"Adopting just one Greyhound won't change the world, but the world will surely change for that one Greyhound."
Celia's Greyhound Rescue is a small sanctuary for Greyhounds situated near the village of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland. It is run by Celia and Jimmy and always has a small number of lovely Greyhounds available for rehoming, plus sadly, a constant waiting list of incoming dogs. We will never be able to accomodate the vast numbers of Greyhounds reaching the end of their racing career each year, but we do the very best we can to save as many as possible in our area. We will try our best to match the right dog to the right owner and we ask you to respect our judgement in this matter if we ask you to consider a different dog from the one you had at first in mind. Please click the "Adoption process" button on the left for an explanation of this.
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| This is our kennel block on the left. |
If you have not had a Greyhound before you may not know what wonderful pets these dogs are. The modern Greyhound breed can be divided into three main types. The racing Greyhound, English and Irish. The coursing Greyhound and the show Greyhound. The temperaments of all three types are similar - affectionate and comfort-loving. However, the racing Greyhound, which has been institutionalised in a racing kennel, is mild-mannered and easy to handle compared to the show Greyhound which possesses the exuberance and playfulness of any other breed. Greyhounds lack the usual doggy odour associated with many other breeds. Moulting is not a problem except, slightly, in some white dogs or when a dog has come from a cold kennel and therefore grown a thick coat.
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| Our Greyhound kennels. |
You may be wondering why, if Greyhounds are so wonderful, is there such a problem finding homes for them. The answer is quite sinply due to the numbers involved. There is no way that homes can be found for the 30,000 plus who are surplus to racing requirements each year. It is not the purpose of this web site to go into the issues about Greyhound racing. There are many sites where you can find these details, some of them are listed on our links page. Our purpose however is to try to find the good homes that racing Greyhounds who have come to the end of their useful racing life deserve. Please bear in mind that this is usually as young as four or five years old.
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| Celia with a friend. |
Please have a look at the dogs that we have available for you to love. Just click the "Please Choose Me" button on the left. Then come along to see them for real. You are welcome to look around as much as you like but unfortunately we have no toilet facilities on site. We guarantee that you will soon, like us, be hooked on the best dog in the world. The magnificent Greyhound.
