We hope you are all staying safe and well.
A lot has happened at the kennels already this year, please continue to read and you will find out some of the things that we have been doing over the last couple of months.
This year is going to be another strange year for all of us and it isn’t any different for us at the kennels either.
We have currently homed 31 greyhounds so far this year, a huge number of greyhounds, whilst working on a skeleton volunteer structure and therefore we have reduced the number of dogs, we can take in at any one time. This has not only meant we can apply with social distancing rules but also we have been able to work with individual dogs for longer on any areas that need addressing before they are adopted.
Some of our dogs have benefited on walks out in the public eye, not only are they getting used to different surroundings but also seeing other breeds of dog. Their learnt skills which they were taught in our dog training sessions, can be put to the test in these visits.
Homings and Home Visits – During COVID, we have ensured extra checks on prospected new homes have been carried out by the team, to ensure our greyhounds will stay with their new family’s and not return to us after lockdown has eased. This is and always has been a cruitial part of rehoming our greyhounds.
Before COVID we always had a waiting list for greyhounds coming in to our centre, after racing and normally a long list of famiiles waiting to home a dog too. This is now not the case, we have nearly emptied our family waiting list! We are also the ones waiting for the greyhounds to finish racing, to fill our empty kennels rather than the trainers waiting for spaces! Who knows how long this will continue for but it is also very good for the greyhounds too!
New Arrivals:
Reserved Dog:
Tequila.
Homed Dogs:
Omelette, Mocha and Luan.
Fully opening of our centre:
At the start of COVID 2020, we closed our centre to keep our precious kennel hands and greyhounds safe, as well as the public but also inline with government guidance.
Big Thank You To –
Morrisons:
We are very fortunate that Morrisons in Southwood have supported our charity for a number of years, every couple of weeks a pair of our volunteers will go and empty the container we have, in their store and then it will be brought back to the kennels. This week Morrisons contacted our team as they had a bonus amount of dog food, ready for us to collect!
Big Thank You to Morrisons and their customers, for your continued support and we are very grateful for all those trays of dog food you have just provided us, the dogs love your Pate trays!
Thank you.
Our Car-boot Duo!
Once again a big thank you to this special pair of volunteers who have continued to work hard, all year round – collecting items and selling them on at car-boot sales and dealers where appropriate. They have managed to bank an amazing £941 for Greyhound Lifeline this week.
Below is a list of items that they CAN sell really quickly, in order, for those pennies to keep coming in:
Jewellery (real or costume) includes broken gold/silver etc.
Watches (pocket’ wrist’ working or not)
Kitchen small appliances & kitchenware
Small Electronics
Phones, Cameras and Laptops
Tools (garden or DIY) & Garden Ornaments
Boxed Games, Jigsaws & Children’s Toys
Smellies (boxed or single)
Cigar boxes & Brass items
Dog leads, collars, toys, coats etc.
HOW TO DONATE YOUR ITEMS:
WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY CAR BOOT ITEMS AT THE KENNELS; UNLESS IT HAS BEEN SET UP AS A MEETING PLACE FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR GOODS, DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS. THIS CAN ONLY BE ARRANGED THROUGH OUR FUNDRAISERS (CAR-BOOT TEAM) OR THE KENNEL MANAGERS.
We thank you all for your support during this difficult period, every donation sold will continue to support the greyhounds in our care.
Supporting Greyhound Lifeline:
If you would like to support the work that we carry out, knowing 100% of your donation will be spent on the care and welfare of our kennel greyhounds then please consider being a ‘Friend of Greyhound Lifeline’. Click on the link to find out more about this scheme.
We have a range of other ways to support our work which are all really quick and easy to do. Click on the link to find out more – How To Help Us.