Forever Hounds Trust has been rescuing, caring for and homing greyhounds, lurchers and other sighthounds for 25 years. Until recently we have provided facilities in rented kennels and experienced foster homes in four regions across England, to rescue and care for unwanted, abused, neglected, or abandoned sighthounds. At the end of 2020 we purchased our first centre close to Cullompton in Devon where we are continuing our rescue and …
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Remembering Sioux
Sioux – March 2008 – October 2021 We are devastated to bring you the news that one of our very special sponsor dogs has made her final journey over the rainbow bridge. Sioux (pronounced Sue) didn’t have the best start in life. Her first owners tried to turn her into a fighting dog and after …
A letter from Finn
Handsome lurcher Finn arrived with us from the pound suffering with a cruciate problem which needed veterinary intervention. Due to his injury, he went into foster with some volunteers and we issued an appeal on Facebook to raise funds for his surgery. Thanks to our supporters generosity his surgery was successful and his wonderful foster …
The day I went home forever, by Dewi
Dewi (was Sam) has gone home forever! When his lovely new family sadly lost one of their beloved greyhounds, although they could never replace him, they couldn’t wait to welcome a new hound in need into their lives. Dewi is settling in well with his new family – in fact he couldn’t be happier! It …
Lizzie’s Great Run
One of our supporters did an amazing job running The Great Bristol Run, raising funds for Forever Hounds Trust. Lizzie says: “Sunday the 19th September was an early morning rise, with jam on toast and a cup of tea making the perfect start to the day, I was ready to embrace the 13.1 miles of …
Starling needs your help!
Lovely Starling is a 3-year-old female ex racing greyhound in our care, who has been in quite a bit of pain that we are having to manage with the help of her wonderful foster family. She has numerous corns on her pads, which has caused her severe lameness. Starling has already undergone various conservative treatments …
Banning greyhound racing in Wales
Forever Hounds Trust supports the campaign to ban greyhound racing in Wales. As a charity dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of greyhounds and lurchers in the UK we see first-hand the damage racing does to these dogs, as well as the neglect they suffer while being exploited as a commodity. We are aware …
Remembering Benji
We are devastated to bring you the news that one of our very special sponsor dogs has made his final journey over the rainbow bridge. Benji had the most adventurous life – he suffered cruelty, abuse and neglect from his first owner, before escaping into the wilds of Dorset where he survived an amazing 57 …
Perfect Peppa..it’s a hound’s life.
We love hearing about how our hounds are getting on in their forever homes, so we were thrilled when Peppa’s owner got in touch to share some details about their eleven (yes eleven!) years of life with their ‘pawfect’ friend…. We met our beautiful girl for the first time in 2010 at the home of …
A tribute to Charlie Watts
We were deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. We feel like we’ve lost a member of the Forever Hounds Trust family as Charlie’s wife Shirley is one of our Patrons and a long-time supporter having adopted many dogs from us over the years. This photo was …
Help us win some doggy dinners!
Forthglade are giving away 50,000 trays of food to 5 charities over the summer. Please help us out by voting for us (you can vote for up to 4 other charities too) to win some delicious dinners for our hounds. You can vote here. Thank you!
Volunteer Gardener Needed – Devon
Forever Hounds Trust is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and homing of unwanted, abused or abandoned sighthounds and has been homing these dogs for 25 years. Our vision is a day when every sighthound is free from risk or need. Having expanded from small beginnings in the west of England, Forever Hounds Trust now operates …