Lifeline Italian Greyhound Rescue

Based in western Wisconsin, Lifeline Italian Greyhound Rescue is a non-profit 501(c)(3), all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping Italian Greyhounds without homes.

While some of the dogs surrendered to our organization come in due to families who divorce, move, develop allergies, etc., many more IGs are surrendered due to their housetraining, high activity level or medical issues.

IGs are not the right match for every home! Please get all the information - not just what someone trying to sell you a dog is telling you - before you decide to bring an Italian Greyhound into your home.

We offer education and assistance to local IG owners experiencing problems caring for or training their dogs, along with the general public, on issues such as spay/neuter, housetraining, nutrition, and caring for Italian Greyhounds. We foster, rehabilitate and train IGs who have been surrendered to our rescue by their owners, come to us from a shelter situation, or have been abandoned at veterinary offices due to medical or behavioral issues. If there's an IG in our area that's in need, we try to help!

We are always in need of volunteers who can foster, transport and do home visits. We also welcome donations, financial and otherwise. You can find information about helping us here. You can easily donate by clicking on the 'Make a Donation' button at the top of this page, too.

Please help our rescue dogs by shopping through our affiliate program links located at the bottom of this page. Talented artist Gwen Rosewater will donate 25% of her portrait price to Lifeline if you visit her website from here to order your pet's portrait.

If you're looking for the ultimate IG winter or spring/rain coat, please check out Voyagers K9 Apparel. Tell them Lifeline sent you, and we'll get a donation from each coat purchased, too!

Our rescue dogs are all fostered in the homes of experienced volunteers, and they are adopted to highly-screened applicants. Most of our foster homes are in Minnesota or Wisconsin, so we tend to adopt the majority of our dogs to families within those states, or touching states. Our rescue requires a written application, reference check and a physical home visit - with everyone in the family in attendance - before we approve any applicant for adoption. We do not ship dogs or arrange for transportation to new homes, and we do require that prospective adopters pick up their IG in person from the foster home. We charge a non-refundable adoption fee, which helps offset the medical costs of the dogs we foster and re-home.

While we occasionally have rescue-only activities which are limited to dogs adopted from our rescue, we also sponsor playdates, get-togethers, fundraisers, AKC CGC testing and other activities which are open to anyone who owns an Italian Greyhound in our area, along with a monthly newsletter available to IG owners.

Help support Lifeline Italian Greyhound Rescue by purchasing through the links below.

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Voyagers K9 Apparel Incredible dog coats for IGs!