Thank you for your interest in adopting a 45 m.p.h. couch potato! We at Gold Coast Greyhound Adoptions (GCGA), Gulf Coast Chapter, feel strongly that greyhounds have worked hard for their owners and trainers and deserve to live out their lives after their racing careers in loving forever homes. We want our adopters to fully understand and appreciate the emotional, physical, and financial commitments of responsible pet ownership as it relates to greyhound adoption. The following application is intended to aid both you and GCGA in helping to make sure you are ready for a greyhound companion. We work hard to match our applicants with a greyhound, based on the family’s lifestyle, expectations and dynamics, in conjunction with the greyhound’s personality.
To see our Greyhounds available for adoption please follow the link to Petfinders below:
https:/www.petfinder.com/member/us/fl/tarpon-springs/gold-coast-greyhound-adoptions-gulf-coast-chapter-fl1468/
Foster Applicants: Thank you for your consideration in fostering a greyhound! 
​Generally our fosters are newly retired racers that have just been vetted (spay/neuter, dental HW & Fecal checks, vaccines) prior to going into a foster home.  We generally like to allow the dogs at least 2 weeks in a foster home to transition to retirement life and so we can learn about their personalities in order to match them with a wonderful forever family.  We will provide all needed supplies for your foster (food, bed, crate, feeder, etc.) and cover all associates costs for them. We just ask that you love and care for them and help us help them fine their forever family.   If fostering sounds like it is up your alley, please complete our application.
 Please be sure to complete all fields on this application and let your references know we will be contacting them.  If we do not receive the necessary and requested information within 5 days, your application will be considered incomplete and we will not be able to adopt a dog to you.  By completing this application, you acknowledge and accept that we have the right to refuse any adoption we do not feel is in the best interest of the greyhound(s). 
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In an effort to prevent valuable volunteer resources being duplicated, Please DO NOT complete this application if you are currently working with another adoption organization. 

    GCGA Applicant and Foster Application Form

     After you submit your application. 
    Please be patient, once we receive your application, a volunteer will be in contact to let you know we are in receipt of your application and working on the necessary reference checks. Allow time for us to process your application, but rest assured, we will work hard to help match you with a new greyhound family member!
    ​Thank You.

    Applicant Questionnaire
    *We generally do not adopt to families with children under the age of 7.  Please refer to the article "Children and Greyhounds" for a good understanding as to why we have this policy in place. 

    *Humans often cannot hold it for more than 4 hours, and we wouldn't expect our fur babies to have to either. The inability for a dog to be able to go to the bathroom can cause medical issues.  Additionally, if the dog is crated or contained while you are gone, it is important they have the opportunity to stretch their legs.

    References

    Other

    I hereby certify that all the information contained on this Greyhound Adoption Application is true and correct.


    Note: Our volunteers work full time in addition to volunteering countless hours with our organization to help the greyhounds! Once we receive your application, a volunteer will be in contact to let you know we are in receipt of your application and working on the necessary reference checks. Please be patient and allow time for us to process your application. But rest assured, we will work hard to help match you with a new greyhound family member!
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