Happy Gotcha Day Pedro

It was great seeing Pedro and his family yesterday celebrating a year since his gotcha day!

He is getting on so well and is a regular attendee at our events and monthly walks.

Congratulations on your first anniversary Pedro 🐾

A Busy Weekend

It’s been a busy few days at the kennels what with the Suffolk Dog Show today and Barney going home yesterday.

Our gorgeous boy Nibbler ‘Oh El Nido’ also went off to his forever home and Neville, Kilmara Raptor was officially adopted by his fosterers.

We wish both boys a very happy Retirement and look forward to seeing them on our monthly walks 💙🐾

Suffolk Dog Day Fun

Another day dawned and a wet one at that! Equipped with waterproofs and a positive spirit, us volunteers braved the elements and another very early start.

Teamwork is a great part of the volunteer role, whether working together to put our wonderful stall together, ready to welcome the public, or indeed bingo style “eyes down” as the pictures shows, helping the public find their winning tombola prize amongst such an array of goodies (that is almost as much fun as taking part in the actual tombola!!) Thank you to everyone who took part in our tombola today.

So, soaking up the love and hugs today, were our two wonderful dogs Carlos (orange muzzle) and Mickey(red muzzle), in search of their forever homes. Both were absolute stars as they took a stroll around Trinity Park with their volunteer handlers and happy to have lots of cuddles and strokes. With such a busy event and with many other pooches in attendance, the pair behaved beautifully.

We were also delighted to see so many of our old pals, those dogs which have been previously rehomed by us and fantastic to see so many of our ambassador dogs. We thank you all for taking the time to visit our stand, as we love to hear how you are all doing.

A massive thank you also to the Organisers of Suffolk Dog Day (St Elizabeth Hospice) and also to “Suffolk Sounds” who allowed us to tell the story of the wonderful work we do on air. To find out more about us and the rehoming process, please look at the Suffolk Greyhound Website (also on Facebook).

Every opportunity like today, is an opportunity to showcase these wonderful animals and our continual quest to find their forever homes.

Suffolk Dog Day

A little reminder we will be at the Suffolk Dog Day tomorrow.

Do come along and see us and our lovely hounds.

There will be lots of nice things for both humans and hounds on our stand.

With winter approaching you may want to treat your hound to one of our fleeces, coats or rain macs, we have lots to choose from.

We hope to see you there.


Good Luck Walter

Good luck to young Walter who only celebrated his second birthday last month.

He looks like he is well and truly settled into home life having found the sofa already!

Be happy Walter we hope to have news of you from time to time.xx

Orchid Settles Well

We have had a nice update on recently homed Orchid (Orchids Kingdom). She has settled remarkably well having only gone home less than two weeks ago. Here is what her family are saying about her:-

“She has a nice big bed in the kitchen but she’s found a spot in the lounge which has become her favourite…right at the bottom of the stairs (she couldn’t have found a more awkward place 😂) but she’s happy there.

She’s loving exploring the different parks near by and next weekend we are taking her on a local sight hound walk so she can make some new friends.

She is also loving running around the garden and has been enjoying playing ball with the children”.

That is great to hear. Well done Orchid x

Annual Picnic

On Sunday we held our annual August walk and picnic at the Community Hall, Stutton. We were joined by 41 hounds, 2 lurchers and their humans. We had a long walk and a short walk which were ably led by Leigh and Pete and we were blessed with lovely weather. We also had a look at how low Alton Water was. We had with us the following kennel dogs, identified by their muzzle colours, as follows: Sam (turquoise), Walter (red), Jackpot (purple), Mickey (white), Ruby who has a very dark tail (yellow), Barney (yellow) and last, but not least, Neville who had on a ‘nervous’ collar and coat. Needless to say they were all very well behaved and met little dogs, cyclists and other humans along the way with no issues. Details and updates on each dog available for rehoming can be found on our website.

After the walks we returned to the hall and enjoyed talking to friends whilst indulging in fantastic cakes and food and teas provided by our lovely bakers and volunteers. We also had a tombola and a stand selling lots of greyhound related goodies.

We thank Barbara and Emma for the photographs, our walk leaders, all the volunteers who made the afternoon so enjoyable for hounds and humans alike and to Stutton Community Hall for allowing us to host our event.

We have monthly walks, the details of which are in the Homeless Hounds section

to which all dogs are welcome. Do come and join us. We especially love to see owners with hounds that we have re-homed.

Bealings Fete

Well another wonderful afternoon and many thanks to the Organisers of Little Bealings Village Fete for inviting us to their event and Dog Show.
The weather stayed fine and we were once again able to showcase our ever popular tombola, Greyhound Trust merchandise and a big hit today was the Children’s Lucky Dip, where everyone was a winner!

We were joined today from the kennels by the wonderful Carlos, who was spoilt rotten by volunteers Susan and Dana, who report he happily engaged with everyone, especially the little people that paid a visit to our stall and likewise enjoyed meeting all the other dogs that crossed his path. Carlos is an especially happy dog (his waggy tail is his trademark) and a wonderful companion in the car as he travelled to/from the event. The highlight for Carlos today was his very important role as lead greyhound, as all our ambassadors and friends took to the ring to proudly show the crowd just how wonderfully majestic these creatures are. I think you’ll agree from the footage, they did us proud!

As ever, a real team spirit today and the role of a volunteer is a fabulous role to have and never a dull moment, especially for John (or should I say Uncle Fester) who bravely stepped forward as the willing volunteer (no coercion here :O)) and took to the stocks… all in aid of a good cause of course!

Many thanks to the many ambassadors and our old friends who came along today, to support and chat with the public. We so love catching up with you all and seeing how happy our furry friends are, living their best lives and it’s down to the generosity of you, the public, either by rehoming one of these beautiful dogs, (please do look on the Suffolk Greyhound Trust website for more details about rehoming) or supporting us along the way at one of the many events we attend, that enables us to continue doing what we love and that is working together to find that comfy sofa, where lots of hugs and cuddles await. It truly is a dog’s life 🐶

Timmy Goes Home

After a short spell of being fostered with a view to adoption Timmy (Romeo Showtime) was formally adopted today at our annual picnic.

Timmy spent a few weeks with housemate Shirley just to make sure they would get along fine and they did.

Shirley and her family very sadly lost Harry recently and although you can never replace the dog you have lost there is always space in your heart for another who will in their own way bring something just as special and precious as those who have gone before them.

Timmy you were a pleasure to have in kennels and we know we will see you often with your family who are regulars on our walks. xx