Great Dog - Nonprofit Support                               See Project CANINE

Much of Great Dog has been built around rescue and the efforts of a large compassionate animal community.  Great Dog is dedicated to fostering relationships with non-profit organizations that seek to better animal kind through adoption. Great Dog was founded by two greyhound owners and has since expanded our embrace to cat & other breeds/canine rescue. 

Great Dog to team up with Seattle Animal Control to pilot an off site adoption location.  More information will come regarding adoptions as we get farther into the process.

We received a call from a partner to see if we could help during the puppy mill seizure.  Of course, being compassionate animal lovers and a member of the pet loving community, we felt it was our duty to assist these little guys.  So, Hope and her 4 Lhasa puppies joined us at Great Dog as a foster situation.  Hope and her puppies will be adopted out through their rescue group overseeing the care and placement of all 400+ dogs and puppies.  For information on how to adopt, please see S.P.O.T.'s webpage.  In the meantime, we would love to share the puppies with our clients.  The puppies and their mom need a lot of socialization, love and support.  Please come by during our business hours to give these special canines a little big of Great Dog love!

Leslie Csokasy, founder and co-owner of Great Dog, is currently owned by three greyhounds.  Her great pups,  Sam, Hoppie & Eddie spend each day at Great Dog and can often be seen lounging on one of our various couches.  Leslie volunteers with a chapter of Greyhound Pets of America.  Greyhound Pets of America is dedicated to finding quality homes for ex-racers nationwide.   www.gnwgreyhounds.org 

Judi Anderson-Wright, co-owner of Great Dog, belongs to a West Highland Terrier, a rescued Lhasa Apso, a rescued lab, a rescued Jack Russell Terrier and a "Can-Hardly" Terrier (You can hardly tell what breed).  Opie, the JRT, is one of our store mascots and is a master of many tricks.  He has inspired Judi and Great Dog to do outreach programs involving children in the Greater Seattle community.  Opie goes to schools and libraries teaching safe handling techniques for children & adults.  Judi has spearheaded Great Dog into a “terrier rich environment” where terriers can be terriers.  Great Dog often makes sure that the local Jack Russell adoption group gets support through food, treats and toys.

In December, 2007, Great Dog announced the launch of Project CANINE, a Washington State non-profit.  We are now a 501c3 IRS non profit designation.  More information about Project CANINE can be found on their website.

Great Dog is not, however, an outlet for re-homing animals.  We will be setting up a "links" page to help our customers looking to re-home their pets.