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Sheffield 13 update: Stilton’s cardiology assessment

Jan 22, 2020 | News

Emma, one of our supporters, is a cardiology nurse at Pride Veterinary Centre in Derby and recently helped us out with Stilton – one of the Sheffield 13. Here’s an update from Pride’s facebook page:

Stilton is one of 13 senior greyhounds recently rescued by Tia Rescue.

Due to the neglect they suffered, all have various health concerns with most needing urgent dental care. They were all assessed by Tia’s vets, and there was concern that Stilton might have a heart problem.

Our cardiology nurse, Emma, is a supporter of Tia Rescue (since one of her own dogs is a Tia dog) and heard that he needed a cardiology assessment. As she is currently working towards becoming a Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in cardiology, she has had to learn to perform basic heart scans and so with the support of our cardiologist Julie, Emma was able to bring Stilton down to Pride Veterinary Centre for a day trip to perform his scan and chest x-rays.

Luckily for Stilton no serious problems were found and he was deemed safe to have his urgently needed dental.
In true greyhound style, despite his past Stilton was a star all day, lying perfectly for his x-rays and scan.. lapping up all the love he could get!

The Sheffield 13 continue to make progress, thanks to your fantastic support.

Sheffield 13 update: Winnie goes into foster

Jan 22, 2020 | News

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”

Jan 22, 2020 | News

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.

It is a pitiful disgrace that we can put a man on the moon & instantly FaceTime people on the other side of the world; yet, in this day & age, Greyhounds are not provided with the same degree of legal protection, nor expectation of high standards of day to day welfare and veterinary care, given to other breeds of dogs. This is not rocket science – it’s common sense!
Q. When is a “dog not a dog” ? ….

A. When it is a “greyhound”.

It’s about time that things changed …. it’s 2020!

Tia feature in ‘Wunderdog’ magazine

Jan 16, 2020 | News

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

Jan 12, 2020 | News

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.

Well let me tell you a story ?. I am 70 and really a cat person with a few special exceptions.

So I am just about to have my kitchen redone. ‘What?’ I hear you say. Stick with it.

We were in the kitchen showroom in 3 Legged Cross, Dorset, with Dave, when the most beautiful soul on legs came down the stairs. Apologies from Dave as the dog sitter was sick. Suddenly my fear flipped into love at first sight! Hedley (ex-Tia resident) was missing Daddy and had come to find him. As we sat down in the office, Hedley looked at me. Oh heart flip!. Dave said he has had rescue greyhounds from Tia for years and Hedley is his current love. Hedley has chosen his car and moved house so he is closer to the New Forest.

So, I surfed the Tia website. The Sheffield 13 came up. Oh my goodness. Finally those beauties luck has changed. I was so moved I have donated. I have 4 cats otherwise I would be up to visit you. So I am compelled to tell you the story of how I fell in love with greyhounds.

My best wishes to you in all you do and if you think a greyhound wouldn’t chase my 4 kitties i will be up. Suspect though there would be much merriment?.

The Sheffield 13: Update on rescued greyhounds

Jan 6, 2020 | News

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 “