Edgar
Edgar is one of our sponsor dogs, rescued from the Romanian Circus....
Meet Edgar!
Edgar is a 3 year old fawn male greyhound who came to us saved from the Romanian circus.
He somehow was passed for travel. though when he arrived he was so terrified, he couldn’t walk and was carried from the transport into our house.
He was very confused but Karen noticed something more than this as soon as she laid her eyes on him….Edgar is totally blind. And, as if this is not bad enough for this handsome guy, he also has brain damage and has severe mental issues. Only to be expected from the abuse that this poor lad has suffered.,,,being beaten so badly.
Thank god he was passed for travel and that all those involved in his rescue gave him a chance….yes he will remain with us for life but this is not something Karen hasn’t dealt with before, although it is one of the worst cases of abuse she has seen in 20 years. He is starting to trust us slowly and is now 7 weeks in to arriving.
He is letting us tickle his belly and give him a cuddle and eats biccies from our hands and steals them from our pockets!!! He loves his meals and actively wants a fuss.
He struggles with the outside but we will continue to work with Edgar because he deserves a chance of the best possible bit of love, care and happiness he can…for how ever long he may have with in this world with us.
If you would like to sponsor Edgar then please use the paypal donate button and don’t forget to include the name and address of the person you want the sponsor from made out to.
It is £25 per year to sponsor a dog – You will get a certificate of your chosen dog & info
It is £90 per year to sponsor a kennel – you will also get a certificate & extras & also for this and also your name will be put on the kennel and you will be on our roll of honour.
We will be including anyone who donates to the sponsorship scheme in our next presentation appeal which is currently being produced and music being covered and a song written by Maria Daines who sang ‘Racing To Death. for the greyhounds. We cannot thank her enough for her support.
Wolfie's Story - The Beginning
Wolfie was feral girl who became a sweetheart and was with us until she was 22.
Having Never met a feral dog whilst running the rescue, Wolfie was quite a challenge – because, feral she was.
On arrival at the kennels, I was so shocked to see this small blue greyhound with a back on her like a sheep would have and the thickest coat I had ever seen, she was almost undetectable as a greyhound.
Looking so terrified, her eyes were bulging as she backed off everyone. My thoughts at this time were to not put her in the kennels but to actually have her in the house with my other bitches, so hopefully, eventually she would come to trust people and gain confidence because of all the other girls indoors and follow suit as to how the others interacted with myself etc.
So the process began. It was weeks and weeks of patience and quietness. Wolfie was so obviously scared from her past, so frightened of the outside world , yet she was such a kind and gentle dog, wonderful to watch with our other dogs. This made it even more upsetting to watch her fear.
In the first weeks we would let her out with the others and when it was time for them to come in, (of course mine came in no trouble), but with Wolfie, we had to stand in the middle of the garden whilst she crawled right around us and then darted indoors, in a corner, usually with one of the other dogs for safety.
The first summer arrived and while all the dogs were out I would go and sit on the grass and of course my girls would lay near me. Then, gradually, Wolfie slowly was beginning to think she was missing out and began to lay closer and closer tp me, looking more relaxed day by day. I was beginning to get the kindest, most loving greyhound into my life. One of which was to be with me by my side for the next 20 years.
We managed to get her weight down and got rid of her awful thick coat and she was now a beautiful glossy perfect little blue greyhound – and she was wonderful with us…But it was many years before she would attempt to greet a stranger.
The rescue started at Selby, then we moved to York and we are now in Boston, Lincolnshire and many of our girls died through old age but Wolfie has been with us all the time and we have only just lost herat 22 years old. She became the perfect dog., not a bad bone in her body, that is why we thought it fitting to hold Wolfie in memory by calling our building project the ‘Wolfie Appeal’. In honour of her fight to come to terms with life again after her horrendous beginning life. You see, what we did find out is that dear Wolfie actually saw all her litter companions shot in front of her, so she had a heart of a lion to be able to accept anything else in her life.
God Bless you Wolfie, you are greatly missed.
Karen Schultz X