Late on Friday the 27th December 2019 I got a phone call, from one of my contacts, to say that an old guy had died and he had left 13 greyhounds on an allotment in Sheffield. “They are all old dogs and there is no one to look after them.”
When I arrived there the next day I was prepared for what I would find, 24 years rescuing greyhounds and there’s nothing much shocks or surprises me, or so I thought.
The dogs were spread over 3 separate gardens on the allotment. They were all in seperate kennels, covered in their own mess, no food , no water and no bedding. The faeces was that high I could barely open the kennel doors. The stench was unbelievable.
The first ten were loaded onto the van but I had to leave three behind for the second trip.
When we got back they were so pleased to see us, tails wagging, apart from a younger black boy an absolute wreck, in a small dark shed, doing the wall of death, he didn’t want to be caught he was terrified and could barely see after being locked away so long. I didn’t know if he was going to bite me when I went into his “kennel” he was messing himself, absolutely terrified trying to escape….no escaping me mate…he didn’t bite.
Thanks to all my staff and volunteers, some who came in at short notice. The dogs were all bathed, claws cut and taken to their new fresh, clean kennels.
They are all on good food and antibiotics. Chris our vet is aware and making urgent arrangements to come and do the dentals in our onsite vet room…
The eldest blue girl with the awful teeth is 12yrs old. She is the happiest.
So here they all are….they just need names, I doubt they have ever had any.
The sad, sad thing is that these dogs have been in a bad way for a long, long time.
If only he had asked for help….Tia would have helped because that is what we do.
They didn’t go out yesterday but they have all been out into the paddocks today.
Welcome to your new life…for the time you have left you will be absolutely ruined.
ps i don’t know who fetched all the sausage rolls in over the weekend, but thankyou, they like sausage rolls…Deb
So welcome to our new arrivals…Mr Mole, Bungle, Terence, Eugene, Stilton, Babybelle, MooMar, Pollypocket, Ramble, Winnie, Spot, Dot and Rose…