Adoption Process
*Please note we do not schedule meet and greets until an application is received and approved.*
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Step 1: Do your homework
The first step is to read through all the information provided on MNGR’s website. You can also check out books like “Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies” by Lee Livingood. This will help you make an informed decision about whether a Sighthound is the right dog for you!
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of every dog in our care, we do have some requirements for adopting our Sighthounds. Before filling out an application, be sure to review our Adoption Requirements and Agreement.
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Step 2: Submit an application
Now it’s time to complete our Adoption Application!
Please answer all questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. We review every detail to make the best matches possible! You’ll receive a reply from our application coordinator, usually within 3 weeks.
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Step 3: Meet and greet
Based on your application and our conversations with you, we’ll have you meet some available hounds that we think may be a good fit for you and your family. This meeting will take place at either our kennel in Inver Grove Heights or at a hound’s foster home. We require that all persons in the household and all current resident dog/s be present at this meeting.
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Step 4: Home visit
If you decide to continue with the adoption process, it’s time for a home visit!
One of our representatives will come to your home. No, you don’t have to bake us cookies, and there will be no “white-glove” test. We are simply looking to see whether your home is realistically equipped to house a Sighthound. We’re looking for things like poisonous plants, super slippery floors, glass knick-knacks at tail height, and other things that could be hazardous to the hound. This is also a great time for you to ask EVERY question you can think of in preparation for you new family member. We prefer that all members of the family who will interact with your new hound be present.
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Step 5: Bring your hound home
We will schedule a time for you to sign the adoption agreement, pay the adoption fee, and bring home your new hound!
Just remember, many Sighthounds come from an environment that is NOTHING like your home. There’s going to be many things that may be strange, frightening, and completely new for them such as TV’s, windows, mirrors, vacuums, and so many other things that we take for granted that they may have never seen or heard before. We also recommend reading up on a process known as the “2 Week Shutdown” by Stacie Sparks. The “Shut Down” is a great way to let your hound begin to adjust to their new home and for you to start setting some basic ground rules.
Adoption Fees
American Greyhounds, Lurchers, Staghounds, and other Sighthounds
American Dogs
What’s included
in the adoption fee for our dogs?
Our adoption fee is $500. This helps us cover, but not entirely, the transportation from their previous location to our facility, a physical examination by a veterinarian familiar with Greyhounds and sighthounds, a heartworm check, all current shots and vaccinations, the spay/neuter surgery, and all care and food for the dog while they are in our care.
Our fee also provides for a collar, leash, basket muzzle, and microchipping for when your dog comes home.
Overseas Greyhounds, Lurchers, Galgos, Staghounds, and other Sighthounds
Overseas Dogs
What’s included
in the adoption fee for our dogs?
Our adoption fee for dogs rescued from overseas, whether Spain, Ireland, China, or Korea, is $1000. This helps us cover, but not entirely, the airfare and airline carriers for the dogs, the airfare and lodging for our volunteer escort to and from other countries as necessary, the necessary visas and import permits to the United States, a physical examination of the dog by a veterinarian familiar with Greyhounds and Sighthounds, a heartworm check, all current shots and vaccinations, the spay/neuter surgery, and all care and food for the dog while they’re in our care.
Our fee also provides for a collar, leash, basket muzzle, and microchipping for when your dog comes home.
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