Our 5 miracles ✨️ ❤️
Back in early August, Gillian from @Carlow Kilkenny Dog Pound messaged us .. another litter of pups had been left into the pound.. the week earlier, we had already taken another litter of pups from them that were bigger, stronger pups..
This litter, though .. they were tiny .. They we're probably only 4 weeks or so .. a mix match of sizes and breeds we think .. probably the runts of several litters pulled away from their own siblings and mum's, shoved into a box and thankfully discarded at a Pound..
How could we say no when we saw them... weak... listless pups in a pound .. prime candidates for parvo and illness.
Thankfully, Michelle was able to drop and run for them .. and they came into our care..
3 of the smallest weakest stayed with Michelle, Jennifer, and family, and 2 moved across to foster with Catherine.
The work that's gone into them, feeding, cleaning, and thankfully, these little ones started to thrive, gain weight, and become happy little puppies 🩷 thanks to the dedication of their foster homes.
Their mum's and siblings never surfaced.. their mum's probably expecting another litter for the cycle to continue..
None of these pups were microchipped, no one was held accountable.. and no one ever will be.
Rescues can only struggle on for so long.. but the time will come when we won't be able to help these litters anymore ..
For now .. all of these 5 are thriving. They all received their second and final vaccines on Friday and will be gracing the page with their rehoming profile tomorrow.
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Birdies pups are hungry little monsters and have started solids 🙌🙌
We only hoped we could get to this stage when they were born ! This now begins to take the pressure off mom Birdie, who is feeling it as she takes care of 12 demanding lurcher pups 🐶
She will remain with them for the next 6 weeks .. but she does have plenty of opportunities to get away from them.. but for their behavioural development and to become happy, well-rounded, and dog social, and able to interact with other dogs appropriately as mammy will teach them ❤️❤️
Lots of people think mammy dog is just there to feed her puppies, but she teaches them so much more ❤️ And she will get all the time to do it ❤️
Thank you to everyone for their support and donations of food, toys, and donations towards their care ..
The next step is names and to see how many males and females we have 🤣
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Welcome to the world 🌎
Birdie, who arrived to us from @Dublin County Dog Shelter just over 3 weeks ago saddened us all with the news that she was heavily in pup.. despite hiding it well.. when she jumped out of John's car who kindly did the transport for us our stomachs turned as we saw her and guessed what was ahead of us.. the next day a scan revealed that she was due imently and it was too late to do anything.
Pups on the scan were too numerous to count.. so Birdie came home and we started watching and waiting..
You all kindly donated to her care and we were overwhelmed with the arrival of food packages, bedding and so many kind words from you all.
In the early hours of last Wednesday morning Birdie started to deliver her pups and one by one they entered the world.. 13 arrivals in total and one was sadly born already asleep.
Birdie herself did amazing.. for a dog who's only a year old herself .. it saddens us that we now know for sure that this wasn't her first litter .. this momma has been here before.
Birdie is sadly desperately thin, despite having high calorie feeds we are trying our best to help her and we are supplementing her pups with bottles.
Despite all of this Birdie is struggling with her pups and doesn't want to spend time with them, at any opportunity she leaves them, not surprising when it's her second litter and she's only a pup herself.
We will continue to help her and keep pushing with these little ones .. but for now here's some little clips of them on their first week in the world 🩷
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Little Luna arrived in June 2023 from Carlow Kilkenny Dog Pound with her littermates .. She found her forever home in Sweden, and at the weekend, we were reunited with her 💓❤️
Here's some clips of her puppyhood, her in the pound and in her foster homes and finally her with her forever family where she's loved and so far away from where she started as another unwanted lurcher pup in Ireland 🇮🇪
It was so special to see her and our other past pups at the weekend ❤️
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Bonnie 🩷
Bonnie is a week post Pyometerya surgery tomorrow 🩷
She has recovered incredibly well and with her puppy rearing days behind her she is now looking for her new home and family.
Bonnie arrived to us from Louth Dog Pound after she was handed in with her 2 puppies Waffles and Crepe ( both travelled to Sweden last week ) It's now Bonnie's turn to find her own home.
Bonnie is just 14 months old born in April 2023, she turns 15 months on the 12th of July .. she is a bullybreed mix. Her ideal home will be:
• Either an only dog or with a nice sensible male .. Bonnie plays rough and tumble
• Dog savvy kids and parents
• An understanding of the restrictions around her breed, she is now muzzle trained.
• She is spayed fully vaccinated microchipped.
If you'd like to offer Bonnie a forever home please pm the page to start the process.
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Bonnie 🩷
Bonnie is a week post Pyometerya surgery tomorrow 🩷
She has recovered incredibly well and with her puppy rearing days behind her she is now looking for her new home and family.
Bonnie arrived to us from Louth Dog Pound after she was handed in with her 2 puppies Waffles and Crepe ( both travelled to Sweden last week ) It's now Bonnie's turn to find her own home.
Bonnie is just 14 months old born in April 2023, she turns 15 months on the 12th of July .. she is a bullybreed mix. Her ideal home will be:
• Either an only dog or with a nice sensible male .. Bonnie plays rough and tumble
• Dog savvy kids and parents
• An understanding of the restrictions around her breed, she is now muzzle trained.
• She is spayed fully vaccinated microchipped.
If you'd like to offer Bonnie a forever home please pm the page to start the process.
#adopt #adoptdontshop #bullybreed #adopted #poundpup
Did you know we are now on TikTok 🤣
Another social media stream to keep us on our toes 🥰
Here's some lovely clips of the weekend when Dottie came home with us from the pound .. All because Jacqueline and Lee opened up their home to her as a foster ❤️
We left lots of wonderful bull breeds behind at the weekend .. But we were able to take 3 out.. and another 2 restricted breeds and 2 large breeds .. freeing up kennel space for the pound and taking dogs that had been there months.
Dottie is currently in heat, so she can't be spayed until that finishes, but she will then be looking for her own forever home..
Bullybreeds are sticky dogs at the minute so if you can help us by sharing her far and wide to find her, her own forever home 🏡
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Grouse just got the News!!!!!
He's been reserved for a home next week... as you can see, he's very Very excited 😊 🤗 🤪
Wilma ❤️ 14 months with us ❤️
What a journey it's been, and the biggest part has just started.
Wilma arrived to us in Feb 2023 in a box with her brother Fred ( rehomed) They had been found in the ditch .. they were feral 6 week old pups that had never seen a human, they were starved and just bags of bones and hair .. They went to foster where they recovered physically but their fear just never left them .. They were split up .. and the fear stayed 🥲
Wilma stayed in foster and then moved back to HQ in early August 2023 .. where again she progressed more on her lead walking, but then again came to a standstill .. her fear just overwhelming her with strangers..
We posted her, and explained it all .. and she went on trial .. sadly, that trial failed, and Paul & Antoinette came to her rescue and ours that Friday evening 🙉
She then spent almost 6 months at HQ ... and then went to foster with Maria so she could be pushed more .. and all in the while, our friends @Hundar Utan Hem pushed to find her a forever home 🏡
Happily, the news came in the last few weeks that they did 🙌 and the biggest part of Wilma's journey was to come..
Today, she started that journey, and we know it will be hard and that she doesn't understand... but we know that this is it .. the final part of her circle ❤️
Travel safe Wilma, We loved you, so we let you go onto brighter things and a forever home 🏡
Thank you to everyone in her journey and there had been so so many, her foster dad Brian, Paul & Antoinette who were amazing when Wilma and us needed them our vets in Cashel and Vet Sarah in Nenagh who was so gentle with her on Health check and her foster mom Maria who brought her to transport today.
Most importantly, the Hundar Team, Linda, and Leo who will drive her home and Caroline and Anna team effort as always ❤️
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Happy Sunday from Ruby
Ruby arrived to us from @dublin County dog shelter before Christmas as a teeny pup, she found her forever with Geraldine and family, where she's loved and spoiled every day ❤️
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We are in the Air 🩷
Our dogs have now taken off the ground in London and are on route to Orlando and to the Greyhounds in Motion team who are eagerly awaiting their arrival 🩷
We have so many people to thank for this trip, our vets @O'Connor Julian Veterinary who have done all the dogs initial vet work and @A Country Practice Vet Clinic and especially Caroline who spent all Monday evening with us at HQ doing health checks and the final checks on paperwork.
12 of our dogs have left us, sadly replaced already ( 5 greyhounds drove in the gate on Tuesday evening as Tranport was pulling out )
We've said goodbye to:
♡ Cindy .. who arrived to us in October 2023 as a terrified little lurcher girl who had been picked up straying, her chip was registered to a convicted hunter who had several prosecutions under animal welfare laws .. He never reclaimed her from the pound system and wasn't that her lucky day .. Cindy has spent months in our care learning not to scream when touched and finally leaving her demons behind her .. We know this trip will be tough on her but it will be worth it 🩷
♡ John who spent months in @Dublin County Dog Shelter.. he was out of time and when we were visiting the girls in Florida in January they said pull him we will take him and we did 🩷
♡ Meringue, who's been in foster with Yolanda in Galway, Yolanda has fostered so many needy hounds for us and even has adopted Bobby from us 🩷 We know Meringue touched her heart but we know the happy photos to come will heal it 🩷🩷
♡ Gus who's an ex coursing who's been with Kate & Mark in Dublin in foster since January, he is their second foster with Banksy having been their first, Their Greyhound Pepper has shown gus the good life and prepared him for his forever home 🏡
♡ Tilly another ex courser who's been with Maria and her family as first time foster patents
♡ Reese who's happy tail nearly stopped him travelling 🥹 The stress he's caused the last week 😂
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