We’d like to dispell the myth that greyhounds need a lot of exercise….they get it all in their sleep, and here’s the proof!!!! This is fabulous Joe, we think it’s only his tongue that isn’t working hard in his dreams! His lovely mum says,”I adopted Joe from Forever Hounds Trust in 2016. He’s a big …
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World Cancer Day
It’s World Cancer Day – you might wonder why we ‘celebrate’ such a day, but this event is designed to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. As many of us sadly know, cancer can affect dogs too, so we want to share some inspiring stories with you as to …
Emergency Winter Appeal
Save lives this winter The long cold nights are here and we need your help to get us through the winter. These months always bring many challenges to us but this year it is more difficult than ever. At a time when our daily costs are increasing drastically, we are also receiving more pleas to …
Vacancy: Animal Care Assistant
Location: Devon At Forever Hounds Trust has been rescuing, caring for and homing greyhounds, lurchers and other sighthounds for 26 years. Until recently we have provided facilities in rented kennels and experienced foster homes in four regions across England, to rescue and care for unwanted, abused, neglected, or abandoned sighthounds. At the end of 2020 …
Rescue not reject…
We are all about diversity here at Forever Hounds Trust, we take dogs of all shapes and sizes into our care, as well as dogs with different levels of disability, or other health issues. Sadly being rescue dogs, many might have injuries sustained in their previous lives, but every single one of them deserves a …
Farewell to Peter and Hello to Two New Trustees
We have proactively been recruiting for new Trustees to join and strengthen our existing Board, and we have some exciting changes to let you know about. But first a farewell……. we are sad to say goodbye to Peter Stevenson our wonderful Treasurer, who has been on the board for what seems like forever. Peter has …
Adopting a Rescue Dog
Ever wondered what it’s like to adopt one of our dogs? Depending on the dog, their previous life, past experiences and their personality, it could be a very different experience for everyone. That’s why we are very careful to match the dog to the home, to ensure we do as much as we can to …
World Heart Day – 29th September
Having a dog is a two way relationship, they offer us so much – companionship, love, and they even help boost our physical and mental wellbeing. In return we do everything we can to make sure they are loved, happy and healthy. On this World Heart Day, it’s important to understand that dogs can be …
Can I Home a Reactive Dog?
Many of the dogs we receive into our care come from working backgrounds, and therefore haven’t had proper socialisation as a young pup. During our assessments, we discover some can be reactive to other dogs, especially to non-sighthounds. Their web profiles may say such things as “needs to be walked away from off-lead dogs”, or …
Children and Dogs – Child Safety Week
Today marks the start of Child Safety Week, an annual community education campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT). Many families have dogs, and it’s true that dogs and children can be great friends. But, it’s important that parents teach children how to stay safe around dogs, this will protect both the child …
Fostering a hound in need.
Foster Care Fortnight is an annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms children’s lives. However, did you know that foster care can totally transform a dogs life too? We spoke to foster mum Wendie, who welcomed Goldie Oldie Joe into her life when he needed her most. His …
Two are better than one!
Did you know that we sometimes get pairs of dogs that we need to home together? They may have lived together in a home prior to arriving in our care, or they might have developed a close bond in kennels or in foster. Either way, for their welfare, the dogs can’t be split up and …