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 …
Happy Homing Stories
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 …
Marrick goes to his forever home!
There were smiles all round this week – and an emotional tear or two – as our lovely Marrick headed off to his forever home. Marrick came to Forever Hounds Trust in the summer with a horrible racing injury. Marrick’s had a very complicated fractured leg, and we were very worried that he would have …
Rory is home…forever!
Rory, a 5 year old lurcher came to Forever Hounds Trust from Ireland where it was apparent he had lived a very hard life, before being saved by an Irish rescue. When he first arrived, his previous experience was evident in his behaviour – he was scared, withdrawn, nervous of people, and had absolutely no …
Breeze finds a home with Macau Monty!
Two-year-old sweet but shy Saluki lurcher Breeze was found straying and homed, but then returned to the pound before she came into our care. We had the task of finding this lovely girl a really secure and supportive home where she would receive unconditional love. What better home than one that had previously welcomed one …
When foster turns into forever – Ballad’s story.
At the beginning of 2020, we ran an emergency appeal on our Facebook Page for Ballad, who was rushed to the out of hours vets with what turned out to be a severe case of bacterial cellulitis. Months of nursing and care followed, until it was sadly discovered the leg couldn’t be saved, and so …
Lucas survived and bagged himself a forever home!
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …