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Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12963 / Races 40209 30 Jan 2021 01:48
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It was announced last year the IGB employed a company for over 200,000 euro and a follow up of over 90,000 a year to create software or something so that they could track all Irish bred dogs from 12 weeks old to their passing.
Could someone please tell me when the Greyhound-Data team are looking up dogs on the IGB website to confirm ownership we are now seeing owner as "G.B.G.B." or "Homed as a Pet".
If this is tracking dogs throughout their lives than I am the Pope.
What a joke.
I really hope there is a reason for this and I am just making a mistake or misunderstanding something. Can someone please enlighten me.
Stephen Potter Ireland (Verified User) Posts 424 Dogs 127 / Races 0 30 Jan 2021 08:33
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Tony Gallagher wrote:
It was announced last year the IGB employed a company for over 200,000 euro and a follow up of over 90,000 a year to create software or something so that they could track all Irish bred dogs from 12 weeks old to their passing.
Could someone please tell me when the Greyhound-Data team are looking up dogs on the IGB website to confirm ownership we are now seeing owner as "G.B.G.B." or "Homed as a Pet". when a dog is sold to the uk it shows up on igb site as gbgb always has done.so i presume responsibility goes to the uk.
when a greyhound is sold to the uk it shows up as gbgb always has done as long as i can remember.
If this is tracking dogs throughout their lives than I am the Pope.
What a joke.
I really hope there is a reason for this and I am just making a mistake or misunderstanding something. Can someone please enlighten me.
Stephen Potter Ireland (Verified User) Posts 424 Dogs 127 / Races 0 30 Jan 2021 08:41
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when a greyhound is sold to the uk it shows up as owner gbgb always been like that as long as i can remember,i suppose responsibility for that dog then goes to the gbgb.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12963 / Races 40209 30 Jan 2021 08:44
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Thanks Stephen, I did not realise that. Do you know anything about "Homed as a pet"?
On GD we need to know which adoption group homed the dog and where possible we try to find the adoptive owner.
Also can you give me a link for the GBGB where I can find the current owner of an Irish bred greyhound?
Thanks again Stephen, its a weekend and I am here trying to answer members emails re ownership changes.
Stephen Potter Ireland (Verified User) Posts 424 Dogs 127 / Races 0 30 Jan 2021 09:16
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hi tony, homed as a pet must be through their adoption new center,most dogs were homed through the igb went to homes abroad but they are setting up new homing centers i think the first one is up and running in thurles, as for the new gbgb ownership i dont think there is any link to new owner ,it will be on the racecard when dog races but apart from that i am a a loss,sometimes on this site if you put in the name on dog search it will come up with uk owner but i suppose that is only if a member has put it in the data base.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12963 / Races 40209 30 Jan 2021 09:24
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Thanks for you help Stephen. I understand how it works now. The new welfare centres in Ireland sound like a step in the right direction.
Over the years I have done a lot of work with the retired Irish dogs in Germany. The adoption groups there are fantastic and really give their hearts and souls to looking after and homing greyhounds.
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