Forever Hounds Trust – Board Level Trustee Roles – Voluntary Unpaid Forever Hounds Trust is a UK based charity which rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes greyhounds and lurchers. We are looking for 2 x Board Level Trustees to strengthen our senior team. We cover the whole of the UK, with our administration office in Oxford, but …
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A Tribute to Greta Garbo
This weekend marks eight years since Greta, or Greta Garbo as many of you will know her, first stepped over the threshold of what would become her forever home. Greta would go on to become a regular feature of our social media posts. Sadly Greta died at the end of the last year. Here, her …
Forever Hounds Trust on Sky News
Did you see us on Sky News on Christmas Morning? Here is a clip of the programme, which features TV Vet Marc Abraham, our own Susan McKeon and greyhound Ava. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-nCqhreYo
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan welcomes a new guest
Dear Bestest Auntie Julie, The new gest be still heer an I hope she be able to stay a bit longer. She’s pretty nise akshully, if a little bossy. She already seemin a little less confuzled than wen she furst arrive…. I hab bin teachin her a few stuffs like “how to sofa.” Sum fings …
Dylan Dog Blog – Happier news from Hound Towers
Dear Bestest Auntie Julie, I hab the Bestest noos! Tooday we went on a road trip in the hound mobile for a verry long ways. What is goin on Fort I, secretly howpin we may be off to Bestest Auntie Julie Hotel again. Well, houndmobile stopped (after a rather heggsitin root-findin by HuMum witch involve …
Forever Hounds Trust releases Position Statement on the Greyhound Racing Industry in the UK
Forever Hounds Trust is often asked what our position is on the greyhound racing industry in the UK. We have always maintained that we are not ‘anti racing’, but that we are ‘pro-welfare’. We have been considering this position as the two sides of that statement do not sit comfortably together. We were recently invited …
Helping your dog cope with fireworks
For many of our canine companions bonfire night and firework celebrations are a frightening and stressful event that they can’t escape from. However, as our post-homing support manager, Susan McKeon, explains there are several things you can do to help your dog and lessen the stress that fireworks can cause. Veterinary help: If you know …
Forever Hounds Trust attends the All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group meeting in Westminster
On Tuesday 30th October, representatives from Forever Hounds Trust attended the All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group (APDAWG) meeting in London. The meeting focused on “Greyhound Racing in the UK – An Update on Welfare” and had a panel of speakers, including Mark Bird from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), Clarissa Baldwin, chair …
Dylan Dog Blog – Sad news from Hound Towers
Dear Bestest Auntie Julie, Sum sooper sad news… Me gurlyfwend Milly-Moo has gone. She got sooper tired in the aftynoon with much panting an HuDad did say she woz poorly. Eberywun verry hupsetted and HuMum did take Milly-Moo to the vettineggy hospitawl in der ebening. I did feared the wurst as smol 2-legs and smol …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan chills while HuMum tries to work from home
Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, Be riting to yoos fwom der sofa after sooper bizi day of snoozlings. I be stretch owt like gettin sum littel breez on der nakidtum. As yoos will dowtless wemember I not be a fan of der curlin up, not bein a pwawn an all BOL BOL BOL…. Enyways woz riting …
Chris Packham supports Forever Hounds Trust on Black Dog Day
October 1st is National Black Dog Day – a day when we celebrate the black dogs in our lives and call for home offers for the many black dogs that are currently spending their days in rescue shelters, overlooking in favour of their lighter-coloured canine pals. This year, well known wildlife TV presenter Chris Packham …
Forever Hounds Trust attend Pupaid
Some of the South East regional volunteer team enjoyed raising awareness about sighthounds at an event held in London recently, organised to celebrate the recent success of campaign work to ban the third party sale of puppies and kittens in England. Pup Aid, an initiative of activist and celebrity vet, Marc Abraham, was held in …