ALICE (named for racing as Coolemount Lady)
Colour/sex: Black Female
Date of birth: 29.06.2001
Last recorded owner: Mr.Declan Merriman
Last recorded trainer: Mr.Nigel Saunders
Races contended: 34
Stadium: Belle Vue
Last recorded race: 19.07.2005
Came to AfG: November 2011
ALICE (named by AfG)
Came into the care of AfG after being removed from the squalor she was not living – but merely existing in. She waited most of her life to be cared for with the love and respect she so deserved.
When Alice came to AfG her teeth were badly rotten from extreme dental disease, with ulcerated gums and mouth(among the worst dental disease our vet had so far seen), infested with fleas and worms and with severe hair loss over almost half of her body. This was not caused by days or weeks of neglect and abuse, but from years.
Firstly made more comfortable by a soothing bath and parasite treatment, fed several daily meals of nourishing food, Alice was able to have her much needed dental and to be spayed.
She was not microchipped and there was no sign she had been used for breeding, so for what purpose she was kept at a filthy kennel, to endure a lonely existence, we will never understand.
Alice gradually settled into a loving family home with the company of other rescued hounds.
With proper care and veterinary treatment and being able to eat better, Alice improved gradually on a daily basis and over the months which followed.
We will never know why this docile, affectionate greyhound was deprived of a loving family home at age 4 when no longer of use as a money making racing commodity, as when AfG made inquiries to the GBGB, we were constantly fed a pack of lies and cover ups and when her last registered trainer (who kept her at his property until late 2011) was contacted by AfG he claimed he could not even recollect ‘that dog’.
Sadly, Nigel Saunders has evaded being prosecuted for cruelty, neglect, abuse and suffering to a greyhound in his ‘care’.
It was apparent that Alice was not familiar with a home environment, but she quickly realized she could have the freedom to relax in a comfortable house and to roam at her leisure in a large garden.
Alice often accompanied AfG with other hounds on many of our events and was loved by so many people.
So she went on, in her twilight years to experience a life full of adventure, love and respect with the company of other rescued hounds and her devoted carers.
Photos below show the state of Alice when rescued, 23 rotten teeth so loose they basically fell out during her operation and the dilapidated building she was kept in.
