Adoption Groups

If you are interested in learning about the adoption process or adopting a greyhound, please contact OGA Adoption or one of the following groups.

ogaadoption@comcast.net
503-665-9741 (Portland),
503-740-9716 (Portland), 503-316-0093 (Salem)
208-936-8899 (Boise, Idaho)

Oregon
Homes for Hounds

www.homes4hounds.com
Rayetta
1-541-563-3467 • 5081 SW Pacific Coast Hwy. • Waldport, OR 97394

Homes for Hounds is a nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to find homes for retired racing greyhounds either Oregon bred or hounds who have run here previously while our track was still running. We are the smallest group with only seven volunteers all over the northwest helping find homes for these loving and loyal retired greyhounds. An organization is only as good as the volunteers they use. It is because of these loyal and giving volunteers that Homes for Hounds enjoys such success finding loving homes for these retired racer. We are out at least 40 weekends per year to find our homes. Of the three groups recognized by the OGA, we are the only independent group; therefore since the OGA approves of our adoption process, it is completely different than other groups. When we do an event, we never work with our personal hounds but with hounds who have been altered and are ready to go into new homes. We always have a screener on sight to follow you home to help you get your new four-legged friend settled, tell you how to take care of the hound and check to make sure the new hound YOU have picked out to fit into your family's lifestyle will be safe. We love to help unite just the right hound with just the right family, but the final decision always is left up to the new family. We also love to visit with people and provide information about these marvelous animals, about living with them as a part of your family and what's involved in adopting them.

There are many excellent resources available and we'd be glad to provide a list of source materials. Learning about the greyhound is important to the adoption process because you are making a commitment to the greyhound for its entire lifetime. Please call or e-mail for an information packet, for answers to your questions, for our next scheduled appearance in your area or to schedule an in-home screening.

Washington
Greyhound Pets of America/Emerald Pacific

www.greyhoundadoption.net
JKoivu@msn.com - Jon Koivu
2902 Old Military Road East • Tacoma, WA 98445
253-531-3971 (Tacoma), 503-665-9741 (Portland),
503-740-9716 (Portland), 503-316-0093 (Salem)

GPA/Emerald Pacific: Providing Adoption as an Option
The primary objectives and purposes of GPA/EP is to locate responsible, loving homes for greyhounds that fail to qualify, or no longer qualify, for the race track and to educate the public about greyhounds, stressing their desirability as pets. GPA/EP screens all potential homes so as to guarantee the continued safety of the greyhounds and pursue all avenues that might help meet the goal of finding acceptable homes for the racing industries greyhounds.