On the Road Again!

Reggie has one. Tyrone at Kent Greyhound Rescue has one... When It's hot it is essential not to walk dogs in the heat of the day. Not only is it too hot for their feet on the pavements, but too hot in their fur coats.

Disaster. After my volunteering on Thursday I brought Tyrone home. Claire brought Reggie out and we met on the driveway outside the door. All seemed perfect. Both dogs seemed okay. Sniffing. Tail wagging.  We had a walk along the canal together. Everything seemed perfect. Until we got home and into the back garden. Reggie, luckily still on a short lead, growled and lunged to bite Tyrone. He went mad. Really angry. Even in the house as we calmed a frightened Tyrone he kept at it... We decided to save Tyrone any further worry and took him back to the foster. It's disappointing but safer that Reggie stays in a one dog household and Tyrone is still looking for a new forever home. 

Since I began volunteering at the Kent Greyhound Rescue (KGR) centre back in January 2022 I have seen a lot of retired racing dogs come in and luckily a lot have found forever homes. Greyhound racing in Ireland and the UK isn't the "Sport of Kings", a moniker associated with horse racing, it's far more down beat than that. It's a very tough business and spits out dogs that don't do what the owners and trainers want, that's to win races and make money. It seems the latter is the most important part.   Most of the dogs that come through the charity, are from the Republic of Ireland. Many arrive in very poor condition indeed.  As a charity KGR feeds them up, assesses them and then hopefully recoups some of the money spent by asking for a donation. The charity also runs a shop to sell things that dogs' owners might like to buy. Leashes, collars and beds etc. Not everything is for greyhounds and their sighthound cousins but for all dogs. But a second dog? ...

Sadly after two weeks in his new home, Tyrone is back with the charity and with his foster family.  Who knows what the real reason is, but the "experienced" owner returned him after saying he growled at her. At least he seems to have got a jazzy new collar from the ordeal. Tyrone is young and very active and always on the go! Maybe that's his downfall with rehoming? One of the new dogs into foster with the charity is Paul.  He has no idea that is his name. He is more of the conventional retired racer and is very calm and quiet.     Although he is three years old he looks much older with his grey beard and muzzle. If I didn't already have a dog at home I might offer to home this one. Both dogs are looking for homes, foster or even permanent. If you are interested then go to  https://www.kentgreyhoundrescue.com/  and get in contact.