Karen and four of our DunRunnin volunteers – Jo, Becca, Donna & Emily ventured down to sunny Rainham on Sunday morning with six of our fabulous hounds – Freddie, Maddie, Katy, John, Betty and Biggles, to take part in the 2015 Great British Greyhound Walk! We met up with lots of our DunRunnin friends and families and their gorgeous greys, as well as our friends from Medway and Sittingbourne RGT. There was a great turn out, and with a total of 45 greyhounds and their walkers taking part it really was a sight to see so many hounds out in force! John Homer from Medway RGT led the walk, and everyone had a great time chatting and catching-up as we strolled around Riverside Country Park. After the walk we stopped for drinks and group photos, and are pleased to report that our hounds were perfect ambassadors and behaved impeccably throughout the event! We’re still totting up the pennies, but it looks as though a total of over £500 was raised, which is a great result for all of the greyhounds that will benefit from this nation-wide event! Thanks to everyone that took part, and we can’t wait to see you again at out next event!
It was another proud day for Karen and her team of volunteers as four DunRunnin hounds were chosen to attend the Retired Greyhound Trust’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, held at London’s Grand Conaught Rooms.
We had another exciting day at the kennels today as the BBC visited to do some filming for a pilot feature about the rise in the popularity of Greyhounds as family pets! Lucy Ferrier came down from Head Office to help us out, and we all had a whale of a time being interviewed about why we love Greyhounds so much 🙂
We’ve been celebrating St. George’s Day at the kennels today, and are feeling rather patriotic! Jo has been telling the greyhounds all about the story of St. George sleighing the dragon, and the hounds were very excited to learn that a beautiful white Greyhound featured alongside a red fire-breathing dragon on the Coat of Arms of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547), in the first part of his reign. All we can say is that the Tudor’s obviously had excellent taste in sight hounds 😉
A super cute boy arrived at DunRunnin Kennels this weekend, and there was just something about him that made us smile – he reminded us of one of our other greyhounds – DeeDee, so we did a bit of digging into their breeding, and low and behold Mikey is DeeDee’s son! If you compare the markings on their faces you can’t help but notice the family resemblance! They both have a white blaze between their eyes with a black splodge in the middle – how fantastic is that?! In our book that makes Mikey DunRunnin’s first grandchild! If you would like to visit Mikey or DeeDee, or both of these fabulous dogs, why not come down to DunRunnin Kennels near Brands Hatch – they’d really love to meet you! Who knows, there may even be a forever family out there wanting to rehome them as a pair!
It was a very proud day for Karen and her team of volunteers today, as four of our gorgeous greyhounds – Tom, King, Peaches and Mousie – had their 15 minutes of fame at a photographer’s studio in Richmond! Our soon to be famous four, were working hard posing for the RGT’s 2015 Christmas Cards! They all had a fab time prancing around in front of the cameras and are now back at the ranch demanding 5* treatment to match their new found celebrity! We can’t share the pictures until the cards are released, so in the meantime, here’s a team photo of the stars having a well deserved break in the gorgeous park! These beauties are looking for their forever homes, so come on good people, come and meet them at DunRunnin kennels in Brands Hatch!
This week the Dunrunnin team has been getting ready for Easter! We’ve been sprucing up the kennels, and are hoping to have lots of visitors and prospective families popping in to see us over the four day bank holiday! Our lovely little blue girly Mousie has been bouncing around the kennels wearing her bunny ears, so we thought we’d share some pictures with you! Doesn’t she make a fantastic Easter Bunny?! Mousie’s room mate Ely wasn’t too keen on Mousie getting all the attention so the cheeky monkey tried to steal the bunny ears for himself! Both Mousie and Ely are still patiently waiting for their forever homes, so why not check out their profiles on our ‘Meet Our Hounds’ page, where you’ll find details of their paw-sonalities!
This is Lolly, she is 18 months old, and is in a foster home at present. Lolly was found wandering the streets, and so we’re now assisting another RGT Branch to find Lolly her forever home. Unfortunately, Lolly is nervous of other dogs, doesn’t like cats and at some point has been, we suspect, mis-treated. Lolly would need lots of tender loving care and patience, but we know the right family will be out there somewhere.
Last week we welcomed our very first Greyhound puppy to our rehoming kennels, and we fell in love with her the moment she arrived! We often have young dogs that come to us at DunRunnin, but as this gorgeous little girly was only half the size of her litter-mates, she was ‘retired’ before her racing career had even begun! We nicknamed the cheeky little miss “Baby Bear”, and we’re pleased to report that we’ve already found her a home with a lovely family that are committed to furthering her training and development. We know that Baby Bear’s going to have a fab life in her new home, and so we thought we’d share some pictures of the little cutie, that were taken just before she left us! Isn’t she adorable?!
We couldn’t resist a quick post this week to mark the happening of two important ‘fifty’ themed events that have taken place in the past 7 days!