Sight Hounds
Education and Rescue.

Greys on the beach - an antique photograph.

I have two whippets, Devo and Lucy, both rescued. Whippets (and their cousins) are the most comfort loving creatures on earth. Most likely they are also some of the most beautiful and well mannered dogs as well.

Many beautiful pure and mixed breed dogs are in animal shelters, breed rescue programs and humane societies all over the United States.

The Breed Links

Personal and Official Pages (in alphabetical order) Rescue Sites are listed with the breeds.

Afghan Hound Club of America Rescue

Basenji Club of America - Paws up for putting Rescue Contacts right at the top of the page, and, for having one of the cutest doggie pictures ever.

Borzoi Club of America - breed information, no link to rescue :-(

We found it here: Borzoi rescue.org - An independent Borzoi Rescue organization supported and funded in part by the Borzoi Club of America, Inc.

Greyhounds:

Greyhound Adoption Groups Worldwide - links (from the Idaho site) - not up to date. Click for a Google search on Greyhound Rescue.

Adopt a Greyhound - Maryland based group

Greyhounds of Eastern Michigan

Sighthounds & Gazehounds - this Idaho adoption group has excellent information about breeds, breed characteristics, dogs for adoption, more.

Greyhound Medical advice - useful information, go here before deciding to adopt a greyhound. Useful for other breeds of dogs as well.

The Greyhound Project.

More sighthounds

Irish Wolfhound Club of Canada

Red Branch Irish Wolfhounds - this personal page has some interesting links

Saluki Club of America

Scottish Deerhound Club of America official website, includes rescue information.

Caber Feidh Scottish Deerhounds - lots of excellent information, doggie blog, and health information from a very well informed owner/breeder.

American Whippet Club Home Page - includes Rescue Information
A wealth of information. Hardly any whippets ever end up in rescue, expect to wait a long time if you want a rescue whippet.

Jade Whippets - breeder / judges page, informative.

Whippets Born to Run

Whippet Resource Center

Whippetview - information about whippets, history of show and racing, etc.

American Sighthound Field Association - lure coursing association

Arrangement in blue with Lucy. She is 14 years old now.
If you want a comfortable chair at my house, too bad; it belongs to Lucy.

Saddly, Lucy lost one of her beautiful eyes in a tragic accident. One of my foster German Shorthaired Pointers let herself, Lucy and Devo, my male whippet out of the front gate of the yard. I think they were after a stray rooster that has been hanging around just outside the fence. The rooster must have pecked Lucy in the eye, but I don't really know. Devo and Molly returned unharmed. Lucy recovered from surgery just fine and is not bothered by her injury.

I feel much to blame, I had forgotten to fasten the chain around the gate. I am amazed that Molly could open a 12 foot driveway gate, however, she did.

Recommended Reading
		Chuck and Danielle, by Peter Dickinson; Illustrations by Kees De Kiefte. New York: Delacorte, 1996 Danielle's dog, a whippet named Chuck, is scared of everything. You can find it, and many more books about whippets and all other dogs at: abebooks or your library. More information about this book.

Greyhound - Desportes (French 17th century) and Devo, my whippet - expert at stealing cat food.

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Begun March 1995. Last updated on May 12, 2005.

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