Some hounds come into our care and are quite quickly off to their new homes, others need a LOT of rehabilitation before they can safely be homed; Wren is one such dog. Wren arrived in February of this year with three other dogs after being rescued from horrendous conditions. She was completely shut down, but …
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A Successful Sighthound Carol Concert!
Whilst we might’ve confused the residents of Bath as a congregation of humans and hounds made their way into the church, we had a wonderful time at our Carol Concert at St Michael’s Without on the the 9th of December! We have some very important thank you’s we’d like to say…. Last but definitely not …
Christmas in Rescue
They may not have homes of their own yet, but we ensure our hounds don’t miss out on Christmas!
Happy Homing Story – Gwen
Gorgeous Gwen was adopted four years ago, and we were delighted to receive this update on how she is getting on from her lovely family. The story so far… When we lost our lurcher Blackie we were devastated, but a friend told us of Forever Hounds Trust who thought Gwen might be right for us. …
New ex racing greyhound study results released.
Forever Hounds Trust is pleased to have been able to help with the development of a recent study by The Alliance Against Greyhound Racing relating to greyhounds homed by British rescues independent of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GGGB) Homing Scheme. Due to our desire for greyhound racing to be phased out in the …
The difference donations make.
Thank you for your donations for our Big Give ‘Help a Hound’ Appeal which finished at noon yesterday. The appeal raised an amazing ยฃ10,848, and once Gift Aid is added, the final amount will make a huge difference to hounds in need. Watch this video to see what impact they have already had on Hopper! …
International Animal Rights Day
It’s International Animal Rights Day, an annual event honouring animals as sentient beings who deserve the same protections as people. In fact, it’s International Human Rights Day too – deliberately coinciding to highlight the connection between animal and human rights. Forever Hounds Trust is passionate about animal rights, specifically that of greyhounds and lurchers, and …
Happy Homing Story – Billie
We love hearing about our adopted hounds, so were delighted to receive these wonderful photos of Billie (was Nessa) loving her new life. Her adopter tells us that she’s amazing and doing so well; she is very clever and even walks to heel off-lead! Billie is truly having a great time living on the edge …
Help a Hound – Big Give Christmas Challenge
***The Big Give Christmas Challenge has now finished, but our raffle is ongoing.*** Our ‘Help a Hound’ Big Give Christmas Challenge is now live! ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ. Looking into Hopperโs sad eyes you can sense how sore his skin felt and how let down he had been. …
Happy and Sad at the Same Time – Fergal
Why happy and sad? Read on as his lovely mum picks up the story… Fergal was rescued after being found living in some woods in Kent, probably left behind by travellers. A friend of ours, and a greyhound adopter, managed to gain his trust and catch him, handing him to Forever Hounds Trust (then GRWE). …
Happy Homing Story – Kenny
We were delighted to receive this wonderful update on adopted hound Kenny from his lovely mum. To put this update into context, in 2022 when he was in our kennels we had to we had to do an emergency homing appeal as he really wasn’t coping with the shooting in the fields around our rural …
Buy your Christmas Carol Concert Tickets!
**Update 8/12, tickets no longer available online, but now on the door.** Tickets are now ON SALE for our much anticipated Christmas Carol Concert on Monday 9th December 2024 at St Michaelโs Without in the heart of Bath. Doors will open at 7pm, the Carols will begin at 7.30pm, and there will be time to …