Current Rescues - January 2022

There are currently no whippet rescues with NCWFA Rescue. Please submit an application if you are interested in being placed on the wait list for our next rescue whippet.

A Note on Puppies & Rescues: There has been a huge uptick in interest in our breed, perhaps related to the phenomenon of "the Pandemic Puppy", perhaps just because the secret is out about the best dog breed ever. In any case, our Breeder Listing has seen an increase of 90% in traffic from pre-pandemic levels & all of our listed breeders are fielding between two and five inquiries a day. Long-planned litters that are on the ground now are spoken for many times over & breeders with Fall and Winter puppy plans have wait lists that are many potential owners deep.  Bottom line, if you are interested in a whippet puppy, you will have to wait & maybe wait a long time. The situation is the same all over the US & Canada right now. The wait for adults will most likely even be longer. Rescue has seen the same uptick in applications & inquiries, while the number of dogs needing our help has shrunk, perhaps due to to the pandemic. 


In order to have your info on file with us for a future whippet in need, please submit an application.  Applications can be either downloaded or filled out online at http://www.ncwfa.com/rescue-adoption-application.html. New whippets can enter the Rescue program at any time, so please fill out an application if you are interested in being added to our waiting list of potential adopters. No prospective home will be considered without an application on file.

Applicants receive up-to-the-moment notification of rescues who are ready for adoption, as well as information and updates on whippets and whippet mixes available with other rescue groups and shelters. We do often have a dog who is such a perfect match with an applicant we have on file that the whippet doesn't even make it onto our webpage, so it is strongly suggested that you fill out an application so we have it on hand in case lightening strikes!  We will only consider homes from those who have a completed application on file, so take the time to fill one out! 

Often time whippets who come to us and are being fostered for evaluation end up staying forever in their ("failed") foster homes as new pets, so read below on how to become a foster home for the NCWFA. 
FOSTER HOMES: We are always seeking caring foster homes for whippets in need. Foster homes agree to evaluate rescue whippets, prepare them for adoption, and help to make them into super companions.  Foster homes should be flexible and dog savvy, and dog owning and raising experience is a must.  Fostering can be hard work, as rescues are a mixed bag in so far as socialization, temperament and health issues go, but the rewards are great. The biggest danger is often that your 'foster whippet' becomes your 'forever whippet'. Just ask the foster parents, 3 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 1 in 2018, 2 each in 2019, 2020 & 2021, who have 'failed' fostering and have great new whippet companions to show for it! If you are interested in becoming a foster home, please fill out a Rescue Volunteer Application & contact the NCWFA Rescue Team, at norcalwhippetrescue@gmail.com.

 Please also visit our Rescue Gallery to see photos of some of our past rescue alumni (not currently available).