The Greyt Prison Greyhound Dog Wash!

Save the date of Saturday Feb. 13 for Prison Greyhounds' first fundraiser - a dog wash at Tom Kortie’s Healthy Hounds Dog Emporium (by Geist Kroger). Funds raised will help us with start up money to cover legal fees, insurance, promotional printing, etc.

We need volunteers to serve two-hour shifts between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. We need dog bathers, dog dryers, hospitality/promotion people that also collect fees. We are looking for vet techs that can trim nails or microchip. Shifts will run:

• 10 a.m. – noon (arrive at 9:45)
• noon – 2 p.m. (arrive at 11:45)
• 2 – 4 p.m. (arrive 1:45)

We need someone to take valentine Pet Photos that we can print on the spot so the customer can take them home. If you know where we could rent such a camera / printer, let us know, or better yet a volunteer that owns one. (Such as Fuji Film Instant Photo System.)

This is all necessary before we can bring dogs from the track to be trained and fostered in Indiana prisons. If you have additional ideas that will add value to this event please send your ideas. We value your willingness to support Prison Greyhounds. To volunteer, please leave us a comment with information about how we can reach you.

Show us the money! Please!

I Love a Great Dog Story

It never fails. I can be having a not so great day, and someone will send me a link to something that they hope will inspire me or at least make me smile.

I received this link, and it did more than make me smile. It warmed my heart. Give your dogs a hug. Our hope is that the dog you choose to hug and love is a Greyhound.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/19/the-birthday-girl-has-fleas/

Enjoy the story.

Did You Know?

Some little known facts about the beautiful greyhound:

• Greyhounds are the only breed of dog mentioned in the Bible (Proverbs).
• Greyhounds have a larger heart, lungs and more arteries than any other canine.
• Greyhounds came to the New World in 1493 on Columbus' second expedition.
• Greyhounds are mentioned or featured in 11 of Shakespeare's plays.
• When running Greyhounds spend 80% of their time in the air.
• The Greyhound breed is over 4,000 years old.
• Greyhounds are very quiet and need very little exercise (surprise!).

April is Adopt A Greyhound month ... and it's never too late!

The CBS Early Show did a feature yesterday morning about greyhounds! As it turns out, April is Adopt A Greyhound Month. Check out the video and then try not to fall in love with one of these pups! Whether it's April or some other month, it's always a good good time to adopt a greyhound.

Needle Noses

Elly demonstrates how greyhounds got the nickname "Needle Nose."

New name!

It's official - our previously unnamed greyhound rescue group now has an official name! We are Prison Greyhounds Inc. Exciting, I know. But it's to the point and we are ready to get to work. We have a few more things to do before we can start getting dogs, fostering them in prisons and adopting them out to their forever homes. I won't bore you with the details, but we have to be sure to dot all our i's and cross all our t's.

Keep an eye on our blog for updates. In the meantime, hug your greyhounds. If don't have one, hug someone else's and then consider adopting one!