Our volunteers had a very successful Meet & Greet at Colchester Fire Station today.
The dogs met lots of people, including loads of children, big and small and were so well-behaved.
Kennel dogs Carlos our beautiful brindled boy and our lovely black and white boy Timmy have had a busy couple of days! They were joined today by our blue ambassador dog, Buster.
Well done boys, you done us all proud 
Another day trip out for our furry friends and volunteers and what a day we’ve had. A massive thank you to the Organisers of the Burstall Show for entrusting us with the dog show and we hope we didn’t disappoint.
Wonderful to see so many of you today (with more than 40 dogs) entering across our 8 classes from “The Dog with the Waggiest tail” to the “Prettiest Bitch” and so fantastic to see our younger human handlers proudly parading around the ring with their gorgeous furry 4 legged friends, truly special. Our judge for the afternoon, the brilliant Mr John Mullins (Manager of Dillymore) had quite a task, especially with the Musical “Sit”, as all were so wonderfully behaved.
Accompanying us briefly today (the weather being just that little too hot for our greyhound buddies) were Orchid, Carlos and Timmy. As usual the gang were beautifully behaved and enjoyed meeting old and young alike. By now, for those of you who follow our travels, it is events such as these which provide the opportunity for us to introduce these sweet and gentle animals to the public in the hope that we can secure their forever homes. Please do take a look at the Suffolk Greyhound Website or follow us on Facebook for those dogs currently looking for that cosy sofa.
Thank you also to our lovely Ambassadors, Martha, Arthur and Jessica. It’s always lovely to see you with your humans.
With rosettes presented for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places, along with gifts and goodies (thanks to Gladwells & Supreme Petfoods), across all categories, we ended the afternoon with judging of “Best in Show” and “Reserve Best in Show”.
We loved seeing you all today at our stand and thank you all for your support whether buying treat bags, cuddly toys, or taking part in our tombola (it always proves so popular, it is quite amazing).
It was an honour today for Suffolk Greyhound Trust to be part of this show – Burstall is a pretty special village.
Volunteer Gill has many talents, we love this drawing she has done of Tommy (Tommy’s Kingdom).
When Tommy goes home Gills drawing will go with him.
Thanks Gill we are sure his new family will love it.
After what has been a sad week, having learned of the passing of Edgar and Gus we are pleased to be posting happy news today.
Our team of Volunteers organised two events on Saturday. We were at Meet and Greet sessions at Tesco in Colchester and The Pavillion in Raydon.
What a great success both events proved to be with a fantastic total amount of money received from a combination of donations, sales and the tombola totaling an amazing £1242.98!
Just as importantly though Peg and Zeus went off to their forever homes and both Mac and Postie were reserved.
Some of our homed hounds and former Volunteers and Ambassadors came along to see us and we received a warm welcome from the public at both events.
Many thanks to both Tesco and the Pavilion for allowing us to showcase the work we do, it is so important for us to be able to spread the word about what wonderful pets Greyhounds can be.
Well done to our Volunteers who managed to put on two busy events in one day. To all who made cakes, donated Tombola prizes and helped us in so many other ways.
And last but by no means least to everyone who visited each event. Your support is much appreciated and is vital in all we do.
Something PAW-some is coming to your screens…
Our National Team have been a little bit busy behind the scenes…
From 1st March right through to the end of May 2026, you’ll be seeing the Greyhound Trust on TV… and we cannot wait for you to see it!
We will be appearing on Sky TV.
Please tell all of your friends to look out for it, let’s spread the word far and wide and let everyone know what great pets Greyhounds are.
Wishing all of our followers a happy new year.
Thank you for adopting, fostering,donating spreading the word,visiting our stand at various events, joining us for our monthly walks, fundraising, sharing your stories both happy and sad, supporting those who have suffered the loss of their precious hound or simply by reading our posts.
Your support means so much to all of the staff at Dillymore kennels and to our Volunteers.
We have had a great year with 70 hounds finding their forever homes.
We have also welcomed many more volunteers to the team.
We wish each and every one of you four legged and two all the very best for 2026 and we hope to see you at some of the events we are arranging or on our monthly walks.
Great news!
We successfully applied to the Greyhound Trust Board for a grant for a van to transport our dogs, new gazebo and sale items to our future events and for taking our dogs out and about.
We are sure now we can get out on the road again in this coming year we can spread the word more widely about what fantastic pets Greyhounds make and find even more loving homes for them.
Thank you to John for lending us one of his vans over many years when he was able to do so and of course to the board for approving our application and sourcing the Van which Jeff picked up from the Head Office team.
Another Saturday and today the Dillymore Gang made a guest appearance at the kind invitation of Tescos at Highwoods Square.
Our stars of the day were Hugo (Hard Days Night) and Nicki (Vespar Lynd), who were accompanied by their ambassador friends Martha and Charlie, thanks to their owners Pete, Veronica and Leigh for bringing them out to play.
Our now retired Volunteers Keith and Ann brought along former Ambassador Wisp to see us as did recently homed Sadie’s family, Sadie did really well, she met up with her walking Buddy and mentor Martha.
The wonderful Hugo (affectionally known as “The Dillymore Gigalo”) is a complete flirt and as the pictures show, no-one is immune to his charisma, with his beautiful coat, handsome stance and the most endearing personality, he is a complete magnet for both young and old. He absolutely revelled in the admiring comments and the many hugs he received throughout the day.
Our beautiful Nicki, with her gentle manner, demure and slender frame, was a delight and brought a calmness to the day and is a favourite with all the volunteers.
We had a wonderful day, made all the more special by the kindness of the many Tesco customers and staff who kindly stopped to have a chat, greet the dogs, ask about the process of rehoming and graciously gave donations totalling £173.88 We (us and especially the dogs) thank you so much for the kindness you showed to us today. We met some lovely people and on days like today if lifts our spirits.
A special thank you of course goes to Tesco at Highwoods Square and we do hope that we may visit you again next year.
What a fantastic day our hounds have had at Fields Farm Shop and Cafe who kindly let us hold a meet and greet session with them today.
Our Kennel dogs in attendance who we will identify by their muzzle colours had a brilliant time meeting lots of new friends both human and animal. The dogs never cease to amaze us. They had never encountered Horses, Donkeys, Alpacas and so on but they behaved so well.
The dogs were-
Spice – Blue
Thomas – Green
Roger – White
Nicola – Yellow Nicola or Nicki as we call her is our longest stayer bless her.
Hugo – Orange.
Thank you so much to Field Farm Shop and Cafe for your hospitality and to all of your Customers who took the time to stop and chat to us. We look forward to joining you again.
Due to building works currently being undertaken at kennels the phone landline is not working.
Please contact kennels via the Kennel Manager John on 07854057715 or email suffolk@greyhoundtrust.org.uk Thank You.
