Wash..Rinse...Repeat!

GPA received 6 wonderful hounds from JCKC on October 20th! As usual we met at Crittertown Bath House to give them a good scrubbing!
The hounds arrive early in the morning

Lin and Nerice work on Greta's Bam Bam

Brian helps Avalanche's new owners with his bath.

And the best part..the rub down!!!
Avalanche and his new family
HKF Dusk with her proud new mommy!


EDS Strong Echo and his new family
Sea Princess who is waiting for her new home!!!

JJ's Fickle Fate is with her foster family and ready for adoption!
And Greta's Bam Bam..his new family is arriving on the 21st!

Another group of hounds are arriving on October 27th! Please check our adoptables site for more pictures and information on any dogs in our foster program! Fill out an application today!!

*Pictures courtesy Katrina Stumpf

West Point Crab Carnival

It is Crab season in Virginia!!! So GPA went to the West Point Crab Carnival to show off the hounds in the parade..and eat a few crabs!
Dana shows off her crab hat

Ceasar shows off his parade wig as well.. Everyone waiting for the parade to start..it was hot but luckily we were lined up in the shade.
Cali used this as an opportunity to show some cub scouts that greyhounds make great pets!
Finally, the parade begins!! Most everyone is out of town at the Dewey Beach greyhound event, but we braved the heat and got lots of attention!
Stay tuned for Dewey Beach pictures! And don't forget..GPA has a haul scheduled for this month so get in your application soon!!!

*photos courtesy Katrina Stumpf

Grey Pride

GPA had a booth at this years Richmond Gay Pride Festival on Saturday the 29th.
Toby is very concerned about unwanted litters and free-roaming studs causing trouble. So he took it upon himself to promote protection as well as greyhound adoption as Miss Tabatha Mercedes Porsche Lexus Infiniti Carrington Rolls Bentley Escalaide Deville Bus. Toby was introduced to the stage led by his Entourage, Tyrone and Diego!
Once on stage, Toby did his best to promote how wonderful greyhounds are as well as making sure everyone understood the importance of safety during extracurricular activities.
After working his magic on stage, Toby joined all his greyhound friends at the booth to further promote greyhound adoption!
Toby greats his fans from his dressing room.
Trueman enjoys the weather and attention as well.
Tyrone and Diego get a chance to have some downtime after escorting their lady.
Dolly and Ally know how to work the crowds.
GPA has a wonderful display set up to raise money and increase awareness!
Ally reacts when someone asks if Toby was prettier than her..
Sable rests after a long day
Dolly can take no more..
GPA will be at the West Point Crab Carnival on October 6th, at Dewey Beach's Reach the Beach on October 5-7th.
And another haul is scheduled within a few weeks, so please put in your application soon so we can hand pick your new fast friend!
*Photos courtesy Nerice Lochansky and Gil Caldwell

Dog Haul September 1st

The volunteers of GPA-Richmond pulled off a wonderful haul of 15 beautiful hounds on September 1st. THey all came from Jefferson County Kennel Club (JCKC). The hauler arrived very early on Saturday morning
And the dogs started filing out after a long journey from Florida.
Then the dogs line up and get a CapStar for flea treatments
Jenny and Brian Alfano admittedly had their hands in every greyhounds mouth on this morning!
Here are a few pictures of the new arrivals waiting to be loaded up in volunteer's vehicles What a beautiful blue brindle!Then a short trip to Critter Town Bath House for the necessary grooming and pedicures. Critter Town is a wonderful location for this and we definitely thank the owner for allowing the greyhounds to invade his business!
The hounds arrive!!! Many anxious adopters await their new hounds!
They wait in line patiently for their turn. Every chips in to clean ears, clip nails, give out ID tags, fill out adoption paperwork, bathe dogs, etc.
Every tub is filled for about 2 hours of washing. The dogs definitely appreciated it
even though it doesn't look like it! Amanda and Katrina help Southern Loving (AVAILABLE) gets rid of all her dirt and starts to smell like baby powder!

Where's My Spice patiently waits in line for her turn
We even attracted a camera guy from NBC12 even though the piece got trumped by more pressing news from the weekend..it was still neat!

We still have hounds available in the foster program. Many of the 15 were adopted that day but not all! Visit the petfinder site to see all the great hounds GPA has available. And as always if you don't see anything you like, email gpa@greyhoundsvirginia.com.

Here is Hevener's Apollo who is available for adoption. He is a sweet, goofy boy with a huge heart! And he is a beautiful blue fawn!
Southern Loving is also available. She is a very sweet and quiet girl who loves to give kisses!

RNC Dottie (available) has a lot of energy and a lot of love to give!
We also have Whytell Ditty a sweet brindle female available for adoption! And last but certainly not least is Steve's Friend J who is waiting for his perfect home!
Check the adoptable dog list often

And don't forget to check GPA-Richmond's upcoming events!
*Pictures courtesy of Amanda Hatcher, Nerice Lochansky and Katrina Stumpf

Changes!!!!

Please keep checking back here often. We now have a fabulous volunteer who has taken over this part of our webpage and will be keeing this up to date.. She has done a wonderful job so far redecorating and will be posting pictures and lots of information in the coming weeks..

So for Now we are Under Construction!!!!

Ok... So its been almost a Year....

Yes.. I realize I have been slack at updating the News section of our website.. So here goes... The past year has been amazing.. So many wonderful families now have beautiful greyhounds that have raced into their lives. Through the help of so many people, we were able to place 91 new Greyhounds into Loving homes last year. And this year, we are on a great start as well. Our members, volunteers and board really stepped up last year as I had surgery on my shoulder. Well.. I had three surgeries to be exact, but who's counting. I was limited in what I was allowed to do and everyone would yell at me if I started to do something wrong. You just gotta love em!!!!

This past February, we helped organize along with a couple other amazing folks, an auction to help the JCKC Hounds and some medical bills they had accumulated. This auction generated over $6000.00. WOW... What an amazing outpouring of support we had.. There were so many items donated to help a wonderful program and of course the wonderful people who volunteer their time to run it.

We were very honored to take part in the Capital Ale House "Community Chest Night" the first Thursday night in March. What an amazing way for a business to give back to the community. From the size of the crowds at both locations, we are sure this will be a successful fundraising event for us. Thanks to the folks at Capital Ale House for having us and we urge you to visit their locations on a Thursday night between 7 and closing when they give a portion of sales to the Community Chest Charity of the week.

Our plans for this year include Easter on Parade, Bon Air Victorian Days, our Annual Spring Picnic May 6th and many others... Please check our calendar often to see what is going on..

We receive new hounds each month and are always willing to special request a hound for you if you so desire.

All of our hounds are fully vetted before adoption. They have all of their shots up to date, have been wormed with Drontal Plus, Full Dental cleaning, spay/neutering, heartworm check and prevention. Our Adoption kit includes: All Medical Records, track records when available, Dental Kit, Compressed Rawhide Bone, stuffed toy, Matching Collar and 6 ft leash, Track Muzzle, a folder full of excellent resources to read as your new hound settles in your home, and the support of Richmond's First and oldest Retired Racing Greyhound Adoption Agency.

Remember that GPA Richmond serves the Greater Richmond and the Tidewater area of Virginia. We try to only place hounds within a 2 hour drive time from Richmond.

You may reach us at any time by emailing us at: gpa@greyhoundsvirginia.com

Take care and until next time please remember that "Greyhounds Make Great Pets".

Gil Caldwell, President

LOST DOG ALERT!!

GPA - Richmond

On Saturday April 29th, one of our members hounds escaped while they were visiting their daughter in Manassas VA. She is a socially challenged little brindle girl named Gracie. There are people searching, printing and posting flyers in that area. We need more Foot Soldiers to help bring this girl home. As recent at last night we had a positive sighting of her. If you can help out in any way, please contact us so we can put you in touch with the people heading up this search..

Thanks.. Gil

GPA - Richmond

April Showers???


On March 25th, we received 9 hounds. All of the hounds were already spoken for but we still had to bathe them and get them ready for their new families. Many thanks to our huge team of volunteers that pitched in to help out. This was another beautiful group of hounds and they did very well. Welcome to all of our new adopters as they join the GPA Family.

We are now processing applications for April, May and June hauls. There are a lot of hounds available at the tracks waiting to come this way..

We are once again participating in Easter on Parade. Dress up your hounds and come on out and participate in the Pet Bonnet Contest.

In May, we will be marching in the Bon Air Victorian Days Parade.. We welcome everyone to come out with their hounds as we walk up Buford Road. I would love to have a bunch of hounds walking with us to show how beautiful and wonderful our pets are..

Also on May 7th, we are having our Spring Picnic. This year there is a little change. The location is going to be at IronBridge Park in Chesterfield County. Please check our calendar for details on this and all of our events.

Thanks to everyone for all that you do to help these wonderful hounds..