Welcome to GRV’s Greyhound Care & Standards site
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is the body responsible for promoting and controlling the sport of greyhound racing. GRV has developed this website because animal welfare must be the highest priority for the sport if we want it to have a strong and sustainable future.
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
GRV Annual Report 2017
Watch all the highlights of Greyhound Racing Victoria’s very successful year, from exhilarating Group 1 racing to a record number of adoptions, in ‘The Year in Review 2016/17’. 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.
2018 National Greyhound Adoption Day – Victoria
In a national first, 212 greyhounds were re-homed across the country as part of the GAP National Adoption Day, sponsored by Sky Racing. Full story.
