Years ago, when Bob and I first walked through a brood barn at a Greyhound breeding farm, we vowed that someday, GAF would have a safe place just for the old girls where they could wait for that special family to take them home.
The experience of seeing first hand how the broods live on these farms was something that we could not forget. While the dogs on any greyhound farm are noisy and can't wait for someone to come along and give them attention, the old girls stand in their crates and watch you walk the aisle. They follow you with their eyes, but they are silent. Their stares are vacant.....their days are spent in crates. When they are sent to be bred they come back to the same crate, waiting to be put in the whelping house to have their babies. When it's time to wean the pups, mom goes back into that brood barn and the cycle starts all over again.
Thanks to the generosity of the greyhound public all across the country, Mercury's raffle raised over $9,000 for GAF!!! Ground was cleared and leveled, old fencing taken down, a cement pad was poured and after a few weeks, our new brood kennel was installed! It is quite exciting to look out over the back turn out yard and see the empty building just waiting for it's first occupants!!!
Next week the electrician comes to give us an estimate. We will be pricing new crates for the girls and looking to put in a whole kitchen area and figuring out where that couch is going to go......these girls have lots of time to make up for and learning the joys of the couch is first on our list!!!
Thank you all for allowing us to bring our dream for the old girls to reality. Our first occupant is our very own Dizzy who will be 14 this summer......she wanted us to tell you all to be sure and come and visit her and her friends this summer, and maybe, just maybe, you might fall in love with one of the girls and decide to give them a chance to spend what's left of their lives on your couch.
