Feb 10, 2025 | News
As many of you know, we have run a highly successful foster scheme for many years, which helps to prepare the dogs in our care for life in a forever home.
To the uninitiated, the fostering process is simple; you take the dog into your home, pay for its daily/ general care, and we (Tia Rescue) pay for any veterinary costs.
However, we are regrettably having to bring this scheme to an end quite soon…
Like so many organisations at this time of year, we are currently in the process of renewing our insurance. For insurance companies and brokers, the risk associated with fostering is obvious, and we are having difficulty finding a policy that covers it.
So, moving forward we are unfortunately unable to foster dogs out prior to permanent rehoming. We know how many of you past fosters have loved being a part of the journey of these animals as they adapt to life after the track, but our premiums trebled last year, and we cannot afford them to rise by such an amount again.
Tia Rescue’s primary focus has always been on finding these dogs a forever home, so this will not come as as surprise to supporters or fosters.
Any dogs that are currently out on foster will need to be adopted.
We have lots of dogs who are still searching for the perfect home – if you think you can help, please get in touch with Deb at 07974 960684.
Thank you.
Jan 8, 2025 | News
I have been wanting to write this for a long while so here we go.
The perception of Tia is that we have lots of staff and lots of money. We have neither.
The reality is that we are hanging on by a thread. We have two members of staff on the yard, it was a very welcome surprise when Joshua who worked for us in Doncaster moved up, the lovely Kaela who frankly should be a super model not shoveling horse poo. Shannon and Ria in the kennels who have been here almost from the beginning who adore the dogs. Karen and our fabulous Emma at Pickering, Emma goes above and beyond running the online shop and Ebay in her own time as well as helping Jess out with the stalls. Josh in Doncaster who runs the office, sponsor scheme, website, web shop and everything else…he is brilliant.
And of course Bob.
Over the past year Bob has had only 4 days off. I don’t mean 37.5 hours a week with days off and holidays, i mean 4 days off.
He has worked 362 last year putting in at least 11 hours every day. He does however only get paid for 37.5 hours a week.
We are dead on our feet and we need help. We can’t afford to pay anymore staff, and with everything set to rise again i honestly don’t know what the future of Tia is. So I’m asking for help. We need people to come and have a free holiday in the Scottish Highlands, we have a cottage that sleeps four, for friends, family & volunteers. The catch? You stay at the farm 2 nights a week and look after the animals once the staff have left for the day. There won’t be a massive amount to do, just suppers for the dogs and check in on the rest of the animals. We won’t be far away if needed, but we seriously need some time off, even a couple of nights a month. We need some rest..
Since putting this post on we have had some really, unexpected, amazing news which means we are on the lookout for 2 new kennel assistants at the the farm.
In effect we are doubling the team so we can fill the empty kennels…YEAH!!
However this does not alter the fact that we need some time off.
If you want to help Tia continue, please email me deb@tia-rescue.org
We haven’t had any offers to date…12/01/2025
Feb 7, 2025 | News
Malcolm
Our lovely Malcolm.
Never been a problem here at Tia. Absolutely no way would he have ever passed an assessment test.
A big keen boy, who is succumbing to the awful thing that gets most of the poor dogs. The C word. Nevertheless, he is still with us, and not ready to go yet.
The sad thing is, he doesn’t look poorly. We know it’s the steroids that are keeping him going, but he was so happy the other day… A few more trips the beach and pate sandwiches are the things to do.
Yep, all for him…
Rehoming
Plenty of rehoming action in the last week – Salacres Jane and Haggswood Kenzo both went into their permanent homes and are doing well. Be good… welcome to your new lives, you are very lucky greyhounds indeed.
Plus Four (stupid name), now Nixon, has gone into a foster home with our Jack, Jill, and Saul.
As ever, we have lots more dogs looking for homes – permanent and foster. If you can help, please ring Deb on 07974960684.
New Dogs
These four beauties were brought up here last week by a transporter; thanks Ron.
Bellamy (Mouzy Mac), Bradley (Crooks Hercules), Craddock (Showandgo) and Ventress (Franco Rocky).
They are all huge, lovely boys.
Welcome to Tia lads…
Shop Fittings
We have lots of shop fittings for sale at the farm.
Coat hangers; clothes rails; scaffold board shelving…
Please ring Deb on 07974 960684 for details.
Raffle
Another huge thank you to everyone who has bought tickets for the valentine’s raffle so far. We have now cracked £1000, which is amazing.
The draw is still open until 10th February if you want to enter – tickets are £5, and you can buy them here.
Thank you!
Feb 5, 2025 | News
Mouse is a Tia dog, rehomed just after the first lockdown in 2020. Unfortunately, she has recently become ill; she started with a fever, then began limping, and was hospitalised soon afterwards. She has since been treated for osteoarthritis, cellulitis and has had a quick-growing tumour removed from her back.
However, this left her with an unstable hock on her back right leg, which has greatly deteriorated, and she now needs surgery which will see a metal plate inserted into her leg in order to preserve its function.
Her owner Sue says: “I have already far exceeded the limit of £7,000 that I have on [Mouse’s] insurance, so I’m looking to see if I can raise some of the money to get her the surgery she needs. It has been a really hard decision to ask for money, but I am Mouse’s custodian so it is my job to do everything I can for her.”
Mouse needs your help.
You can do so by following this link and donating. The community and Tia supporters have rallied around Mouse, already raising £4,175 of the £4,500 goal.
You can read the full article on Mouse and Sue from the Chronicle here.
Feb 3, 2025 | News
Following the closure of Crayford Track a couple of weeks ago, Guy Kelly of the Telegraph published this article on greyhound racing.
Certainly makes for an interesting read on the past and current state of the industry, but the comments section is where the interesting stuff is to be found…
Whilst there are a lot of people who understand the plight of these animals both during and after their racing career, there is a frankly staggering amount who are in flat-out denial.
The poll below says it all, really.
The closure of Crayford is just the most recent blow to the crumbling racing industry. In the 1940s, there were 77 registered tracks; that number now sits at 19. The demise of the independent circuit is even more impressive, going from over 200 tracks to just one, Thornton Stadium in Scotland.
So, regardless of how many of those in the comments love a “night at the dogs”, the fact remains; the sport is fading, fast. But perhaps more importantly, people are becoming aware as to the true nature of the industry.
“The sport was introduced to Britain 99 years ago but, with interest waning and calls from activists to ban it, it may not live long past 100”
Here’s to hoping, eh?
Jan 23, 2025 | News
On 04/11/2024, two greyhounds arrived at a stray kennel in Yorkshire within hours of each other. Both were young black males, in good condition though understandable petrified and freezing. They had both been pulled out of the same shipping canal by members of the public. Not just any canal, but a very deep canal with steep sides so nothing can scramble out.
Very long story short, they came to Tia. Lovely young dogs who think the joint is epic.
Silas has already bagged himself a great home with a family, not far from our kennel. The other Rami, wont be long after his mate.
After a lot of digging, (CSI would be impressed), we think we have managed to track their journey. Their trainer rehomed them via an independent greyhound rescue center “allegedly” and absolved themselves of all responsibility. We had never heard of this kennel, neither had other rescues or trainers and frankly after nearly thirty years in rescue, if we haven’t heard of it……..
Several hours later, time we will never get back, we stumbled on the answer. A new limited company, based at an old hunt kennels in Yorkshire had taken twenty greyhounds off a licensed trainer, or had they?
I was informed by one of the GBGB’s Stipendiary Stewards that the owner of the kennels had seen the error of his ways and is keeping all the remaining 18 dogs. They are all safe and well and he had seen the kennel first hand and they are outstanding.
Long story short….i was contacted by on New Years Eve by the GBGB’s Director of Regulations. The overseer of safeguarding the sports integrity & ensuring high standards….he assured me that all the dogs were well, but as it was such a serious case he had passed it on to the rspca. The other trainers had taken their dogs back out though… we didn’t know that snippet…
When i asked him where the two dogs were that had been dragged out of the canal, he said that they had gone to a rehoming center in Norfolk and had since been rehomed together….
How marvelous. I did put him out of his misery, after toying with him for a while, obviously…
I seriously hope the other 18 aren’t in that shipping canal…
Deb, Silas & Rami
