Holiday Season Greyhound Homing

Please note that in the best interest of our greyhounds and to prevent the “dog for Christmas” scenario Greyhound Lifeline will not allow any greyhound adoptions to families with children in residence from Sunday December 9th through to Monday December 31st inclusive. The last homing day before New Year will therefore be Saturday December 8th. Normal homing will re-commence from New Years Day.

Christmas and New Year are particularly busy and stressful times for many families and it is therefore an especially poor time for most to bring a new dog into the home. In the case of homes where children are not resident we will view each case on it’s own merits with the best interest of the dog as the only criteria for a decision to be made. In exceptional circumstances we may, possibly therefore allow an adoption to proceed between these dates.

Please rest assured that we will still welcome viewings and reservations as normal throughout the holiday period with a view to adoption dates being set for 1st January 2013 or shortly there after. Home checks and adoption enquiries will also continue as normal.

Christmas and New Year Kennel Opening Hours:

Our Christmas and New Year opening hours will be the same as for every other day of the year that is from11am until 1pm daily.

Volunteer dog walkers (adults) are welcome every day – please however try to arrive at 11am for walking since late arrivals may find that there are no dogs left to exercise!

Please also note that due to a change in the terms and conditions of our insurance we cannot accept any volunteers or visitors under the age of 16 years without a parent or guardian supervising them at all times. Children aged 16 and 17 years old may be accepted on site unaccompanied by prior agreement only and once a signed parental consent form has been received by us.

Adopted Greyhounds – November

Jonnie and Zoe have headed off to new homes so far this month. Good luck to both dogs and both families too of course.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Crash has been reserved.

New Greyhound Arrivals:

Josie, Poppy and Rita are our latest arrivals. Please see our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery for details of all our available greyhounds.

photo of Ginny greyhound
Here’s our little Ginny. She’s getting overlooked. Please ask to meet her and give her a chance to win your heart.

Recently updated greyhound descriptions:

Toby, Blue, Jet, Tilly, Rory and Willie have updated descriptions in our Greyhound Homing Gallery.

Molly:

Molly has settled well into her foster home. She’s ready now to move on to an adoptive home. Could Molly be your perfect pet? Please check out Molly’s details in our Homing Gallery.

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Molly in her foster home.

Christmas Appeal:

Are you able to buy a small extra present this Christmas? If you are then our kennel residents would love to receive some more dog treats. They get through them at an amazing rate! All dog treats are most welcome (although preferably not dog chocs mind  as many hounds won’t eat them and they are fiddly to handle for our frozen fingered staff too).

We Need Foster Homes – Can you help?

If you think you might be able to foster a greyhound then please read our Greyhound Fostering Information page.

Fundraise for us using eBay

You can now sell items on ebay and choose to donate between 10% and 100% of your sale price to Greyhound Lifeline. If you are an ebay member you could also simply donate by using your Paypal account. For ebay members only please visit their Sell for Charity page and enter “Greyhound Lifeline” in the Charity name area.

If you are a UK tax payer please also tick the Gift Aid box. Please read ebay’s terms and conditions carefully as we cannot be held responsible for any problems you may encounter. Could you sell your unwanted items and help us to buy food, provide veterinary care and generally look after the greyhounds in our care at the same time?

 

 

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