Happy Homing Stories

George was adopted through our home from home scheme in October 2024, we’ve recently received this wonderful update from his lovely family on how he’s getting on. People often ask how much exercise a hound needs and the answer really depends. George the 8 year old lurcher likes a couple of meandering walks a day, …

Gorgeous Forever Hounds Trust adoptee Ruby (was Flora) had a double celebration this week – on Monday 2nd June it was her 5th birthday and 2nd Gotcha Day! 🎉🎉 Here she is celebrating on a North Devon beach, she was even treated to a Birthday ice-cream!

We love hearing how our adopted hounds are getting on, no matter how long ago they were adopted. Therefore it made our day when we received this update on Bree from his lovely dad! Bree turned ten on, aptly, April Fool’s Day! He was adopted from Forever Hounds Trust in July 2019 and is enjoying …

Goose went home recently, well the great news is that he’s settling in well and loving his new life! His lovely family say: Goose is continuing to settle into home living and particularly enjoys relaxing! He now knows to go to the back door when he needs a wee, and loves his short walks around …

We always love hearing how our adopted hounds are getting, on, so when we heard from Bruno’s lovely mum who adopted him eight years ago, it really made our day! Bruno was known as Badger whilst in our care. We have finally relocated to Scotland where Bruno is living his best life. He is meeting …

We love this update on recently adopted Betty, so much so, we just had to share! ❤️ A little joyous update on the beautiful Betty…… She is a delight. She loves lying in the sun in her garden is very polite (almost disinterested) when meeting other polite dogs on our walks and has mastered the …

We are delighted to announce that Finn is home…forever! You may remember Finn, the star of an appeal last year after he had been found straying and been taken to the dog pound. Sadly the pound was full which meant that if he was not claimed, after a week Finn would be euthanised. Although he …

If you entered our Christmas Raffle, or donated to our Big Give appeal in December, this success story is with thanks to you as Hopper was the unfortunate star of our appeal. When he arrived in our care his sad eyes reflected how sore his skin felt and how let down he had been. As …

We can’t tell you how happy we are when an update on one of our adopted hounds drops into our inbox, and this one on Wilbur (was Chateau) was really rather special…. We thought you might like an update on Wilbur who we rehomed two and a half years ago when he was Chateau. Chateau …

Sometimes the simplest of messages can be the most poignant… Adopted 2013. The best thing I ever did. My lovely Merlin. Collected December 2013 from Lydney just before Christmas. The perfect companion.

We love receiving updates on how our adopted hounds are loving their second chance at life, so were delighted to hear from Snowie’s lovely mum! We got Snowie from you guys four years ago and she is a totally different dog! She has learnt how to play properly and loves a good old zoom around …

Some hounds come into our care and are quite quickly off to their new homes, others need a LOT of rehabilitation before they can safely be homed; Wren is one such dog. Wren arrived in February of this year with three other dogs after being rescued from horrendous conditions. She was completely shut down, but …