With their gentle eyes and calm demeanor, Greyhounds often surprise people with just how sensitive they are. Many come from years of routine and racing, unsure of what it means to simply be a dog.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Greyhound Retirement Foundation of Tennessee (GRFT) visited Phil’s Dream Pit in Kingsport on Saturday to find a home for four retired greyhounds. The nonprofit ...

GARDEN CITY – Join the fun as "Super Models" of the four-legged kind, strut down the runway to help ex-racing greyhounds find their way from the racetrack to a loving home in Retired Greyhounds as ...

After a youth spent whipping around racetracks, CJ Jergenson's greyhound, Angel, is perfectly content to lie back on the couch and watch as her human counterparts speed around NASCAR raceways. Angel's ...

After retiring, racing greyhounds need a forever home to relax and lounge about, especially after racing at speeds of up to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAUNTON – Denise Schumitz calls greyhound dogs “the 45 mph couch potato.” They run fast in short sprints, but don’t require much ...

DOSWELL, Va. — Deep in the woods near Doswell, Virginia, life slows down for animals that are built for speed. Mark Lane serves as leader of the pack at James River Greyhounds. “For me, it just gives ...

Most people think of greyhounds as a lean, speedy animal that runs around a dog track or, more commonly, as the dog pictured on the side of a popular bus company. Not many people think of a greyhound ...

As regulators and humane organizations look to stamp out dog racing for good, greyhounds as we know them—those spindly speed demons—have become a dying breed. Retired racing greyhounds have made ...