Lottie’s first ‘gotcha’ day
Lovely adopted Makants hound LOTTIE celebrated her first ‘gotcha’ day last week. Marzena and Jan tell us: ‘Lottie took a little while to settle in but soon turned out […]
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Friday Face
Today’s Friday Face is stunning Sally, who arrived with us on the 13th January. Sally was perfectly behaved for her photoshoot last weekend courtesy of our photographer Sue Costello. […]
Thank You!
We’re pleased to say our recent online sale on our Auction page raised the fantastic amount of £928.99! Thanks to everyone who supported the sale and also to our […]
New hounds
We’ve had several new hounds join us last weekend. We welcome Amy (brindle), Holly (black) and Topaz (Blue) to the Makants family. The girls will shortly be having their photo […]
DONATION FROM SUPPORT ADOPTION FOR PETS
We have a fabulous announcement to make this morning! You may remember that, before Christmas, the Support Adoption for Pets Santa Paws appeal was underway in local Pets at […]
PATRICK is an ambassador!
We have some lovely news to share regarding long stay kennel hound PATRICK. Lovely PATRICK has been voted the ambassador for ‘Tilly’s Natural Canine Treats’. He’s obviously very pleased […]
BOOMER finds his forever home
We start the week the best way with homing news and this time it’s BOOMER! This lovely snowflake boy has found his forever home with Gail, Craig and family […]
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes at Makants… Our new arrivals – ZEUS, DESTINY and SALLY – had their photoshoots yesterday with our photographer Sue Costello. Make sure to look out for their […]
ZEUS – new arrival
Lovely black boy ZEUS joined us on the 11th January this year and is settling well. This young lad previously lived in a home for six months and, through no […]
**KENNELS UPDATE**
**KENNELS UPDATE** 4.1.21 With regard to the new lockdown being introduced from the 5th January we must remind you of the following: *KENNELS MUST CONTINUE TO REMAIN CLOSED TO ALL […]
PADDY finds his forever home!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s PADDY! PADDY, now known as STANLEY, will be living in the Wigan area with Amanda. This lucky lad also […]
Derry’s 2nd ‘gotcha day’
It’s adopted Makants hound Derry’s 2nd ‘gotcha day’ today. This lucky girl lives with Helen, Andrew and her hound brother Mickey. Helen says: ‘Derry came for a sleepover two […]
MONTY finds his forever home
We’re pleased to share a homing announcement today and this time it’s MONTY! MONTY arrived with us at the beginning of November last year. He now lives in the […]
FERGIE is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s FERGIE. FERGIE, now known as BELLE was adopted on Friday and, has already discovered what sofas and beds are […]
JOSIE
Stunning blue snowflake girl JOSIE arrived with us just before Christmas and shortly after went into a local foster home with a male greyhound for company. She is settling […]
RHONDA
Thanks to our volunteer Shilpa for this lovely photo of kennel hound RHONDA on her walk earlier this week. What a stunning girl! Please note we have a very […]
More homing news
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s stunning lad HUNTER! HUNTER, now known as LUDO, will live in the Culcheth area with Mark, […]
*KENNELS UPDATE** 4.1.21
With regard to the new lockdown being introduced from the 5th January we must remind you of the following: *KENNELS MUST CONTINUE TO REMAIN CLOSED TO ALL VOLUNTEERS AND VISITORS* […]
Donations received
We were pleased to receive a very generous donation over the weekend from the Leigh Tesco store. Many thanks to all who donated, to staff member Tracey, Manager Vicky […]
KING is still waiting for a home
10 year old KING was our dog of the month for December and is still searching for a home. Prior to joining us KING had lived in a kennel […]
First homings of 2021
We’ve got some lovely news to share of our first homing of 2021 and this time it’s not one hound, it’s two! You may remember DOTTY and BRADY who […]
Donations needed
Do you have any unloved Christmas presents that we could find new homes for? If you have any new items to donate we will gladly take them off your […]
A message from Siobhan….
Well what a year we’ve had! Writing a similar post this time last year I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams what was about to happen. But […]
**KENNELS UPDATE** 30.12.20
*KENNELS MUST REMAIN CLOSED TO ALL VOLUNTEERS AND VISITORS AT THIS TIME* During the countrywide ‘lockdown’ we kept the number of hounds to a minimum and continued to do so […]
Can you help?
SEIB insurance are offering financial help to charities with over £40,00 available to good causes next year. We were wondering whether you would be kind enough to click on the […]
*THANK YOU!*
Kennel hound PATRICK must now be the best dressed hound for miles. He was gifted two jumpers to keep him warm in kennels this Christmas time, our thanks to Terri, […]
**MAKANTS GREYHOUND RESCUE NW – DID YOU KNOW?**
We’ve a few facts about the rescue to share with you today. Did you know… Makants Greyhound Rescue NW was founded on 11th December 2013 and is a Registered […]
XMAS DAY AT KENNELS
We send our thanks to those volunteers who kindly gave their time to take the kennel dogs out for their walk on Christmas Day. Thanks to our kind supporters there […]
*THANK YOU’s*
We’d like to send out a very BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have made donations to Makants this Christmas time. We know some of you, being […]
*A CHRISTMAS WISH* by Fiona Hughes
Today we’re pleased to share this poem written by Fiona, which we first shared with you last Christmas. As I think you’ll agree the world has changed a bit […]
BAILEY is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s BAILEY! BAILEY, now known as WINNIE, will live with Gemma, Keith and children in the Coppull area. […]
Pearl is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s PEARL! Pearl arrived with us at the beginning of November and wasted no time finding herself a lovely […]
Christmas Hamper winner
We’re pleased to announce the winner of the second Christmas hamper is Janet Mills. That name might be familiar as Janet unbelievably also won the first hamper! Congratulations Janet […]
*ADVENT CALENDAR*
Today’s photo is of adopted Makants hound ROBBIE with his cuddly sprout! Robbie was in our care for two years so this Christmas is extra special. 😘 www.makants.uk […]
GWEN is homed!
We’ve homing news to share with you today and this time it’s GWEN! This gorgeous girl arrived with us on the 1st November and will now live with Katherine […]
KING needs a forever home
KING – our dog of the month for December 10 year old KING has recently joined us having lived in a kennel environment all his life. He’s easy to walk […]
*FOREVER HOME NEEDED*
Next Sunday, 20th December, we will be looking for a special forever home for this cuddly bear, who measures 93 inches tall. (Yes, he’s a big lad!) Currently in […]
PEGGY was Hazel
We’ve received a photo of a recently adopted Makants hound, a very contented Peggy (was Hazel). Her family say: ‘Peggy absolutely loves her walks, we’ve got a couple of […]
*IN MEMORIAM – MEG*
We’ve some sad news to share as last week we heard that adopted Makants hound MEG had sadly passed away. Meg was adopted in March 2017 and went to […]
Successful hamper fundraiser
Thanks to everyone who took part in our Christmas hamper fundraiser on Friday night on our Auction page. We’re pleased to say the event was a great success and supporter […]
JAKE is homed!
We’ve some fabulous homing news to share today and this time it’s brindle boy JAKE! Lovely JAKE has bagged himself a wonderful home with Andy, one of our long […]
SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS SALE
We’re pleased to let you know that our recent Christmas sale on our Auction page raised £2079.20! This is a fantastic amount and is especially so important coming at the […]
CHRISTMAS HAMPERS UP FOR GRABS!
We’ve recently had two amazing Christmas hampers donated by some very generous supporters. We send our thanks to Anne Pendlebury and Nicola Tavernor for their generosity. This Friday 11th December […]
STAR is homed!
We’ve some great news of an adoption to share today and this time it’s STAR! This lovely lad will now live in the St. Helens area with Sandra and […]
KING dog of the month for December
Our dog of the month for December – KING – pictured here with Makants hound LOTTIE. Both were visitors to our stall at Haigh Woodland Artisan market on Sunday and […]
THANK YOU TO SUPPORT ADOPTION FOR PETS
*THANK YOU* As a rescue supported through the Support Adoption for Pets programme we were lucky to receive a full pallet of donated food recently. Thank you Support Adoption […]
*IN MEMORIAM*
We were saddened to hear recently of the passing of adopted Makants hound Connie. Beautiful Connie was with us in the early days of the rescue, being adopted in […]
Fundraising at Haigh Woodland Artisan Market
This Sunday 6th December, we will have a stall at Haigh Woodland Artisan market at Haigh Hall. The market is open from 10 am and on our stall we […]
PADDY having fun!
Paddy enjoying time in the paddock! Thanks again to volunteers Julian and Danny for their help re sanding the paddock last week. You can see the hounds appreciate it, […]
Dog of the month *KING*
Introducing…. *KING* OUR DOG OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER 10 year old KING has recently joined us having lived in a kennel environment all his life. He’s easy to […]
MONTY is looking for his forever home
We’re pleased to share details of MONTY who is looking for his forever home. We are looking for adopters who have greyhound experience for Monty, please also see our pinned […]
BOOMER is looking for his forever home
We’re pleased to share details of BOOMER who is looking for an adopter with greyhound experience. Please also see our homing section for current homing restrictions. BOOMER Sweet young lad […]
Thanks to our volunteers
As you know, during lockdown we have been able to undertake some work at kennels while it is a little quieter. We send out our thanks today to two […]
RUBY has found her forever home
We have more homing news to share today and this time it’s RUBY! Lovely RUBY only arrived with us at the end of October and wasted no time finding […]
Support Adoption for Pets Santa Paws appeal
The Support Adoption for Pets ‘Santa Paws’ appeal is currently underway and running until Christmas Eve. Due to the pandemic we aren’t able to support the appeal by appearing in […]
kENNEL SPOTLIGHT
Stunning four year old LOU arrived with us on the 8th August and soon settled in. He is a large striking boy and we have enjoyed getting to know him. […]
ADAM finds his forever home!
We’ve news of another homing to share with you today and this time it’s ADAM! Striking boy ADAM, now known as NORMAN, has found his forever home with Makants […]
Harry No. 2 is homed!
We’ve more homing news to share and this time it’s HARRY NO.2! Harry arrived with us at the end of September and spent time in foster with Gala and […]
Visit from adopted Makants hound LOLA
We’d like to thank Chris and Pete who called yesterday, with LOLA, to drop off some hand made items to boost our fundraising efforts. They tell us that LOLA, […]
Changes at kennels
Recently we had delivery of a large new portakabin. With this addition we are now able to free up one of the smaller portakabins for use as an office, especially […]
**KENNELS SHOP WILL BE OPEN FROM SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER**
We’re pleased to inform you that our kennels shop will be OPEN from this Saturday (21st November) as we introduce a ‘click and collect’ service. The shop (Mort Lane, Tyldesley, […]
SMALL DOG COAT ONLINE SALE STARTS FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER
**SMALL DOG SPECTACULAR DOG COAT SALE!** **STARTS TONIGHT FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER AT 6 PM** FOR ONE WEEK ONLY** All items will be listed on our Auction page which you […]
ROBBIE is homed!
We start the week the best way with homing news … and this time it’s ROBBIE! Robbie arrived with us over two years ago now, but as they say […]
***ADVANCE NOTICE OF UPCOMING SALE***
SMALL DOG SPECTACULAR! As you’re aware we haven’t been able to fundraise ‘in person’ for 8 long months now. Thanks to our talented Crafters group who’ve been knitting away, we […]
**KENNEL SPONSORSHIP – IDEAL GIFT*
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 […]
*ADVANCE NOTICE* – DOG TREAT HAMPER!
Starting at 6pm sharp on the 27th November this Natural Dog Treat Hamper will be up for grabs! For only £5 a go – guess the name of the dog […]
LILLY is homed!
Today we have more homing news to share and this time it’s LILLY! Lovely LILLY joined us early in October and wasted no time finding herself a fabulous home. […]
ALFIE IS HOMED!
* FRIDAY FACE * *SPECIAL* Our Friday Face this week is ALFIE, and there’s a very special reason we’ve chosen him as it’s also his homing announcement! Yes, […]
VINNIE is homed!
We have another homing to share with you today and this time it’s VINNIE! As you may remember VINNIE came into our care in September when his owner passed […]
**KENNEL SPONSORSHIP – IDEAL GIFT*
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 […]
NONIE is homed!
We have news of another homing to share and this time it’s NONIE! NONIE, now ROSIE MAE, is now living with lurcher Otis and Heather and Lisa in Cheshire. […]
New hounds in kennels
Recently we’ve welcomed several new hounds in kennels – be sure to take a look at their profiles on our homing page. Here’s the lovely PEARL, only 14 months, who […]
LEANNE is homed!
We start the week the very best way with homing news and this time it’s LEANNE! Lovely LEANNE, now known as MOLLY, arrived with us on the 7th October […]
KENNEL SHOP IS CLOSED
*KENNELS SHOP IS CLOSED* Please note that, due to the current ‘lockdown’ situation our kennels shop is CLOSED for the next few weeks. If you have purchased items […]
MOLL is homed!
We have some good news to share of a homing and this time it’s MOLL! Lovely MOLL, now MOLLY, will live with Ian and Kate in the Liverpool area […]
New lad JAKE is our dog of the month
New lad JAKE is our dog of the month for NOVEMBER. Jake arrived with us on the 26th October and we’ve found him to be a friendly lad who […]
Upcoming auction details
*No tricks – just treats!* Our next auction takes place from 4pm this Saturday 31st October, running until 8 pm on Friday 6th November. We will have treat […]
Sponsored slim
One of our supporters, Michelle Glaister, is currently undertaking a sponsored slim to raise money for Makants. Michelle, a dog lover with spaniels Jensen and Lola of her own, […]
FISH is adopted!
We have great homing news to share today and this time it’s FISH! FISH, now known as FINN, has found his forever home in Stockport with Nicola, Jason and […]
Remembrance Day – also remembering animals who gave their lives
Don’t forget we have some purple poppies for your dog’s collar for a suggested donation of £2. All poppies have been handmade by members of our talented crafters group. […]
Thank you Millie!
Today we send out a very BIG ‘Thank You’ to supporter, 16 year old Millie Welch. Millie, being a dog lover with a cocker spaniel of her own, decided […]
Donated items
A very BIG Thank You! Supporters, we were overwhelmed to receive all these jigsaws at kennels this week. Our volunteer Dave would like to send his thanks to everyone who […]
NATIONAL DOG ADOPTION DAY
Today, 23rd October is ‘National Dog Adoption Day’. We’d like to share the story of a special adopted Makants hound – PHOENIX. PHOENIX Phoenix came into our care […]
Kennels shop
Our shop is OPEN every Saturday morning from 10 am to 12.30 pm at our kennels on Mort Lane, Tyldesley, M29 8PF. Social distancing measures are in place with all […]
TOM is homed!
We’ve yet more homing news to share today and this time it’s ….TOM! Tom arrived with us last November and enjoyed some weekend sleepovers with our volunteers. Earlier this […]
TERESA is homed!
We have more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s….TERESA! TERESA, now SKYE, only arrived with us on the 15th September and in no time […]
ROBIN is homed!
Homing happiness! We start the week the very best way with homing news and this time it’s ROBIN! Robin arrived with us on the 5th September and was […]
Busy morning at kennels shop
It was a busy Saturday morning at our kennels shop. Here are adopted Makants hound BUDGE and PHEBY modelling the latest creations in the ‘Makants Boutique’. Thanks to all our […]
Winner of dog ‘pamper hamper’
Makants supporter Karen Hurst was the lucky winner of our recent dog ‘pamper hamper’. Here she is collecting the impressive hamper at our kennels shop on Saturday. The prize […]
FRIDAY FACE
This week we have this lovely photo of VINNIE to share with you. Let us tell you it was no mean feat getting a photo as this boy is so […]
SILAS (was CHAP) celebrates seond ‘gotcha’ day
We’ve heard that Makants hound SILAS (was Chap) celebrated his second ‘gotcha’ day on Tuesday. Katrina says ‘We have had this beautiful boy two years now and he brightens […]
Lord’s 3rd ‘gotcha’ day
We’ve had a message from David and Christina to say it’s Lord’s 3rd ‘gotcha’ day today! They say ‘he loves to travel and visits lots of beaches, and loves […]
Poppy celebrates second ‘gotcha’ day
Today is the second ‘gotcha’ day for Makants hound Poppy (was Xena). Her owner Sam tells us that Poppy ‘ loves nothing more than cuddles and food, she is very […]
SYBIL is homed!
We start the week the very best way, with news of a homing and this time it’s SYBIL! SYBIL, now known as AGATHA, will live near Northwich with Natalie, […]
**Guess the weight of the pumpkin**
Advance notice that on the 23rd October this wonderful Halloween Hamper will be up for grabs! For only £2 a guess you could win this hamper which, apart from all […]
Maggie and Arnie on holiday
Today we have a lovely photo to share of adopted Makants hounds Maggie and Arnie on their holiday recently on the Isle of Mull. They had a great time and […]
ROCKY finds his forever home!
Today we have news of another homing to share with you and this time it’s … ROCKY! Handsome Rocky arrived with us in the middle of August and now […]
HAZEL finds her forever home!
We’ve more homing news to start the week … and this time it’s HAZEL! This lovely girl arrived with us in August and now has a forever home with […]
Makants supporter – and ‘mum’ to adopted Makants hound JACK – Cheryl Honeybourne ran the virtual London marathon for Makants today! We’re so pleased the weather was much better […]
JASMIN is homed!
We’ve another fabulous homing to share with you today and this time it’s JASMIN! JASMIN, now named LUNA, arrived with us back in July and settled well. She now […]