Actress and Honorary Friend of Forever Hounds Trust, Annette Crosbie, has recorded a message on how you can help rescued greyhounds and lurchers during these challenging times. Annette says: “Hello, some of you may know who I am, but to those who don’t, my name is Annette Crosbie. About 25 years ago, I got my …
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Suzie finds a home with a Rolling Stone!
The Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, and his wife Shirley have adopted a rescued greyhound from the charity Forever Hounds Trust. The greyhound, called Suzie, is five years old and was rescued from the greyhound racing industry. Shirley Watts is a Patron and long-time supporter of Forever Hounds Trust, and has taken in many greyhounds …
Peterborough Greyhound Racing Ends!
There was some good news for greyhounds in Peterborough today when the owners of the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium announced they were ending racing with immediate effect. In a statement on their Facebook page, Peterborough Greyhounds said: “After much careful thought and consideration, and after 75 years, the Perkins family have decided to cease trading as …
Virtual Dog Show – the results are in!
We’re so grateful to everyone who took part in our first ever Virtual Fun Dog Show and helped to make it such a great success! Through a combination of entry fees and donations, we’ve raised over £900 for our hounds which is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much!It’s been fantastic to see so many photos …
Wilbur gets his portrait done!
Our wonderful Wilbur, one of longest staying dogs, has had his portrait drawn by the awesomely talented Nik Courtney. Lovely Wilbur is still looking for his forever home, and needs a family who is confident living with a large dog. Wilbur has tons of love to give to the right person. He is looking for …
When homings are just meant to be.
Back in March we sadly lost one of our special volunteers – Anita Somerville. Foster mum Nita had helped literally hundreds of our dogs find happy homes, but….occasionally one stole her heart….Julio, the dog that was sadly left behind when she passed away was a rare failed foster – he was her world. Step forward …
Happy VE Day from all the hounds and humans
We might not have as much activity as normal at kennels at the moment, but that is no reason not to thrown a VE Day tea party for the hounds! Clyde, Frank, Wilbur and Miguel are all pictured at their VE Day celebration. These pictures show the different personalities of the dogs in our care! …
Deaf Awareness Week, 4th – 10th May. Adopting and living with a deaf dog
It’s Deaf Awareness week, and dogs can be deaf too… Meet Bella, who was found as a pup wandering the streets in her silent little world. Even after being rescued, the homing process was very confusing for her, and it quickly became apparent that adopter and adoptee needed to help each other adapt to the …
New dogs settling in
Three new dogs have arrived at our kennels in Gloucestershire and are settling in well. Meet Danny, Loreal and Avon!
The puppies are home!
Just before the lockdown we agreed to an emergency intake of four 8 week old lurcher puppies that had been bred, but were left unsold, so no longer wanted. Kennels really wasn’t the best place for such tiny, unvaccinated pups, so one of our wonderful volunteer foster families welcomed them into their home to prepare …
Four more rescued dogs arrive
With some of our rescued dogs moving on to their forever homes, we have been able to take in more dogs needing rescue. With all social distancing protocols observed, four dogs came to us from a pound in the north of the country yesterday. After completing their journey, the dogs arrived safely at our kennels …
Happy homing for Harper
With the coronavirus measures in place it has been hard for us to home our dogs. However, a special set of circumstances allowed us to get lovely lurcher Harper into her forever home this weekend. The home Harper went into was one already known to us, with a dog that we had homed there two …