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Tilly and Maddy by Janice Roberts

We adopted our beautiful lurcher girl Tilly (formerly Panda) on 4 August 2009 and Maddy (formerly Amelia) came to us in September 2010 and we adopted her a few weeks later!

From start to end, the adoption process was fully supported by Gap and personally by Lisa. We were looking for a lurcher, as we'd lost our old girl, and loved the gentle loving nature of these dogs. We rang Lisa in July enquiring whether Gap had any suitable dogs looking for their forever home and she informed us that a possible match had come from the stray pound only two days previously!

After telling us about her, we  arranged to meet the following week. In the meantime we had our home check and it was felt that our garden fence could do with being higher so my husband spent three days hand making some sturdy trellis to extend it another 3ft!

We met Tilly at the kennels and took her out for a couple of afternoons and felt she was indeed the one for us and couldn't wait to make arrangements with Lisa.  It was arranged that we could collect her after she had been spayed the following Tuesday! The next few days couldn't pass quickly enough!

Sure enough, Tuesday came and we collected Tilly. She settled in at home really quickly and Lisa rang every night until the end of the week and then after the weekend to see how we were coping.   Tilly was such a good girl and as she was so settled we took her on holiday in the caravan  after only 5 days.  It was as if she had always been part of the family! She met my daughter's springer spaniel and they got on really well which was really important as she comes to stay occasionally.

Tilly on the beach

Life was great and in September 2010 we adopted a greyhound pup who we called Maddy.  She was full of energy and character! Again, the support from Gap was there and Lisa was always available at the end of the phone should we have any problems.

Tilly and Maddy are great pals and we can’t thank Greyhound Gap enough for allowing them to come into our lives!

Tilly and Maddy at home

Fundraising for Greyhound Gap

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Blake's Happy Home by Blake

My name is Blake and I arrived in my Happy Home in Bedford after a long car drive from my foster home in St Helens.

I was a bit apprehensive when I arrived as it seemed very quiet after several months with my playmates, but I quickly discovered I had a sofa all to myself (though I’m not sure if my new Humans intended it quite that way!)  But to be fair to them, I decided I would use my beanbag when I fancied a change of scenery.

I have to admit, I think I’ve landed on my paws here, as they love me very much, especially the two smaller Humans, who play with me when I feel energetic, I go for nice rambles in the countryside (but have to wear my muzzle if I’m let loose as I find the squirrels quite tempting to investigate further)  and the food is pretty well Michelin standard, though they do tend to try and hide funny round tablet things in it, which I try to spit out.

I was running around one day and hurt my leg so had to be taken to the Vet. I didn’t mind this at all as it meant more treats (Choc Drops a particular favourite) and they discovered that this was an old injury I picked up from my racing days, which I can hardly remember now, though sometimes I do dream about it, as I wake up when I hear the Humans laughing. (They say my feet waggle and I make panting noises).  Luckily, I don’t have to race anywhere now except to the food bowl twice a day.  And apart from having my teeth cleaned, I haven’t troubled the Vet since.

I heard my lady Human say the other day that I was the best dog (I think she means me, even though I’m a hound) she’d ever had.  I was pleased to hear this.  But I’d already made my mind up to stay.

Time for another snooze………

Handsome Boy

Standing proud

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Daisy's Story by Rachel Richards

Daise Mae (now Daisy) was picked up by Greyhound Gap from the City Pound early in 2010 as a very sickly puppy. She was abandoned on the streets of Stoke with parvo virus at the age of ten weeks and if it was not for Gap's intervention she would most certainly have died. After extensive veterinary treatment costing several thousand pounds Daisy was fostered with a pack of other lurchers to recover and gain her strength.

Daisy's arrival at Gap - a very poorly puppy

Daisy came to us when she was four months old in April 2010 and life has not been the same since in the the all best possible ways. I work part time so I have had the pleasure of spending lots of time with Daisy and we have had loads of fantastic adventures. We walk twice a day in some fabulous countryside just by our house and there are loads of interesting things to smell, see and chase as well as loads of doggie friends to play with.

Daisy and I have attended obedience classes since last April and she has swiftly moved through the kennel Club scheme as she is such a smart cookie and we are now working towards her Gold award. We have also just started agility classes on Saturday mornings, which she is taking to like a duck to water.

Sleepy Daisy

Daisy is such a mix of characters all rolled in to one she constantly keeps me guessing and on my toes. Daisy is a fabulous companion and every day she makes me laugh out loud at something she gets up to. She has brought joy and happiness to my life and enriched it in a whole variety of ways and I would not be without her for the world. Someone's loss for abandoning her is most definitely my gain and every day I thank Lisa and Greyhound Gap for bringing her into my life.

Getting ready for the beach at Talacre

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Rehoming Jimmer by Dawn Stickler

In 2007 we decided to try fostering, after discussions with Lisa and Angela about our routines and our current dogs likes and dislikes, Jimmer came to us as our first foster.  He slotted into our family and our lives like he’d always been with us, Lisa had taken on board everything we’d told her and found us the perfect match. Unfortunately Jimmer was too perfect and we decided to adopt him!

Cool Jimmer

Since then our nervous little lurcher girl has been transformed into a much more confident hound, our older dog who was accepting that he was getting old has decided that he’s not ready to get old just yet and me and my boy have discovered obedience and agility training, we’ll never win any awards but we have so much fun.

Athletic Jimmer

I’ve also met loads of new friends through Gap who have been incredibly supportive. I may never foster again but our family has gained the most handsome daft as a plank funny lurcher you could ever wish to meet and our family is so much happier because of him and Gap.

Snowy Jimmer

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