Featured Hounds
We have plenty of hounds looking for their happy homes. Please feel free to check them out! At this moment, we can ONLY accept applications from Connecticut residents. We will provide an update when this changes.
Updated 6/16/22
Katty
Katty is a 2 year old cow dog and will be looking for just the right home! When we first learned about her last year, she was quite the spook. Since then, she has come a long way and has come out of her shell a lot. She is still a bit of a spook at times and we will assess this further when she makes it to Connecticut.
Zara
Zara is the mom to some recent WAG alumni– Bo (fka Gazoo), Gunther, Gus, and Gia– as well as new WAG hound Gloria!
Greyhound Calendar 2022
All fundraising proceeds will go to support WAG’s
mission of helping retired racing greyhounds find their
forever homes!
Thanks for checking us out, and for your continued
support.
If you have any questions on the contest or WAG’s
mission, please email us at rori@weadoptgreyhounds.org
or find us on Facebook!
Upcoming Events
We have plenty of opportunities coming up for you to meet our adoptable dogs! Come out and say hello! We’d love to help answer any questions you may have and spread the word about what makes these dogs so greyt! Feel free to check out our Events calendar as well!
Yummypets Voice
June 1st – June 30th
Click me to help feed animals!
We’re excited to share that this month, WAG is participating in the Voice program by Yummypets! Each day in June, you can visit this link and click the button which will help us towards earning 110lbs of food donations from Yummypets!
You can click once per day and it is totally free! You don’t even need to make an account (although that makes your click count for 2!). While you’re there, you can click each of the other three organizations to help them towards their goal too!
Thank you to Yummypets for including us, and to everyone who takes the time to click for us this month!
Rose Arts Festival
June 25th, 11AM to 7PM
Chelsea Parade, Norwich, CT 06360
Join WAG in Norwich for the annual Rose Arts Festival! We will have some friendly ambassadogs hanging out and enjoying the music on Chelsea Parade!
Experience outdoor concerts on our main stage, take a class in our creative station, shop our food and artisan vendors, take a guided tour of local attractions, run one of our races, experience live performance art. This is a free, family friendly event. Learn more from the official event page
June Hound Walk
June 26th, 11AM to 1PM
451 Blake Rd, New Britain, CT 06053
Join us for a belated Father’s Day walk to celebrate all the greyt dads in our lives! This month, we have selected a new walk location, and we are very excited to explore Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain! This is a nice, short walk around a pond, and it is a paved trail! We will plan on doing at least one lap, and play it by ear with the weather for an additional lap.
We will aim to meet at the south end of the pond; there is a parking lot near that trail entrance. If you enter from Blake Rd, you will continue on Road A until you see Road B; the parking lot is off of Road B.
Paws & Pints: WAG at Night Shift Brewing
June 21st – 6PM to 9PM
August 30th – 6PM to 9PM
87 Santilli Hwy, Everett, MA 02149, USA
Join us at Night Shift Brewery in Everett, MA for their Paws & Pints night featuring WAG! Their patio is dog friendly, and we will have hounds with us for people to meet!
Paws in Park
July 23rd from 10a-7p
75 Brookfield St, South Windsor, CT 06074, USA
Paws in the Park is being rescheduled until Saturday, July 23rd from 10a-7p at the same location John J Mitchell Fairgrounds
As the date is deep into the summer months you would be welcome to attend only from 10a – 3p (the original time for the event)
Come visit WAG and all the other fantastic vendors at the annual Paws in the Park event in South Windsor!
FREE ADMISSION
Tons of fun for the entire family including man’s best friend!
More than 100 crafters, vendors and rescues and shelters will be in attendance along with over a dozen food trucks Plenty of free fun including music, magic, moon bounces and other kids activities! We will also have free doggie contests, activities and photos
The Simsbury Fly-In
September 25th, 7AM to 5PM
Simsbury Flying Club – 94 Wolcott Rd, Simsbury, CT 06070
Join us at the Fly In!
The Simsbury Fly-In is the largest event of it’s kind in New England featuring over 100+ aircraft, 450+ classic cars, 24+ food truck vendors, 50+ craft/display vendors, seminars, events for all ages and much more.
Parking is $10 (cash only) and the parking field Is a walk away from the event so plan accordingly.
2022 Gathering
October 2nd, 11AM to 3PM
Southington Drive-In — 995 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, Southington,
Join us for our yearly gathering at the Southington Drive-In this October!
We will update the information about this event as it gets closer.
2022 Annual Board of Directors Membership Meeting
April 24th, 10AM to 1PM
On April 24th, 2022 from 10am to 1pm, the We Adopt Greyhounds Board of Directors will be hosting our annual membership meeting. All are welcome to attend!
If you would like to know more, click the button below
GET INVOLVED
WAG is always welcoming more helping hands! Whether it be donating food for the pups, helping new pups transition to home life in their foster homes, or parading dogs around at adoption events, every effort is much appreciated! Find out more about how you can get involved below!
Donate
Want to know how you can help out these pups? Learn how you can give back to the dogs at our Donate page.
Become a Member
By becoming a member, your contribution helps keep WAG going!
Foster Info
Our adoptable dogs are placed in foster homes to help them become adjusted to life off the track. If you’d like to learn more about how to become a potential foster home and what that entails, click above.
Volunteer
WAG holds multiple events throughout the year and needs all the manpower we can get! Find out how you can be a part of our events at our Volunteer page.
FUNDRAISERS
We are always in need of a variety of items to help care for our foster dogs! Whether it be physical items such as toys, leashes, collars, food, or monetary donations, every item goes to helping these dogs to have the most comfortable transition as possible. To read about all the different ways you could help, please visit our How to Donate page.
Amazon Smile
The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also available on AmazonSmile at the same price. It’s super easy to set up! For more information on how to have it donate it WAG, please visit our How to Donate page.
Dog Beds
We are always in need of dog beds for our foster dogs. If you would like to donate a dog bed, please check out Kuranda’s Dog Beds!
Food Donation
We feed our fosters Purina Pro Plan Savor Dry Food from Tractor Supply. If you would like to donate food, you can order it using the link below:
SUPPORTERS
We work with many great organizations that take the time to help spread the word about WAG and greyhound adoption. These organizations are featured below.
WAG’s operating budget is made possible by support provided by the Draper Foundation Fund; a fund of the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut