Our Girl Kanga

Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day and Easter are all days you spend with loved ones. But for Kanga these special occasions were spent waiting, wishing and hoping for someone to stop by her kennel.Kanga arrived at the Animal Welfare League Qld on Christmas...

Love at first sight for Dale

Big dogs have big hearts and so much love to give, yet sometimes spend more time waiting for a home because people looking for a new pet seem to think with big dogs comes more work. This is almost always untrue. Ask anyone who owns a large breed dog and they will tell...

David and Cookie

In November, 2012 I was at work at AWLQ when I had the occasion to walk a beautiful, purebred black greyhound across the shelter.My first impression was how incredibly easy on the lead she was, with absolutely no pulling, even though she was a very muscular 30 kg...

Gracey the Great-hound!

On a quiet Monday back in December 2013, I had phoned my partner to visit AWLQ, where I worked as soon as he could. I was excited, because there was a beautiful greyhound who needed a home, and I thought we’d be a great family for her.My partner was less...

Tess the Greyhound makes a perfect pet

When I first volunteered at Animal Welfare League QLD’s Gold Coast shelter I met my first Greyhound. I was absolutely captivated by these gentle, sweet natured yet playful dogs however I thought I could not adopt one as I had an elderly Siamese cat and many...