Please send love, support and get well wishes for these neglected hounds

The amazing voluntary work done by GRACE founder Tracy Cook and the team of GRACE volunteers is extremely rewarding. However, it can also be incredibly challenging and heart-breaking. This was certainly the case earlier this month when Tracy was alerted to the plight of two emaciated hounds who were near death.  After an emergency rescue mission, when they came into Tracy’s care it was a harrowing sight. Both hounds had been deliberately starved. The black girl weighed just 15.4 kilos and the brindle boy was just 17.4 kilos [NB: a good weight for a greyhound would be around 35 kilos]. Both desperately needed a bath to remove the flea dirt in their coats. Both had intestinal parasites.

Tracy rushed them straight to the vets and begged him to give them a chance. She was warned that their lives were in jeopardy and they might not make it. They were put straight onto drips and everyone waited anxiously for news, hoping and praying that they would survive.

Amazingly, one week on both hounds have defied the odds and have reached their first major milestone – survival.  They are currently being cared for by Tracy at home and are slowly building up their strength on a day by day basis. As well as four small meals a day, both are receiving the love and kindness they so deserve.

They are still under supervision of the vet and have a long way to go physically and emotionally. However, it looks like they have turned a corner. The black girl now weighs 19.4 kilos and the boy is 21.6 kilos.

To help raise the funds for their care, we are holding a competition to choose names for this awesome duo. Please donate £1 for each name suggested and let us know your suggested names via our Facebook page, or via our other contact methods. You can pay via ‘PayPal friends and family’ on greyhoundrescue@outlook.com, or see the ‘how you can help’ page of our website for other payment methods. The winning names will be picked at random on 1st January 2018.

You can follow their progress via our Facebook page. Thank you to all those who have already expressed love and support for these two special hounds, who have surprised even the vet by surviving.