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Leon Giguere is a racing greyhound trainer. In his words:
My career has literally gone to the dogs! In March of 1987, I separated from the Air Force and moved back to Sarasota, FL. Upon returning home I contacted a high school friend who was working at the Sarasota Kennel Club. I was invited down to visit one evening and he took me into a racing kennel where he worked. That was the moment my life went to the dogs. I was introduced and hired as a helper within days, working for Jackson kennel.
Within a month I was offered another job with Don Abernathy Inc. Kennel which I accepted, and there I learned most of what I know about training racing greyhounds. Working under Jim Abernathy Sr. for the next several years, we leased a greyhound farm not far from the Sarasota Kennel Club and began raising, boarding, and schooling dogs for myself and many clients.
I got my first trainer job with System Kennels in Sarasota and ran the racing kennel as well as working at the farm. Eventually the farm shut down and I trained at several locations for System Kennels over the next ten years, including Sanford Orlando Kennel Club, Seminole Kennel Club, Mile High, Cloverleaf, The Woodlands, Tampa and Derby Lane in St Petersburg, FL.
From Derby Lane I was hired by Charter Kennel and was sent to Birmingham Alabama to train for thirty days before we moved the kennel to Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis, AR, where I trained for fifteen months. I was then hired to train for Seastrom Kennel in Dubuque, IA. For the next nearly ten years, I trained for Seastrom every summer in Dubuque and either the Valley Greyhound Park or Hollywood Kennel club in the winter.
I then trained for Lonnie Boyle Kennel at the Gulf in TX for fifteen months until they closed. I also drove a dog hauler and helped in Julia Ward's kennel at Dubuque for nine months until I was hired to train the Legg Kennel at Southland Greyhound Park, where I stayed until they closed at the end of 2022. My current job is trainer for Online Racing at Tri State Greyhound Park in Cross Lanes, WV.
Gillian Lee is a dog behaviorist/trainer with vast experience working with active and retired racing greyhounds.
After nine years of waiting, she began the slippery slope into NGA world with her first greyhound, RJ's Theadore, that many may know as Teddy Lee on social media. Being a researcher at heart, she wanted to learn more about the amazing world of greyhound racing, and Teddy's trainers, the Piquettes, welcomed her into their kennel, home, and family. During her vacations from her full time employment, Gillian could be found at Steubenville Kennel at the crack of dawn doing kennel-hand duties and learning the ins and outs of the greyhound racing world.
She is the founder of Gillian's Greyhound Adoption located in Orillia, Ontario. GGA specializes in retirees that may need a little polishing and a little more assistance in the transition from professional athlete to professional pet. GGA also provides behavioral assistance to adoption groups throughout North America.
When not working, looking after her pack, and GGA affairs, Gillian works to support the greyhound industry in any way she can including legislation session support, education, and countless hours of Greyhound Data entry.
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