Goodbye Teddy, Hello Sparky

Last week we said goodbye to the lovely Teddy, who has now headed off to West Sussex to start his new life as a pet with his new lady friend Molly the greyhound.

Today we welcomed the unusually marked and very handsome Sparky to our kennels. Sparky is a very tall and well mannered boy with numerous white snowflake markings. As we get to know Sparky better we will of course update his description and provide a photograph as well.

Jet is overdue a home of his own:

Last time we featured the lovely Blue who is currently our longest stay greyhound. Our second longest stay greyhound is the very handsome Jet. Like Blue, Jet is not absolutely perfect, but he’s been successfully living in his foster home in Southampton for several months now.

Jet in his foster home

Jet with just a few of his favourite toys.

A character boy, he’s very loving and adores playing with toys. Jet’s wish list asks for an active family home where at least one person comes and goes at regular intervals (ideally with teenage human pups as footy game companions for him) and for a companion canine to already be in residence.

It’s not a huge list of wishes as you can see and not really that difficult to fulfil yet poor Jet has been overlooked time and again in favour of other greyhounds. Why? Well, maybe because he can be strong and sometimes acrobatic on a lead, but surely that’s not insurmountable as he’s regularly handled by a not terribly tall lady who walks him out with two other hounds. By using a Canny Collar or Halti Jet can be managed without difficulty.

New Arrivals:

Sparky, Piper and Lucy are our most recent arrivals. Information about all our available greyhounds can be found in our Greyhounds for Adoption gallery.

Homed Greyhounds:

Teddy, Ellie, Rosie, Bella and Max have been homed.

Max Greyhound in his new home

Here is Max enjoying the sunshine in his new home.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Teddy, Poppy, Ryder and Raquel are reserved.

Greyhounds in foster care:

Niki and Jet are in foster care. If one of our foster dogs interests you as a potential new family member then you simply need to call us and we’ll arrange a mutually convenient date and time for you to meet him/her.

Niki greyhound fawn
Here’s Niki in the sea. Niki went on holiday with her foster mum recently and throughly enjoyed a real swim in the sea. What Niki would really like though is a home of her own. She’s waited patiently for a whole year now to be chosen. Could she be for you?

Urgent Appeal for Items to Sell to raise funds:

With the fete and fair season well underway we are once again desperately short of things to sell to raise funds for support the greyhounds in our care.

Please have a look around your home, ask your friends and work colleagues too perhaps to see if there are any unwanted items around. We’d be happy to help re-home them.

We can collect from the Fleet, Hampshire and the Wokingham area in Berkshire, possibly other areas too by prior arrangement. Alternatively you could bring the items to our kennels between 11am and 1pm daily.

We are particularly keen to receive donations of children’s toys and games, toy cars, fishing equipment, war memorabilia, unwanted Christmas themed items, kitchen equipment, costume jewelery, DVD & CD’s (but not video tapes please), dog coats, toys and chews of all sizes and styles and anything else you can think of except clothing that could be saleable.

Ideally we are looking for items that can be transported easily by car. If you have larger items and wish to raise funds for us then you can always sell them on ebay (see the “fundraise for us using ebay” section below for more information).

Foster Home Appeal:

We need more foster homes. Ideally we are looking for foster homes within easy traveling distance of Fleet, Wokingham, Alton or Southampton as we have trusted volunteer team members in those areas who would be able to assist with viewings if a trip to the kennels was not possible.

We prefer foster carers who have some experience of dog ownership and training. Homes without cats and young children are especially sought because homes with young children and/or cats or inexperience dog handlers severely restrict our options of the greyhounds we could place with you.

If greyhound fostering is of interest to you, then please visit our fostering information page to see if it could be the route for you.

Forthcoming Events:

Sunday 8th September is the day of 1000 Sighthounds in Devon. For full information about this wonderful event please visit the 1000 sighthounds web site.

Saturday 21 September 2013 – The Great Greyhound Gathering is being held at Nottingham Racecourse. Full details are available from www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk.

Sunday 22nd September 2013 – Pet Blood Bank arrive for their regular scheduled canine blood donation session at our kennels in Fleet, hampshire. If you have a healthy dog aged 1-8 years old of 25kg or more then please call Pet Blood Bank on 01509 232222 to make an appointment. Your dog’s donation could save up to four other dogs’ lives. Please see our Blood Donation Information page for full details of what is involved.

Pet Blood Bank donation

PBB nurses prepare a previous donor and keep him comfortably relaxed. Pet Blood Bank do not take blood from any dog that is stressed by the events going on around them.

If you are coming along on the 22nd, don’t forget that we’ll have our usual array of home made goodies to tempt you with.

Lungworm can kill!

Please be aware of Lungworm, it’s a killer that many of you won’t necessarily have heard of. It is spreading fast in the UK and many dogs have already died from it. Don’t panic however as Lungworm is very easy to prevent and equally if diagnosed early it can be treated very successfully too. Late diagnosis of Lungworm does not always have a happy ending however.

The following link will take you to a Lungworm Information site. For preventative treatment of lungworm you will need to contact your vet. Treatment/prevention of  Lungworm is by prescription medication only.

Fundraise for us using eBay

You can now sell items on ebay and choose to donate between 10% and 100% of your sale price to Greyhound Lifeline. If you are an ebay member you could also simply donate by using your Paypal account. For ebay members only please visit their Sell for Charity page and enter “Greyhound Lifeline” in the Charity name area.

If you are a UK tax payer please also tick the Gift Aid box. Please read ebay’s terms and conditions carefully as we cannot be held responsible for any problems you may encounter. Could you sell your unwanted items and help us to buy food, provide veterinary care and generally look after the greyhounds in our care at the same time?

Greyhound Blogs:

We have a new entry in Penny’s Greyhound Blog, we hope you enjoy reading it.

Are you a budding author? If perhaps you are and you’d like to write a blog about all things greyhound then please contact us and ask for Marie who will be happy to talk you through the process.

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