On 04/11/2024, two greyhounds arrived at a stray kennel in Yorkshire within hours of each other. Both were young black males, in good condition though understandable petrified and freezing. They had both been pulled out of the same shipping canal by members of the public. Not just any canal, but a very deep canal with steep sides so nothing can scramble out.
Very long story short, they came to Tia. Lovely young dogs who think the joint is epic.
Silas has already bagged himself a great home with a family, not far from our kennel. The other Rami, wont be long after his mate.
After a lot of digging, (CSI would be impressed), we think we have managed to track their journey. Their trainer rehomed them via an independent greyhound rescue center “allegedly” and absolved themselves of all responsibility. We had never heard of this kennel, neither had other rescues or trainers and frankly after nearly thirty years in rescue, if we haven’t heard of it……..
Several hours later, time we will never get back, we stumbled on the answer. A new limited company, based at an old hunt kennels in Yorkshire had taken twenty greyhounds off a licensed trainer, or had they?
I was informed by one of the GBGB’s Stipendiary Stewards that the owner of the kennels had seen the error of his ways and is keeping all the remaining 18 dogs. They are all safe and well and he had seen the kennel first hand and they are outstanding.
Long story short….i was contacted by on New Years Eve by the GBGB’s Director of Regulations. The overseer of safeguarding the sports integrity & ensuring high standards….he assured me that all the dogs were well, but as it was such a serious case he had passed it on to the rspca. The other trainers had taken their dogs back out though… we didn’t know that snippet…
When i asked him where the two dogs were that had been dragged out of the canal, he said that they had gone to a rehoming center in Norfolk and had since been rehomed together….
How marvelous. I did put him out of his misery, after toying with him for a while, obviously…
I seriously hope the other 18 aren’t in that shipping canal…
Deb,  Silas & Rami