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Jane runs again for trailies on October 4th

PLEASE SUPPORT JANE CRAVEN MARATHON IN AID OF TRAILHOUND WELFARE

I am running my first (and my last) marathon on 4th Oct 2015 in Chester. It has been a something I have dreamt of doing since watching the London Marathon as a child but being useless and sport and being a bit of a couch potato it has always seemed an impossible dream. Well it must have been a midlife crisis that galvanised me to attempt to do this. It has been a long time in training – I started running 4 years ago and having completed 3 half marathons it is time to do the big one. Though the hounds could do this in at least a couple of hours it will take me much a lot longer!!  I have 6 hours before they take the finish line down so I want to cross it before then (it will be close as I am anticipating it will take be aroud 5:45 – 6 hours according to my current training times). It will be the last because I have really not enjoyed the training and have struggled to find the time to fit this in around work and because I don’t think my limbs will let me (especially my knee).

Please support Jane to achieve her dream and support our trailies by donating at https://www.gofundme.com/y34krmnk

Update: Jane ran the marathon in 5 hours and 25 minutes. WELL DONE. At the moment, she has raised £265 for Trailhound Welfare but there is still time to donate if you follow the link above.

Thank you to the Mark family of Cumwhitton

Lakeland Trailhound Welfare would like to extend its sincere condolences to Alice Mark and her family, on hearing that David Mark passed away recently. 4 generations of the Mark family are involved in hound trailing and many people will remember their hound Summer Flight who was senior champion in the BHTA in 2003, 2004 and 2005. At the recent church service, donations were invited on behalf of Lakeland Trailhound Welfare and the sum of £650 was raised. We would like to thank everyone who contributed as that is an incredible donation for a small organisation such as ours. We are a small charity that is run entirely with volunteers so the money will all go towards the care of hounds before they go into their new homes.

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Eileen Robinson

12/05/2015. I think many people have now heard that Eileen Robinson has now retired Cold Fell Eileenfrom Lakeland Trailhound Welfare due to ill health. I know that everyone, trailers and adopters alike, will all remember Eileen for her utter dedication and passion in homing retired trailhounds for almost 20 years. She has been instrumental in the successful rehoming of over 1,000 hounds.

Eileen is not currently able to email or speak to all her well-wishers, but I know we are all thinking positive thoughts for her and her family, and hope that she is able to make a full recovery.

We are planning a rather wonderful retirement gift for Eileen. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed and we will let you know in due course what gifts we have bought her.

Over the years, Eileen built up contacts with a number of reputable rehoming centres all over the country that were able to help us to find wonderful new homes. She always had very high standards about where she sent hounds. Thanks to the reputation she built up, we have been continuing the rehoming since her illness in mid-January. We will carry on privately homing hounds as well as sending them to other centres. Please do not hesitate to contact Sue Lloyd if you have any questions or if you have a trailhound to rehome. Before her illness, Eileen had been discussing retiring this year and it has always been her dearest wish that the rehoming continues. Let’s make it happen!

October 2015. Thank you to everyone who donate towards Eileen’s gifts. We commissioned 2 paintings of Eileen and Keith’s hounds, Matty Brown & Jimmy Brown. We also bought a number of other gifts for her. Please keep Eileen in your thoughts.

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Donations – thank-you!

Thank you to Ann & Ian Bell who donated £100 to Trailhound Welfare in May 2015.

At the Helton trails in April 2014, Ann & Ian Bell very kindly donated £120 to Trailhound Welfare from money raised at practice trails at Grayrigg over the winter.

At the 2012 May Day trails at Kirkstone, we were presented with a cheque for £120. Thank-you to Ann & Ian Bell for raising the money at the winter trials.

Noah gets muddy for Make a Wish and Trailhound Welfare!

WELL DONE, NOAH!! 8 year old supporter Noah completed the GELT GLADIATOR family mile on 16th May 2015.
He took part in order to raise money for “The Lakeland Trailhound Welfare” and the “Make a Wish foundation UK”.

If you would like to support Noah, please go to his Just Giving page HERE which will remain open until the end of May 2015. Click pictures to enlarge.

Lassie & Millie

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Paddy takes his Bronze Good Citizen test at Crufts!

Paddy at Crufts March 15Lovely Paddy, who retired to the Malvern Hills area in 2013, went to Crufts this year with his training group, The Happy Dog Training Co. Along with a number of other dogs from his club, Paddy was there to take his Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Bronze award. Paddy passed with flying colours and took all the excitement in his stride. Well done Paddy and his owner Michele! Click photo to enlarge.

Fundraising & volunteers – we need your help!

HELPERS NEEDED IN CUMBRIA  Do you live in Cumbria and would you be willing to help out with our fundraising? We do street collections, market stalls and car boot sales and always need helpers. Please contact Sue.

COLLECTION BOXES If you know anywhere that will take one of our collection boxes, please let us know. All money we raise goes directly to helping hounds into good retirement homes.

VOLUNTEERS  We are looking for volunteers for home checking, transport runs and fundraising events. If you would like to be added to our database please contact Sue.

DONATING ITEMS FOR US TO SELL  We do regular car boot sales and tombolas to help raise funds. We are in desperate need of: books, bric-a-brac, soft toys, dog toys and dog related items. We can collect from Worcestershire and Cumbria (or anywhere in between!). Please let us know if you have anything you would like to donate. Feel free to drop off any donations at shows where we have a stall. Thank-you. If you are able to offer any help please email Sue at trailhoundwelfare@hotmail.co.uk or call: 01697 478383 or 07773 252350 Adding your name will not put you under any obligation to do anything if it is not convenient to you.

Running for dogs on 19th October 2014

Please support trailie owner, Jane Craven, who once again is raising money for Worcestershire Animals Rescue Shelter and Trailhound Welfare.  She is running at the Bupa Great Birmingham Run 2014 on the 19th October 2014. In October 2013 Jane did a half marathon to raise funds for  WARS and Trailie Welfare. If you click on the link below, it will take you to the Just Giving page. Although it only mentions WARS, Jane has made an arrangement with them that half the money raised will sponsor the next Trailhounds that we send there (as we always make a donation per hound towards the cost of neutering etc). Jane & Richard have 2 trailhounds, Ben and Zak, that give them immense pleasure.

Please support Jane by donation via the Just Giving page. CLICK HERE TO DONATE

We are very pleased to announce that Jane completed her run and raised a total of £161 for Trailhound Welfare and WARS. Well done, and thank you so much for your support.

Thank you to Alan Wills

Alan Wills from Cumbria has been a supporter and made regular donations to Trailhound Welfare for a number of years. His donations have helped us to get many hounds into retirement homes. Alan has enjoys watching trails from vantage points on the fells. However, he has a confession to make –  he has admitted that he has usually walked straight up onto the fells from the nearest bus stop, and not paid his entrance fee to the trail field! Alan hopes that his “debt” of over 20 years to trailing has been covered by his donations to Trailhound Welfare.  He has been very generous and his latest donation of £200 has already been put to very good use with essential vet bills and rehoming costs this weekend.

Cold Fell Hound Show July 2014

Our supporters turned out in force for a hound show put on at the Cold Fell Hound Trailing Festival. The event raised over £700 for Trailhound Welfare.

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