Bye Bye Jack

This week we said a fond farewell to our long stay boy Jack who has finally found himself a lovely home after looking since 2008. Since joining us Jack has been “through the mill”. He developed auto immune disease and for a while he did suffer extremely painful toes and was barely able to walk due to his body rejecting his toe nails periodically.

Jack came through this trauma well though and working with our vet the right combination of drugs and supplements was found. Nowadays it is quite rare for Jack to suffer any discomfort from this disease. Jessica and Andy who have adopted him were un-phased by his condition, they simply fell in love with Jack. Thanks to both of them for giving  such a deserving, special needs greyhound a home for life.

Jack was, whilst with us, an official RGT sponsor dog. He helped raise funds to support his fellow greyhounds Nationwide and he even received postal Christmas cards from some of his sponsors and fans. Head Office have been notified of the good news and they’ll be in touch with his sponsors in due course when we hope they will be able to continue sponsoring a different needy greyhound.

Jack greyhound after his swim

Jack likes to swim

We all wish Jack a long, happy and healthy life and we look forward to him visiting us in May when we understand he’ll be coming along to our Open Day. Bless you Jack, you are already missed, but it’s tears of joy we shed now rather than those of concern that you looked like being a lifetime kennel dog.

New Arrival:

Lulu who was born in December 2008 is our latest arrival.

Homed greyhounds:

Jack, Turbo, Alfie and Imi have been homed.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Bizzle is reserved.

Updated Descriptions:

Dan, Phoebe, Ash and Cody have updated descriptions available.

Looking to adopt a greyhound?

Please visit our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery to see details of all our available greyhounds. (Please note that there are 3 pages to this gallery, so if you don’t find your perfect greyhound for you on page 1, please keep looking as he/she may be on page 2 or 3).

Donate a scarf to help a greyhound

Ladies everywhere are urged to clear out their wardrobes as the Retired Greyhound Trust is calling for donated ladies scarves of all types for an exclusive charity sale event at the Spirit of Summer Fair at London’s Olympia on 16th 17th May.

Peter Laurie, the Trust’s Chief Executive, explained:

“The Retired Greyhound Trust is dedicated to finding loving homes for greyhounds when their racing days are over.  Last year we found 4,120 homes for ex-racers thanks to the tireless work of our volunteers and the generosity of our supporters. We want to help even more dogs again this year, but we really need your help.

“The Spirit of Summer Fair is a really exciting opportunity for us and we are looking forward to working with The London Ladies Club to raise funds by offering a range of elegant and beautiful scarves for sale, including some unique vintage and collectible designs to suit all styles and budgets.”

One long-standing supporter of the Trust’s work is model, actress and singer Twiggy, who first got involved after helping find homes for brother and sister retired greyhounds Gracie and Joe.  During a recent photo shoot for her ‘Twiggy’ clothing line with M&S, she met Monty, a retired greyhound.

Twiggy said:

“This is such a great cause that is very important to me, which is why I have personally donated a scarf.  I encourage everyone to dig deep into their wardrobes, and their hearts, and send in any fine scarves they can spare to help the Retired Greyhound Trust raise funds to rehome these gorgeous dogs.”

To help support the Trust and donate a fine scarf, please send it by 14th May to: Scarf Appeal, Retired Greyhound Trust, Park House, 1-4 Park Terrace, Worcester Park KT4 7JZ.

New Greyhound Blog:

Jo has a new Greyhound Blog on site for your enjoyment. Tracy the greyhound applies to become a therapy dog. Does she succeed?

We Still Need Foster Homes – Can you help?

If you think you might be able to foster a greyhound then please read our Greyhound Fostering Information page.

Cat Test Passes:

Abbie, Champ, Alfie, Phoebe and Harry have all passed cat tests and with caution in the early days they would be able to learn to live safely with cats. Phoebe is actually cat safe rather than a simple cat test pass.

Foster Dog Updates:

Tara has turned into a real lady in a home environment. She’s living in a busy home with other dogs/bitches (including a small terrier). Clean, quiet, able to be left and sociable with children and other dogs. Why she is still waiting for her home, we don’t actually know.

Abbie remains the perfect foster dog. We don’t understand why this gentle and perfectly behaved girl has not been snapped up already. Abbie has passed our cat test.

Phoebe is doing well in her foster home and she is cat safe (a term we very rarely use) and able to be left with canine company. If a crate is used she is able to be left entirely on her own for reasonable periods without problems. A very loving girl just waiting for a home where she can get plenty of all breed socialising and exercise every day.

phoebe greyhound
Phoebe in her foster home

Sponsored Slim:

Fiona Selby is aiming to lose 2 stone in weight and has offered to raise sponsorship for Greyhound Lifeline through her efforts. Her local Weigh Watchers group in Northamptonshire will verify whether or not she succeeds and/or how much she manages to lose.

If you’d like to offer Fiona some incentive to succeed and help raise funds for us at the same time then please email us at [email protected] giving your name and address (including postcode) and details of how much you wish to sponsor either in total and we’ll fill in the form for you.

Those of you who pay UK tax please let us know whether you agree or not to us claiming Gift Aid on on your sponsorship to increase the amount we receive at no additional cost to you.

New Greyhound Merchandise line:

We now stock some lovely, patterned house collars. The wide ones sell at £13 each and the narrow ones at £6 each. We hope to have some sample photos on site for you shortly.

Annual Kennel Open Day

Our Open day is coming soon. Please make a note in your diaries and come along and join us. Sunday 20th May is the date, 11am until 2pm is the time. We hope to see you there.

Entry and parking will be free, although a donation of canned dog food or fish (tuna, sardines, pilchards etc) in oil, spring water or tomato sauce would be most welcome. Absolutely no fish in brine though please as salt is poisonous to dogs!

More information about events and stalls will be published nearer the day.

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?

One thought on “Bye Bye Jack

  1. Jack..That’s such good news!
    And now..Hello again from Parker who says…You know, my Mum is great! I’m pretty sure that if she tried she could walk on water.
    There is however, one tiny flaw. I am NOT altogether sold on the idea that these other breeds are all just like us? For instance, the other day a little Terrier whose Mum was chatting to my Mum suddenly flew at me….Now , my Mum prides herself on keeping calm,and not losing her head,so I was more than a little surprised when she shouted and [ yes it’s true]..SWORE…
    At this point I decided to leave.Unfortunately,by dragging my lead away ,Mum lost her balance and went face down in the mud,whilst I headed for home to lick my wounds on the doorstep until [ minus Terrier ] They all arrived to find me. Everyone said how clever I was to find my way home, which made me feel a little better,But after a visit to my Vet [ he’s an O.K. bloke ] and some seriouse pampering I was soon restored to near normal……. Mum says to say all’s well that ends well,and we are both doing fine…..
    Love Rosemary and Parker.

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