This time just over two weeks ago, Crystal Duchess was in a stray kennel up here after being found in woods with a damaged hock. The council didn’t want to fund the treatment and took her to the vets to be pts.

Fortunately, Wards vets in Elgin refused and contacted the welfare department of the GBGB, who then rang us for our help.

Long story short…Duchess, now Tia, has gone off to her foster home with a fabulous greyhound boy to look after her. Mom and dad are experienced owners and will take over her care. We will of course be sorting half of the vet bill, as the GBGB are funding the other half.

Duchess was one of many dogs that went to Hillthorpe greyhound rescue. A rescue that was open and shut within months near Selby. She raced at Sheffield. Most of the dogs were removed/taken back from the “rescue” by the trainers when Silas & Rami were pulled out of the canal in Leeds. Apparently the GBGB are investigating.

Well at least he took the rehoming money and gave the dogs away. Rebecca Perkins took the money, starved them to death and chucked them in a big hole on her land.

No we will never forget.

Reeves

Adoption Donation

We have been asked on a couple of occasions recently why we ask for a minimum £350 donation to adopt a Tia hound. The reasons below will not be news to our long-term supporters. Indeed, it’s why they have stood with Tia through thick and thin. But we are conscious that we have new followers and supporters who might not understand how the industry works…

• • • The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) operates a rehoming scheme, which offers a financial payout per dog to affiliated rehoming centres. As an independent rescue, Tia are not – never have been and never will be – part of this scheme, despite the GBGB’s regular appeals for us to change our mind!
    • As such, Tia receives NO money from the industry to assist in the rehoming of these beautiful dogs. Instead we rely on the generous support of the public and our adopters to continue our valuable work rescuing and rehoming.
    • When adopting a Tia hound, your donation will contribute towards (not cover!) the essential care our dogs receive prior to their adoption. Some may require neutering and dentals, some may require other veterinary care for injury or illness, some may have been cared for in our kennels for months (or even years). All of which comes at a considerable cost.
    • In addition, your donation helps us continue to care for those dogs who, for whatever reason, cannot be rehomed. Many rehoming organisations will not even consider taking these dogs. Instead they “cherry pick” the easy to home girls and the pretty colours. The trainers then contact Tia and ask us to rehome the rest. We do so gladly… because Tia believes EVERY dog is equally deserving of a happy retirement.
    • And lastly but by no means least… rehoming one of these beautiful souls is a huge responsibility. Owning a dog is a big commitment and, as any dog owner knows, a costly business! We believe our minimum donation reflects our adopters’ ability to offer a lifetime of love and care to these precious dogs, which is nothing less than they deserve.

So… what is the “price” of a Greyhound? At Tia we believe that each and every one of these dogs – regardless of age, colour, behaviour, injury – is priceless.

We hope you agree.

Otto

Otto was one of our Doncaster stray ponies.

Now living his best life on the Isle of Lewis, with his buddies, Angie & Celine from the death field…and Rusty…