Make Peace With Animals is a non-profit, all volunteer group dedicated to finding peaceful solutions to the many problems facing animals today. Our motto is Make Peace With Your Self, Make Peace With Each Other, Make Peace With Animals. Our special mission is the adoption and welfare of retired racing Greyhounds. Since 1988, we have placed over 5,000 of these animals into loving, adoptive homes. Make Peace With Animals has chapters in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. We limit our adoptions to within a 3-hour range of our chapters.
Download the application from our website, fill it in, and email it to us at [email protected]. Send $20 to our PayPal account via the DONATE button on our website. Include a comment indicating that it is for the application you submitted. Once these two steps are complete, your application will be considered active and we will send you a copy of Adopting the Racing Greyhound via Priority Mail. Within a few days, someone will call you to interview you and answer any questions you may have. If you prefer, you can still submit an application by mail. Download it from our website, fill it in, and mail it with a check for $20 to: Make Peace With Animals. P.O. Box 488, New Hope, PA 18938. As soon as we receive it, we will mail you a copy of Adopting the Racing Greyhound via Priority Mail. Within a week’s time, you will hear back from us regarding your application. After checking your veterinary reference, we will conduct an extensive phone interview with you during which time we will answer any questions you might have and we will learn more about you, your lifestyle and your expectations for a Greyhound. Within a few days we will advise you on whether or not your application is approved. If it is, we will begin the matching process based on the date you say you are ready. The length of time it will take to get your new friend depends on the complexity of your needs. Obviously, the more variables there are, (for example, a home with five children and five cats) the more time it will take to get you just the right dog. Whether you apply online with PayPal, or through the mail, $300 is due at the time of adoption. Typically, the way our process works is that we discuss potential candidates with the adopter. If possible, they might be able to meet the dog at a Meet and Greet, or at the foster home. Mostly, that is not possible as our foster homes are scattered far and wide and are not near the adopter's home (making a pre-adoption visit impossible), or the Meet and Greet is too far. Besides, what you glean from such a brief visit is less helpful than you might think. We make up for this by the fact that our dogs are fostered, so the foster parents can give us a very accurate picture of what a dog is like--something not possible with dogs who are kenneled. The only way to really know what a dog is like, is to have it in your home. We go over prospective candidates with the adopter and suggest one that we think would best suit their situation. If the adopter agrees to the choice, we arrange for the adoption. Of course, if when the adopter meets the dog they take an instant dislike or just don't have a good feeling about it, they are under absolutely no obligation to take the Greyhound home. If they meet the dog and feel this a reasonable choice for them, they take the Greyhound home. Once they do, we are available to coach them through the usual acclimation ups and downs. If they feel things just aren't working out, even though they have followed our suggestions and have given the adoption an earnest effort, they we will gladly take back the dog. No one is ever 'stuck' with a dog or forced to keep a dog they do not want. Our goal is to have everyone happy--both the adopters and the dog.