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Episode 8: Unexpected Approaches to “Curing” Separation Anxiety within Days

A dog’s separation anxiety can be highly challenging to turn around. While these strategies may seem counter intuitive, they truly do work.

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Until racing greyhounds retire, they’ve never been alone. Be it at the kennel where they’re born, where they trained, or where they were housed at the race track, there have always been other greyhounds, and lots of them, to keep them company. They’re also used to being with their trainers and other handlers.

When they retire and go to either foster or adoptive homes, it’s a whole new world. In general, greyhounds adapt to new surroundings and people almost seamlessly. A few have a difficult time adjusting to their new worlds. Some of those more so than others. When they find themselves alone––without people–– in their new homes, either with or without another dog, it can be frightening and stressful. They may constantly cry, bark, or could even become destructive.

In this episode, we share unexpected approaches to helping an anxious, separation anxiety-ridden greyhound become a calm and more confident one. And in just a matter of days.

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Episode 7: Inside GFNJ’s Greyhound Prison Foster Program

Go inside the prison where inmates and greyhounds help each other to transform their lives.

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On May 14, 2017 Greyhound Friends of New Jersey (GFNJ) celebrates the 15th anniversary of our Prison Foster Program. In this episode, hear a conversation with Sue Smith, a former corrections officer with the New Jersey prison system,  GFNJ Executive Board Member, and leader of GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program. Sue paints a vivid picture of how the Program works, what a day-in-the-life is like for the dogs and inmates,  and why it has achieved such enduring tenure.

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  • Read more about the Prison Foster Program in GFNJ’s Spring/Summer 2017 newsletter.
  • View a revealing slide show of the inmates and their foster dogs at Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility in Annandale, NJ.
  • Watch the 3.5 minute video about GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program.
  • Donate to GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program with items on the Program’s Amazon Wishlist. Amazon will ship your order directly to the Program.
  • Make your tax deductible donation to help GFNJ bring more greyhounds home via the “Donate” button on GFNJ’s Home Page.
  • Subscribe to BarkBox, as featured on this episode, by going to GFNJ’s special link. When you’re a new subscriber, they’ll donate $25 to GFNJ, whether you get a 1, 6, or 12 month subscription.

Episode 6: Caring for Your Aging Greyhound

Insights on caring for a senior greyhound.

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Greyhounds, like people, may need different approaches to their care as they age. In this conversation with Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Trustee and Secretary, Patty Comerford, we explore what the aging experience is like for both the caregivers and greyhounds, what you may see in the later years, and how to meet their needs.

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Episode 5: Martis Jerk & Lady Greyhound

Discover what a man born in Sweden in 1887 and a greyhound born in Kansas in 1957 have in common.

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What do a man born in Sweden in 1887 and a greyhound puppy born in Kansas in 1957 to two NGA (racing) greyhounds have to do with each other? Plenty! Discover an American-made immigrant success story and Lady Greyhound, who found herself loved and adored by millions of fans––without ever having once stepped her paws on a racetrack.

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Episode 4: A Behind the Scenes Tour of the Greyhound Fostering Experience

Explore what it’s like to foster a retired racing greyhound and what it was like for your greyhound when s/he was a foster dog.

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If you’re like many people with a retired racing greyhound or are considering adopting a greyhound, your hound came from, or will come from, a foster home. You may be curious about what it’s like for a greyhound to be in a foster home.  Or, perhaps you’re thinking about opening your home to a foster greyhound and want to know what to expect––and what may be expected of you.

In this episode, we sit down with Patty Comerford. Patty is on the Greyhound Friends of New Jersey (GFNJ) Board of Trustees in the executive officer position of Secretary. She also heads GFNJ’s foster program and has fostered about 250 greyhounds.

During this conversation, Patty gives us a behind-the-scenes look at fostering a greyhound and what both the dogs and people giving them temporary “room and board” experience. She’ll also share some specifics about GFNJ’s foster program. However, the overall messages are applicable, regardless of which greyhound adoption organization you adopt from and/or volunteer for.

“Fostering one greyhound will not change the world. But it will forever change the world for that dog.”