Volunteers Jan and Graham took 8 year old kennel hound Leo, who is looking for a home – on holiday to Scotland for Christmas. This video shows how he got on, where he went, walked and stayed. Leo was in a home for some years but been in kennels for a while now and overlooked […]
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Once again we had a busy and enjoyable day at Kempton Park, with a friendly and generous crowd. The greyhounds were, as ever, their own best advert, taking everything in their stride, all the attention from racegoers of all ages, and looking gorgeous in their Christmas finery. I must mention the “posse” especially. We had
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Kimmie is a sweet, small girl. She was all round lovely. Came up for a fuss, comfortable with people, my boy, even horses and more – as you’ll see in this video which shows how good natured greyhounds are. They make the most wonderful pets and don’t need lots of walks – just 2 x30
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Milly seems such a sweet, gentle girl. She was new in to kennels and getting used to things. She was so lovely and happy to have a gentle fuss. She also has the most gorgeous ears. Greyhounds are a generally gentle, unassuming breed that are not in your face dogs. They only need 2 x
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As Christmas fast approaches, we thought you would enjoy this photo story of ‘Hope’. For those of you not familiar with her story, ‘Hope’ was a female lurcher pup abandoned at our kennels on the last day of September during our ‘Thank you to all our Supporters’ Party’. She was extremely emaciated and was clearly on
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A Christmas Wish On behalf of Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare, we wish all our supporters and hounds everywhere a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A huge thank you for all you do to help us help the hounds, including making up such amazing Christmas dinners for our homeless hounds. Thank you all for
Gabriel seems such a sweet natured, gentle boy. He enjoyed a fuss from his walkers and walked really easily. Keep an open mind about gender, as it’s about temperament and fit with your lifestyle that matters. These videos give a glimpse of each greyhound at the kennels, but their true personalities shine over time once
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Margot is a beautiful, young and friendly girl. She is not even 2, yet so calm and happy going up to people to say hello. She was also very affectionate. An all round lovely girl. Thousands of greyhounds need homes each year after racing in the UK and they make wonderful, gentle pets. They don’t
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We adopted Spring in November 2020 from Wimbledon Greyhound Rescue. She was a loving, kind, and gentle girl and we are very sad that we did not have longer with her. Spring quickly adapted to her new life in retirement. She enjoyed her walks around the local area but seemed happiest when she was snuggled
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