Apr 5, 2020 | News
Farewell to a much loved beautiful greyhound girl, and a wonderful greyhound ambassador. Lupe was ‘ Iris’s Diamond’ on the Tia ‘Wall of Shame’. An emaciated stray, she came to Tia at Moorside Farm in Oct 2007. I adopted her in Feb 2008, when she was still only 2 years old. Such a gentle, quiet dog, I called her ‘the dog with no bark’, as she hardly ever did. In fact, I can only remember her barking on one occasion. Whilst we were out walking early one snowy morning, out of nowhere a middle aged man came hurtling down the snow-covered hillside on a tea tray, she let him know exactly what she thought of that. I think her most favourite thing was running on the beach, in and out of the sea, chasing seagulls. Over the years, she gently held court from the sofa, over numerous fostered/adopted male dogs. She was a regular member of the Tia fundraising team but after 9 years of tin rattling for Tia, she retired. It is with much sadness that I report that after just over 12 years with me, she was peacefully put to sleep on her sofa at home last week aged 14 years and 10 months. Thank you Deb, for choosing her for me. I know how lucky I am.
Cheryl
Apr 4, 2020 | News
He was not even named
Can you donate towards his care and show him we do care
His name is now Croick.
It is difficult to embellish the profile of a dog that nobody could be bothered to even name. He came into the world on 20.07 2017 and broke the Tia record for getting into the van! That muzzle scar will hopefully fade. Croick was one of the five dogs we picked up from the final flapping meeting. His mum was called Good Future so maybe that was an omen. If it is any consolation Croick, you siblings aren’t exactly Westmead Hawk either.
We hope you like the name lad. Croick is a little village in the Highlands of Scotland, maybe your new family will take you there when they appear.
Apr 2, 2020 | News
As you all stay safe at home we know many of you are keeping yourselves busy clearing out wardrobes and cupboards and having declutters in garages and sheds. Please keep all your much-needed donations bagged and ready to drop into your local shop or at the farm when we reopen. Thank you for your ongoing support for the work we do.
Stay safe Stay in and Sort out.
Apr 2, 2020 | News
To a lot of folks (some quite normal), sadness over a loss of an animal is incomprehensible, particularly at this time. However, we feel sure that our supporters will feel some empathy with us.
Harris (Stepaside Elvis) slipped through our fingers yesterday and went off to the bridge under anaesthetic. Without warning, he just fell ill. Harris was four years old. It was a shock.
In a way, he represents so many of our dogs, just an anonymous big black dog who had come under our wing and was just waiting for someone to notice him. A look at his pedigree and career this morning revealed that he is just as much part of a family as the rest of us can claim.
His uncle and auntie are Haribo and Beattie. Familiar names in his family tree spark memories of other relatives from the past, Tia knows his family well. He was bred in England, raced exclusively at Sheffield winning 10 of them and arrived at the kennels six weeks ago straight from his trainer. While we feel sad that he never got to know what a sofa feels like, we know he enjoyed himself here and will be missed. Thanks, Donaldsons as always, for opening the door.
We don’t even have a photograph of him.
Apr 1, 2020 | News
The ruthlessness of this industry.
Meet ‘Lazy Game’, now known as Rogart, whelped in 2015. He’s been around. This 30 kilo racer is the type that greyhound racing depends on. Standing dish at Romford, he has also screamed around Perry Barr, Harlow, Monmore and the usual pre-exportation tracks of Clonmel and Waterford. In fact he went around 101 times, not including trials, winning 17 of the things. Not quite top flight although he did manage to land an Open on one glorious occasion, it has to be said that he has given his all. Just a reliable card filler towards the end, tough as teak, genuine and fully deserving of the sofa and snogs due to an old servant. “Pass me a pigs ear, human!”
So how did he get into our kennel with a strange name chinographed on the plate attached to his door. He last raced under rules at Romford on the 12th March. Game as a pebble to his last, he ran his heart out for his connections and was beaten a short head on the line by a whippersnapper two years his junior. Tia would love to know how much money changed hands for him that night after the pats and the pints. Was his residual value so tempting?
Cut to the chase, Lazy Game finally trapped his last race at a flapping meeting on the 20th March. It was the final meeting before shutdown. We have scrutinised the advance card and cannot identify him amongst the Rambo’s, Joey’s, Jack’s Luck and other anonymous runners. We don’t know if he won. We do know that he has done with the game.
Anyone who has been to these tracks know it’s like Black Beauty ending up in the shafts. Lazy Game deserved a better swansong than a rundown strange track, racing under a stupid fictitious name on a freezing Yorkshire evening, for total bloody strangers under floodlights. His nerves are in shreds. His faith shattered.
Rogart was one of five greyhounds dumped that night after the meeting, all came here. It took only eight days for him to become homeless. Eight!
Mar 31, 2020 | News
When the Sheffield 13 arrived at Tia Rescue, they were neglected and damaged. Wrecked emotionally and physically. Some are on their journey to recovery. This video is day 1
We have three beautiful brothers that may never be homed, at this time they are too broken. They are safe, loved and cared for.
Mr Mole, Eugene and Bungle.
We will give them forever sanctuary at Tia Rescue. These 3 beautiful hounds will become sponsor dogs, like many before them. Some are still here, others loved in our memories. We miss you all. Yes, you big lad Ross we miss you so much.
To do this we really do need your support
To sponsor Mr Mole click the link
https://www.tia-rescue.org/mr-mole-2/
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