Sheffield 13 update: Winnie goes into foster
Winnie is the first of the Sheffield 13 well enough to go into a foster home. Here she is last week being picked up… onwards and upwards girl.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
So this probably wasn’t what Charles Dickens had in mind when he wrote the first line of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, but….
Facebook’s a strange place; giving everyone and anyone a voice means you get all kinds of funny people spouting all kinds of rubbish (not on the Tia facebook page of course. Well…. most of the time). It’s easy to forget there are still decent people out there talking sense.
We came across this comment on our facebook page, and it sums up precisely how we feel about greyhound welfare 20 years into the 21st century.
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Tia feature in ‘Wunderdog’ magazine
Wunderdog, the magazine/website focusing on rescue dogs, have recently visited Tia to talk us about the life of rescue greyhounds and the work being done by Tia. Click here to read the article.
How I learned to stop worrying and love greyhounds
We received the following email from Jennifer earlier this week about her meeting with Hedley, an ex Tia resident, and it gave us a chuckle.
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The Sheffield 13: Update on rescued greyhounds
They were hidden away in the dark for far too long. Their journey to recovery has started at Tia Rescue.
Some of them clearly can’t believe the change in their luck; they’re overjoyed in their new warm beds and delighted to be running in our secure paddocks. There’s giddy behaviour and much tail-wagging. Others, like Mr Mole, are still decompressing. It will take time, but they’re safe at Tia and will be given all the love and attention they need.
Please help us help these precious souls. Please share their story, and please donate. We rely entirely on donations, we don’t receive any funding.
From Sophie…one of our fab kennel assistants:
“Earlier on i saw Polly Pocket, one of the new girls lying in her bed on her back, really gently rolling around in the bed and rubbing all of her face with her paws, bless her. Having a snuffle around, so quietly and gently. She wasn’t playing, she was just having a little lovely moment and enjoying her life. It was the nicest, sweetest thing i have ever seen “
Update: Greyhounds and lurchers on the move at Tia Rescue
MASSIVE THANKS to everyone who has come forward to help. We have managed to adopt out 4 dogs, 9 have gone into foster homes and 4 went to Hull Animal Welfare….Thanks to everyone….our resident lurchers, James, Spud, Jack and Kiah are especially grateful to get their own beds back. The vet room is all well and good, but nosey lurchers can’t see what’s going on.
Yes we still need foster/permanent homes… I went back to the allotment on Friday; there are other dogs there on some other gardens. We will keep you updated.
It has been a hectic week to say the least. Thanks everyone….we couldn’t do it without you…..Deb