PATCH (No:1) (named for racing as Flax Chief)
Sex/colour: Male White (with a small blue patch)
D.O.B: 28.09.1996
Last recorded Owner: Mr. K. Brown
Last recorded trainer: not found
Races contended: 2
Satadium: Yarmouth
Last recorded race: 05.05.1999
Came to AfG: mid 2006
PATCH (No1) named by AfG.
Came into our care from a boarding kennels.
We were contacted by adult social services that two elderly brothers one
suffering ill health, the other with mental health issues, had kept two
un neutered male Greyhounds in kennels built inside their house.
They had been let out to be fed and one had attacked the other, leaving
the black male Greyhound with severe injuries, social services quickly
arrived at the property, the black Greyhound had come off worst and was
immediately taken to the vets while Patch had only superficial injuries.
For the safety of the men and Patch, he was placed into a private
boarding kennels.
The elder of the brothers, was not able to carry on caring for his
brother or the dogs and for sometime had been checked on by social care
services, so the older brother agreed social services could make
arrangement to place Patch into a rescue center.
They had no luck until they contacted AfG.
We gained as much information as we were able to from the older brother
who was suffering with dementia and from the care givers who made
welfare visits to the home.
It appeared the brothers used to race Greyhounds and for the past
several years had kept 2 remaining ones in kennels built in the back of
their house.
It appears the brothers had memory issues, meaning they could not
remember if/when the dogs had been fed, so when let out of the kennels a
fight broke out between the two Greyhounds after finding a piece of toast.
We had a suitable foster home for Patch and made the foster carer aware
of what had happened, we felt the aggression only occurred from the two
Greyhounds being ravenous for food, so hoped Patch would have no further
aggression issues.
There were some issues with Patch, with sleep startle and being
protective over his food, so it was agreed between AfG and the foster
carer that at age 10 and with these issues, that he could stay in his
foster home as a permanent foster hound with AfG covering the cost of
his care.
The foster carer had a small holding with rescued horses and goats and a
big paddock where Patch could run freely, so he was happy in this
environment.
Once settled Patch was neutered.
He continued to be happy and settled and did not seem to mind being an
only dog.
( The black male Greyhound made a full recovery after his extensive
veterinary treatment and he found a rescue placement who were soon able
to find him a loving forever home).
Photos below, show Patch when picked up from boarding kennels an on his
walk at his foster home.
Photos above show Patch happy, healthy and settled and him featured on
the AfG 2011 calendar in his very senior years, photoed by Greyhound Watch.
