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Foster Homes Needed
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Hi All Well this is my first post as Fostering Coordinator (so be gentle!) This is really an appeal for more foster homes. At the moment GAL have very few foster homes and we desperately need more. The value of a foster home to GAL is huge and dogs from foster homes have a much better chance of settling in...
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Fostering FAQ's
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How long will I have my foster dog for? - It depends, a foster can last for a matter of days, weeks or even months. It really all depends on the nature of the dog and the level of interested or suitable permanent homes we have for him.
Do I have any say in where my foster dog goes? - Whilst input from our foste...
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What do GAL provide?
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All new foster homes will receive a GAL 'adoption ' pack. This contains the essentials to get you started!
The foster pack contains a collor & lead, coat and muzzle. Bedding and food can also be provided but that does depend on availability. If require GAL will also provide an indoor kenn...
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How to Apply?
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Simple, if you have an existing GAL rescued dog then you would have already been through the application and Home Check procedures, this means you are ALREADY qualified as a GAL foster parent..
If you don't own a GAL dog then you must first fill in a fostering application form, once receiv...
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What is required from a foster home?
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GAL house all their homeless dogs either in Kennels or Foster Homes prior to them going to their new permanent homes. Our foster homes provide us with the opportunity to fully assess the dog in a home environment, it also gives the dog the perfect opportunity to start adjusting to the home environment...
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Bailey needs a home
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Hi, I recently meet some lovely people at GAL can collecting day and hope that you could help me to rehome my own dog Bailey. I adopted him 6 weeks ago and he settled in fine on most counts, but does not get on with one of my other dogs. He is about 2 1/2 years old but he is a big boy! He gets on fine with the othe...
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Old Greyhound needs a Foster Home
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Hi All
This is a special appeal for a Foster Home.
We have an old male greyhound, we think he is approx 10 or 11, and we need to find him a nice warm foster home. He is currently in kennels and with winter fast approaching we need to move him out of there.
Because of his age we know that he may be difficult...
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WHY FOSTER APPEALS?
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Hi Folks, I thought I'd explain what I intend to use this particular part of the forum for. GAL operates in the following way, we have a large number of kennels and permanent foster homes spread all over the country, due to the large numbers of dogs we have to cope with we're usually somewhere in the regio...
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Urgent Foster Appeal for Hailey
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I am reluntant to ask for a lovely lurcher girl at the Bothwell SSPCA - as we have so many other dogs just waiting to come in. However, due to a sudden increase of dogs - we have run out of time for Hailey. She has been at the kennels since January and just hasn't shown herself very well. I am looking for a tempo...
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CAPTAIN & PENNY
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Folks, this is an urgent foster appeal, if anyone can take a 5yr old black male Greyhound called Captain we could really do with your help right now, we have till midday Saturday 5th May to find a suitable place for him to go, if you can help out in any way please email dave@gal.org.uk His kennel mate Pen...
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TESS
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Tess needs an urgent foster home, she was homed by GAL last weekend and now her new 'owner' doesn't want her anymore, I need this wee girl moved ASAP, she's 4 yrs old, Greyhound Collie X, not neutered, fine with kids and other dogs, can be left by herself all day and has excellent recall...
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FREE BEER
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Apologies for title of this post - Received a call from a vets this morning, a young female Greyhound was handed into be PTS by her trainer, she's Black & White in colour, aged 4 years & 5 months, female, not neutered and just lovely apparently. Her racing name was ''FREE BEER'' - This dog...
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Well here it is....
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.....yes, GAL NEED YOU!
As we draw towards the end of 2006 it's time to reflect on another very successful year for ALL our foster homes, we've managed to home SO many dogs in 2006 from foster homes, it makes my job so much easier. Dogs in foster homes are so much easier to assess then place with the right...
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Urgent Foster - Broken Hock
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Folks, real urgent foster time, I've a Greyhound that broke it's hock during a race at 8pm this evening, the dog is still with it's trainer. Plan of action is to get it to a vet tomorrow for treatment and from there I'm looking for a foster home where it can re-cooperate for a few months till i...
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FOSTER HOMES NEEDED!
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Well, anyone fancy fostering??....We've had a bit of a spate of foster famlies keeping their dogs in the last few months (you may have noticed!) so GAL are now down to 9 foster homes.. ....this time last year we had 25!..CAN YOU HELP? It's such a worthwhile thing to do. For more info please email da...
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FOSTER HOMES NEEDED!!!!
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Hi Folks, just figured a general appeal for new foster homes was on the cards, I've 6 nice male dogs all needing moved within the next week to 10 days and as usual no place to put them assistance with them, even temporarily would be a huge help to them and GAL, if you need more info or would like t...
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BLIND GEORGIE
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Sorry folks but it's heart string tugging time....
GAL have recently added 9 new dogs to our books, we'll call them the 'Clydebank Nine'. I'll cut a long story short and simply say we have 9 Greyhounds currently living in a number of small garden sheds in Clydebank which need our help.
We've been li...
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MURPHY
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Hi Folk's last throw of the dice for Murphy, mentioned in an earlier foster appeal but haven't managed to move him yet, his time is up on Wednesday (2nd August) and I really need a place for him!
Murphy is a 7yr old 'Lurcher', GAL rehomed him 4 years ago but due to a change in personal circumstance he's ba...
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GENERAL APPEAL!
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Hi Folk's this is just a general appeal for some new / temporary foster homes!!...June, sadly, has been another fairly slow month for GAL so the homeless dogs are mounting up again, we've a number of dogs needing to come into our care in the next 3 or 4 weeks so I thought I'd give this a go and see where it lea...
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HOLIDAY APPEAL 8thJULY
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Hi and sorry to be so bold....I have never done anything like this before......I am mum to a lurcher called Denver ..we are going on holiday next Sunday early ....have just called the kennels i had arranged to leave him in but through some mix up....sighs ...he is not booked in and they cannot take him. H...
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ZAK
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OK Folks, I have a very special dog in need of a very special foster home, I'll say it's a young male (neutered) Greyhound. He has some behavioural issues which need to be resolved fully before GAL can happily rehome him. I need a foster home for him with no kids and ideally no dogs (OK, 1 very very quiet one...
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KAISER
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Kaiser is a 10 month old bundle of fun, sweetness and hard work! Beardie Collie / Greyhound cross. He's a bouncy boy and needs a foster home quickly. He's fine with other dogs and not too bad with cats (although VERY playful with them) He's a jumpy bouncy lad so no toddlers I'm afraid. I'd expect his new fo...
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LENNI
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LENNI is our latest needy foster appeal. He's a 15 month old Greyhound pup currently housed in a council kennels in Fife, they asked GAL's assistance in rehoming him 6 weeks ago, sadly we've yet to find a home for him and his time is running short in the kennels. You can see Lenni's piccy on our main websit...
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IVAN
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Hi Folks, strange foster appeal this - and a very temporary one too (hopefully) If you look on the main GAL website you'll all see a lovely lurcher boy called IVAN. He's a typical lazy lucher boy, fine with kids and dogs, not sure how he is around cats, he's neutered. Ivan's current owner is going abroad t...
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VERY URGENT APPEAL
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Folks, urgent appeal now, I have a 4yr old male Greyhound being dropped off at the walk in Glasgow this Sunday (2nd) at 11:30. At the moment I have no where for him to go. He's small/average sized, really nice natured, neutered, fine with other dogs and children but not cat friendly, he's been living in a...
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BRYN
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Bryn is a Greyhound bitch aged 7 months old, dogsafe, kidsafe, catsafe, not much basic training but hey, she's just a puppy! GAL needs to find a foster home for her in the next 7 days. To be honest with her good looks she'll not be in foster too long...If you can help please email david@gal.org.uk
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BESS
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Hi Folks, well as we get into 2006 the inevitable has happened, GAL have taken on 9 new dogs THIS WEEK, teach me to rest on my laurels so to speak. We're struggling to cope with these new arrivals but are managing, fraid the 10th new dog has tipped us over the edge and as it's vitally urgent the dog is moved AS...
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Hello from KEERA
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This is Keera, she's an 18 month old Saluki Cross Bitch, her current owners have asked for her to be surrendered to GAL due to house training issues, we beleive she's actually got some medical problems that need to be dealt with urgently. We'll be unable to get her to a vet for a proper check up until she go...
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Tess
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Hi Folks, this is more of a request rather than an urgent appeal. GAL rehomed a lovely rough coat lurcher girl called TESS 2 years ago, she'll be around 5yrs old now. TESS lives in Paisley with her owner and her owners elderly mum, as her owner works full time the mum looks after TESS during the day....
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Uri & Mickey
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Hi Folks - hopefully you will have all read my '28 Greyhounds' post in the 'Important News' section of this forum. I promised a 'no holds barred' foster appeal and here it is.
You'll all know the circumstances these dog were brought into the care of the SPCA (if you don't, read the other post!) Of the 17...
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