{"id":490884,"date":"2026-01-04T03:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490884\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T03:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:36:30","slug":"overlooked-rescue-dog-finally-rehomed-after-1000-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490884\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked rescue dog finally rehomed after 1,000 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765809022_894_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0d44d630-e7b4-11f0-a9a9-656bea93e33b.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Woodside Animal Welfare Trust Nine people stood together outside with the greyhound dog, Bobby, at the centre. The dog is wearing a blue coat. The volunteers, stood either side of Peter Hart, are wearing red coats. Peter is wearing a black coat. They are all smiling at the camera.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Woodside Animal Welfare Trust<\/p>\n<p>Woodside Animal Welfare Trust said the greyhound, called Bobby, had been at the rescue since February 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">After more than 1,000 days at an animal sanctuary, a rescue dog has been rehomed after being &#8220;repeatedly overlooked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Woodside Animal Welfare Trust in Plymouth said the greyhound called Bobby arrived at the sanctuary in February 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Staff at the sanctuary said they feared the ex-racing dog was about to spend another year in the kennel after 1,064 days there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The trust said Bobby and his new owner Peter Hart, an experienced dog owner, instantly &#8220;hit it off&#8221; and he was taken to his new home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765809022_894_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16ecc2b0-e7b4-11f0-a9a9-656bea93e33b.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Woodside Animal Welfare Trust Bobby, a dark coloured greyhound, lying on a cream coloured sofa under a multi-coloured blanket\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Woodside Animal Welfare Trust<\/p>\n<p>Bobby had seen lots of rescue dogs come and go during his time at the sanctuary<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mr Hart said he wanted to give Bobby a home as soon as he saw a photo of the six-year-old dog.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;When I found out he&#8217;d been here for three years I couldn&#8217;t believe it, that&#8217;s a long time for a dog to be in kennels,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I came up to meet Bobby and we seemed to get on alright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We went and sat in his kennel&#8230; it took him a few minutes and then he jumped up on the couch and flumped on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The trust said Bobby watched hundreds of dogs come and go since he arrived at Woodside and was repeatedly overlooked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It added: &#8220;His colour, age and a common misperception that greyhounds need lots of exercise, were all factors that prevented Bobby finding his forever home &#8211; plus an unwillingness to share his toys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Senior manager Debbie Haynes said it was the happiest news staff could have wished for before the New Year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We are over-the-moon,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been waiting such a long time for Bobby to find a wonderful home and we are so delighted that he finally has.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woodside Animal Welfare Trust Woodside Animal Welfare Trust said the greyhound, called Bobby, had been at the rescue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":490885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-490884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115834741576601168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}