This events section will be added to on a regular basis so please bookmark it to keep a check on what is going on. We hope to have a number of stalls at events throughout the year. If you would like to be added to my mailing list and informed by email about forthcoming events or want more details, please contact Sue    

Sunday June 2nd - Worcs Animal Rescue Shelter Dog Show. Great event. More details to follow.

Sunday July 7th – Kenilworth Dogs Trust show at  HATTON COUNTRY WORLD, Dark Lane, Hatton CV35 8XA. Gates open at 12 noon.

Sunday August 4th – Leeds Dogs Trust dog show and open day at the kennels. More details to follow.

Sunday 22nd September – Fun Dog Show in Worcester for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Worcester Woods  Countryside Centre. Organised by Brentknoll Veterinary Centre.

 Carol Valvona from Bona Fido Pet Bebaviour & Dog Training organises fund raising  and information stalls at events in Cornwall on behalf of Trailhound Welfare. If you can help Carol at any events, please contact her direct.

Thank-you so much to Carol who raised £450 for Trailhound Welfare in 2012.

Please check in again as events are added regularly

Our thoughts are with everyone in 2012 who lost their beloved trailies. Rainbow Bridge   

Good luck to Farah Trailhound, who was homed in 2012 from Salisbury Dogs Trust, has been taking part in canicross events and doing really well. Farah and her owner Candice, are running the Brecon Beacons Mountain Marathon on the 11^th May 2013 to raise money for the Dogs Trust and Lakeland Trailhound Welfare. To donate online, go to

 www.justgiving.com/farahsfirstultra

We are very pleased and excited to give you the opportunity to buy a limited edition figurine of a trailhound, which can be hand painted to represent your own hound’s colours, or produced in a bronze finish. Lakeland Trailhound Welfare will receive a donation for each figurine sold. More details about prices and ordering here

Rannouch and Taliska are 2 elderly hounds who found themselves in need of a home 4 years ago. TECKELS in Gloucestershire, kindly took them in and made it their mission to find a home that would be able to keep them together. The boys were constantly overlooked by people who thought they were too big and boisterous but all they really wanted was a sofa to call their own! They quickly became the favourites with the staff and volunteer walkers at the kennels and were moved into a luxury kennel with heating and a television to watch. Many a time, after taking them for a walk, I would climb into their kennel, snuggle down on the duvets with them and watch tv with them cuddling up! Finally, just in time for xmas 2010, a lovely lady called Heather who had recently lost her old dog, asked to adopt them. I am so glad to say, they have settled in well. Thank-you so, so much to Teckels Animal Sanctuary  who loved and cherished them and to Joan who never gave up on her vision to find them a home together. Update February 2011: I went to see Rani and Tali in their lovely new home. Heather adores them and they love her. They go for lots of walks and are admired by everyone who meets them. As you can see from the photos, they love their cosy beds and are enjoying their life as pampered pooches. Update August 2011: After 8 wonderful months being loved and pampered by Heather and her family, dear Rannouch, aged 15,  passed away after a short illness. He was a very special hound who was lucky to have been adopted by such a dedicated family. Heather adopted another hound a few weeks previously, called Joe, as she knew Taliska would be very lonely when Rannouch was no longer with them.

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If you have ever wondered what your trailhound used to do before coming to live with you, we have a selection of trailing photos HERE 

Thank-you to Steve Miller for letting us use his pictures.

Anne, who is one of our supporters in the Herts/Bucks area, has a compact set of display boards complete with information about adopting a trailhound. If anyone knows of an event where the boards could be put to good use, Anne is happy to lend them out. Please contact Sue initially and I will put you in touch.

Danni and proud owner, Dave, flew the flag for trailhounds and Pets As Therapy at the 02 Arena and Wembley in March. Danni and Dave found each other at Harefield Dogs Trust and have an amazing close bond. They survived a car crash together and helped each other to recover over a period of many months. Danni became a PAT dog and regularly visits hospitals. We have added new pictures and story of Danni doing his PAT work on his page in the Gallery.

I hope that you all like our new look website. It would not have been possible without the help of trailie owner and graphic designer, Richard Nicholls. Richard has also been patiently showing me how to update pages. Please be patient while I transfer over all your gallery stories. This will be a great opportunity for you to send in updated stories and pictures of your hounds. Email to sue@trailhoundwelfare.org.uk We welcome your feedback about our new website.

Looking for a special present? Visit Mary Ann Rogers website for some beautiful paintings, prints, cards and gifts featuring hounds. They are, in fact, Border foxhounds but you can see a strong resemblance to our lean, leggy trailies!