BIG WALK UPDATES:
Due to the current heat wave and the New Forest fires we have taken the decision to postpone our BIG WALK for 2026 until Spring 2027. The new date will be Saturday 10th April.
This decision has been difficult to make but the safety of our walkers, volunteers and greyhounds WILL always come first.
The walkers have not been able to take part in many longer training walks, due to the heat, that we have been experiencing, it has made it impossible to train, without putting them at risk of dehydration and heat stroke.
The walkers will continue to train once the temperatures are a little cooler. The donations collected so far will be stored until next year when we re-open the GoFundMe page.
We would like to thank all our volunteers and supporters for being so understanding of the current situation. We are all looking forward to Spring next year, when the event can take place safely.
HIGH TEMPERATURES:
With these extreme temperatures, it has been very difficult to enrich our greyhounds and keep them cool. Most of our greyhounds love water so our plunge pool has been well used each day, along with our garden, raised, greyhound beds and the canopy that covers most of their outside area.
We have managed on most days to take them out for a walk very early in the morning and they have spent the rest of the day, chilling out on their cool beds, under fans and on special days eating doggie ice cream!
On some of the cooler mornings & evenings we have been able to take our greyhounds down to the beach, which is always a firm favourite!
How have you been managing to keep your pets cool?
We are looking forward to some cooler days when we can start taking the greyhounds back out again, investigating new places and for them to learn new skills too.
Kennel News:
Last week we had three new additions at the kennels.
Manny, Min and Elrond all three are 3 years old and are certainly all good looking too!
Beautiful Min
If you are interested in Min, Manny or Elrond please get in contact, they certainly will be snapped up soon!
Reserved greyhounds:
Marley and Iris.
Homed greyhounds:
Harry and Tabor.
Dog Food Donations:
If anyone is able to purchase us some Butchers Dog Tinned Meat our kennel greyhounds would be very thankful. We would prefer the tripe mix or the meaty loaf, we ask that you do NOT purchase anything in gravy as it upsets our dog’s tummies. Thank You.
APPEAL FOR KENNEL DOG WALKERS:
We are looking to extend our walking team, these volunteers walk our kennel dogs each day.
Criteria for walkers:
- Volunteers must live near to Southampton.
- We need people who can help us either early morning, starting time around 7.30am or mid afternoon to exercise our kennel dogs.
- We are looking for walkers who can walk Monday-Friday.
- Volunteers need to have their own transport.
- Volunteers will be joining a group of walkers, we need people who can work well within a team.
Full training will be given to all successful volunteers.
If you are interested in applying please email us on [email protected], please tell us about yourself and your experience around greyhounds/dogs.
Events:
More events will be added to the list as they get booked in. We would love to see you at some of our events.
Bank Holiday Monday 31st August – Stubbington
Saturday 5th September – The BIG Walk – POSTPONED until Saturday 10th April 2027
Saturday 19th September – Haskins Garden Centre, West End
Sunday 27th September – Great Global Greyhound Walk
Saturday 3rd October – Southampton Street Collection
Saturday 10th October – Gosport Street Collection
Saturday 24th October – Romsey Street Collection
Saturday 14th November – Winchester Street Collection
Saturday 21st November – Whiteley Shopping Centre
Saturday 28th November – Meadows, Camberley
Sunday 6th December – Greyhound Lifeline’s Christmas Fair
Friday 18th December – Greyhound’s Christmas Party
We are looking for volunteers to join our fundraising team and help at our street collections both around Southampton and also around the Fleet area. If you would like to find out more, please see poster below.
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The Friendship Walks:
We will provide more information about each walk, on our Facebook Page, during the week leading up to each one.
******Sunday 23rd August – Wilverley Plain, New Forest at 4pm****** – CANCELLED DUE TO NEW FOREST FIRE
Sunday 27th September – Great Global Greyhound Walk at 11am
Saturday 31st October – Rockford Sandpit, New Forest at 2pm
Sunday 29th November – Potterne Park, Verwood at 2pm
Saturday 26th December – Boxing Day Walk – Sandbanks at 10am.
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
