Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, Today has bin unheventfil as HuMum has had der brain-acheys. Dis hab meen she basically turn into a gweyhound for hole day. She hab hog der big sofa, dun snoozles unda a blankie upsidey-down an eated fings, dun weewee an stuff befor just returnin to sofa. She hab not got der …
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2019 Calendar Competition
Your chance to see your photo, and your hound, in print and help Forever Hounds Trust to raise funds and awareness – yes, it’s our annual calendar competition! We are looking for pawfect images to best represent various categories and make our 2019 calendar a best seller. Will you be our Star Photographer?! Please read …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan goes jogging!
Dearest Aunty Julie, Kwik hupdayte!!!….. Me an HuMum did go for jogging to see der harrburr and floatycars in der evenin yestyday which I absolutely luffed! An I woz sooper sooper on me harniss an even fitted in sum umbassadoorwial werk harf ways wound! I woz soooooper snoozled aftywards an did a pre-sleep nap on …
Forever Hounds Trust volunteer named finalist in 2018 Petplan & ADCH Animal Charity Awards
Jan Lake, Chair of Trustees for Forever Hounds Trust and also the Somerset and Wiltshire Regional Homing Officer for the charity has been shortlisted for Volunteer of the Year in the Perplan & ADCH Animal Charity Awards 2018. Now in their sixth year, the awards celebrate the amazing work carried out by animal charities and …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan has fun with the Nice Dog Walker Lady
Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, All is sooper good heer yoos will be glad to knows. Yestyday me an Milly went owt for anuvver park explorey wiv der Nice Dog Walker Lady an had luffly tym. Next week shall bees goin owt wiv all uvver dogs toos as I pwomised to be sooper good boy. Heggsiytink!! …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan’s ‘Well Settled’ in his forever home
Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, I can weport dat I haz bin depwived of der white wine tooday altho I dids do a niblet of a big icey kube as it woz going fwom icey-cupboard to gin glass. Woz de absoloot chillest on my gnashers and dissapointink not vey like der cheez kube. I hav, howefers, …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan finds a comfy spot in the ‘big’ bed
Dear Bestest Auntie Julie, So last evenin anuvver vewy heggsightin fing did happen… A fish pie tin! Was de-nosh-ous and HuMum and HuDad sooper pwoud bout me sharin so nice wib me new girlyfwend. Did myself a big proud. This mornin I did have wot I believe HuMum duz wefer to as a “lying in” …
Hazards for Dogs at Easter
The world is full of hazards for dogs, just as it is for humans and, just like for humans, most of the time we can avoid them. Knowing what poses a hazard to our four-legged friends is key to being able to keep them safe and avoid illness or an emergency trip to the vet. …
Dylan Dog Blog – it’s raining cats and dogs our there!
Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, I did do Hu-bed day sleepin an also sofa lickin of yummy sofa! Me an HuDad did sooper park walk in da aftynoon which woz much better than me mornin hadventure wiv HuMum where it did torrenshul da kittehs-and-hounds down, drippy out der sky so quick. Was drenched! Lucky woz wearin …
Dylan Dog Blog – Dylan explores the neighbourhood
Dear Bestest Aunty Julie, So I did meet the Cleanerlady Dawn! It woz her at der door! She woz sooper nice, admired me proper and did so much fussingsess of me and Milly that her hands nearly did falled off of her legs! She also dun a bit of wipin stuff an arranging our sofas …
EFRA calls for statutory levy on bookmakers
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has called for a statutory levy to be placed on bookmakers (including online bookmakers) profiting from greyhound racing in the UK. The statutory levy has been called for in a letter from the Committee’s Chair, Neil Parish MP, to Tracey Crouch MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for …
Greyhound figures raise concerns about the Racing Industry
The Greyhound Board of Great Britain, of which Forever Hounds Trust is a member, has announced the long awaited statistics on both injuries sustained by Greyhounds on the track and the fates of Greyhounds on retirement. The data reveals that over 1,000 greyhounds were put to sleep in 2017, for reasons including the cost of …