Welcome!
Greyhound Friends gets homeless dogs home – especially purpose-bred dogs like sighthounds and sporting dogs who are overbred or discarded when no longer useful. We adopt dogs to responsible, loving homes in Massachusetts and throughout New England. We also work to educate the public about the need for adoption and humane treatment of dogs everywhere.
If you want to adopt, please download and complete a Pre-adoption Application and schedule a visit to meet our available dogs. Greyhounds, sighthounds, hounds and mixed breed dogs are arriving on a regular basis. Our adoption fee is $650 for Portuguese dogs and $1000 for all greyhounds and Spanish dogs. Fees vary mainly due to differences in transport costs.
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You can turn compassion into action by making a contribution in any amount. Please consider becoming a Sustainer by making a monthly gift, automatically through your credit card or PayPal, using the Donate button above. All contributions are greatly appreciated and help dogs right away.
Fueled by the kind support of dog-loving friends, we are here for dogs who need us.
Greyhound Friends is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
What’s New:
Happy New Year, Friends!
With immense gratitude for what we’ve accomplished together in the past year, here’s to the wonderful dogs we’ll welcome home in 2025! 
Read the Fall/Winter 2024 Newsletter
Click to download the PDF and read the latest Greyhound Friends newsletter.
Catch up on some fall highlights, plus upcoming events and a few Happy Tails stories. It’s been an eventful year!
Enjoy a Blind Date with a Book (and Help Dogs) – January 18-20
Local friends, come try something new with us in January. Stop in at the kennel, visit and enjoy a winter treat. We’ll have a selection of books you can buy knowing only a few sentences about the content & genre – then take it home and enjoy the surprise on a cold winter night. Fun!
At only $10 a book, you can bring home several – for yourself and the and other readers in your life too. The event runs between 11 am and 2 pm the weekend of January 18-20, at 167 Saddle Hill Road in Hopkinton.
Volunteers Needed to Staff Info Tables, Add Image Descriptions, Help with Database Management
Greyhound Friends has volunteer opportunities in 3 distinct areas:
💙 Staffing information tables at upcoming events and meet & greets – learn by shadowing experienced volunteers, then expand to new locations
💙 Aiding the social media effort to make posts more accessible by adding image descriptions.
💙 Assisting the development team with technical guidance to improve database accuracy and functionality.
If any of these opportunities interest you, please email greyhoundfriends.office@gmail.com to learn more. Thank you!
