Thinking about welcoming a greyhound into your home? Greyhounds As Pets NSW helps people explore adoption and fostering, and find a greyhound whose needs suit their home and lifestyle.
Get to know our greyhounds, read their individual profiles and take the next step through the GAP NSW Portal.
Every greyhound has a personality of their own. Some enjoy a quiet routine, while others are more playful or outgoing. Learning about each dog's temperament, experience and care needs can help you decide whether they could be a good fit for your household.
When considering greyhound adoption in NSW, think about your daily routine, your home, any children or other pets, and the time you can give to helping a dog settle in. Our team can talk through these details with you.
Ready for a lasting companion? Explore greyhounds available for adoption and tell us about your household through the portal application form.
Start your adoption applicationFostering gives a greyhound time in a home while they prepare for adoption. Explore the fostering pathway and tell us about the home and care you can offer.
Apply to foster a greyhoundRead individual profiles for information about each dog. If you are unsure where to start, send our team an enquiry through the portal.
Ask our team about a greyhoundSubmitting an application or enquiry starts a conversation with our team. It does not reserve a dog or confirm a placement.
Greyhounds are great pets and once you meet one, you'll wonder how you ever lived without them! Greyhounds are gentle, affectionate, wonderfully low-maintenance, and surprisingly quiet. They shed very little, carry almost no odour, and despite their racing reputation, they require far less exercise than most people expect, making them perfect companions for all kinds of lifestyles.
Our passionate team has deep expertise in greyhound behaviour and health, and every dog in our program is behaviourally assessed so we make sure they find their ideal home. Some of our greyhounds have also enjoyed loving foster care to help them settle into home life. Best of all, your new friend arrives vet-checked, vaccinated, microchipped, desexed, wormed, and lifetime-registered with council. And we don't disappear after adoption; our staff provide ongoing support for foster carers and adopters throughout your dog’s life.
It's easier than you might think! Simply click the Apply Now button and complete the application form and our friendly team will be in touch. Once approved, we'll arrange for you to meet some prospective matches at our Western Sydney facility, or with one of our regional coordinator team members near you (we’re located all across the state of NSW!). When you chose a greyhound from Greyhounds As Pets you are given a two week settling in period to ensure that the greyhound is the right match for you and your family, and to ensure your home is the right place for that particular greyhound.
In short: technically – yes, a greyhound is permitted to be off leash in designated council off leash areas. Although, as a sighthound breed, in NSW under companion animal law, the greyhound must be muzzled at all times when off leash, unless they have earned the muzzle exception known as ‘greenhound’. We do recommend that even if your greyhound has successfully earned greenhound muzzling exception, that you keep their muzzle on at all times. We do recommend that even if your greyhound has its Greenhound muzzling exemption, that you keep his/her muzzle on due to the heightened level of activity and excitement which is quite common in dog parks. A greyhound should only be let off lead after he or she has been with you for some time and you are fully aware of how they socialise in different settings. During the foster period or trial period, you are contractually obliged not to let your greyhound off lead.
Explore our greyhounds and take the next step towards adoption or fostering in the GAP NSW Portal.
Meet our available greyhounds