Measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus are affecting hounds as well as humans – our Senior Behaviour Support Adviser, Rachel Cartwright, has come up with some DIY dog entertainment ideas! DIY Dog Entertainment If your dog is used to getting more than one walk per day, you might be finding they have some excess …
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How will Covid 19 measures affect racing greyhounds?
By Emma Butler All greyhound racing at GBGB licensed racecourses has been suspended in order to meet the guidance from the government on social distancing. For those of us campaigning to bring an end to greyhound racing on welfare terms, the news that greyhounds won’t be racing should be welcome. However, ending greyhound racing in …
Pets and Coronavirus
Here are some top tips from some of the UK’s pet charities and experts. Practice social distancing If you are self isolating Helping each other You can find out more by visiting www.cfsg.org.uk/coronavirus or www.rspca.org.uk/coronavirus
Post Homing Support – a guest blog
Keeping Your Hound on their Sofa Guest Blog by Carole Fahy, Post Homing Support Co-ordinator Forever Hounds Trust It is Forever Hounds Trust’s commitment to every adopter of one of our dogs that they will be entitled, absolutely free of charge, to qualified behavioural support for the life of that dog. In these difficult times, …
2020 – a new decade and a time for change!
It’s a new decade and time for forming plans to improve greyhound welfare and phase out greyhound racing in the UK and globally. Now we know what the political landscape looks like we are excited to be working in partnership with other groups to bring greyhound welfare to the top of the agenda. We kick-started …
Special homes required for some special dogs
Not all of the dogs we rescue are straightforward. Some of them are a little zany, zippy, zappy and zoomy and need a special type of home. The beginning of 2020 has found us with a whole bunch of these quirky characters and we are in desperate need of some very particular homes for them. …
Forever Hounds Trust is looking for new premises!
As you may know by now Forever Hounds Trust are proactively searching for a kennel to buy – and we need your help to find a suitable premises! We are looking forward to 2020 being the year in which we are able to put down roots and consolidate our plans for the future. We know …
Christmas Day is just another day in rescue
Our kennel spaces are full every single day of the year. Christmas Day is no exception. The festive season is fast approaching, and many are looking forward to a warm and comfortable Christmas. But for those involved in dog rescue, Christmas Day is just another day. Our kennels will still be full of dogs waiting …
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 …
Wonderful Winnie heads for her forever home
2018 got off to a great start for Winnie, who found her forever home! As you can see from these pictures, Winnie was very happy to be part of her new family. With Forever Hounds Trust being 2018 Burns Pet Charity of the Year Winnie also had a box of delicious food and treats to take …
Rosie the lurcher finds her happy ever after
After spending nine months in the care of Forever Hounds Trust, Rosie the lurcher has landed well and firmly on her paws in the loving home of Dave and Gill. Gill and Dave’s family consisted of three cats, yet Gill felt there was a gap, saying that she always considered herself to be ‘ a …
Farah and Ermine find their Forever Home
Two beautiful greyhounds, Ermine and Farah, have found each other, as well as a loving new home, as a result of the work of a special group of volunteers at Forever Hounds Trust. The two greyhounds came to Forever Hounds Trust, a greyhound and lurcher rescue and re-homing charity, separately. The dogs were both retired …