On behalf of Celia and Jimmy and all the Volunteers at Greyhound Rescue Fife We would like to thank Douglas Stewart and the Capital Management & Regulatory Reporting team for all their hard work at the kennels on Thursday the 9th September 2010.

Below is a report of their day.

Capital Management & Regulatory Reporting:
Gone to the dogs….
10 animal friendly members of the Group Finance Capital Management and Regulatory headed north to Baltree Kennels, Gairneybank to spend the day assisting the volunteers of Greyhound Rescue Fife.

The day started with some colleagues meeting in the Canteen prior to heading off in convoy over the Bridge. We all met up at approx 10am and were given a short talk from Jimmy Fernie (co-founder of GRF) on the background of GRF and the increasing numbers of dogs available for rescue – approx 10,000 per year are ‘surplus’ to trainers requirements.

Then it was inside to meet the dogs, and the regular volunteers, and of course Celia Fernie (the major driving force behind GRF), and have a cup of tea and a biscuit before starting our interesting day.

We had brought with us 78 large tins of dog food as a result of a collection we had which netted £95. Which we were delighted to hand over after meeting all the dogs in residence at Baltree Kennels

The jobs were split into 2 main categories – those for the boys (the heavy stuff) and those for the girls, the easier jobs)…Pause here for the howls of derision from the female readers.

The kennels were still being cleaned out and with 40+ dogs it does take time, as does the job of walkies (with poop scooping!). The route was twice round the boundaries of the kennels and back to the main building – apparently 3 laps equals 1 mile in distance.

With this in full swing the rest of us started on preparing a bit of the pathway near the kennels. This involved clearing areas of overgrown ground, covering the ground with weed suppressant membrane and then covering this membrane with chuckies. When we arrived there was 2 tonnes of chuckies to get started work on and just after we had used them up, a lorry arrived with a further 10 tonnes!!

With the first round of dog walking done, it was pretty much time for lunch (both us and the dogs!). This is where our gift of dog food came into its own!

Once lunch was over it was back to the path (but this time girls could take part!), lapping the boundaries and a new task of fence painting!

The day came to an end at around 15:45 when we got a chance to admire our handy work and say a fond farewell to our new found friends at GRF before heading home for a hot bath and an early night!

Our day out at Greyhound Rescue Fife 9th September 2010 in pictures below.

Part 1 of our tasks walking the dogs.
The following pictures show how much we and the dogs enjoyed the exercise.













Now on to the erection of the new pathway.



Manually moving tonnes of chuckies!


Some fence painting!

Time to admire our days work!




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A huge big thank you for all your hard work and please come back and visit us again to see us very soon.
From all the dedicated people at Greyhound Rescue Fife.

Sorry we did not manage up to the kennels when you were all there but we would like to thank everyone very much for all your hard work.
Morag, George, Billy & Lassie

Celia and Jimmy would like to thank the following people personally for their hard work at the kennels.
They are the hardest working bankers we have ever met.
Douglas Stewart - the organiser.
Morag Grant.
Gillian McKirdy.
Natalie Richardson.
Chris Brown.
Philip Daley.
Robert Dzato.
Edward Hughes.
Brad Mills.
Simon Rawlins.
Thank you for all your kind help.
Celia, Jimmy and all the dogs.