Where are they now? Catching up with some fabulous foster friends!

As many of you know, we have been very lucky to have fostered 14 greyhounds, alongside our own boy, Niko, over the last two or more years. Every sweet soul has been an absolute privilege to have stay in our home and we have learnt so much from them. It has been beautiful (and, at times, heart-breaking) to share their personal journeys of finding their forever homes! We feel extremely blessed to be in contact with our foster greyhounds’ families and so, today, we thought we would share with you how some of them are doing now, particularly as so many of you have followed their stories along the way! Read on to see what each happily ever after had in store for every spectacular snoot…

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Name: Zoe (now named Kuro!)
Date of fostering: March – April 2020
Adoptive home’s location: Romford, Essex
Her new family members: Her lovely human mum and her feline brother, Harry. Plus, she has regular visits from other family members on the weekend!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Roaching on the settee, walkies at the park with her best friend (Nelly the pug) and the grandchildren playing with her in the garden (including in the paddling pool)!

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Name: Suzie
Date of fostering: April – May 2020
Adoptive home’s location: Burgess Hill, Sussex
Her new family members: Her human parents and her four human siblings. Plus, her two greyhound siblings (Breeze and Goofy)!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Sleeping, walkies and sausages!

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Name: Molly
Date of fostering: May – June 2020
Adoptive home’s location: Chelmsford, Essex
Her new family members: Her lovely human mummy. Plus lots of extended family, including her mum’s two year-old grandson!
Her three favourite things about retired life: One to one attention, having a cosy settee all to herself and sharing her mum’s bed (as well as lots of treats and love)!

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Name: Speedy (now named Zorro!)
Date of fostering: July – September 2020
Adoptive home’s location: Flintshire, North Wales
His new family members: His fabulous human mum! And two human siblings in other cities who he goes to visit.
His three favourite things about retired life: His harem of ladies who give him cuddles/treats on his walkies, riding with his mum in the car and snoozing on the sofa!

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Name: Jenny
Date of fostering: November – December 2020
Adoptive home’s location: Cheam, Surrey
Her new family members: Her human parents, plus her two human sisters!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Lots of cuddles with the family, playing with her new toys and meeting new human/doggy friends! Food is also always her number one favourite thing!

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Name: Bridie
Date of fostering: January – February 2021
Adoptive home’s location: Hornchurch, Essex
Her new family members: Her human parents, her two human siblings and her cockapoo brother, Boris!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Undoubtedly, cuddles are her number one! Her parents say they’ve never had a more tactile, affectionate dog. Secondly, she loves belonging to their pack, as she wants to be involved in everything! Finally, she loves exploring the world – everyday is an adventure for Bridie! (Oh, and of course treats… She loves to be rewarded for being a good girl!)

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Name: Penny
Date of fostering: March – May 2021
Adoptive home’s location: Tooting, London
Her new family members: Her lovely human parents!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Cuddles and scritches (preferably from both of her humans at the same time), going for walkies and seeing all her neighbourhood friends (dogs and humans) and her special chaser tug toy, which she goes absolutely bananas at every time she sees!

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Name: Suggs
Date of fostering: July – August 2021
Adoptive home’s location: Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
His new family members: His human parents, his two human brothers and his greyhound brother, Taylor (who he is inseparable from now!).
His three favourite things about retired life: Walkies, food and the sofa!

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Name: Penny (now named Quinny!)
Date of fostering: September – October 2021
Adoptive home’s location: Frinton-On-Sea, Essex
Her new family members: Her human mum and dad, as well as her two greyhound siblings (Roscoe and Tiny).
Her three favourite things about retired life: She loves everything! But her most favourite things are her new family, her colourful pyjamas and all her toys (which she spends so much time playing with and carrying them around the home). She also loves to be nosy and investigate everything with a sniff!

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Name: Apple
Date of fostering: January 2022
Adoptive home’s location: Dagenham, Essex
Her new family members: Her lovely human mummy, her human uncle and her fabulous greyhound brother, Bowie!
Her three favourite things about retired life: Snoozing, eating and dishing out kisses!

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Wow! Isn’t it just fantastic to see how happy these snoots are with their forever families? We are also thrilled to say that Danielle, Max and Dasher are also living their best lives in their homes too! Thank you to every greyhound’s lovely adoptive humans, for giving them the very best lives that they so deserve. Also, thank you to every reader who has supported them along the way!

Many people often tell us that they could never foster because they could never stand to let a dog leave. But, when I look back over this post with the BIGGEST smile on my face, I know in my heart that the initial sadness over a foster dog leaving our home and going on their merry way is always, always worth it. We are so proud of them all.

As I write this, my husband and I are fostering a gorgeous girl called Lucky, so watch this space for her own very special story…

Until next time…

Love and snoot kisses,

Berry x