Sunrise Blvd. on the west side. He has another rescue coming, a trainer, a vet and we'll be

Thunder-phobe Dogs!

2010-06-14T19:49:00.003-04:00

Our Greyhound Goodies shop at the Hialeah kennel now has Thundershirts in stock. If your dog is afraid of storms or has other anxiety triggers, please try one of these. There is nothing more upsetting than watching a terrified dog, pacing and panting or hiding and whining, and there’s nothing you can do or say to calm them. They’re not designed for Fireworks but after seeing my thunder-phobe dog

CAL THE GREYHOUND

2010-05-27T05:43:00.000-04:00

Cal the greyhound has been feeling a bit shy about the personal ad he placed for a long-term commitment, but he has finally agreed to share it with you on YouTube. If you share it with your friends, you just might help some of Cal's friends - and ours - find a home. (Our thanks and admiration go to The Greyhound Project for this wonderful video. They are also the amazing people that publish

Memorial Day BBQ

2010-05-23T22:01:00.001-04:00

Come party with the kennel hounds. We haven’t had a good Barbeque in a while so let’s put on the dog on Sunday, May 30th, from 10 AM to 3 PM at the kennel open house. If you’d like to bring something, feel free. If that’s not convenient, no problem. We’ll have burgers and (hot) dogs and salads and I think we’ll even decorate in an extra special way. Inside the decor will be red, white &

Maria Maria Has Come Home

2010-05-17T21:32:00.005-04:00

In August of 2003 we adopted a fuzzy, outgoing white & fawn dog by the name of Kiowa Mariamaria to a young couple. She was a few months shy of four years old. In late 2005 we received a call from a lady named Mary who told us about a stray greyhound around her mother’s house in Miramar. She wouldn’t give us much detail because she was afraid we would give the dog back to the owners. But she

Doggy Dental Doings

2010-05-07T11:36:00.002-04:00

Yes, you are supposed to be brushing your dog’s teeth daily. I’d be real happy if you’d do it weekly. In truth, the majority of our dogs have never had their teeth brushed outside of the vet’s office. I know all the excuses. I use them too. But we may have an answer for you.Vet dentals are hard on the wallet ($250 and up) and hard on the dogs. Non-anesthesia dentals at the vet are almost as

Friends of Greyhounds needs YOU!

2010-05-05T07:24:00.001-04:00

We are looking for some good volunteers who are willing to commit long term to helping these wonderful greyhounds get into homes. We need people to fill some critical roles in the organization. These are mostly new positions and you can make them your own and really make a difference to the dogs. There are a lot of things that go into running and organization like FoG and we've grown too big

Seafood Festival Thank yous!

2010-05-02T21:24:00.000-04:00

A belated thank you to all of our volunteers who manned the wet & sandy tent at the Pompano Seafood Festival. When it is good, it is very, very good. But when it rains, it gets so, so wet! Saturday was tolerable but Sunday we looked like a pack of drowned cats. Apparently people were sorry for us and although we had fewer people at the festival, donations were not too far below usual. (Thank

Pompano Beach Seafood Festival is Here!

2010-04-13T13:46:00.004-04:00

The Pompano Beach Seafood Festival is always a highlight of our festival season. There's lots of people, lots of music and lots of seafood and beverages. It's a wonderful party on the beach. You can see the music lineup at their website (www.pompanobeachseafoodfestival.com). Admission to the party is $10 per person but I know how you can get in for FREE! All you have to do is help man our

2010-02-10T08:42:00.008-05:00

We Need A HEROWe need someone to do the hardest job ever. Are you the person we’re looking for?Qualified applicant will have...A home with room for one more greyhound.LOTS of time to love and spoil a special dog. No cats or small dogs.Prefer a home in Broward but may consider other.Fenced yard so leash walking is minimized.This is a temporary job that will only last a few weeks or months. This

2010-02-09T09:32:00.003-05:00

It's hard to find a Valentinewhen your only pickup line is "WOOF". Please come visit our extraordinary dogs at the kennel this weekend and let your heart lead the way. Give yourself a gift of love you will never forget.

ATTENTION STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

2010-02-05T13:20:00.001-05:00

How about organizing a car wash or dog wash for Friends of Greyhounds? Find volunteers and a location and we’ll provide soaps, towels and whatever we need to make it work. Raise sorely needed funds to feed and care for our greyhounds and get community service hours for it. Or what about selling Krispy Kreme donuts in front of Home Depot or Bass Pro Shops on the weekend? Donations are way down

Pet Insurance Primer

2010-02-03T09:24:00.005-05:00

When a pet gets sick or injured, you face some scary decisions. It's hard enough to be confident in your choices about vet care and treatments but then muddle it all down with this economic crisis and we've developed a real pet care crisis. I know. I have personal dogs and adoption dogs so I face these same decisions times 50.I get occasional calls about Pet Insurance. I'm the first to admit

Volunteers needed for Project work

2010-02-01T13:13:00.000-05:00

We always need regular, reliable help at the kennel in Hialeah and the office/ small kennel in Sunrise. But if volunteering every week isn’t good for you, you might want to take on one of our projects to complete. Some of these have been started. Some are new. Some are ideas that we’d like to find someone to run with. Some can be done at home and some need a little time at either the kennel

Renaissance Festival - It’s here!

2010-01-30T23:06:00.002-05:00

Renaissance Festival - It’s here! One of our highlight events of the year is just around the corner. Please consider working a shift at this wonderful event. Not only will you help greyhounds get into good homes, bring in some donation funds that we so sorely need, but you’ll get to go play at the 16th century festival when you’re not working the booth! For more information on the event

Big Dog’s B-Day!

2010-01-25T07:00:00.000-05:00

It’s happening again. Jerry Deitch, president, founder and Big Dog of the FoG dogs is having ANOTHER birthday. So come on down to the kennel on Sunday, January 31, and help him celebrate. It's Open House with Birthday Cake. And we're offering FREE DOGS on Jerry's Birthday! And free buns and mustard, too! (tee-hee) That's right - - adopt a greyhound on Big Dog’s Birthday and get a free

Volunteers needed - Sunrise Office

2010-01-24T22:07:00.001-05:00

I was tooling along at a pretty good pace in Fog’s Sunrise home/office when wham, I lost all three of my regular office volunteers. Deena is trying to come in two days a week but she works retail and her schedule is unpredictable. She can do it all but doesn’t have time. Chris has retreated home to care for her sister who is moving to Florida. We’re glad she has a higher calling but boy

Events - Past, Present & Future!

2010-01-13T21:54:00.005-05:00

Past Events - On December 12th, Jerry & I (Michelle) were married at the home of Steve Holloway, one of our most loyal volunteers. Planned for an evening garden wedding, the torrential rains changed our minds and we had a lovely ceremony in the family room. There were a total of 20 people (including ourselves) and three dogs. It was truly a dog group. Everyone there either owned a greyhound

Lost Greyhound - update

2009-12-07T22:10:00.002-05:00

I am very sorry to say that we are no longer looking for our beloved greyhound, Fish. (story below) Today Cindy, his adopter was informed that the park rangers up by Boca Inlet had found the body of a large, red dog under a dock area. It has been confirmed that it is our Fish or "Wahoo" his new name. We believe that in his fear of people or noises, he may have run scared to the end of a pier

LOST GREYHOUND - Help Wanted

2009-12-04T21:34:00.005-05:00

Just before Thanksgiving, Cindy adopted Hallo Big Fish, a tall, red, male greyhound who smiles when you talk babytalk to him. He is a bit of a scardy-cat and spooks easily but Cindy is a professional veterinarian and has had a greyhound before. The delivery to her new home, across from the ocean in Boca Raton went well. Her cats were a little surprised but it looked like things would be fine.

2009-12-04T20:49:00.000-05:00

Tennessee Dogs DeliveredOur Tennessee dogs have been delivered. All About Hounds received six dogs to start the new adoption group and we took advantage of the trip north to adopt two others into Kentucky and Indiana! Six boys and two girls went to greyt new homes. We can’t wait for AAHs dogs to find their permanent home and come back for more. They hope to take three or four groups a year.

Woofstock '09 - Wonderful!

2009-12-04T20:46:00.005-05:00

Woofstock 09 was wonderful and we have the t-shirts to prove it! Everything went surprisingly smoothly. We did a whole lot of everything and it was a greyt day of food and contests and greyhounds everywhere. But the best part of Woofstock is the lounging around and visiting with all the other greyhounds and their owners. Greyhounds all seem to know one another so we humans at the other end of

Woofstock - This SUNDAY!

2009-11-18T20:00:00.004-05:00

Woofstock will be phenomenal this year but only if you show up! I’ve been so crazy with events and visitors and adoptions (yipee) that I have done a terrible job of promoting Woofstock. ( FoG really needs a separate PR and promotions person. But that position has been on the wish list forever.) Our mailing list problems didn’t help. Henry, our webmaster, has established a new system now and is

Updates: Adoptions, trips, dogs and horses!

2009-11-18T19:44:00.004-05:00

It has been a whirlwind lately with no sign of stopping. Our friends from Greyhound Ranch in Orlando took FOUR dogs with them to adopt out. Leslie has them all settled in the air-conditioned, playhouses turned kennels in her back lot. It’s a cute, cute setup and we know they’ll find wonderful homes!We refilled our kennel just in time for the arrival of the people from Nashville. When you host

2009-11-04T22:03:00.005-05:00

Keeping Busy!Wow, we really are keeping busy these days. Just check these out and you’re bound to find something you want to help out with or at least come visit with us!This Saturday, November 7th, we’ll be at the Farm Bureau Days at the Pompano Citi Centre (old Fashion Square at Federal & Copans). We’d like to have someone kind of take charge of it and then a few others to help out. It’s only

2009-11-04T21:58:00.002-05:00

Horses & Hounds - Lake WorthNovember 15thJeri & Jane are the owners of Simpatico Farm in Lake Worth. It’s a wonderful place for their horses and now their two greyhounds. They are hosting a house-warming (farm warming?) for their clients, neighbors and friends and all of our FoG adopters in the area are invited, too. They are literally turning their housewarming into a fundraiser for FoG!!

2009-11-04T21:52:00.003-05:00

Don’t forget Woofstock is coming!November 22. Here’s the poster. I have flyers if you are near me. Or use this and print a few for the bulletin board at work or post it on the company email bulletin boards. It’s coming up sooo FAST! I’m not ready! I could sure use some help. We still have room for vendors who might like a table at our event in exchange for something for our raffles. I am

Home 4 The Holidays

2009-10-30T20:41:00.003-04:00

It was a success last year so let’s do it again!We’re holding a “special sale" on Greyhounds!$100 DISCOUNT. If you have adopted from Friends of Greyhounds, you are eligible to receive a $100 discount on another adoption fee! This is designed to be used by people who have already been approved and we do not need to do a home visit or deliver the dog. Our “free home trial” will still be in effect

FoG Dogs Go To Jail

2009-10-08T20:21:00.005-04:00

Last month Linda Willis and I drove two wonderful little girls named Nite Fire Naples (Newberry) and Payday Tabby up to the Hernando Correctional Institute in Brooksville, Florida where we kissed them goodbye and delivered them into the hands of men and women clad in orange and white striped jumpsuits behind razor wire fences. It was the kind of moment that gives you goosebumps. We drove away

Hey you, do we have your contact info?

2009-09-30T16:07:00.003-04:00

Dear friends of Friends of Greyhounds. We recently lost our contact database so we are unable to send out our email updates about upcoming events. If you were on our list before and would like to be on again please drop us an email by clicking here.In the meantime please check this blog often for the latest updates.

Super Special Seniors - UPDATED!

2009-09-21T22:59:00.002-04:00

This economy has hit our dogs pretty hard. Adoptions are slow and we are seeing more returns. FoG started adopting greyhounds in 2001 so we have a few seniors out there /and their returns are the hardest of all. If you have room in your home, please consider becoming a refuge for one of our Super Special Seniors. Greyhounds have a natural life span of 12 to 14 years and there was one recently

Woofstock is Coming – Save the Date!

2009-09-17T21:38:00.003-04:00

The Spring Season Festivals are underway and once again, we’re looking for some volunteers. I’ve been delinquent with updates on the news blog but I hope you’ll forgive me since I can tell you that our adoption numbers are way ahead of previous years. Even with correction for the higher number of returns,

2009-02-06T11:41:00.003-05:00

It's hard to find a Valentine when your only pickup line is "WOOF!"Adopt a Greyhound for Valentine's day. The love lasts longer than roses.

Volunteers Needed to work Events!!

2009-01-15T22:23:00.005-05:00

We’re knee deep in events this winter and we really need your help. We’ve kept our adoptions moving along pretty well even considering this economy but we really need to get FoG out there in the public eye to keep the momentum going. We’ve committed to a few more events than usual with hopes that you will all pitch in to help the many dogs that are waiting in the kennel get moved into homes.

Important Reminders & News:

2008-12-17T08:28:00.004-05:00

** The Greyhound Calendars are in at the store. These GORGEOUS calendars are $12 for the wall style and $15 for the weekly datebook. We're a little late getting them this year but they are in stock and they make wonderful holiday presents. Think about giving one to you vet or hanging one in your office to show everyone how amazing these gentle creatures are.** Only TWO WEEKS left in our Home

2008-12-08T07:42:00.000-05:00

Holiday Party - Break out your party hats! Hang the garland! (Where is the garland? We gotta get some garland! The dog ate the garland??? Rats!) Our Holiday party is on schedule - sort of. Everyone is invited for a casual, afternoon get together on Saturday, December 13th. The past couple months have been busy and we have busier ones ahead so this is our chance to stop and take stock of

2008-12-03T21:05:00.005-05:00

Update on Dennis Hickson & his dogs. . . Dennis’ dogs, Buddy, Ruby and Orbit, have come back to Friends of Greyhounds and amazingly enough, they probably already have a home. We have someone special who wants all three PLUS Louetta (our black brood mom) but they won’t be able to go to their new home until the end of the year. I’m going to try not to talk about this too much for fear of jinxing

Dennis Hickson - we will miss you.

2008-11-29T00:07:00.006-05:00

When we adopt a dog, we hand the adopter a manual called “Welcome to the Family”. Owning a greyhound puts you into a special family that extends all over the world, thanks to the internet. And if you’ve ever been to the kennel, you know that FoG is a pretty close knit family of greyhound owners. Well, we have lost a member of the family.On Thanksgiving evening about 6:15, Dennis Hickson was

Dear Santa . . .

2008-11-28T21:26:00.003-05:00

Sometimes we get questions from folks who would like to know what they can bring us around this time of year. Of course, our wish list is on the website. And, of course, our biggest wish would be for all the homeless dogs to get homes. But that's probably not too practical. In the interest of practicality, here is a pretty updated list of basic things we really need more of at this time for

2008-11-28T20:08:00.003-05:00

Studio 19 FoG Fundraiser - Thank you! Studio 19's fundraiser evening was a greyt success. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us. We had a perfect evening for the event and people and dogs came from three counties to attend. Tim had a wonderful singer, great pizza and some seriously tasty wines. We enjoyed a couple of hours of visiting, shopping in the gallery and trading

Home 4 The Holidays!

2008-10-29T22:32:00.003-04:00

Friends of Greyhounds is offering it’s first ever“special sale” on Greyhounds! We’re looking to place as many greyhounds into homes before January 1, 2009, as possible. To do this, we’re offering a two special promotions:$100 DISCOUNT: If you have adopted from Friends of Greyhounds, you may receive a $100 discount on another adoption fee! This is designed to be used by people who have already

FoG Fundraiser at Studio 19

2008-10-29T22:24:00.003-04:00

Tim and Cindy Stockman have two lovely, loving greyhounds and a wonderful art studio in Ft. Lauderdale called Studio 19 Fine Art. They are hosting a fundraiser for Friends of Greyhounds on Sunday evening, November 16th and you are ALL invited! Bring some friends and join us at their studio for pizza and drinks and music and auctions. A lot of other friends and nearby businesses in the Gateway

2008-10-29T22:20:00.001-04:00

Dogsitting over the holidays. Please feel free to email me (Michelle) at Fogdogs@comcast.net if you do not have a copy of our dogsitter listing and I can email you a copy. It is posted as a “picture” in another part of the blog but many people have found it hard to print from. With the holidays coming up, you may find this handy as it lists dog sitters and walkers that have greyhound

Help us win!

2008-09-26T23:06:00.002-04:00

2008-09-24T11:57:00.002-04:00

Can You Dig It? Check out this cute storybook from Greyhound Friends of New Jersey. It's cute. It's clever. And it's the answer to all those potential adopters who come to us and say they want "a greyhound puppy." This guy is 9 months old and has certainly accomplished a lot. (Then go hug your adult couch potatoes who came to you with a whole lot of training!)

2008-09-05T19:16:00.003-04:00

Grand Opening - Postponed. But the BBQ is On! The Grand Opening party scheduled for Saturday (9/6) at our new Broward Adoption Center has been postponed. We'll let you know when we reschedule - probably a date in October. It will be a little while yet before we are sure where Hurricane Ike is going and they tell us this weekend will be pretty nice weather. But we know our people are going

2008-08-29T23:08:00.002-04:00

A Word Among Friends. The economy is tough out there right now and this South Florida area seems to be the toughest. I've never seen it like this. Many of us are hurting and that carries over to our homes and families. We're seeing more dogs returned because people are forced to move or they're coming from broken families, victims of the economic pressures. When you adopted from us, we gave

2008-08-29T22:45:00.003-04:00

A Busy September! A list of our events and parties for September. . . Saturday, September 6 - 10AM to 3 PM - Grand Opening Party for our Broward Adoption Location. We’re throwing a party to get you to come visit us at our Broward Open House location in Boss, The Pet Connection. We’ll have a Pet Psychic, Bobbing for Hot Dogs, snacks and fun. Steve Ginsberg from Charley’s Canine College will

2008-08-29T21:52:00.001-04:00

Other Upcoming Events - October 25th (date may change, we hear) - Howl O Ween Dog Expo at the Parkland Equestrian Center November 1st or 8th - Grand Opening Party at the new Boca Raton Dog Park December 6 & 7 - Woodstock Craft Show - (do NOT confuse this with Woofstock, our greyhound gathering) - Welleby Park, Sunrise. Jan 16 - 18th - Art Deco Weekend on South Beach. Feb 7th thru March 8 - Every

2008-07-30T20:02:00.006-04:00

Captain Morgan - beached! I know this is a shot in the dark but I also know that greyhound people tend to know greyhound people. The other night, the Sunrise police called us about a found dog. Long story short, we now have a wonderful, dark brindle, little boy greyhound living at our house. He was found - pretty tired and some foot sores but basically sound - in Sunrise. But he has a tag on

2008-07-24T20:15:00.005-04:00

Orbit goes to Camp! Orbit (Hurcan Washill) and Regall Chava went to visit St. Jerome's Summer Camp in SW Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday, July 23rd. They took along Eden (Oneco Eden) and Balli (Kiowa Hix Balli) who belong to Linda Willis. Linda's daughter Jill helps out at the school and Jill's son, Tyler, is a student there. We were strategically situated so the parents would see them when they

2008-07-21T14:01:00.000-04:00

New Broward FoG Office To Open!Friends of Greyhounds (FoG) willl have a second weekend open house location and this one is in Broward! Instead of telling people they need to drive all the way south to Dade to see the dogs, we’re going to offer them an option. We’ll have a few adoption dogs every weekend at Boss, The Pet Connection. Enrique Fernandez has been a groomer for 25 years and has

2008-07-21T10:43:00.007-04:00

Be A Friend to Orbit The Greyhound. Hurcan Washill (called Orbit by his friends) is a wonderful dog who is still looking for his forever home. We want to try a little bit of electronic marketing for him and I'm hoping each and every one of you who reads this will help. Orbit has a MySpace page all his own. It's really cool and he's very proud of it. We hope everyone who is a MySpace member

2008-07-20T22:34:00.001-04:00

Blood Bank Closing. For several years now, Sun States Animal Blood Bank has worked with Friends of Greyhounds as they tried to build a non-profit, all volunteer community animal blood bank. Many of your dogs gave while they were in the kennel and many of you have selflessly brought them back to give again and to help other dogs in our area. I am sorry to say the Sun States project is coming

2008-07-14T13:55:00.004-04:00

D Kennel Update. We now have the D-Kennel dogs down to 20! Linda Willis and I drove 12 up to the Philadelphia area - 19 hours straight through. (Gotta love that van!) We’ve taken dogs to Melbourne, Clearwater, Loxahatchee, Orlando and two groups in Georgia. A few were adopted locally including Joan, the black girl who no longer wears a cast. We’re still trying to get the group small enough

2008-07-14T13:43:00.003-04:00

Vote for Gus! To heck with Democrats and Republicans. Gus is running for Hound of the Month! Burpdog Biscuits (pupular with greyhounds everywhere) selects a Hound of the Month and Gus (formerly Jetstar Dazzler but modeling under the name Gustopher P. Jones and Pimpmaster G) gets a whole bunch of Burpdog biscuits if you help him get elected as Mr. July 2008. To help Leslie Glynn’s biscuit

Julia Atherly

2008-07-11T13:31:00.002-04:00

We want to thank the friends and family of Julia Atherly who have been contributing to Friends of Greyhounds in her memory. Julia passed away on July 6th and the donors say she was extremely passionate about greyhounds.

The D Kennel Dogs

2008-05-23T09:53:00.007-04:00

Open House - Their coming out party!For those of you on our email list, this is old news. For the rest of you, let me provide a quick summary. FoG has been part of the “bail out” of a racing kennel that got into trouble. We gathered our forces and cleaned dogs and kennels, gathered supplies and generally made life a lot more livable for a kennel of greyhounds that were the subject of a state

2008-05-23T09:27:00.004-04:00

New upgrades - New Projects! Linda Willis, Jerry and I (Michelle) all went to the big Animal Sheltering Conference held in Orlando last week. We learned so much that we’re just raring to go on new projects. (We have a few old ones to wrap up first however). One of the things we’re considering is converting a section of the small side yard (inside the blue fencing by kennel 1) for adoption

2008-05-23T09:26:00.000-04:00

Are you on the E-LIST? Make sure you’re on FoG’s email list to keep informed of all of our activities, events and challenges. When you visit our website, a small, light purple pop up asks you to sign up for our free electronic mailings. If you don’t see that, look to the left for the directory and click on the “Stay Informed” button. The list is maintained by software so please don’t count

2008-04-12T16:09:00.002-04:00

Pink Greyhounds?? We all have many things we are interested in and care about in addition to our greyhounds. Some friends of our adopters have found a way to combine two passions and they created PinkHounds. They are offering cute screen printed and embroidered shirts with greyhounds on them and all profits will go to the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer fight. There's even a martingale collar.

2008-04-11T22:39:00.004-04:00

PARTY DOWN, DOG! Come on down to our place, Baby. We’ve got some celebratin’ to do! Saturday, April 19th, we’ll be celebrating a double birthday - Marian Glynn and Heartthrob. Since we all know each other by dog/owner combinations, please let me clarify. Marian and her mom Leslie have Gus (big white boy, formerly Jetstar Dazzler), Bella (tiny, feminine light brindle girl), Where’s Niurka (

Pompano Seafood Festival - April 25-27

2008-04-11T22:35:00.003-04:00

Volunteers Needed! The Pompano Beach Seafood Festival is a fun, fun weekend on the beach in Pompano. It always is good for us with donations, adoptions and goodwill. We love it! This year’s entertainment is outstanding with The Buckinghams and Blood, Sweat and Tears ! (Man, BS&T got me through college. Well, till I fell out, anyway.) The complete lineup is on their website. And the food?

Woofstock Wrapup

2008-04-02T12:03:00.004-04:00

Woofstock 2008 was a huge success in so many ways! First, we think everyone (human and canine) had a wonderful, fun time. I know Jerry & I sure did. It's always a treat to see the dogs come back but each year there are more and more of them to visit with and seems like less time to do it all. It was a perfect day and it actually held off raining until we had everything packed up. God was

Woofstock THIS Sunday, March 30th

2008-03-27T22:54:00.000-04:00

Attention Dog Lovers! Calling ALL Greyhounds! Woofstock will be held on Sunday, March 30th at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah. That’s about a mile from the kennel. This is our “annual” greyhound family picnic with food and contests and auctions and just plain lots of fun with our greyhounds and other greyhound families. The Costume Contest will be in the morning about 11 so be sure to be

2008-03-15T22:26:00.008-04:00

Emergency Foster Program. We’re introducing a program we hope we never, ever have to use. I was taught to take “safety” seriously and that’s what this program is about. We want to build a safety net for the kennel. Should something happen that we need to place a lot of dogs in a short time, could you help? We live in an area of volatile politics and finances and weather. We are asking anyone

Dental Cleanings And Birthday Party This Weekend.

2008-01-30T21:21:00.001-05:00

(What a combination!)This weekend (Feb 2nd & 3rd) we'll be celebrating a double birthday at the kennel. It's Fuzzy Gaylord's fourth birthday and his family is bringing snacks and goodies and a birthday cake for the dogs. We'll break out the BBQ and throw on some burgers and/or (hot) dogs. It should be a great time.Meantime, we'll also have some dental students to help us brush and deep clean

2008-01-30T20:45:00.001-05:00

Our Busy Schedule. We've said for a couple years we want to work more of the Miami events and by a fluke, we were given the opportunity to be part of the Art Deco Festival on South Beach on January 19 & 20. Originally invited for the ARF Deco/ Dog town part of the festival (a few hours on Saturday morning) we managed to ingratiate ourselves enough to get invited to help with a children's tent.

WOOFSTOCK 2008 - Save the date!

2008-01-30T20:24:00.000-05:00

Woofstock 2008 has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 3oth. We originally were aiming for a February date but there were conflicts with the park and at the last minute, we had the opportunity to get into two BIG, wonderful shows to promote adoptions. So we've postponed Woofstock. It will still be held at Amelia Earhart park and we'll have flyers available for it shortly. We've expanded the