RGT South Lakes, Cumbria Greyhound Rescue - Retired Greyhounds make great pets

GREYHOUND RESCUE
Fostering Greyhounds in the South Lake District, Cumbria

Blue (2)
is looking for a new home

Blue arrived on Monday 7th June 2010 and is currently looking for a new home.
Telephone 015395 52394 or email if you would like to rehome Blue
or one of the other Greyhounds who are currently looking for homes.

Blue's arrival and a brief history
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Blue is a handsome 9 year old ex-racing greyhound who has been in racing kennels all his life until he came into foster care where he is enjoying the relaxed pace of life and all the cuddles he can get . He is blue in colour, house trained, neutered, inoculated and microchipped. Blue is sometimes a little nervous in new situations, which is not surprising now he’s in the 'big outside world', but this is reducing. He travels well in the car, walks nicely on the lead and from what we see so far he is okay with other breeds of dogs, but this is still being assessed.

Blue's Diary

7th June 2010

11th June 2010
Stuart was out this morning so Blue was left downstairs for the first time with the other greyhounds while I did the guest bedrooms. Normally the first time this happens we get a little cry, whimper or more! Not Blue, not a sound, he just lay in the kitchen and went to sleep only stirring to greet me as I came back in again when I'd finished my work.
Blue can jump - when our guests in room 1 arrived back this afternoon Sandy ran up the garden to say hello. His actions alerted the others something interesting was happening and because Sandy began to bark I walked up the bank to bring him back - he can greet quietly, but if he barks he comes back in the house listening to my grumbles so misses out on all the attention the others receive. As I was walking up the garden to get him Blue jumped the fence onto the balcony to say hello, jumped it as if it wasn't there. He's the first dog in two years to do so. It's not an easy fence because they have to go down a bank to get to it, it has spikes on the top and the otherside has plants in tubs and a marble step for people to sit on. Plenty of things to deter a jumper but obviously not Blue. Just hope Sandy doesn't learn that trick!
12th June 2010
This morning while I was talking to our guest I mentioned Blue jumping the fence because I missed it. One minute he was top of the bank and the next he was on the balcony - I only blinked, but I missed what happened, and we needed to know to amend the fencing to prevent it happening again. Our guest mentioned he hadn't seen where Blue was when he jumped because he was side-on to him but he thought he might have leapt from the top of the bank rather than from just the other side of the fence.
14th June 2010
Blue has made no attempt to jump the fence over into room 1 balcony again since the other night and now stands very gingerly in front of it to say hello to the guests. Thinking about it, we think he thought it a low fence on flat ground and hadn't realised it was down a bank, a bit higher than what it was and with a drop at the other side. His cautiousness around it now, along with the fact he looked so dazed when I took him off the balcony makes us believe this may be the case.
17th June 2010
Blue has made friends with our guests staying in room 1 and can often be seen standing by the fence accepting a 'gravy bone' biscuit, which he's decided are rather nice.
21st June 2010
Blue has been a little subdued and 'clingy' today not wanting to leave Stuart's side and following him every where he goes.
25th June 2010
Since having Blue we've noticed he sometimes tries to scratch the underside of his tummy or his side. He
has a small mark on his tummy so we thought this was agravating him while it healed. At first I thought he may have fleas although I couldn't see anything, but we flread him anyway. This morning he was doing it again and this time we noticed his hair disturbed where he'd been trying to chew it.

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In our garden
16th June 2010

.. and again...

.... and again.

If you can give Blue his forever home please contact us - details above