Greyhound Care & Standards
Greyhound Care & Standards

  • Announcements
  • Greyhound Care
    • FAQs
    • Health and Well-being
    • Greyhounds and hot weather
    • Kennel Return Guide
    • Kennel Cough FAQs
    • Injury and Illness Management
    • Greyhound Recovery Initiative
    • Treatment Books
    • Better Breeding
    • Video Archive
    • Workshops
  • Premises & Kennels
    • Permits & Registration
    • Kennels
  • Breeding
    • Becoming a Breeder
    • The Breeding Process
    • Successful Breeding
    • Brood Female Care
    • Breeding Restriction Exemption Application
    • Breeder Resources
  • Training
    • Becoming a Catcher, Attendant, Trainer
    • Catcher, Attendant, Trainer Resources
    • The Adolescent Greyhound
    • Rearing
    • Lures
  • Re-homing
    • Retirement from Racing
    • Greyhound Microchip Registry
    • Greyhound Microchip Registry – Forms
    • Information for New Owners
    • Re-homing greyhounds with prey drive
  • Rules & Compliance
    • Rules of Racing
    • Code of Practice
    • Policies & Guidance
    • New Local Rule 42.6
  • About GRV
    • Regulatory Structure
    • Regulatory Approach
    • Feedback
  • Announcements
  • Greyhound Care
    • FAQs
    • Health and Well-being
    • Greyhounds and hot weather
    • Kennel Return Guide
    • Kennel Cough FAQs
    • Injury and Illness Management
    • Greyhound Recovery Initiative
    • Treatment Books
    • Better Breeding
    • Video Archive
    • Workshops
  • Premises & Kennels
    • Permits & Registration
    • Kennels
  • Breeding
    • Becoming a Breeder
    • The Breeding Process
    • Successful Breeding
    • Brood Female Care
    • Breeding Restriction Exemption Application
    • Breeder Resources
  • Training
    • Becoming a Catcher, Attendant, Trainer
    • Catcher, Attendant, Trainer Resources
    • The Adolescent Greyhound
    • Rearing
    • Lures
  • Re-homing
    • Retirement from Racing
    • Greyhound Microchip Registry
    • Greyhound Microchip Registry – Forms
    • Information for New Owners
    • Re-homing greyhounds with prey drive
  • Rules & Compliance
    • Rules of Racing
    • Code of Practice
    • Policies & Guidance
    • New Local Rule 42.6
  • About GRV
    • Regulatory Structure
    • Regulatory Approach
    • Feedback

Latest Announcements:

CEO Monthly Update December 2020/January 2021

CEO Monthly Update November 2020

CEO Monthly Update October 2020

CEO Monthly Update September 2020

CEO Monthly Update August 2020

Welcome to GRV’s Greyhound Care & Standards site

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is the statutory body responsible for promoting and controlling the sport of greyhound racing in Victoria. Only by maintaining the highest levels of greyhound welfare day in day out, will we ensure a strong and sustainable future for the sport.

Supporting, enabling and encouraging a culture of ongoing participant learning and personal skill development is a key component in GRV’s strategy for success. One of GRV’s roles is to help guide and support participants to meet their various obligations and responsibilities.

This website has been developed with this in mind, and as such, contains a wealth of information on a variety of topics, including:

  • Code of Practice, greyhound facilities, planning & council permits,
  • whole of life care for racing greyhounds,
  • injury and illness management,
  • retirement and preparation for re-homing,
  • becoming involved / registration information,
  • personal health and wellbeing,
  • rules of racing and policies, and
  • greyhound breeding, education and training plans.

Participant Support Line

The Participant Support Line is a support service provided by GRV for participants seeking general information, guidance or assistance on a wide variety of greyhound racing related activities, requirements, and topics.

To contact the Participant Support Line, call 1300 144 360 (open 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday) or send an email to participants@grv.org.au.

 

Whole of life cycle
Whole of life cycle

The welfare of greyhounds must be the number one consideration at every stage of their lives
Breeding (0-3 months)
Make careful decisions about the choice of sire and dam, and understand the costs and resources needed

Rearing (3-13 months)
The time for socialisation, regular galloping, human interaction, chasing balls and learning to walk on the lead

Education (13-22 months)
Where good rearing practice shows up, with first exposure to intense training (for four weeks), then a spell for eight, followed by pre-training (for twelve weeks)

Racing (22 months – four years)
Greyhounds generally begin racing at around 22 months, and race about 30 times per year until they are about four years of age

Retirement (four years+)
Consider options, which include suitability for breeding, and re-homing as a pet via the Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP)

Featured

National Adoption Day 2019

The National Adoption Day is back again this year. All GAP organisations came together on Sunday 28th April to hold an adoption day nationwide which saw 207 greyhounds find their forever homes.

Full story

Alan Clayton’s Monthly Message

Read the monthly update from Greyhound Racing Victoria’s CEO, Alan Clayton, on the latest GRV activity and developments in the sport.

To read the full message, click here.

Participant re-homing tips

Getting your greyhound ready for re-homing.

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  • Hygiene And Cleanliness To Prevent And Manage Disease
  • Temporary overnight housing of greyhounds in stationary transport vehicles
  • Injury and Illness Management
  • GRV Microchip Registry
  • Kennel Return Guide
  • Educational Videos
  • Workshops

Announcements
  • CEO Monthly Update December 2020/January 2021
    December 18, 2020
  • CEO Monthly Update November 2020
    November 1, 2020
  • CEO Monthly Update October 2020
    October 1, 2020
  • CEO Monthly Update September 2020
    September 1, 2020
  • CEO Monthly Update August 2020
    July 31, 2020
  • CEO Monthly Update July 2020
    July 6, 2020


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