{"id":103871,"date":"2024-12-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/lismoretimes\/?p=103871"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:25:35","slug":"sunday-fun-day-for-rescued-hounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/lismoretimes\/living\/sunday-fun-day-for-rescued-hounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday fun day for rescued hounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL not-for-profit Friends of the Hound (FOTH) is urging dog lovers to consider adopting or fostering a greyhound this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Once a week, rescued greyhounds and their humans from across the region convene to socialise and play. Friendships have been formed, both human and hound.<\/p>\n<p>Owner of three rescues, May Tompson, said it was a wonderful group to be part of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had heard about FOTH when searching for a new dog,&#8221; Tompson said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/12\/IMG_4421_57186.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This beauty is ready to play with fellow hounds. Photo: MAHALIA ASHFORTH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our staffie had died, and we wanted a completely different dog as there were so many memories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frank, our first rescue hound, was an absolute dream dog. Just beautiful, but when we first got him, we could barely touch him for the first year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of the dogs have trauma from their experiences. Then we got Sophie as a companion and were hooked,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Friends of the Hound founder Lisa White was first inspired in 2002 by a timid blue hound at Tweed Shire Pound.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/12\/IMG_4609_57160.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chilling out watching the antics in the park. Photo: MAHALIA ASHFORTH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The White family has since rescued and fostered hundreds of greyhounds, living in harmony with young kids, other dogs, cats, horses, and chickens on a small, rural acreage.<\/p>\n<p>Zada inspired White to help more dogs, and in May 2003, she formed the Friends of the Hound Greyhound Adoption Group with help from Friends of the Pound (Tweed) Inc.<\/p>\n<p>FOTH takes dogs from owners, breeders and trainers all over NSW, ACT and QLD and rescues them from pounds, shelters and veterinary clinics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/12\/IMG_4625_57205.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boomer and his human checking out the scene. Photo: MAHALIA ASHFORTH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Greyhounds are still being bred, caged, raced, injured, doped and routinely discarded or killed due to a commercial gambling industry,&#8221; the organisation said.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend social group has grown organically over the last 18 months and comprises six or seven families and a dozen dogs who meet regularly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The group just grew by word of mouth, we never advertised or put it up on social media,&#8221; Tompson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some neighbours saw us walking our dogs, and we got chatting, and they were inspired to adopt too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106225\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-106225\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/12\/Screenshot2024-12-17_69452_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founder of Friends of the Hound Lisa White and friends. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re from all over the shire \u2013 Murwillumbah, Dunbible, Condong, Stokers Siding and other parts of the Tweed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to get together, and we always need more people who are willing to adopt,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The FOTH adoptive and foster parent register is at capacity. For more information on the charity and adopting or fostering, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofthehound.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">friendsofthehound.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL not-for-profit Friends of the Hound (FOTH) is urging dog lovers to consider adopting or fostering a greyhound this holiday season. Once a week, rescued greyhounds and their humans from across the region convene to socialise and play. Friendships have been formed, both human and hound. 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