Hi All,
I was extremely concerned about this poor greyhound in the pound in Cardiff so living in Wales and already having one of these wonderful creatures in my home I phoned Cardiff pound with a view to popping over and taking him into my home if they thought me suitable of course. When I got there I was told that he'd gone to Scotland Dogs Trust that very morning. I was both delighted for him as Dogs Trust are a wonderful organisation and knew he was in good hands but I was also very dispointed as I was looking forward to hopefully having a companion for my beautiful greyhound Stella. The people I spoke to at the pound were lovely and very helpful, they told me that the grey had been in their care since 5th Aug. they had had him castrated and fully vaccinated. They had had a very good summer with homings from the pound and had 10 empty kennels so when I said I was alarmed because I'd heard he only had 2 weeks left before 'disposal' they were very cross and said that they hadn't contacted any rescues to take him from there because there was no need to as they had plenty of local home offers coming through for him. I have a friend who works within a Welsh greyhound charity and she also verfified that they had not received any phone calls from the pound to say he was there.
I'm so pleased he has gone to the Dogs Trust in Scotland but I'm rather concerned that maybe if people asked more questions then I as I'm sure many others who read the bulletin would've had a better nights sleep after reading it. I admire anyone who takes pound dogs into their hearts and try their best to do what is right for them but Cardiff pound and Welsh greyhound charities have come under a lot of criticism over this dog especially when the words "2 weeks before disposal" was totally inaccurate, in this case anyway, I know that many pounds do stick to the 2 weeks or 7 days before pts if not claimed or rehomed but for this lucky boy it was not the case. Cardiff pound said that the minute their kennels became full again they would've immediately contacted all Welsh greyhound charities who they have always dealt with in the past and who have always immediately responded to their alerts.
Cardiff pound gets the thumbs up from me.........this time!