Dec 21, 2022 | News
Well if anything could go wrong it has. With all the beautiful snow and ice the downside was we had no water in the buildings or out in the fields. Lots of swearing, by Bob and the 1000l container filled up by Bob only to be emptied every day by the guzzling horses out in the fields. Fortunately we still had water in the prep room for the dogs. Hilarity and slight hysteria getting from the kennels to the prep room though. If we were still in Doncaster it would have all been captured on CCTV and all over the internet by now…
Then just as quickly as it froze, it thawed.
Then the smell in the house, sorry Lana I blamed you. But then it got worse, an electrical smell. The house nearly went up a couple of nights ago but we were very fortunate that it didn’t…
So now, after many conversations and visiting electricians, and more swearing, we have only limited electrics in the house and very limited on the yard. Clearly the house is not important.
We will manage, it’s like being back at Fall Lane, carting water about and wearing head torches. The dogs are oblivious. We can only use 2 of the gas heaters but thankfully it is warming up and they all had coats on last night just in case…
The electrics are shot and it is going to be very expensive no doubt….but we are, hopefully, all safe and the rest will work itself out…..Deb
Dec 8, 2022 | News
https://fb.watch/hhQaqBpHnI/
We had William since he was born, we had him for six years and we used to show him in his youth.
Sometimes opportunities come up that you can’t afford to miss and when the guys at Royal Park Shires wanted to adopt him, although it was hard to let him go, we knew they could offer him a better life than we could. So off he went with another Shire we had called Henry. They later also adopted a grey mare that we had called Lizzie.
Just absolutely wonderful to see this video of him, in London, delivering a Xmas tree to the Royal family.
Not bad for a rescue horse….not bloody bad at all.
Thanks to everyone at Royal Park Shires, you are just amazing….
Deb
Dec 3, 2022 | News
The calendars are now available on the website shop. There are also Xmas cards, Xmas goodie bags, poo bags, pens, Mr Mole cards and prints, lots of other items and just in “Tia Rescued & Retired” jackets for when your hounds are out and about.
Thanks Deb
Dec 2, 2022 | News
As you all know we are struggling massively financially but I have no intention of losing this Charity or the animals.
When we got some money in July from my old friend Cynthia I might have done a little bit of panic buying.
We had made our own haylage in the summer so that saved us a lot of money.
The Butchers food was donated as were all the carpet squares for the bottom of the dog beds.
So that’s us set for the winter….we still need Chappie and Sardines and all the time but other than that I think we are sorted..
Obviously that doesn’t include all the monthly outgoings but we are in a better position than some and the farm is owned by the Charity….we will just sit tight and hope for the best…
I wish I slept as well as Uriah & Lana
Deb
Nov 27, 2022 | News
What is it that these dogs all have in common?
Are they all the same colour? No
Are they all the same age? No
Did they all race at the same track? Yes
Were they all rehomed responsibly? No
Were any of them rehomed responsibly by their trainer? No
Were they all rehomed by the same trainer? Yes
The little blue girl, Scarlets Choice found herself being picked up as a stray and ending up in the stray kennel at Penistone just over a couple of weeks ago. She was very popular on Facebook, 567 shares and not 1 offer of help except from me. Fortunately for her I had some good friends who were on the lookout for a new girl. Their last beautiful greyhound girl lived until she was 15 years and 1 month…
She hadn’t been spayed and she was done prior to rehoming. Here she is a few days later….what a lucky girl you are.
The trainer? Low Life Serial Offender….K Bowman…Doncaster Greyhound Stadium.
