Post by bryansgang on Apr 17, 2009 3:56:47 GMT -5
About ten months ago, I was alerted to an old greyhound languishing in Graham Sharps kennels, just outside Harlow.
His owner, Phil Silverstone took all his ex-racers home after they had finished racing. Tragically, he died suddenly, leaving six greyhounds without a home. They were all sent back to Graham's Kennels, to await their fate.
When my Harry died, Johanna Beaumer MBE of Walthamstow Rescue asked me if I could take one in, and she suggested Floyd. At this time, I knew nothing of the history of Floyd, or how he came to be there.
It was on one of my visits back to the kennels, I was told of the circumstances relating to Floyd and the fate of the others. Of the six, all had been re-homed, except for this old dog Stevie. Well, I coulden't leave the old boy there, especially as Mooney had died since I had taken in Floyd, so I had a space. By this time I had, had Floyd already 15 months, so Stevie had been in a kennel all that time on his own. Permission had to be saught from Phils widow, which she gladley gave, so I made plans to go and pick him up.
I decided to make a little video of me going to pick up Stevie and put it on the net.
Stevie has now been with me nearly ten months, and has gone from a dog who never even knew his name, to the cheeky old boy he is now. Every time I look over at him on one of our regular walks around Pishiobury Park, a happy contented 13 1/2 year old greyhound, I'm so glad I took him on. Sadly though, there are other aged greyhounds, just like him, shut away in kennels, whose only release from their undeserved prison will be death.
There follows a link to Stevies Video, which also includes footage of an old black dog, called Vince. Vince was kept in kennels because his owner maligned him with her comments that he was a nasty dog. So at the age of ten, nobody had taken a chance on him, so there he stayed until I was asked to take him in. I personally never take any notice of the comments regarding greyhounds given to me by kennel staff. This information can be nothing more than their opinion based solely on a greyhounds behaviour, while trying to come to terms with their incarceration in the unatural world of living in a wooden box. It will give no real clue into their personality until they have adjusted to living in their forever home and have relaxed into the dog they really are. . It's quite amazing really that greyhounds ever recover from such a mind boggling start to life, to turn into the wonderful dog that gives us all so much pleasure.
To cut a long story short, out of the many greyhounds I have taken in, I would say Vince was one of the sweetest greyhounds you could ever wish to meet. His previous owner, while she left Vince to rot, gave a home to somebody else's greyhound, I can only say xxxxxxxxxxx!!!!%%%%****+++++.
Well, Vince died October 27th last year, after four years living with me as a family pet, such a lovely old dog, but what a waste of his previous ten years.
Stevie, homed at last Video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Da16mMMZM
His owner, Phil Silverstone took all his ex-racers home after they had finished racing. Tragically, he died suddenly, leaving six greyhounds without a home. They were all sent back to Graham's Kennels, to await their fate.
When my Harry died, Johanna Beaumer MBE of Walthamstow Rescue asked me if I could take one in, and she suggested Floyd. At this time, I knew nothing of the history of Floyd, or how he came to be there.
It was on one of my visits back to the kennels, I was told of the circumstances relating to Floyd and the fate of the others. Of the six, all had been re-homed, except for this old dog Stevie. Well, I coulden't leave the old boy there, especially as Mooney had died since I had taken in Floyd, so I had a space. By this time I had, had Floyd already 15 months, so Stevie had been in a kennel all that time on his own. Permission had to be saught from Phils widow, which she gladley gave, so I made plans to go and pick him up.
I decided to make a little video of me going to pick up Stevie and put it on the net.
Stevie has now been with me nearly ten months, and has gone from a dog who never even knew his name, to the cheeky old boy he is now. Every time I look over at him on one of our regular walks around Pishiobury Park, a happy contented 13 1/2 year old greyhound, I'm so glad I took him on. Sadly though, there are other aged greyhounds, just like him, shut away in kennels, whose only release from their undeserved prison will be death.
There follows a link to Stevies Video, which also includes footage of an old black dog, called Vince. Vince was kept in kennels because his owner maligned him with her comments that he was a nasty dog. So at the age of ten, nobody had taken a chance on him, so there he stayed until I was asked to take him in. I personally never take any notice of the comments regarding greyhounds given to me by kennel staff. This information can be nothing more than their opinion based solely on a greyhounds behaviour, while trying to come to terms with their incarceration in the unatural world of living in a wooden box. It will give no real clue into their personality until they have adjusted to living in their forever home and have relaxed into the dog they really are. . It's quite amazing really that greyhounds ever recover from such a mind boggling start to life, to turn into the wonderful dog that gives us all so much pleasure.
To cut a long story short, out of the many greyhounds I have taken in, I would say Vince was one of the sweetest greyhounds you could ever wish to meet. His previous owner, while she left Vince to rot, gave a home to somebody else's greyhound, I can only say xxxxxxxxxxx!!!!%%%%****+++++.
Well, Vince died October 27th last year, after four years living with me as a family pet, such a lovely old dog, but what a waste of his previous ten years.
Stevie, homed at last Video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Da16mMMZM
What a lovely life they all have now ;D
