When you’re out of town, having the peace of mind that your greyhound is being cared for by someone who knows greyhound quirks and foibles is invaluable. The Edmonton Grey-Sitting Coop is a directory of just such people! These individuals and families are experienced greyhound owners that would love to take care of your grey while you are out of town or otherwise need a sitter. Below you will find contact information, details, and costs associated.
Are you interested in being a Grey-sitter? To be listed on this page, please email me with the details! Suggested information is: how many greys and other pets in your house, area of the city/surrounding area, primary contact information, some details about what the visiting grey can expect, and compensation arrangement.
Disclaimer: Edmonton Greyhounds and the webmaster do not guarantee or imply a guarantee of the services. This is simply a referral service for local hound owners and sitters. Please ask for references and use your own judgment while interviewing potential caretakers for your grey!
Name: Glenna and Quinn Klaver, and Gil (5 yo male grey)
Location: Sherwood Park
Contact: GKlaver@edmonton.ymca.ca
Description:Gil loves to have company! He is kenneled while we are at work during the day. The guest dog owners are responsible for supplying food, bedding and a crate/Xpen. I would be interested in trades of grey-sitting services or donations to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue as a fee. Contact me for more details!
Name: Brett Lewis and Jonathan Hamill, and Gino (male grey)
Location: SW Edmonton
Contact: b_lewis88@hotmail.com
Description: We would be interested in greyhound sitting with an agreement of exchanging sitting services (you go away, we care for your hound; we go away, you care for ours, assuming no scheduling conflicts and the living situation is compatible). We are very active with our greyhound Gino, taking him for walks in the neighbourhood and/or play dates to the dog park or outdoor arenas. Gino is a very playful and social hound who gets along well with other dogs. We have two rabbits in the house, but they are confined to a separate room with a barrier. Use your judgment on your dog’s prey drive. We are both generally not home during the work week between 8 am and 4 pm due to work and school.
Name: Deb and John Ward, and their pack
Location: Gibbons
Contact: debjo@albertacom.com or 780 942 4163
Description: Sam, Zinny, and the gang would welcome short term visitors. There is a cat here though we can handle a non-cat safe dog for short periods of time. We have a secure turn out area off the back door and a one acre fenced play area. Our own dogs are either crated or muzzled when we work so any visiting hound would be crated when we are not home. We charge $12 per day per dog (you supply food), payable in advance by cheque made out to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue.
Name: Ruth Fridhandler and Katy Mackay, and Luke (8.5 yo male grey), Emma (Belgian Shepherd-Border Collie mix), and Timmy (Golden Retriever)
Location: Centre NE Edmonton
Contact: ruth@ebwhite.com and katy@ebwhite.com (best to email both of us)
Description: We can dog sit for a cat-safe hound who is comfortable around other breeds. Timmy is young and bouncy, and Emma is very submissive to sight hounds. Emma sometimes herds Luke when outside but doesn’t bother other hounds. We need to crate Luke while we’re away during thunderstorm season, but during the holidays and pretty much from October through at least March (or when thunderstorms start again), we have a crate available for a guest. Katy and the kids (15 and 11 year old boys) are off over the holidays, so the dogs won’t be home alone too much (the dogs are normally not home alone for longer than 5 hours). We’d love to have a guest. It’s an active household so the guest grey won’t be bored! Our fee would be a donation to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue; contact us for details!
Name: Amanda/Ian/William with Mooner (6yr old male) and Bing (10 yr old male)
Location: West Edmonton
Contact: amandameilingle@yahoo.com
Description: We would be happy to take one grey into our cat free home. Only small animal is a snake that is not accessible to the hounds. When we have visiting hounds all hounds are muzzled when nobody is home unless you prefer to have your hound crated (ours are not). We are away during the day from 8am-4pm Mon-Fri but one of us always comes home mid day to let them out. We have a small fenced yard but have a great big field across the street for nice long walks. We have quite a few stairs so they should be comfortable with stairs. We prefer that everyone meet prior to their stay just to make sure they get along. Donations of $12/day (negotiable for long stays) made payable to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue or swap sitting services.
Name: Jim and Mary Jackson
Location: West Edmonton
Contact: jim201@shaw.ca
Description: Jim and Mary Jackson would be pleased to sit (subject to availability and suitability). We have two greys of our own – Molly and Mcleod. We work during the day, however we do take lots of walks when we are home. We would like to exchange sitting in return for sitting, and appreciate a donation for Chinook Winds.
Name: Colleen, Claire and Daniel Patience (greyhounds, Chester and Flynn)
Location: Onoway, AB
Contact: c.patience@patriotlaw.com or greylover@netkaster.ca
Description: We would love to have your greyhound(s) come and stay with us. We live on 10 beautiful acres just east of Onoway, AB, about half an hour from St. Albert and about 45 minutes from the west end of Edmonton. Your dog(s) will have access to 1 acre completely fenced right out the back door. The kids and I share our home with two greyhounds, Chester, a 3 year old coldblood and Flynn, an 11 year old ex-racer. Our dogs are very cat friendly and our cats like our visitors that way as well, so no cat zappers please! Dogs will be alone during the day as I work and the kids are at school. We are happy to take dogs that crate, or not. We will sit for a donation to Chinook Winds given prior to drop off or for sitting exchange.
Name: Brent, Stephanie, Wrigley (2 year old male Chihuahua), Birkley (4 year old male Yorkie) and Brooklyn (10 year old female Greyhound) Page
Location: Northwest Edmonton
Contact: Stephanie.page@axa-pacific.ca or 780-297-5046 (Stephanie)
Description: We would be happy to puppy sit your Greyhound. Our little guys are very calm and quiet which helps deter the “prey drive” from kicking in but to be safe, they are kenneled during the day. Brooklyn (Greyhound) has the run of the house at all times. Brooklyn does not require muzzling as she has no teeth so she is a safe friend for your girl or guy. We have a very big yard with high fences so there is plenty of space to run and play (Brooklyn misses playing with big dogs). The guest dog parents are responsible for supplying their own food, bedding, crate and muzzle. No payment is required, although we encourage you to donate to the Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue.
Name: Stefanie, Darryl and Peanut Heidebrecht
Location: SE Edmonton
Contact: scorpionstef@yahoo.ca
Details: We would be able to sit for your hound in our adult home. We just have the one greyhound, Peanut, our 4 year old female. Your hound would have to be able to be crated during the day while we are at work. They would be walked twice a day and of course have free reign of our fenced back yard whenever they needed. The guest dog owners are responsible for supplying food, bedding and crate. We will accept grey-sitting trades or a donation to Chinook Winds.
Name: Rochelle and Brian Loewen (Bolts – male grey)
Location: Sherwood Park
Contact: roloewen@telus.net or 780-467-3809 evenings
Description: We are interested in trading greyhound sitting services – assuming compatibility and scheduling permits – or donations to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue as a fee. Bolts is a very playful and social greyhound – he loves to have company! He is not crated during the day but we do have his old crate if needed for a guest. We are at work or school during the day and there no other pets or children in the house.
Name: Kamilla Phillips with greyhounds, Lucy (7 years old) and Dinero (8 years old)
Location: St. Albert
Contact: trulykamilla@hotmail.com or 780-819-4311
Description: We would love to welcome your greyhound(s) into our home for short or long visits. There is a large fenced backyard for the dogs to play in and daily walks or trips to the nearby enclosed, outdoor skating rink for a bit of off leash time. I do not crate my dogs but they are almost always muzzled. Any visiting hounds must be muzzled when I am home and will be crated when I am away. I charge $12 per day per dog (you supply food, bedding, muzzle and crate), payable in advance by cheque to me, which I will in turn donate to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue. Please call me to discuss dog-sitting and if possible, to arrange an advanced meeting.
Name: Morgan Haley and Nicole Dube, Callie (8 yo female grey), Spitfire (4 yo male grey) and two cats
Location: South Edmonton
Contact: morganahaley@gmail.com
Description: We would love to be able to sit for your greyhound(s) for short or long term, preferably only short term if we would be watching two greys. We do have two cats so we would prefer them to be cat safe. Any visiting greys must be crated while we are away at work. We do not have a fenced yard but we back onto a green area and walking path, our greyhounds LOVE walks so yours will get many while staying with us! You would be responsible for providing food, bedding, muzzle and crate. We charge $12 per day, per dog which will be donated to Chinook Winds or we will accept grey-sitting trades.
