Nita – January 8 1946 – March 26 2020 Last week Forever Hounds Trust lost a dear friend. Nita first became a part of our family of volunteers 12 years ago, when she responded to an appeal for foster carers. Her offer was gratefully accepted and her first temporary resident, Lacey, was soon installed to …
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Boredom busters for hounds at home!
Measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus are affecting hounds as well as humans – our Senior Behaviour Support Adviser, Rachel Cartwright, has come up with some DIY dog entertainment ideas! DIY Dog Entertainment If your dog is used to getting more than one walk per day, you might be finding they have some excess …
Get your thinking cap on! Sign up for Winning Wednesday
We are very excited to announce that this week’s WINNING WEDNESDAY will be hosted live on Facebook! While we wait for the Virtual Quiz Events platform to fix their glitches (sorry about that last week!), tune in to Facebook at 7pm where our glamorous Quiz Mistress will be broadcasting live! Entrance donations can be made …
How will Covid 19 measures affect racing greyhounds?
By Emma Butler All greyhound racing at GBGB licensed racecourses has been suspended in order to meet the guidance from the government on social distancing. For those of us campaigning to bring an end to greyhound racing on welfare terms, the news that greyhounds won’t be racing should be welcome. However, ending greyhound racing in …
Pets and Coronavirus
Here are some top tips from some of the UK’s pet charities and experts. There is no evidence that pets can get sick from Covid-19. Just like human hands, pet fur could carry the virus from one person to another. Wash hands well with soap and water after touching any pets or their belongings and …
Post Homing Support – a guest blog
Keeping Your Hound on their Sofa Guest Blog by Carole Fahy, Post Homing Support Co-ordinator Forever Hounds Trust It is Forever Hounds Trust’s commitment to every adopter of one of our dogs that they will be entitled, absolutely free of charge, to qualified behavioural support for the life of that dog. In these difficult times, …
Volunteer Andrew spends the day transporting dogs for Forever Hounds Trust
Follow Andrew, one of Forever Hounds Trust’s volunteers as he takes on a transport run, meeting Chance and Swifty, two greyhounds, and bringing them into the care of Forever Hounds Trust. With the current coronavirus emergency Forever Hounds Trust, along with everyone else, is facing uncertain times. We are relying on our volunteers more than …
Are you a canine behaviourist? We need you!
Forever Hounds Trust are looking for qualified dog behaviourists to join their team of Post Homing Support volunteers. This is immensely rewarding work, and is key to keeping our hounds in their Forever homes. We provide free, qualified behavioural advice to any owner of a Forever Hounds Trust dog who is experiencing behavioural issues with …
Ending the month on a high!
January is a long month, and for Forever Hounds Trust it has been a very busy one! We are delighted that our homing figures for the year so far are up 64%! It is thanks to the hard work of our awesome homing team who have been tirelessly working to get as many dogs starting …
Greyhound racing should have no place in Oxford
By Emma Butler, Head of Welfare Campaigns Forever Hounds Trust’s head office is based in Oxford, and we were dismayed to hear that plans are afoot to bring greyhound racing back to the city and that the businessman behind the scheme has claimed that ‘greyhound racing is not cruel.‘ As a greyhound and lurcher rescue …
2020 – a new decade and a time for change!
It’s a new decade and time for forming plans to improve greyhound welfare and phase out greyhound racing in the UK and globally. Now we know what the political landscape looks like we are excited to be working in partnership with other groups to bring greyhound welfare to the top of the agenda. We kick-started …
Special homes required for some special dogs
Not all of the dogs we rescue are straightforward. Some of them are a little zany, zippy, zappy and zoomy and need a special type of home. The beginning of 2020 has found us with a whole bunch of these quirky characters and we are in desperate need of some very particular homes for them. …