George was adopted through our home from home scheme in October 2024, we’ve recently received this wonderful update from his lovely family on how he’s getting on. People often ask how much exercise a hound needs and the answer really depends. George the 8 year old lurcher likes a couple of meandering walks a day, …
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Some exciting news…
We’re delighted to share some exciting updates with you. In 2024 we launched our new strategy Recovery, Stability, Visibility to help us rebuild after several challenging years due to the impact of Covid and the ongoing cost of living crisis – pressures that have affected the entire animal welfare sector. During this time, we had …
New Foster Homes Required!
Fostering a hound will reduce that dog’s time spent in kennels and increase their chances of finding a forever home, by allowing us to assess them in the home environment. Perhaps even more importantly, by fostering a dog, you will be opening kennel space for another hound in need! All of our foster carers will …
Matching Dogs to Dogs – Best Friends!
It’s National Best Friend’s Day, so what better opportunity to share this gorgeous picture of Forever Hounds Trust adoptee Muttley (was Suzie) and her bed buddy Fang. ❤️ When we assess our dogs, one key thing we determine is whether they can live with another dog. Some dogs would be better off as an only …
Volunteers Week: Our heroes for greyhounds and lurchers!
Whilst we always recognise and appreciate the incredible hard work of our amazing volunteers, we really want to shout about it this week! Our Volunteers Our volunteers are integral to our charity, giving their time, love, and energy to help greyhounds and lurchers live better, happier lives. Whether it’s through fostering, fundraising, organising events, or …
Double Celebrations for Ruby!
Gorgeous Forever Hounds Trust adoptee Ruby (was Flora) had a double celebration this week – on Monday 2nd June it was her 5th birthday and 2nd Gotcha Day! 🎉🎉 Here she is celebrating on a North Devon beach, she was even treated to a Birthday ice-cream!
Happy Homing Story – Bree
We love hearing how our adopted hounds are getting on, no matter how long ago they were adopted. Therefore it made our day when we received this update on Bree from his lovely dad! Bree turned ten on, aptly, April Fool’s Day! He was adopted from Forever Hounds Trust in July 2019 and is enjoying …
Happy Homing Story – Goose
Goose went home recently, well the great news is that he’s settling in well and loving his new life! His lovely family say: Goose is continuing to settle into home living and particularly enjoys relaxing! He now knows to go to the back door when he needs a wee, and loves his short walks around …
Petition re licensing of Rescues
You may be aware of the horrors that have been unfolding at a self-proclaimed ‘Rescue’ in Basildon Essex. The situation is currently being investigated by the Police, RSCPA and the local council. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v7dzrr0pgo The Association of Dogs and Cats homes (ADCH), of which Forever Hounds Trust are proud members, has been lobbying Governments in the …
Happy Homing Story – Bruno
We always love hearing how our adopted hounds are getting, on, so when we heard from Bruno’s lovely mum who adopted him eight years ago, it really made our day! Bruno was known as Badger whilst in our care. We have finally relocated to Scotland where Bruno is living his best life. He is meeting …
The Easter Appeal Results Are In!
In April we took part in the Pets Foundation Easter appeal at our partnered Pets at Home stores – Tiverton and Weymouth. This is an annual appeal run by Pets Foundation where we spend some time in each of our partnered stores as well as posting about the initiative on our social media pages. In …
Win a two night holiday for two in Wiltshire!
A couple of our wonderful supporters have offered us a two night weekday break at their dog-friendly self-catering holiday cottage in Wiltshire to raffle to raise funds for hounds in need! Tickets cost just £2.50 each! The Dog House is a small, but perfectly formed, converted holiday cottage in the beautiful town of Mere, Wiltshire. …