Category: Kennel updates

Volunteers Laura and Jason took the lovely Decs (Orange muzzle) and Sally (Blue muzzle) for a little outing to Alton Water and below is their account of a lovely few hours out and about with them.

They both travelled very well in the car and immediately lay down, where they remained for the whole journey.

They seemed to really love the new sights and smells around them and were completely unperturbed by the big cows in the paddock – just a bit curious perhaps!

We encountered other breeds of dogs (big and small) and neither Decs nor Sally gave them any attention – even when a couple of really small ones barked at them! They were both very good on the lead, so gentle with no pulling at all.

We nicknamed Sally the Cuddle Monster because any opportunity she gets she will nuzzle into you and demand lots of hugs and attention (we of course were happy to oblige)!

Decs has been at the kennels for a little while now and we’re not quite sure why as he is such a gentle, kind soul. He is a bit nervous to take treats when out and about, so we saved them up for him and he took them back to have in his bed in his kennel.

They really were both the most perfect hounds to take out and it was very tempting to take them back home with us! Hopefully they won’t be waiting for their homes for too long.

It was a busy morning at kennels on Saturday with many of our Volunteers coming along to walk the dogs, groom them and of course making lots of fuss of them and giving them treats.

Good news from kennels today.

Jadie May has been reserved.

Molly is having a few days with our Volunteers Tansy and Chris and their lovely Greyhound Gwyn. We will learn so much more about her during her stay

Forrest is having a few days with our Volunteer Sara. Forrest doesn’t appear on our websites yet as he hasn’t been processed yet but he will be appearing soon. That is if Sara doesn’t fall head over heals in love with him (well it is Valentines Day) and decides she can’t possibly part with him.

It’s tough on all of us Volunteers, we want to take them all home and keep them!

Our longest stayer Thomas (Supathomasfrank) is having a little holiday away from kennels with our Volunteers Tansy and Chris and their dog the lovely Gwyn.

Thomas has been waiting since September, he was a bit of a shy lad when he first arrived until he got to know us but is well and truly settled now and has endeared himself to the staff and volunteers, they all adore him.

Thomas has been settling in well and on his first day had a lovely long post dinner sleep. Apparantley he snores!

He has decided as the photos show that Gwyn makes a lovely pillow.

We will add pictures and updates as we receive them.

Enjoy your little holiday Thomas x

So the sun shone on a very chilly Saturday morning and a trip out for the Suffolk Greyhound Trust to the Bypass Nursery Tearoom. Our gang today were the wonderful Ken(Purple Muzzle), Thomas,(Green muzzle), Harry (Blue muzzle)and Bonnie ( Red muzzle). Bonnie will be available soon. We were also joined by our lovely Ambassador hounds Ted, Stephen, Bear and Missy.

All our canine friends had a great time, taking in the new sights and smells. All behaved impeccably, trotting around the garden centre.

We were met with many smiles from staff and customers alike and we and the dogs love nothing more than a chat and a cuddle with you all (us chats, the dogs cuddles of course )

All too soon, it was time to go and the gang happily returned to their cars, eager to sit down and await their delicious lunch after such a busy morning.

A huge thank you, as always to the team at Bypass Nursery for a lovely welcome. We love your cakes … oh and the humans said they quite like them too!

Plenty of festive cheer here in Suffolk as we share the news that our two Golden Oldies Dasher (Borwick Dasher) and Duke(Silverview Trump) have both been reserved pending our usual checks. Both boys are 9 years old.

Please all keep everything crossed for these boys. Dasher for a second chance of happiness in a home and Duke for his first forever home.

It has been a busy weekend at kennels! Our November walk, the Stowmarket Christmas Fayre (Write ups and photos of both events posted below this one) and three of our little treasures found their forever homes.

Good luck to Sheldon (The Big Bang) Mitch (Romeo Ultra) and Billy (Innfield Billy).

Mitch is going to have some adventures splitting his time between England and Germany.

Sheldon is settling in nicely.

Billy we are sure will also settle well.

All three were an absolute pleasure to care for in kennels. They went on their way with much love from us all.

Well didn’t they have a lovely time the day they went to Frinton!

Our kennel dogs along with their pals and our Volunteers braved the bracing weather and went for a walk along the sea front in Frinton yesterday. Some travelling in our new van.

Kennel dogs present who we have identified by their muzzle colours were:-

Timmy Red

Harry Green

Ken Yellow

Decs Orange

Good news for Nicola aka Nickie (Vespar Lynd) who also went to Frinton to her new home.

All of the kennel dogs who were snug as bugs in a rug in their winter coats, really enjoyed the change of scenery and were impeccably behaved.

Thank you to the Volunteers for taking them out.

We are very pleased to announce that following our appeal Dasher (Borwick Dasher) has gone to a foster home and will be formally adopted if he settles.
Looking at the photo below we don’t want to count our chickens but it does seem a dead cert!
Good luck Dasher x

Finger crossed everyone for our Mikey (Milestone Santos). Having waited to be chosen since November Mikey is now being fostered with a view to him being offered a permanent home.

Good luck Mikey!