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Welcome to the Greyhound Rescue Shropshire and Borders website.
We have now completed our first full year of operation during which we rehomed some 119 greyhounds and lurchers. We held our Annual General Meeting at the end of October and you can see the Chairman's report on our activities by clicking on the link below.
As our name suggests, we operate over an extensive rural area which includes large parts of Shropshire, Wrexham County Borough, Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire. Our towns include Oswestry and Shrewsbury.
Our aims are to rehome as many greyhounds and lurchers as possible and to raise people's awareness of the plight and true nature of these gentle and affectionate dogs.
Our kennels are situated in Condover, just outside Shrewsbury. This is a commercial boarding kennels, but Sue Tipton, the energetic owner, is devoted to the welfare of the greyhounds and spends many hours not just caring for and rehabilitating them but homing and fundraising.
The rest of the team includes our lead fund raisers, Brenda & Dave Smith; publicist, Catherine Morton; Secretary, Jane Richardson; Treasurer, Julia Benning; homer extraordinaire, Margaret Morrison; and Chair, Keith Benning. In addition we have a trusty band of willing helpers who turn out to meet & greets, shows and other fund raising events but we are always in need of extra pairs of hands so if you can spare some time to help us out, then please do get in touch.
It's not all work! We're a sociable bunch and usually manage a laugh or two when we're setting up the stands, and we have regular social events centered around beer and food!
We are now embarking on yet another busy year of fundraising - please take a look at our Events page to see where we will be next! We would love to meet you and your hounds.
Thank you to everyone who came forward and offered help with fostering over the busy Easter period. This was much appreciated by Sue and her staff at the kennels. If you should be interested in fostering at any other time of the year, please contact Sue at the kennels on 01743 872395 to discuss things further. Food for the dogs and any medical bills etc. will be covered.
Please also see "The Denzil Appeal" which has recently been launched - details on the Special Appeals page.
: Chairman's Report 2007
Other ways to help include sponsoring a dog - take a look at the Sponsor a Greyhound page.
Please also take a look at the Events page where we will maintain a list of future happenings and report on past events. Owners are invited to let us know about how the dogs they have homed are getting along and these stories will be put on The Happy Endings page which will hopefully encourage new readers to take the plunge and investigate the possibility of giving a greyhound or lurcher the chance of a happy home!
If you would like to know more about greyhounds in general and the work of the RGT follow the link to their website www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk
We have now managed to arrange for our Newsletters to be available for download from this page. Simply click once onto the links below to open them - you may need to be a little patient while they open!
: March 2008 Newsletter
: January 2008 Newsletter
: Autumn 2007 Newsletter
: April 2007 Newsletter
: November 2006 Newsletter
Other links which may be of interest to you are as follows:
http://www.ncar.org.uk/
http://progalgoenglish.wordpress.com/
http://www.sighthoundsonline.org.uk/ )We have now put some of our dogs who are looking
http://www.blackbeauties.org.uk/ ) for homes on these websites
http://112carlotagalgos.blogspot.com
Blood Donors
Congratulations are due to Batty, Foxy, Mustang and Spartacus who have all become blood donors at Pearl Vets in Shrewsbury. We are told that they all behaved impeccably and rose to the challenge without any complaints. Well done to all these brave boys!
The vets have told us that greyhounds are desirable as blood donors as they have significantly more red blood cells than other dogs breeds. In addition they are renowned for being calm, laid back and taking everything in their stride.
Canine blood is needed for all sorts of reasons including transfusions after accidents or for dogs with anaemia. It takes just half an hour to forty minutes to take the blood needed but the dog will then need to stay in the vets for a couple of hours overall as they will have a tiny bit of sedative to keep them relaxed.
If you would like your greyhound to give blood, please contact your local vet. A blood donor must never have been pregnant, be aged between two and eight years old and weigh over twenty five kilos.
Help needed in the Cheshire/Runcorn area
A big thank you must go to Pat Horton and Sue Coldock for the work they are doing for GRSB. Not only have they raised considerable funds for GRSB but they have been directly responsible for the homing of several dogs from Condover. As they do all the fundraising and homing themselves, Sue and Pat are in desperate need of support in their area. Any volunteers would be most welcome.
We would like to say thank you for the many donations of food and goodies recently given to us by the following companies:
Gilbertson & Page Ltd
Burns Pet Nutrition
Burgess Supafeeds
Kennel Nutrition
Dodson & Horrell Ltd
Purina Petcare
Gro-well Feeds Ltd
TOPSPEC
James Wellbeloved
The Natural Dog Food Company
Laughing Dog Ltd
Oscars
Feelwells
Wagg Foods Ltd
These will be much appreciated by all our rescue dogs in kennels.
We are asking anyone who lives in the Telford area to keep an eye open for Tom (photo below). He came to our rescue from Ireland where he had been living feral on a village green for four years. He had suffered a number of injuries including having his canine tooth kicked out and his throat slashed. Since coming to GRSB he had been in foster care for several weeks and had just been rehomed when he slipped his collar and ran off. This happened on 3rd December and search parties have so far failed to locate him although there have been various sightings.
There has been an article printed in the Shropshire Star and also BBC Shropshire Radio have told his story. If anyone knows anything at all about Tom which they think might be helpful, please contact Sue Tipton at the kennels on 01743 872395 or Sue Coldock on 01928 714558.
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