EN: good news from the homefinders
Verfasst: Mi 6. Jan 2021, 09:07
“We now have a waiting list for prospective owners and an empty list of dogs waiting to come to us.”
LATEST GREYHOUND NEWS
MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE HOMEFINDERS
GREYHOUND STAR — DECEMBER 31, 2020
Following on from articles from the Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Portsmouth homefinding schemes, plus a hugely positive overview from GBGB’s Paula Beniston, we hear from the Yarmouth and Brighton branches. While Brighton also reported a highly successful year, trustee Dolly Shew was keen to acknowledge the ongoing support from a (perhaps) surprising source.
When COVID-19 struck we placed six of our 14 dogs in foster homes to relieve the pressure on our staff as we closed the kennels to volunteers. Of course, all were adopted by their foster homes as people found their lifestyles were much changed.
We have homed more than 100 greyhounds so far this year and could home more. We now have a waiting list for prospective owners and an empty list of dogs waiting to come to us. At this time last year, we had 25 dogs waiting for anything up to six months to come to us this year we are contacting trainers to see if they have any dogs needing to be rehomed. Bitches are in noticeable short supply and sadly we have families who have had a pair of dogs and now having lost their bitch want to home another, all offering fabulous homes.
We realised there is a general lack of greyhounds for re-homing when we had requests from all over the country for specific dogs. Home checking was a problem, but we overcame this with videos, proof of identity and utility bills and in some cases reference from their vet. We now have greyhounds from Aberdeen to Wales from Yorkshire to the Isle of Wight.
The GRS system has been a great help as in common with other animal charities we have had extremely limited fund-raising opportunities this year. Our volunteers have been very generous and most of our funds have been raised through online events.
Hopefully in 2021 we will gradually get back to some normality at the kennels allowing more of our many volunteers back to help with the dogs they love and some more greyhounds for rehoming.
Corinne Douglas
Voluntary Coordinator, Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders
http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/good-news-homefinders/
LATEST GREYHOUND NEWS
MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE HOMEFINDERS
GREYHOUND STAR — DECEMBER 31, 2020
Following on from articles from the Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Portsmouth homefinding schemes, plus a hugely positive overview from GBGB’s Paula Beniston, we hear from the Yarmouth and Brighton branches. While Brighton also reported a highly successful year, trustee Dolly Shew was keen to acknowledge the ongoing support from a (perhaps) surprising source.
When COVID-19 struck we placed six of our 14 dogs in foster homes to relieve the pressure on our staff as we closed the kennels to volunteers. Of course, all were adopted by their foster homes as people found their lifestyles were much changed.
We have homed more than 100 greyhounds so far this year and could home more. We now have a waiting list for prospective owners and an empty list of dogs waiting to come to us. At this time last year, we had 25 dogs waiting for anything up to six months to come to us this year we are contacting trainers to see if they have any dogs needing to be rehomed. Bitches are in noticeable short supply and sadly we have families who have had a pair of dogs and now having lost their bitch want to home another, all offering fabulous homes.
We realised there is a general lack of greyhounds for re-homing when we had requests from all over the country for specific dogs. Home checking was a problem, but we overcame this with videos, proof of identity and utility bills and in some cases reference from their vet. We now have greyhounds from Aberdeen to Wales from Yorkshire to the Isle of Wight.
The GRS system has been a great help as in common with other animal charities we have had extremely limited fund-raising opportunities this year. Our volunteers have been very generous and most of our funds have been raised through online events.
Hopefully in 2021 we will gradually get back to some normality at the kennels allowing more of our many volunteers back to help with the dogs they love and some more greyhounds for rehoming.
Corinne Douglas
Voluntary Coordinator, Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders
http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/good-news-homefinders/