Hope you are having a lovely weekend with your friends and family.
The Lady Of The House met a great lady called Dawn in the course of covering that court case we mentioned last time.
Dawn runs a living with pet bereavement forum and is also a huge greyhound lover (what great taste she has!) and recently ran an online auction to raise money for the RoyalHeart Greyhound Rescue in Scotland.
So I thought I'd give their website a big shout-out today - and NOT just because they have a very handsome greyhound who looks a lot like me and my friend Bunny on the header of it. Although you will see that they have.
RoyalHeart is run by Rachel Anderson and Eddie Cassie.
Their work, and their website, is dedicated to Hero, a greyhound that Rachel and Eddie fostered and then adopted who died suddenly in 2009. He is the greyhound pictured in the website header.
They have included a lovely quote about Hero on their website: ''Our Golden Ray Of Sunshine Has Gone Behind A Cloud, But Not For Long, He Shines On In Our Hearts''.
Anyway, the online auction will hopefully have raised £600 when all the money is in - and much to the Lady Of The House's surprise we did actually win a few items which are being posted down to us. I'll let you know when they arrive as the LOTH is keeping it as a surprise from me what we have won!!
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12 comments:
With a Greyhound Track in my town, we have an over-abundance of retired Greyhounds. It's sad, but the rescues do a good job of finding fosters and doing plenty of public relations. Still, it's not enough. Nice post; keep up the good work.
That Eddie was one good looking hound! Of course, the fact that he looks like you and me doesn't hurt his case any. ;) I am so glad that his memory lives on in such a great way! Greyhound people are the best!
Bunny
Hi Winnie! Thanks for the website link, sounds like a wonderful resource and way to honor Hero.
Your pal, Pip
P.S.: Hope you had a chance to see the big race. I won't give anything away, but it was pretty exciting!
Thanks for the link. Hope they raise loads of money.
Hi Winnie! We wanted to stop by and say, "HI!"
Doreen, Kiko, Millie and Riley
Doggies and Stuff blog
Hero was a beautiful dog! What a wonderful way to remember his love and life. I hope they far exceed what they set out to make!
HOW GOOD TO RAISE SO MUCH, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY KIND HEARTS. HERO WAS A VERY HANDSOME BOY.
LICKS BOBBY
We love to hear of people helping animals. That was an awesome amount......especially when you change it into Australian Dollars!
XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella
We are finding out that greyhound rescues are a huge success. Love our grey hound friends.
Winnie, that's a beautiful post. Thanks for the link..we will check it out!! Love, Debbie and Holly
Hi hope they raise lots of $$
I have always wanted a greyhound, i currently have a RSPCA greyhound/border collie cross, that is my constant companion everywhere i go
I used to rescue racehhorses and retrain them into show horses and sell them on, so can imagine what the greyhouns industry is like. too sad sometimes
this year though i took on a couple of wild horses that i adopted straight from the wild. Many of these horses end up killed if there is no enough adopters, they are wonderful horses
please check out my blog too
www.wildhorseproject.blogspot.com
Yay to you and the LOTH for helping to raise money for such a worthy charity! Hmmm, wonder what you won? A fashionable collar perhaps???
The Road Dogs
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