What I forgot to put on the website is that we got keys to our new Charity Shop in Nairn in February. The shop was in a bit of a state but with the help of some very good workmen, free scaffold boards and a team of volunteers, it didn’t take long to sort it out.
We opened on Monday the 25th March and the shop was officially opened by Paul, the manager from Boath House.
We have just had an amazing first week with the help of our lovely volunteers, shoppers and lots of donations.
Special thanks to Emma, our manager from the Pickering Shop who came up for a week to point us all in the right direction and also special thanks to the new manager, Hazel, who has taken to it like a duck to water.
An amazing amount of just over £2500 was taken in the first week, a brilliant start.
As well as the donated items we are also selling new dogs beds and vet bed, shipped up from Huddersfield, dog treats, Kong toys and Scoops dog ice cream.
Thanks everyone…Deb
ps We will be losing the purple once it’s warm enough to paint the outside…
Great old fella who needs a taste of paradise before the bridge. Ten years old in a few months though you wouldn’t know it and has an eyes for the ladies. Percy arrived here a few days ago and thinks everything is hilarious. Nice neighbours and the foods epic! We think he has always been kenneled by himself so we are looking for a special greyhound savvy home.
Big lemon at 32 kgs. We would be thrilled to see him on a sofa.
She last raced at Doncaster on the 29th April 2023.
50 races she had under her belt, including 9 firsts and 7 seconds. Not a bad career.
True to form she ended up on the streets in South Yorkshire and ended up at Cliffe kennels. She had a week there and was picked up by Glencoe’s mom and dad on Tuesday 19th March.
Today, Sunday the 24th March she has bagged herself a new home. One where she will be safe and loved for the rest of her life.
Thanks to everyone, again…
I have been typing the same story for the past 28 years…
Still, there isn’t a problem with the racing industries there??
Pure eye candy. Steer was quite frankly magnificent.
A wonderful sponsor dog who eventually found his place in the world on the sofa of two special people. To our amazement he took to it like a duck to water. He came to live at our expense about five years ago. A bundle of nerves and had he got loose would have run himself into the ground until he collapsed. Steer was far safer with us and used to hide at the back of the pen in case he was noticed.
Last August he went down the drive to a superb home, quickly filling the hole left by another sponsor Boe. We would like to thank his Mum & Dad for giving him a chance and providing him with a well deserved taste of honey. His mom and dad are reeling from the pain and so are we.
He fell ill this week and deteriorated quickly. We lost him today and his mom and dad are devastated. Tia would also like to thank his loyal band of supporters.
James has just clocked off his final shift. Tia never knew how old he really was. That’s the trouble with lurchers and frankly we don’t know how his girl will cope. Kiah lives for him as he did her. We knew it was coming but that doesn’t make it any easier. His story is best told in his own words (sort of).
“It was May 2018 when they threw me out of a van in Doncaster. I remember it was blazing hot and I was running in the fields for what seemed like days.”
“Three days I slept when I came to Tia, three whole days. You said you didn’t know if I was going to make it. I did hear you even though I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I took your tablets and ate the food. The vet room is a lovely quiet place.”
“So, you’ve rehomed me 4 times now. Which bit of I want to live at Tia don’t you understand?!”
We threw in the towel. James has been part of the furniture ever since. A tough as teak lamper who relished looking after us all and particularly excelled as office dog. James must have watched hundreds of dogs go out through the door and promptly snuggled back into Kiah’s neck in case some idiot had any more bright ideas. His world was Kiah and Tia and that was enough for James.
