What a year it has been, who would have thought back in January 2020 that a terrible virus was imminent and our lives would be changed completely.

The impact of this has of course effected daily life at Dunrunnin kennels, in lockdown, not in lockdown, in Tier 2, no now you are in Tier 4, you can re-home dogs, no you can’t rehome dogs. Sadly at the moment we ‘can’t re-home’.

But the kennels haven’t been idle, back in the late spring/early summer, the mammoth job of painting the fencing began, those fence panels seemed endless!

Kennel doors painted, all external walls were painted white with a fresh blue trim.

David Todd did an outstanding job ‘dog proofing’ the kennels.

Wall re-plastered, obsolete wiring removed and a lovely painting by Ian Barclay was put up in the indoor kennel area,

While all this was going on our valuable core group of dog walkers made sure the hounds got exercised each day.

The Christmas Fundraiser was different this year as it was done online, well done to all involved for all your hard work, good news is that it raised a fantastic sum, bad news was there was no getting together, which was a shame as there is such a wonderful community at Dunrunnin, fingers crossed that this year we will be able to.

Dunrunnin Hounds attained its own charity status which means in time, is a work in progress, that it can be registered on Amazon Smile so any purchase made by you will benefit the kennels directly. Also Gift Aid now can be applied to any donations from your good selves

There will be a new web site…again a work in progress, with options to view our lovely hounds that need homes, purchase merchandise, view our Amazon wish list and make donations.

We thank each and every one of you for supporting Dunrunnin Hounds.

Two of our rehomed greyhounds had the pleasure of being read to by Lydia, their human sister.   We were so impressed by the pictures of the hounds listening to her read, we wondered if she would like to say a few words about when she reads to them.  Lydia said ‘I really enjoy reading to my greyhounds Hats and Chloe. I think they enjoy it also. We look forward to our time together. I love my dogs so much.’

We think Hats and Chloe love you very much too Lydia.  Thank you so much for your picture and telling us about your time.

Gus and Hope (along with humans Rebecca and Donna) represented the kennels at the Woof for Cancer day held on 13th May at Dulwich Park.  They behaved impeccably, even though Gus was very keen to play with the balls that were being thrown for all of the other dogs on the walk, and told everyone he wanted to play.

Huge thanks to the staff and customers of our local co-op who raised a total of £2783.64 for our hounds over the last year. We were delighted to receive your cheque this weekend. The money will make a huge difference to our kennel.

Two of our volunteers took kennel favourites Zara and Yara to the presentation. As you can see, their mince pie radars are in full working order! A good time was had by all and we are very grateful for your generosity.

We’d like to say a big thank you to the team at Hill’s pet food for their donation of a whole pallet of kibble. The hounds are all really enjoying it and are now even more excited for dinner time! Kennel favourite, Patch, even ran through his entire repertoire of party tricks in the hopes of getting seconds! Here he is (on the left) putting an end to the myth that greyhounds can’t sit. Meanwhile, Cash (on the right) has worked out that there’s more where that came from in the big bag!

Both our boys are still looking for their forever sofas and would love to have some visitors. Why not come and see them next time you’re in the area? Cash loves meeting new people and Patch would be only too pleased to show off his latest moves!