Greyhounds Homed in June:
Courtney, Lucy, Cody, Abbie, Lulu, Zulu and Jake have been homed.
Reserved Greyhounds:
Pippa, George, Tilly and Phoebe are reserved.
Updated greyhound descriptions:
Our toy testing results have now been added to the web site for Blue, Star, Bizzle and Matty.
The very affectionate Blue who would love a family of his own to cuddle up to.
More results will be added over the coming days so please keep checking our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery for updates as the new arrivals and descriptions for existing greyhounds get updated fairly frequently.
Thank you GBGW Basingstoke
We would like to thank the organisers of the Basingstoke venue of the Great British Greyhound Walk who very kindly donated 50% of their proceeds raised on the day to Greyhound Lifeline. They also welcomed several of our representatives, homeless greyhounds and adopters and adopted hounds too. A lovely walk was had by all and it brought greyhounds as pets and the adoption of them into the public eye very well.
We Need a Thursday Kennel Hand
Can you help? From August we will need a kennel hand to assist with the kennel clean out, feeding and exercising our greyhounds on a Thursday morning (approx 8am until 1pm). No experience is necessary and training will be given, but you need to be physically fit, have lots of common sense, be willing to work hard in all weather conditions (including snow, rain and toe and finger numbing freezing conditions, sometimes without running water).
Reliability and own transport are essential. Own transport is essential. Pay is £0 – Greyhound Lifeline are staffed 100% by volunteers and we need an extra one to join our small, but happy team. If you are interested then please email us at [email protected] or call Marie on 07828 138378. Term time only working is possible, although some flexibility on that point would be appreciated.
Stock Needed
With the summer show, fair and fete season upon us we are in desperate need of all sorts of saleable items to stock our various fundraising stalls.
We need small items suitable as tombola prizes (e.g., stationery, smellies, small toys), larger items are also desperately needed to sell on bric a brac stalls or even ebay.
What do we want? Anything (except for clothing and food items) that are in good condition, look as new and that are complete and not broken. We’ve sold dogs bowls, ornaments, stair gates, gift boxed unwanted Christmas presents, board games etc). Please have a look around your home, do you have anything that you’d be willing to donate?
New Greyhound Blogs:
Jo and Fiona both have new Greyhound Blogs on site.
Need a greyhound to live with a cat?
We currently have two available greyhounds in residence who have passed cats tests. Bizzle had good cat test pass and he should adapt fairly quickly to having feline house mates. Cloud passed too, but she’ll probably need someone experienced with re-training greyhounds around cats because she’s not “easy peasy” in this respect.
Open Day Photographs
Photographs from the recent kennel Open Day are on site for you to view.
Jam Jar Appeal:
We need more empty jam jars with lids please. Anyone that comes to the kennels occasionally, please ask your friends and neighbours to collect them too. We are very low on 1lb jars especially. This means that Penny and Adrian won’t be able to make much more home made jams or pickles for us to sell until we get more jars for them to use.
Pet Blood Bank:
Our next scheduled canine blood donor session is on Sunday September 16th. Please call Pet Blood Bank on 01509 232 222 to make an appointment for your dog to donate. Acceptance criteria apply; for more information please see our blood donation information page.
Looking to adopt a greyhound?
Please visit our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery to see details of all our available greyhounds.
We Still 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.
Foster Dog Updates:
Phoebe is reserved!
Dan is doing very well in his foster home. He can be left for reasonable periods, he’s clean in the house, very sociable with his foster brother and sister greyhounds and an all round lovely boy who is long overdue a home of his own. Please ask to meet Dan.
Sponsored Slim:
Fiona Selby is aiming to lose 2 stone in weight and has offered to raise sponsorship for Greyhound Lifeline through her efforts. Her local Weigh Watchers group in Northamptonshire will verify whether or not she succeeds and/or how much she manages to lose.
If you’d like to offer Fiona some incentive to succeed and help raise funds for us at the same time then please email us at [email protected] giving your name and address (including postcode) and details of how much you wish to sponsor either in total and we’ll fill in the form for you.
Those of you who pay UK tax please let us know whether you agree or not to us claiming Gift Aid on on your sponsorship to increase the amount we receive at no additional cost to you.
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?
Interested in Adopting a Greyhound?
Enquiries should be directed by telephone or text message to Greyhound Lifeline
- For all enquiries:
- 07769 348310
Or by email to enquiries@greyhoundlifeline.co.uk
Or Contact us using our Contact page
