September Approaches

Noo Noo’s recovery:

We are happy to report that Noo Noo is recovering very well from his recent tail amputation. He’s still a serious tail wagger and a very happy boy, but he’s far less likely to damage himself through his own joy for life now with his newly shortened tail.

Homed reports:

(Addendum 29/08/12: Matty has been adopted. Good luck lovely boy in your new home.)

Jewel, who was re-homed recently and who is now called Gem has settled beautifully in her new home with her lovely companion Olly the Collie and her human family too of course.

Jewel and Olly

Best of friends: Jewel (now Gem) and her new best friend Olly the Collie

Bizzle (now Bran) is a much loved part of his new family too. He’s doing well with training and having some lovely walks along the beach. He’s had stops at the butchers shop for some liver treats and stops at the charity shop to select some new toys. Sounds like a thoroughly wonderful life for a greyhound to us.

Lady we have regular updates on and her companion Star too. Those of you that watch our  Greyhound Lifeline Facebook page can see just how well those two are doing as Mum is a regular contributor of photos and videos of the pair.

Cloud too has landed on her paws, a very happy girl who sleeps beside mum’s bed and enjoys lots of playtime with her large selection of toys as well.

Pet Blood Bank:

We are very pleased to announce that our next scheduled canine blood donor session on Sunday September 16th is now fully booked! Thank you to everyone who has booked appointments it’s fantastic news for critically ill dogs everywhere.

If you didn’t manage to get an appointment this time then please still call Pet Blood Bank on 01509 232 222. They hold sessions Nationwide and there may be another session not far from you that is still in desperate need of donors.

If you are coming along to our kennels on September 16th then please bring your wallet/purse along with you. We hope to tempt you into purchasing some home made jams, pickles and/or cakes to help support the greyhounds in our care.

Greyhounds homed in August:

Jewel, Cloud,  Lady and Bizzle have been adopted during August.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Ainslie, Pippa, Jimi, Patrick and Rosie are reserved.

New Greyhound Blog:

Jo has a new theatrical style Greyhound Blog. Have a read and enjoy!

Our Latest Appeal:

Our latest appeal is for balls of wool. New or part used, it doesn’t matter. Penny needs your wool donations so that she can knit small hand made items to sell. If you have any wool hidden away that you know longer need please donate it to us and we’ll use it to fundraise for our greyhounds.

Stock Needed:

With the summer show, fair and fete season upon us we are still 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 car boot stalls, bric a brac stalls or even ebay.

What do we want? Anything (except for clothing, food items, audio tapes and video tapes) that is in good condition, looks as new and that is complete and not broken.  We’ve sold dogs bowls, ornaments, stair gates, gift boxed unwanted Christmas presents, board games etc, books, DVDs, CDs, art supplies, kitchen items and all sorts of other things too). Please have a look around your home, do you have anything that you’d be willing to donate?

Open Day Photographs:

Photographs from our Kennel Open Day in May 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.

Looking to adopt a greyhound?

Please visit our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery to see details of all our available greyhounds.

Ben the greyhound
The lovely Ben is still waiting for his home offer. Could he be for you?

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.

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?

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