The busy week started on Saturday. Firstly a lovely lady from Southampton, Val travelled all the way to my home in Stoke to meet our longest staying greyhound Cash. Val made her way along with her current hound Star and Judy and Mike (Cashs foster parents) travelled him down for the meeting.
Cash came to us in August last year after being under threat of pts by his trainer on retirement from racing. He had alot of growing up to do at first but soon settled into the most wonderful hound who didnt deserve to wait so long for the right home.
The meeting went fabulously well and he headed off back to Southampton with Val and Star and has settled like a dream.
Well done lad, we are all so proud and happy for you. Judy and Mike are having a holiday in Zante and will be taking in their next foster hound on return.
Literally as Val pulled off, Amy pulled up. Amy is one of our volunteers who lives in Halesowen. She had been en route from Worcester to Stoke with our newest arrivals Ice and Hero. Both Ice and Hero were needing rescue spaces after the training yard they were attatched to in Portsmouth closed.
We were contacted by Debbie Buxcey of http://www.greyhounds4u.co.uk/ to see if we could help. Debbie herself runs a small independant rescue and had taken some of the female hounds from the closure.
The dogs were firstly got onto the road by another of our volunteers Charley who collected them from Portsmouth and made the mammoth journey up to Worcester to meet Amy.
As we dont currently have foster places open for these boys they have been placed safely in our fabulous holding kennels in Staffordshire until such assessment places become open.
On arrival it was obvious that the boys were in need of lots of tlc. Both were full of fleas and worms had terrible coats and mouths that left alot to be desired. Along with de fleaing and vaccinating we will be castrating them, taking care of their mouths and also other problems. Hero seems to have faired better and just has a sprung toe on his front paw that funnily points to the sky in a bit of an ET phone home type manner but poor Ice is not so good. He visibly has an injury to his front leg and is in some pain holding it high and choosing not to put any weight through it this needs urgent attention.
Ice is in today to have his paw checked over so good thoughts that its something relatively easy to fix and keep painfree for him would be appreciated.
The boys......
Elsewhere still behind the scenes more was going on......
In the week we had received a call about a little 10mnth old lurcher boy whos time was up in the pound. As the pounds are obliged to take the dog wardens dog via contract if they get to full then they have no choice but to euthanise to make way for more stray dogs needing to come in.
Buddy was one of those due for euthanasia.
Thankfully one of our foster careers Louise who is based right up in Keighley, Yorkshire offered to take the boy. This was fabulous news. Just the small problem of moving him from Birmingham to North Yorkshire. Once again our fabulous volunteers were out on the move and the boy landed safely just hours after leaving thanks to Richard and Marion.
Buddy
Other comings and goings this week have continued...
Sunday saw us out in force raising awareness and much needed funding.
Two events were attended on the day. I myself went to the Green Safari Day at Risley Moss country park in Warrington, the turn out of rescue support once again was fabulous and thanks to all who attended. We managed to speak to quite a few people about the plight of the hounds and raise a fabulous £114 in the process.
Meanwhile Dawn and other members of the team headed off to Dogs Trust Kenilworths Fun Dog Show http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/our_centres/kenilworth/and held a stall. Again lot of interest in the dogs and over £80 being raised meaning in one day we had managed another £200 towards the dogs care.
It was also Nog one of our sponsor hounds first official outing. Nog came to us recently a poor old lad whos teeth were in horrendous condition but more alarmingly so is his heart. He is just 10 years of age, still with all this aside he is the most wonderful loving companion hound. He will be living out his days in the care of Dawn so that we can support his ongoing medical treatment.
He had a great day and managed to pick up a rosette in the best senior class.
Noggin the Nog
and finally.... thank goodness I hear you cry!
Today is the day that Fletch goes home! Fletch is a beautiful 18mnth old greyhound boy who has been in our care for around six weeks now. He landed from Ireland with two others (Hustler and Cole) already rehomed.
Handsome Fletch the Snowflake Hound
Fletchs new family first laid eyes on the lad at the RSPCA Derby Fun Dog Show http://www.derby-rspca.org.uk/ that was held recently. They contacted us after and arranged for a home visitor to go and meet themselves and their existing dogs. All went well with the homecheck so last weekend Fletch went to visit for the day. He settled in straight away and got on fine with their little whippet girl and old collie lady.
Good luck Fletch. Looking forward to lots of updates and huge thanks to both his new family for welcoming him home and Sue, Mark & kids his foster family.
So thats a round up of the week so far, of course much more has been happening but I hope you enjoyed the round up of the main comings and goings this week so far! I hope to update this journal three of four times a week so future entries shouldnt be so long....
1 comment:
I am afraid that this statement is not correct "In the week we had received a call about a little 10mnth old lurcher boy whos time was up in the pound. As the pounds are obliged to take the dog wardens dog via contract if they get to full then they have no choice but to euthanise to make way for more stray dogs needing to come in.".
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