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Welcome to Friends of Greyhounds

Save the Date!
Join Friends of Greyhounds for Dinner with the Dogs

Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Woodmont Country Club, Tamarac
Buffet for People ♦ Buffet for Dogs ♦ Silent Auctions ♦ Entertainment
A night to remember!
Details will follow!

Welcome and thank you for visiting our site. Based in South Florida, Friends of Greyhounds is a non-profit (501c3) corporation whose mission is to provide retired racing greyhounds with a caring environment and loving homes and to educate the public about these noble, loyal dogs. We are a final ray of hope for greyhounds that have no place to go after they retire from racing.


Meet Our Dogs
Learn About Volunteering

If you are in the area, please take a ride down and see the greys at our weekly open house at our shelter in Hialeah where you can get to know the greyhounds that are available for adoption and ask our knowledgeable volunteers any questions you may have. We’ve placed retired greyhounds in great homes in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano, Coral Gables, Hollywood, Boca Raton, Delray Beach and everywhere in between and we’re very proud of the work we do. Remember you don’t have to own a greyhound to volunteer. Come for a visit and get to know us.

If you would like to volunteer or have something you’d like to donate, please contact us.

Latest News:

Donations Needed!

As most of you should know by now, Friends of Greyhounds is an all volunteer, all donation organization. That said, every so often I (Michelle, Vice President in charge of almost everything and a volunteer, too) have to get out there and rattle some cages to wake up the populace. We are moving out dogs [...]

FoG Yard Sale at Sunrise Elks Flea Market

    We will be doing some house/ kennel/ closet cleaning this week because next Sunday, Jan. 15th we will be at Sunrise Elks Lodge (8900 NW 44th St, Sunrise 33351) for their monthly flea market.  We’ll have tons of miscellaneous stuff that has been accumulating in our closets that we would gladly trade for cash.  [...]

Holiday Photo Project

We all have at least one exceptionally cute photo of our hound in a Christmas hat or dressed as Dracula on Halloween.  Please email your very best pictures to me (Michelle) at fogdogs@comcast.net .  Please name the photos with your dog’s name and your last name if you can.  I’m  looking for pictures with Christmas [...]

New Year Resolutions

Happy Holidays!  Wow.  What a whirlwind holiday this has been.  And still so much to do before the end of the year.  Thank you all for the wonderful cards and emails and messages of peace and love and greyhounds.  Jerry and I snuck away for a week on a cruise and had a wonderful, relaxing [...]

Walk of Charities at Harbor Shops

Gilbert’s 17th Street Grill in the Harbor Shops, Ft. Lauderdale (1900 Harbor Shops Drive East, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316), is known for great burgers and should be known for their big hearts!  Lenore Gilbert has invited Friends of Greyhounds to be their charity for the Walk of Charities on Thursday, December 1st.  She wanted a [...]