The TV presenter is calling for dog lovers to ‘Share Your Life With A Greyhound’ – a campaign highlights how the retired racing dogs make great pets.
Love Island star Chris Hughes is backing a campaign to find homes for retired greyhounds. The TV presenter is calling for dog lovers to ‘Share Your Life With A Greyhound’.
The Greyhound Board of Great Britain’s campaign highlights how the retired racing dogs make great pets. The number of greyhounds finding new homes soared following last year’s campaign, fronted by ex England rugby ace and Traitors star Joe Marler, after which the number of retired greyhounds entering homing placements increased by 25%.
The new campaign – billed ‘Anything But Grey’ – features a video with Chris as the voice of ‘Tink,’ a greyhound enjoying life in retirement.
Chris said: “It’s fantastic to have the opportunity to promote this wonderful breed of dogs who make such excellent pets. I would strongly encourage anyone who is looking to adopt a dog to consider getting a greyhound.
“They are such gentle and fun dogs who can slot seamlessly into so many different lifestyles, especially as they don’t need too much walking, and their personalities are certainly anything but grey!”
Greyhounds are calm, affectionate dogs who love nothing more than cuddling up with their owners on the sofa. Dubbed the ‘40mph couch potato’, these retired racers make the dream companion for any pet parent. They can sometimes sleep for up to 20 hours a day, and only require two 20-minute, on-lead daily walks.
Most greyhounds only race until they are between the ages of three and five, so while ‘retired’ they are relatively young and have a long life ahead of them as companion animals.
The ‘Share Your Life With A Greyhound’ campaign offers a wealth of information to prospective adopters – including a list of approved homing centres across the country, and a wide range of information about the greyhound breed, their needs and how to best care for them.
Cress Lee, Share Your Life With A Greyhound’s Campaign Manager, said: “We are delighted to have had this opportunity to work with Chris Hughes to further promote retired greyhounds as pets. He has really captured the quirky personalities which greyhounds have and how well they fit into so many different homes and families once they retire from racing.
We have already seen the significant impact of our ‘Adopt A Sporting Legend’ campaign last year, and hope our ‘Anything But Grey’ video helps to spread the word even further about what wonderful, fun and loving pets retired greyhounds make.
“Anyone who is looking to adopt a dog should definitely consider reaching out to one of our fantastic homing centres to find out more about greyhounds.
There truly is a perfect greyhound for every home and our centres are perfectly placed to help you find yours.”