My name is Marc Forsyth and my partner Pat Allsop and I have shared our lives with rescue dogs for many years. Our journey with foxhounds began in 2017, after we lost our Great Dane and were looking for a companion for our rescue Beagle. After a long search, we found Foxhound Welfare, which proved to be the start of a life-changing experience for us.

Because we were living in North East Scotland at the time, the adoption process took a little extra effort, involving videos of our home, many phone calls, and visits to meet the hounds. Through this careful process, we were matched with an older foxhound who had previously been a stray. He was an incredible character — clever, fast, and a master escape artist — and while he came with some behavioural challenges, he taught us so much about patience, understanding, and the unique nature of foxhounds. He quickly became well known in our neighbourhood and very much part of our family.

Over the years, Pat and I have become more involved with foxhound rescue and have helped by fostering a number of hounds as they adjusted from kennel life to living in a home environment. Each foster hound went on to find a permanent, loving home, and we found fostering to be both rewarding and educational. Having ongoing support and guidance throughout made a huge difference, especially when challenges arose. We are happy to pass on our experiences to anyone wanting more information. 

My name is Jackie Wallace, I am owned by one border collie, a bloodhound and a BSD x

. I have had foxhound and collies for a number of years. I was actually brought back from the hospital with border collies in the house.

My passion for Foxhounds started when I began working at a vet practise. Our head vet would bring hounds in for treatment from our local hunt. I started to look into the breed, finding mixed views on the World Wide Web about having them as “pets”. Not to be put off by this idea, I looked into it further, finding a breeder who shared similar views to myself. I decided to start finding out more about this wonderful active breed.

That was it I was hooked...

Having had collies for years, I understand that not every breed suits every person or family. Given a chance to win over your heart, the Foxhound will become very much a loving and loved family member.

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My first hound was an unwanted ten month old black and tan bitch, which I named Penny. She hadn't been given the training time or care she needed. So much so her family decided to leave her out side while they went out, and even managed to run her back end over with their car.

This resulted in Penny needing around 3" of her tail removed when she came to me. This had resulted because the family had taped her tail up with duck tape! She came with a long list of problems which were mainly due to the fact that she had had no training from a early age.

Anyway, now at middle age, Penny has become a fine member of my family and has helped with the rehabilitation of many other hounds.

I planned to set up a rescue and advice service for those people that may need help with their Foxhounds. The breed does have a few common problems, especially when little to no research into the bread has been done before getting one.

This is what this site hopes to help with.

Educate, rescue, re-train, treat and re-home foxhounds.