*RUBY* in Memoriam.
Last week we received the sad news that adopted hound RUBY had recently passed away. Dave Sond, who adopted Ruby, sent in a few words which we share here. […]
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RAINBOW BRIDGE HOUNDS
This week we were saddened to hear of the passing of four much loved Makants hounds – Logan, Ruby, Paige and Finn. We were privileged to care for these […]
Come and see us!
This Sunday 23rd May, we will be fundraising at the Cuerden Valley Farmers’ Market from 10 am to 2 pm. We’ll have dog related items for sale including hand knitted […]
KENNELS SHOP
We’d like to remind you that our kennels shop will be open on both; THURSDAYS from 10 am to 3 pm and SATURDAYS from 10 am until 12.30 pm […]
END OF DRIVE SALE, TYLDESLEY AREA
Next Saturday, 22nd May, our volunteer Dave is holding an ‘end of drive sale’ at 13 Heathfield Drive, Tyldesley M29 8WG From 10 am to 3 pm the sale is […]
FUNDRAISING AT CUERDEN VALLEY PARK FARMERS’ MARKET
Next Sunday 23rd May you can find us at the Cuerden Valley Park Farmers’ Market from 10 am to 2 pm. It’s a lovely venue with a dog friendly cafe […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve got some homing news to share and this time it’s BLUE now known as DALLAS. DALLAS will be living in Chorley with Makants volunteers Alex and Shaun and canine […]
*FABULOUS FUNDRAISING!*
We had a fabulous day at the Haigh Woodland Artisan market and the weather was just perfect! Thanks to everyone who came to our stall whether to buy or chat, […]
*CHORLEY FLOWER SHOW UPDATE*
Things are moving on with our plans for the Makants show garden at the Chorley Flower Show at the end of July. Our green fingered group of volunteers met […]
*UPDATE ON KING*
We’ve an update on Makants Hound KING. As you may remember this older boy was taken into a foster home at the end of last year and there he stayed! […]
*ADVANCE NOTICE – FIXED PRICE SALE*
Starting over on our Auction page on Friday 14th May at 7 pm we are having a fixed price CLOTHING SHOES AND ACCESSORIES sale! The first person to comment […]
MO is homed!
We’ve another homing to share with you today and this time it’s MO. Lovely Mo came to us on the 2nd April and wasted no time finding her forever […]
The Great British weather
Our walking volunteers have certainly had some challenging weather to contend with recently! Yesterday’s deluge gave way to much drier weather today thankfully. Thanks to our volunteers for always […]
**DATE FOR YOUR DIARY*
A reminder that next Sunday, 16th May, you can find us fundraising at the Haigh Woodland Artisan Market at Haigh Hall. It’s a very well run market which is family […]
MOUSE is homed!
MOUSE (now known as NYXIE) arrived with us at the beginning of March and settled well, enjoying all sorts of new experiences. She has now found a lovely home with […]
V.E. Day 2021
*V. E. DAY 2021 – 76 YEARS* We thought you might like to see photos of some of our adopted Makants hounds from last years’ V.E. Day celebrations. Thanks […]
New arrival SHAKEY
Stunning boy SHAKEY is our latest new arrival. He is settling in well, walks well on the lead and seems a lovely, friendly boy, more details will follow as […]
**CHORLEY FLOWER SHOW**
We are so pleased that Makants have been invited to have a Show Garden at the upcoming Chorley Flower Show in July! This will be a fantastic opportunity for our […]
SQUAT CHALLENGE FOR MAKANTS
Recently Makants supporter Karen Hurst completed her 4,000 squat challenge for Makants. The money raised, together with a donation from her Tilly’s Natural Treats business, made the total raised a […]
HOUNDS ENJOY A DAILY WALK
Thanks to our experienced walking volunteers all our hounds always have a daily walk. We’ve a rare photo of all hounds (and volunteers) looking at the camera today! Left to […]
**Stunning NIGEL is our dog of the month for MAY.**
NIGEL joined us on the 28th February. He is an average sized friendly male greyhound with the most amazing eyes and loves to play with toys in his kennel. […]
APRIL*NATIONAL GREYHOUND ADOPTION MONTH*
With April now coming to a close we’re pleased to complete the celebration by sharing some photos and quotes from just a handful of our Makants adoptive families. We just […]
*FRIDAY FACE*
Our Friday Face this week belongs to long stay kennel hound PATRICK. This photo, taken last week, captures a care free Patrick in the sunshine. He would like to […]
A friendly reminder….
For those not aware Makants is entirely run by VOLUNTEERS, all of them giving considerable amounts of their free time for the rescue. Please, if you are contacting us, bear […]
Happy Birthday to the ‘Makants 9’ pups
Wishing the ‘Makants 9 pups’ a very Happy Birthday! They are three years old today. For those who don’t know their story the pups, plus their Mum Janet, came […]
SKYE is homed!
We’ve some lovely news to share with you today, SKYE is homed! SKYE (was Teresa) came back into our care (through no fault of her own) last month and […]
ROBBIE AND RAVEN VISIT KENNELS
Today we had some very welcome visitors at kennels – adopted Makants hounds ROBBIE and RAVEN with their humans Kevin and Col. It’s always wonderful to have our adopted […]
Fundraising at Haigh Woodland Artisan market
What a wonderful day we had fundraising at the Haigh Woodland Park Artisan market. A fabulous event – so well organised – with the weather kind to us too. It […]
LADY has been homed!
We’ve great news to share today, LADY has been homed! LADY arrived with us in early February and now has a lovely home in Farnworth. She will live with […]
Update on adopted Makants hound EMBA
*APRIL IS NATIONAL ADOPT A GREYHOUND MONTH* Gorgeous Emba was adopted by Martin, Angela and Sophie in December 2019. They tell us she has settled well and is relaxed […]
New dogs in kennels
This past weekend we had FIVE new dogs arrive in kennels, all black. We welcome Bubbles, Mike, Prince, Syd and Darragh to the Makants family. Photos to follow soon. […]
Thanks to the Pets at Home Foundation
Today we send our thanks to the Pets at Home Foundation, the charity arm of the Pets at Home stores. They recently donated a large pallet of food which […]
*APRIL IS NATIONAL ADOPT A GREYHOUND MONTH*
Litter sisters Maddie and Mouse are very affectionate girls, shown here energetically greeting Makants Trustees Wendy and Fiona last week!😍 Please help us raise awareness of greyhounds as pets […]
*APRIL IS NATIONAL ADOPT A GREYHOUND MONTH*
We’re pleased to share an update on adopted Makants hound STAR who was adopted in November last year. This lovely lad lives with Sandra and Keith in the […]
SHOP REOPENING!
We’re pleased to announce that our kennels shop will be reopening on Saturday 17th April at 10 am until 12.30 pm. In addition to dog related items we now have […]
HOMING NEWS
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s SILKY. SILKY now known as SLINKY, only arrived with us on the 12th March and wasted […]
Fundraising at Haigh Woodland Artisan market
We are delighted to be returning to this very popular artisan market and to ‘in person’ fundraising in general on SUNDAY 18th APRIL. Our crafters have been so busy during […]
TOPAZ is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share with you and this time it’s TOPAZ. TOPAZ, now known as SKY, has found herself a lovely home with Diane, Keith, Lucy and […]
*APRIL IS NATIONAL ADOPT A GREYHOUND MONTH*
Today we’re sharing a photo of adopted Makants hound Nadia with her humans Julian and Justine. Nadia was adopted on the 16th Feb 2020 and Julian and Justine tell us […]
*APRIL IS NATIONAL ADOPT A GREYHOUND MONTH*
We’re pleased to share this photo of adopted Makants hound Sally who found her forever home with our volunteer Chris in June 2018. Chris tells is ‘She is my […]
QUEENIE is homed!
We’ve got great news to share today, QUEENIE is homed! QUEENIE, now known as KELYNN (Cornish for Holly Tree) has settled well with Ann in the St. Anne’s area. […]
THANK YOU
Today we send our thanks once again to staff and customers of the Pets at Home, Horwich store for recent donations. We were happy to empty the charity donations […]
Happy Easter
Wishing you all an enjoyable Easter weekend. Here’s the lovely QUEENIE suitably attired, doesn’t she look lovely? www.makants.uk […]
*WINNIE* DOG OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL
Two year old WINNIE joined us on the 8th February. She’s settled well and is a very friendly girl who absolutely loves people. However, Winnie is very wary of other […]
Holly is homed!
We’ve yet more homing news to share today and this time it’s HOLLY! HOLLY, now known as DOLLY, arrived with us on the 17th January and wasted no time […]
*Fundraising update*
We’re pleased to let you know that our recent Easter sale, over on our Auction page, raised £962.76! We’d like to thank everyone who supported and donated items, especially our […]
Rhonda is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s lovely brindle girl RHONDA! RHONDA will now live with Mike, Tracy and Reuben in Neston on […]
PEBBLES is homed!
We have more homing news to share – and this time it’s PEBBLES! PEBBLES, now MABEL, will live with Maureen and Len and Makants hound Eddie (was Bernie) in […]
CLICK AND COLLECT
*NEW DOG COATS* *AVAILABLE ON A CLICK AND COLLECT BASIS ONLY* Having received a large delivery of coats we are now pleased to be able to offer a *click […]
EASTER HAMPER
On Sunday 28th at 6.30 pm over on our facebook Auction page we are inviting you to guess the name of the Easter bunny on the card for only £5 […]
Amy is homed!
We’ve news of another homing to share and this time it’s AMY! AMY, whose photo currently heads up our facebook page, arrived with us on the 17th January and […]
Sponsor a kennel at Makants
For an Easter gift with a difference why not sponsor a kennel at Makants this year? In order to ensure certificates arrive in time for Easter our cut off […]
PATRICK
PATRICK Long stay hound Pat is currently the ambassador for Tilly’s Natural Canine Treats. Being an ambassador he is assured of a regular supply of treats (which he doesn’t […]
RUFUS is homed!
We’ve homing news to share with you and this time it’s RUFUS! This very sweet boy has found himself a lovely home with female hound AMBER and humans Kathy […]
**KENNELS UPDATE** 21.3.21
Update on the current situation at kennels follows: *KENNELS MUST CONTINUE TO REMAIN CLOSED TO ALL VOLUNTEERS AND VISITORS FOR THE TIME BEING* Homing: we can only action applications if […]
*EASTER SALE*
STARTS 6pm Friday 19th March We’ve a fabulous fixed price Easter sale lined up for you over on our Auction page starting on Friday 19th March at 6pm. The […]
*ST. PATRICK’S DAY*
We couldn’t let today go without sharing a photo of our lovely long stay hound PATRICK. As you know PATRICK has lived with us for over 5 years now […]
MAGS is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s MAGS! Super friendly MAGS arrived with us on the 25th January and wasted no time bagging […]
BELLE is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share with you and this time it’s BELLE! Sweet BELLE arrived with us on the 25th January and now has found herself a home […]
LUKE is homed!
We’ve some great homing news to share with you and this time it’s LUKE! LUKE, now known as HOBSON, joined us at the beginning of January and has now […]
Thanks to Support Adoption for Pets
Today we send our thanks to the Support Adoption for Pets charity for their recent donation of a pallet full of dog food for our rescue. Thanks also to […]
JOSIE is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s JOSIE! Josie went into foster with Makants volunteer Sharon just before Christmas and soon became known as ‘Jodie […]
*INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY*
At Makants we have three Trustees who take responsibility for the running and future plans for the rescue – Siobhan, Sue and Dave. Sorry Dave but for today […]
BERNIE is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s BERNIE now known as BEA. BEA has found herself a lovely home with David with fellow canines Jet […]
DOG COATS AVAILABLE
Having received a large delivery of coats we are now pleased to be able to offer a *click and collect* service. Coats must be collected on a Saturday morning between […]
DESTINY is homed!
We’re pleased to let you know of another homing and this time it’s DESTINY, now known as DAISY. DAISY is now living in the Eccles area with Alex, Vicki […]
ZEUS is homed!
We have great homing news to share today and this time it’s Zeus, now known as VINNY. VINNY arrived with us on the 11th January having previously lived in […]
*TOPAZ* Dog of the month for March
Here’s the gorgeous TOPAZ, who is our Dog of the Month for March. Stunning four year old blue girl TOPAZ joined us on the 17th January, and at first […]
Upcoming Auction
Something very special is happening this Wednesday over on our Auction page. We’re holding an Auction of a litter of knitted greyhound pups! There are seven pups in total, […]
*In memoriam* Makants hound MEGHAN
We have some sad news to share today, Makants hound MEGHAN, adopted in June 2018, has passed away. You may remember she arrived with us without a name and, due […]
Thank you to Support Adoption for Pets
Today we send our thanks to the Support Adoption for Pets charity for donating another pallet of food for our rescue. As you can see we only just managed […]
*MOTHER’S DAY HAMPER*
*NAME THE DOG COMPETITION* For only £5 a go you have the chance to win this fabulous Mother’s Day hamper. Including pamper treats by many well known brands […]
QUEENIE is homed!
We have some lovely homing news to start the week and this time it’s QUEENIE, now QUEENY. QUEENY is living with Lynda in the West Lancs area and, we are […]
MOTHER’S DAY
With Mother’s Day only a matter of weeks away have you thought of sponsoring a kennel here at Makants for your Mum? All details can be found on our […]
Kennel shop remains CLOSED
Just a reminder our kennels shop will remain CLOSED until restrictions are lifted. We do have a blue donation bin by the gate and would be pleased to accept your […]
NADIA’S first ‘gotcha’ day!
Today marks the first ‘gotcha day’ for adopted Makants hound NADIA. NADIA, who lives with Julian and Justine tell us that NADIA is definitely settled in at home now. […]
A LITTLE GREYHOUND FROM MACAU …
Two years ago, during February 2019, we were preparing to receive a greyhound from Macau as part of an international rescue operation when the large racing establishment there – the […]
Great homing news!
We start the week the very best way… with news of a homing and this time it’s SALLY! Beautiful blue girl SALLY arrived with us on the 13th January […]
*Stunning four year old foster girl EVE is our Valentine feature today*
You may remember Eve who came into our care last August. She had sustained an injury while racing and, in order to recuperate, it was felt a home placement was […]
New arrival PEBBLES
Introducing another new arrival, stunning brindle and white girl PEBBLES. PEBBLES arrived with us on the 8th February and is settling well. Please note homing restrictions are in place […]
New arrival *TY*
Introducing the very lovely big lad TY who arrived with us on the 5th February. He’s already settled in, walks well on the lead and is a friendly lad who […]
*VALENTINE’S WEEK*
It’s Valentine’s week at Makants and an ideal opportunity to share photos of some of our hounds. Today we’re sharing a photo of foster hound EVE who is looking […]
Surprise donation!
At Makants today we are certainly feeling the love! We have received a very welcome and wonderful surprise from the Support Adoption for Pets charity.😍 This Valentine’s weekend they have […]
Kennel shop remains CLOSED
Just a reminder our kennels shop will remain CLOSED until restrictions are lifted. We do have a blue donation bin by the gate and would be pleased to accept […]
*VALENTINE’S WEEK*
It’s Valentine’s week at Makants and an ideal opportunity to share photos of some of the hounds in kennels. Striking 17 month old BERNIE arrived with us on the […]
*VALENTINE’S WEEK*
It’s Valentine’s week at Makants and an ideal opportunity to share photos of some of our hounds in kennels. Today we share a photo of much loved long stay […]
*VALENTINE’S WEEK*
It’s Valentine’s week here at Makants and a great opportunity to share photos of some of the hounds in kennels. Today we’re sharing a photo of the lovely MAGS […]
Valentine’s week
It’s Valentine’s week here at Makants and an ideal opportunity to share photos of some of the lovely hounds we have in kennels. Today, we’re pleased to share a […]
*SUPPORT ADOPTION FOR PETS – SANTA PAWS APPEAL*
Over the Christmas period staff in our local partnered Pets at Home stores (Horwich and Walkden) pulled out all the stops to fundraise for us through the ‘Santa Paws’ appeal. […]
*Valentine’s week*
It’s Valentine’s week here at Makants and an excellent opportunity to share photos of some of the hounds in our care. Today we start with our gorgeous RHONDA who […]
THANK YOU!
Today we send our thanks to the Little Pet Biscuit Company for their recent donation of Beautiful Joe’s dog treats for our kennel hounds. Thanks also go to everyone who […]
Robbie update
Thanks to Kevin for this update on much loved long stay kennel hound Robbie who found his forever home with Kevin last year. Kevin says: ‘Robbie’s doing great. At […]
Great start to homing!
We’re pleased to say January got off to a good start homing wise with 9 hounds finding their forever homes. Those lucky hounds are: Brady, Dottie, Hunter (now Ludo), […]
Kennel shop remains CLOSED
Just a reminder that our kennels shop remains CLOSED. We do have a blue donation bin by the gate for you to leave any CD’s, DVD’s, books or jigsaws. […]
IN MEMORIAM
Recently we were saddened to hear the news that Makants supporter and dog lover Mark Berryman had passed away. Mark had adopted Minty from us in October last year and […]
Great news for KING!
We’ve some fantastic news to share today. Older hound KING, currently living with with foster carers Jan, Marzena and hound Lottie is staying there permanently as a long term foster […]
**Why not sponsor one of our kennels as a Valentine’s gift this year?**
For as little as £5 a month you can make sure there’s always somewhere safe and warm for greyhounds to call home while they wait to find a family. You […]
JAKE has been adopted
We’ve some fabulous news to share with you, JAKE has been adopted! This lovely lad will live with volunteer Louise and husband Pete in the Little Hulton area. Louise […]
Thank goodness for dogs
As we struggle through this seemingly endless lockdown we know our dogs, more than ever, are helping us get through each day. Being with our dogs, walking and getting […]
**ANNOUNCING THE MAKANTS SPRING DOG COAT COLLECTION!**
We are pleased to bring you the Makants Crafters Spring Dog Coat collection available from THIS SATURDAY 30th January at 6 pm. Our crafters have been hard at work […]