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This page was updated on April 30, 2008

 

 

GENERAL DONATIONS - Your donations will work directly toward the care of hundreds of retired racing Greyhounds who might not otherwise have the opportunity to find life with a loving family.

Greyhounds are gentle affectionate dogs that are wonderful companions for any family. To get from racetrack to couch, they need the generous support of people like you. Your check can be made out to GPI and mailed to:

Greyhound Pets, Inc.
P.O. Box 891
Woodinville, WA  98072

 Or if you prefer the convenience of secure online donations through the services of "Network for Good", just click on the Network for Good logo button below.

Network for Good is renowned for bringing convenience to donors who are supporting their chosen nonprofit organizations. Donors receive a confirmation receipt for tax records and may make their donations using a major credit card or PayPal.

GPI has teamed with Network for Good (which is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) to give donors an easy way to help GPI enhance the lives of ex-racing greyhounds who will then bring their special brightness to the homes of adoptive families.

Thank you for helping to preserve the grace, beauty, speed and gentle manner of ex-racing greyhounds in their search for a "Forever Home".


4,800 Greytful Greyhounds and Counting.

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If you have any questions about donation methods or about sponsorship of a particular greyhound please email our treasurer Bunny Richardson at rabbit99@whidbey.net.  Greyhound Pets, Inc. thanks you for your continued support.

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL FUND - Occasionally, GPI finds a need to provide high quality veterinary and specialty medical treatments for our greyhounds waiting for their forever homes.  Bambi and Lil Bit are examples of expensive medical care that your donations helped us to provide.  If you'd like to help us continue to provide high-quality medical care, please consider making a donation through the Network for Good button above. 

 

BAMBI

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Jon, a GPI volunteer with Bambi in one of her many casts, one of our latest recipients of much needed medical care.

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Bambi, now recovered, just before she was adopted.

Bambi came to us in the summer of 2005 from Oklahoma.   During one of our evening turnouts at the kennel, our volunteers noticed that something wasn't right with Bambi.  Whatever happened did not involve an incident with another dog because there was no fight, run-in or accident.  She was just going potty and visiting with the kennel volunteers, took a misstep and broke her leg. 

For a time, the vets thought they were seeing "something" on the xrays but what was it?  Bone cancer?  A bone bruise...what?  We didn't know what was wrong with Bambi but she definitely had a broken leg.  She was casted and we had to leash walk her for months.  This was a difficult time for Bambi as she was very young, only about a year old but she was very cooperative and became a kennel favorite. 

When the cast came off, the vet discovered that the top edge of the cast had rubbed her elbow raw causing an infected area to develop.  This situation required daily wrap changes with antibiotic ointment applied to the affected area and continued leash walkings.  Bambi was a very good patient.  She loved to make the best of her outings from her run by hobbling down the aisle between the runs with her cast on, giving all the other dogs kisses through their kennel gates.  Not one dog out of the loads that came through during her recovery time ever got mad at her for giving tokens of her affection.

Despite our fears that Bambi might always be lame, she finally recovered enough to go into a foster home.  Carolyn Edmonds, a local volunteer adopted her.   Amazingly, Bambi, Carolyn and Brindi, Carolyn's other greyhound, walk around Green Lake at least once a week.  She has completely recovered and loves retired life with her new family.

It is through your donations to GPI that make it possible for us to continue to provide the best medical care possible to these wonderful dogs. 

We thank you for any donations you sent to us in support of Bambi's medical care and for your future donations to our emergency medical care fund. Please send your donations to:

Greyhound Pets, Inc.
c/o Bunny Richardson, Treasurer
PO Box 891
Woodinville, WA  98072

 

Update October 2007 - Earlier this year, the leg wound Bambi has had all the trouble with, reopened.  She had surgery which didn't help.  Eventually, it was necessary to amputate the leg.  Bambi is now happy and healthy, thanks to Carolyn and her loving family.




LIL BIT

The special donation collected is currently dedicated to Lil Bit who was attacked by a loose, vicious dog while taking a walk with foster mom Cathy Munro on the evening of February 28, 2003. Cathy received hand injuries in trying to protect Lil Bit. Lil Bit's condition is reported stable but her injuries are serious. In Cathy's words - Lil Bit can't put any weight on her left front leg; her upper right shoulder was open and bleeding profusely; the left leg is swollen and floppy; there's been a lot of muscle, tendon and blood vessel damage; she is covered with staples; she has bruising and smaller puncture wounds in her neck area; (later update on March 1, 2003): the droopy leg in the pictures had swollen up more; x-ray showed that the leg is broken; vascular damage has been done to the broken leg; she had ripped veins which were closed off; the arteries were still pumping blood into the leg but there wasn't a major vein to take the blood back out so it swelled; smaller veins are suppose to take over eventually but the process takes awhile. The vet didn't want to start anti-inflammatories right away because they tend to hinder the healing process but with the leg broken, he has started her on a mild anti-inflammatory. She is in a temporary splint so that they can still access her wounds, if needed but it makes the leg more stationary.

Update 03/03/03 : Lil Bit is able to walk on her own, drink and eat. She perked up when a cat wandered near her at the vet. She has been released back to her foster mom, Cathy Munro. This little trooper still needs a lot of vet visits and medical follow up to make sure that her injuries are healing correctly.


Update 03/03/04 - Lil Bit chewing on a knuckle bone
Update 03/03/05 - Lil Bit with new wraps I
Update 03/03/07 - Lil Bit with new wraps II
Update 03/03/11 - Lil Bit - Sweet Dreams
Update 03/03/15 - Lil Bit - Whatzzup?
Update 03/03/18 - Lil Bit Treat
Update 03/03/20 - Lil Bit Tinkerbell
Update 03/03/21 - Lil Bit With New Coat

We thank you for any donations you send in in support of Lil Bit's medical and our emergency medical care funds. Please send your donations to:

Greyhound Pets, Inc.
c/o Bunny Richardson, Treasurer
PO Box 891
Woodinville, WA  98072

Costs incurred to-date (after discounts): $1,619.03 (as at 03/03/24)

Amount collected to-date : $1,467.00 from individual donations; (Ticket sales for benefit raffle for Lil Bil hosted by Angela Curtis and the Giving Greymoms approximate $4,300.00)(Any surplus goes to the special funds for future dogs' emergency medical vet bills.)

Individual auctions were held to help with the fund raising - Amount collected to-date : $380.00


REGISTERED VENDORS WHO DONATE TO GREYHOUND PETS, INC.
The following vendors have registered with and pledged a donation to Greyhound Pets, Inc. as follows. Greyhound Pets, Inc. would like to thank these people for helping the greyhounds. Please give these vendors your support. If you would like to have your business listed here, please contact Moira Corrigan or our Treasurer, Bunny Richardson. 

 

Date : March 9, 2007
Vendor : Aussie Pet Mobile Full Service Grooming
Items for sale :  Mobile grooming services
Price each : All services have been donated
Comments : Matt and Jeanette Hebb own a Aussie Pet Mobile franchise with full service grooming vans which can travel to you for all of your grooming needs.  The Hebbs cover Kirkland, Seattle, Renton, Newcastle, Maple Valley, Covington, Kent, Auburn, and Black Diamond. Their other franchises cover Bothell, Woodinville, Redmond, Bellevue, Sammamish, and Issaquah.  Other Aussie grooming franchises  donating services to GPI are Geoff Andrist, Leon Fuerburg, Jeff Swanson, and Ravi Shanker. The Hebbs can be reached directly at 425-738-1028.
Terms of donation : 100% of their services have been donated so far by bathing kennel dogs and personal dogs owned by others.
Amount donated : $2,730.00 They are also donating gift certificates (a $65 value - each) to us to give away with each adoption in certain areas.


ITEMS OUR KENNEL CURRENTLY NEEDS:
Our kennel needs are always changing so please check this list often for the items we currently could use more of.

 

Items we always need are blankets and quilts.

Current needs: As of April 30, 2008, these are the items our kennel is running low on.  Please check back often as our needs change.  Thank you for the donations of the other items we had listed here previously.
- 13 gallon trash bags
- Bags of good quality dry dog food for our foster dogs.
- Dog Biscuits
- Stamps (42 cents or "forever" stamps)
- White 8 1/2" X 11" copy paper
- 4" X 6" (approx.) sized note pads. Note pads with company logos on them are fine.

 

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