It’s been a busy week at the kennels. Very good news for some, but unfortunately that was countered by some sad news too.

Brief summary:

Ash has been adopted, Tori has got herself reserved, Willie has arrived, Blue has gone into a foster home and Niki into another foster home.

Our thoughts and sympathies are with our colleague Jane and her family who sadly lost their gentle giant Joe to leukemia earlier this week.

Homed Greyhounds – September:

Ash, Ainslie and Patrick have been adopted.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Tori, Jess and Jimi are reserved.

New Greyhound Arrivals:

Willie, Ellie and Jonnie are our most recent arrivals.

Recent Updates and New on Site:

Molly, Blue and Niki have updated descriptions.

Photos and brief details for Ellie and Jonnie are now on site.

Willie is our newest arrival and brief details about his are also available (photo to follow).

Pet Blood Bank Emergency Session:

The Pet Blood Bank session held on Sunday September 16th was full session and one which has potentially saved up to 76 other canine lives! Thank you to each and every dog and person that attended, you are all lifesavers.

Three of the many lifesaving blood donors who attended on September 16th. These 3 are modeling “mum” Penny’s latest publicity handiwork – Pet Blood Bank Coats!

Pet Blood Bank are always desperate for blood, we are lucky to have such fantastic support from our adopters and staff alike, but some sessions that they run have a very poor turn out and only a small amount of life saving blood is collected.

As a result, stocks are once again low. Pet Blood Bank have asked us to hold an emergency session to help them boost blood stocks nationwide. This session is being held on Thursday October 18th.

All qualifying kennel residents will donate, but as we see a high turn over of dogs, several of our residents will not qualify due to being recently vaccinated, operated on or having needed medication. We would therefore be grateful if anyone whose dog did not attend the session on September 16th and who has not donated blood in the past 3 months would contact Pet Blood Bank on 01509 232222 to make an appointment for October 18th.

Every extra donor can save up to 4 other dogs’ lives so if you possibly can please help and book your dog in. Acceptance criteria apply and further information about what to expect can be found on our Pet Blood Bank Information page.

Greyhound Blogs:

Fiona has a new Greyhound Blog on site.

Paul has also written a new Greyhound Blog. This will appear on site very soon.

Stock Needed:

Even though it seems summer has passed us by we are still in desperate need of all sorts of saleable items to stock our various fundraising stalls that continue throughout the year.

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.

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?

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