This is a video from Friends of Greyhounds celebration of the 1,000th dog adopted which took place on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10, 10*10*10=1,000).
By the time Friends of Greyhounds was evicted from the kennels that were being provided by the dog tracks of South Florida, over 1,900 ex-racer greyhounds had been adopted out.
Since then Friends of Greyhounds has had to down-size because of the lack of kennel space, but their rescue and adoption of these wonderful dogs continues.
When a greyhound is adopted, its kennel collar is added to the chain, in chronological order. On special occasions the chains are hung for all to admire.
This chain of 1,000 collars represents the 1,000 dogs that had been adopted out up to October 10, 2010.
Some of the original collars were lost or dogs came in with no collar at all and we use a wooden bone with the dog's name on it.
Most of the collars hang open but a few are buckled closed. Those are the dogs who have passed away and are waiting for us at the Rainbow Bridge.
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