We had another successful event this year, thanks to all the hard work of our volunteer team! Here's a little bit of a visual record of the event. Click any line to go to those images.

Videos of the "fun run" (lure coursing) event are here, courtesy of Keith Lewis

Various shots of people and hounds taken by Greg Hogue (example below)

Pet portraits taken by Nick Hunseder

The image below was auctioned at the "Fine Art of Greyhounds" on Friday, it was a 16" x 20" gallery wrap on canvas, title "Aspen Ad Astra". Since several people expressed interest in the image, the artist is releasing a limited edition of 4 additional prints. They will be sold for the same amount as the auction print ($85) and $50 from each sale will be donated to GPA-AZ. Contact the artist for details: Nick Hunseder, click to email nick@gpa-az.com

Rachel Hogue's photo essay of life at a Greyhound track. A "behind the scenes" view.

Here's what she says about it:

"This is a collection of images I've taken from 2006 on. I've designed this set as an educational tool for greyhound people (much like myself) who have an interest in what their dog's life was like before retirement. I've done my best to represent things as accurately as possible, and I plan to continue updating the set in the future. Please enjoy, and feel free to comment and ask questions!

An excerpt from a 1998 seminar given by Kathleen Gilley

A must read for new Greyhound owners and pretty good for anyone else too...

"What is your new adoptive greyhound thinking?"

This is a group in Alabama, but we share the same mission.

One of our foster family members has this to say: "I'm very happy for [my recent foster]. After all he has been through; no dog deserves a good home more than he does. To live his life out, and be with a family that values his company and love and accept him as a member of their group. It's why we all do what we do.

That's the greatest joy and satisfaction available doing this kind of volunteer work. You love them all, but like we all know, "you can't keep them all". So you care for them, and you teach them and most important of all, you constantly remind yourself that they are going to leave, and your reward is getting them to that destination. It's not about your feelings or selfish wants. It's about the dog, and what is in its best interest.

And for the most part, that works. I've really gotten pretty good at the good-bye thing. I have, for the most part, learned to feel personally satisfied when a foster goes to their permanent home. I'm not losing a dog, I got a good dog into a good home, and I did a good thing. And that's the biggest reason I do this; the personal satisfaction of working to that successful end. Because it is about the dogs.

But every so often, [when] a foster leaves to go to [their home] they take a little piece of you with them. I truly enjoyed working with this foster, and he will be missed."