Educational Videos

Greyhound care: Exercising & trialling

Leading greyhound trainer Robert Britton discusses different ways to exercise greyhounds and the reasons for trialling greyhounds.

Greyhound care: Meat & Kibble

Leading greyhound trainer Robert Britton on the risk of feeding knackery meat and what to look for in a kibble.

Greyhound care: Bread, Vegetable Soup & Eggs

Leading greyhound trainer Robert Britton on the types of bread and vegetables he feeds his race dogs and some of the potential hazards.

Greyhound care: Supplements

Leading greyhound trainer Robert Britton discusses the supplements he feeds his greyhounds and the importance of a stable diet.

Greyhound care: Post-race observation

Robert Britton on the importance of closely observing your greyhound’s actions the day after a race or trial.

Greyhound Care: Two-minute check for injuries

Robert Britton demonstrates the basic check he performs on his greyhounds and outlines when he does this.

Greyhound care: When to see a vet

Robert Britton on the importance of trainers learning a basic ‘check’ for soreness and injury and when to see a vet.

Greyhound care: Checking ‘nervy’ dogs for soreness

Robert Britton on how to gain the confidence of a dog that doesn’t like to be checked.

COURSING

Greyhound coursing tips: Welfare issues and how to avoid them

Peter Craig on how to avoid the likes of acidosis and cramping when coursing your greyhounds.

Greyhound coursing tips: Improving on the circle and the struggle for big trainers

Peter Craig on why bringing a large team of greyhounds to a coursing meeting is not to your advantage.

Greyhound coursing tips: Prolonging careers and how circle-track stars stack up

Peter Craig explains why track stars don’t necessarily make top coursers.

Greyhound coursing tips: Advantages of trialling at a coursing track

‘You look at horse racing and (leading trainer) Darren Weir talks of using the big uphill straight at Ballarat. It’s the same with the dogs, it takes a lot of the stress off certain limbs.’

Greyhound coursing tips: A trip to Lang Lang for trialling

Peter Craig uses a trial session up the straight at Lang Lang in Gippsland, Victoria to prepare two of his greyhounds for a coursing campaign.

Greyhound coursing tips: Common questions

Peter Craig answers on some of the most common questions asked by trainers that are new to coursing including what to do with your greyhounds in between courses.

Greyhound coursing tips: First season coursers and same-sex races

Peter Craig on how trainers can use the coursing calendar to advantage, thus keeping their greyhounds competitive for longer.

Greyhound coursing tips: Post-event recovery

Peter Craig gives an insight into how trainers can assist their greyhounds in making a full recovery after their final course of the day and in the days that immediately follow.

BREEDING

Breeding: Breeding to sires with international bloodlines

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on how applying the principles of breeding with dairy cattle has helped him produce winners on the racetrack.

Breeding: Selecting a sire

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith reveals the single most important quality to look for in a stud dog.

Breeding: Interacting with pups

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on the importance of bonding with pups and how disciplining them is detrimental to their racing prospects.

Breeding: Housing and exercising pups

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on the housing of his pups and the role of exercise during the rearing period.

Breeding: Lead training and gamesmanship

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on teaching pups to walk on a lead and the use of squeakers and the bullring during the rearing phase.

Breeding: Choosing a pup

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on selecting a pup among its littermates and how much to read into breaking-in times.

Breeding: Broodmatrons and young pups

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian breeder and rearer Barry Smith on caring for broodmatrons and young pups. Read more.

Breeding: The cost of breeding greyhounds

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian breeder and rearer Barry Smith on the financial cost of breeding a litter. Read more.

Breeding: The basics of successful greyhound breeding

Multiple Group 1 winning Victorian greyhound breeder and rearer Barry Smith on the commitment and sacrifice required to breed greyhounds successfully. Read more.

FIRST AID

First Aid for greyhounds: Essential items you need

Experienced greyhound veterinarian Dr. Chris Boemo lists a number of essential items that all greyhound breeders, rearers, educators and trainers should keep in their personal first aid kits in case of emergency. Read more.

First Aid for greyhounds: Emergency bandaging

Experienced greyhound vet, Dr. Chris Boemo explains the importance of knowing how to bandage certain injuries that occur with greyhounds before taking them to a vet as soon as possible for diagnosis and treatment. Read more.

First Aid for greyhounds: Emergency splinting

Respected greyhound vet, Dr. Chris Boemo outlines the importance of immediately splinting an injury if there is any suspicion of it being a dislocation or fracture, prior to definitive diagnosis. Read more.

First aid for greyhounds: Preventing, detecting and treating Acidosis

Acidosis can be fatal, but it is also often avoidable. Leading greyhound vet, Dr. Chris Boemo discusses the condition in his latest first aid video for Greyhound Racing Victoria’s Care & Standards website. Read more.

RE-HOMING

Racetrack stars do make great pets

Many successful race dogs have been accepted into the Greyhound Adoption Program and been adopted by Victorian families. Read more.

Greyhound Adoption Program: How pre-entry assessment tests work

To be accepted into Victoria’s increasingly popular Greyhound Adoption Program, greyhounds need to meet and interact with a small breed of dog in a safe, controlled environment without trying to grab the small dog. Read more.

Greyhound Ownership and Accountability

Greyhound Racing Victoria strongly encourages anyone considering buying into a greyhound pup or race dog to first consider its future beyond the racetrack. This includes the possibility of adopting your greyhound as a pet or, at the very least, having a hands-on involvement in preparing him or her for the Greyhound Adoption Program.

Preparing your greyhound for the Greyhound Adoption Program

Socialising retired racing greyhounds with other dog breeds in a controlled environment can go a long way towards ensuring he or she is accepted into the Greyhound Adoption Program, and goes on to live a long and happy life as somebody’s pet.

GAP’s 21st Anniversary

21 TODAY: Founders blown away by growth of Greyhound Adoption Program. Read more.

GAP Highlights

A number of feature videos were shown at the 2015/16 Victorian Greyhound Awards, including this Greyhound Adoption Program highlights reel.

GAP’s 20th Anniversary

With over 6,100 adoptions, there was plenty of reason to celebrate on 17 March, 2016 as Victoria’s Greyhound Adoption Program reached its 20th birthday.

Greyhounds are more than just a racing proposition

Greyhound Racing Victoria is calling on the assistance of greyhound trainers to help educate owners about the importance of having a whole-of-life approach with their greyhounds.

Barry Smith: The breeder from Mepunga East

Top Victorian greyhound breeder Barry Smith has bred many topline greyhounds through his ‘Mepunga’ bloodline. Here he provides a valuable insight into his successful breeding practices.

Breeder Profile: Carl McGrath

Take a tour of Carl McGrath’s breeding farm in Shepparton, which has produced many champion greyhounds including Proven Lethal, Proven Alias, Proven Wizard, Proven Nitro and Proven Impala.

GAP FOSTER CARE

Defensive behaviour

In this video Mike discusses the signs of defensive behaviour in dogs and some ways to work with this reactive behaviour to minimise escalation from initial fear to growling and biting.

Dominant behaviour

Such behaviour from dogs towards humans is not a common behavioural trait and is often a defence behaviour or fear aggression being confused as dominance. In this video Mike discusses some examples of dominance and recognising and working with this behaviour.

Predatory behaviour

Predatory drive is the behaviour existent in all dogs that makes them want to chase things. Recognising and managing predatory behaviours is an important part of transitioning a greyhound from a kennel and racing life to retirement as a family pet in the community.