Happy Homing Stories

Lucas, a 12 year old former racing greyhound came to Forever Hounds Trust at the start of the Coronavirus lockdown. We don’t know how he came to be a stray, but it was clearly some time since he was cared for. The list of ailments was long – unsteady on his feet, very bad mange, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Handsome lurcher Toby won over the hearts of scores of Forever Hounds Trust volunteers and supporters when he had to undergo surgery to remove one of his legs to enable him to run around pain free. Just a few months on from that operation the charity are delighted to reveal that Toby has now found …

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 …

Murdoch, a little fawn lurcher rescued by Forever Hounds Trust stole hearts back in November when a media appeal was launched to find him a new home he could call his own. Murdoch is thought to be around three years old and came to us after being found abandoned. Forever Hounds Trust took care of …

When Gerri and her husband Stewart saw a greyhound featured in Dogs Today, Forever Hounds Trust told them that she probably wasn’t suitable to live with their other dogs. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before they found one that was…. “At the time, we had two older dogs,” says Gerri. “Gracie, a Staffordshire/Whippet cross was around …