Noo Noo now has a somewhat shorter tail than the one he was born with. Despite our best efforts “Mr Happy” had ongoing tail problems and on veterinary advice we made the decision to amputate. Noo Noo had his surgery today and we are pleased to say that on collection from the vet Noo Noo demonstrated that his newly shortened tail could wag just as hard as the full length one used too! We all wish Noo Noo a speedy and trouble free recovery.

Our very happy lad Noo Noo who is currently recovering from a tail amputation.

Pet Blood Bank:

Our next scheduled canine blood donor session is not far away now. It’s being held on Sunday September 16th. If you haven’t already booked your appointment then please call Pet Blood Bank on 01509 232 222.

We all hope that it will never be our beloved pet that needs blood, but every day someone’s pet does need it. Please consider donating, maybe one day your dog will be the one whose life is saved by another dog’s blood. All the donors are heroes/heroines because each one of them already has or will save lives.

Acceptance criteria apply; for more information please see our blood donation information page.

If you are coming along on the day 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.

If you are not local to Fleet, then please still call Pet Blood Bank. They hold sessions Nationwide and are always in need of more lifesavers. Perhaps your dog could donate at a different collection session?

Latest Arrivals:

Niki is our most recent arrival. She’s a beautiful, tall and leggy fawn girl who is very affectionate. More information about Niki will be found on her homing page as we get to know her better.

New arrival Niki

Ainsley and Jess are our other recent arrivals.

Greyhounds homed in August:

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

Reserved Greyhounds:

Jimi, Patrick and Rosie are reserved.

Thank you:

Our thanks once again go to Penny and Adrian for their magnificent fundraising efforts. Today they passed to us £510 which they have raised through car boot sales and home made jams and pickle sales. Well done both of you!

Thank you also to all the people who have generously donated the items that Penny and Adrian can sell for us along with items for Saara’a bric a brac stalls and our ebay sales too. Please keep all the goodies coming in, without your donations there would be nothing to sell and few funds raised to support our work.

New Greyhound Blog:

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

Kennel Staff Changes:

On our last news update we told you about our new recruit Mandy who has joined us as a regular Thursday morning staff member. We’ve also recently recruited Paul and Jane (our third husband and wife team) and they begin their regular Monday night feed next week. Paul and Jane have been helping us out on an “as and when required basis” for a few months, but they were very pleased fill a permanent role as it arose. Welcome to the team one and all. Our Lifeline Team page will be updated as soon as possible to reflect these and a few other changes.

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.

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