*DOG OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER* **LUKE**
Lovely LUKE is our dog of the month for September. ❤ LUKE is a friendly boy, with a gleaming black coat who is a dream to walk. He […]
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*THURSDAY THANK YOU’S*
Today we’d like to send out a big THANK YOU to Makants volunteer and great supporter of the rescue – Sue Wraith. Sue celebrated a special birthday this […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve some fabulous homing news to share, and the lucky hound this time is ADA! She is now living with Erica, Liam and family in the Bolton area. Seems […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. *GREYHOUNDS DON’T NEED TO WEAR COATS* Our answer […]
****UPCOMING FASHION SHOW AND CLOTHES SALE**** Date to be confirmed
Back in pre Covid days we held a very successful Sunday afternoon ‘indoor market’ event to raise funds. This Autumn we are looking to hold a clothes sale incorporating […]
**NATIONAL DOG DAY**
Today is National Dog Day, an annual event celebrating man’s best friend. The aim of the day is to honour the deep bond between dogs and their human companions while […]
**FRIDAY FEATURE** *DODGER*
Striking big lad DODGER joined us on the 18th April 2023. DODGER is a lovely, super friendly boy and he has settled in well. He does get a […]
****UPCOMING FASHION SHOW AND CLOTHES SALE**** Date to be confirmed
Back in pre Covid days we held a very successful Sunday afternoon ‘indoor market’ event to raise funds. This Autumn we are looking to hold a clothes sale […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. Many people believe that greyhounds are too big […]
*WATER BABIES*
It seems we have some water babies at Makants who like nothing more than taking a cooling dip on their walk on a sunny day. Our main photo shows LADDIE […]
**WOOFY**
Here, showing his many sides, are photos of WOOFY from a recent ‘modelling assignment’ This lovely lad is easy to walk – he is not without his ‘giddy’ moments – […]
*FRIDAY FACE* BUDDY
Handsome BUDDY arrived with us on the 17th May and settled in well, taking no time to get used to his new surroundings. As he settled in we’ve […]
**DONATIONS NEEDED** Can you help?
The hounds do like a little wet food as a topper to their dry dog food and currently we are running low on tinned food such as Butchers and […]
**HOMING NEWS**
We’ve got some great homing news to share today! The lucky hound this time is CYRIL. He is now living with Chris and Fiona in the Northenden area. […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. Some people believe that greyhounds are ‘dangerous dogs’ […]
**MAKANTS SOCIAL DOG WALK – HOLLINGWORTH LAKE**
It was lovely to see so many sighthounds this morning, even if the walk was rather a soggy one! Thanks to everyone who supported this event and for […]
*SATURDAY KENNELS ROUND UP*
Adopted Makants hound DANCER was a visitor to the kennels shop this morning, buying a hand made fold up dog bed for his holidays. It was lovely to see him […]
****UPCOMING FASHION SHOW AND CLOTHES SALE**** Date to be confirmed
Back in pre Covid days we held a very successful Sunday afternoon ‘indoor market’ event to raise funds. This Autumn we are looking to hold a clothes sale […]
FRIDAY FEATURE – PIXIE
Stunning blue brindle girl PIXIE arrived with us on the 17th October 2022. PIXIE settled in well and is a friendly girl, in fact she is VERY friendly and treats […]
*LUCKY HUGO!*
Last week was certainly an exciting one for kennel hound HUGO! Not only did he have a day out including a visit to the pub, he also had […]
Great Global Greyhound Walk 2023
Our Great Global Greyhound walk this year will take place at Windy Bank Woods Glazebury WA3 5QF on Sunday 24th September, setting off at 11am. Parking is available at Bents […]
*PATRICK*
This past weekend (5th August) marks two years since our beloved PATRICK left us. With us at the rescue from 2015 to 2021 he was loved by so many […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS*
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. Ahead of National Cat Day tomorrow we discuss […]
*MAX*
MAX has been captured finding breakfast TV absolutely riveting! 😂 We love taking our hounds into the enrichment (home from home) room so they can experience so many […]
*Weekend fundraising*
The weather was rather soggy on Saturday for our team of fundraisers. We don’t have many photos to share with you but this one stood out of adopted […]
Saturday morning
We had a busy morning at kennels with some volunteer inductions and visitors to our Meet a Greyhound event. We’re pleased to say adopted Makants hound JAKE was an […]
*FRIDAY FACE – MILLIE – DOG OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2023**
MILLIE, our dog of the month, enjoyed a visit to Starbucks with her kennel friend PIXIE this week. Thanks to our volunteers Sharon and John for giving both […]
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST **MILLIE**
Marvellous MILLIE is our dog of the month for August 2023. Four year old ‘pocket rocket’ MILLIE arrived with us last Summer and settled in well. This girl […]
**CRAFTERS GROUP**
Did you know we have a Crafters group attached to the rescue? Our talented crafters spend many hours making items for us to sell at fundraising events. We are […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. It’s often believed that greyhounds can’t live with […]
HANDSOME HUGO
HUGO crashed a meeting last week, just wanting a little fuss from Siobhan before his walk. He soon got it, who could resist? More details on HUGO are on […]
**FUNDRAISING AT THE CALICO LOUNGE, CHORLEY**
We had a fabulous fundraising evening on Thursday at the Calico Lounge in Market Walk, Chorley. They organised a fun bingo evening with the entry fees being donated to […]
🎉🎉WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!🎉🎉
**DRUM ROLL PLEASE** Recently a team of intrepid volunteers from Makants undertook the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge to raise funds for the rescue. The team, who had […]
**ANOTHER KENNEL MAKEOVER!**
Lucky CYRIL is the latest hound to receive a makeover of his kennel, thanks to our hard working volunteer Paul Wareing. We’re starting to lose count of how many […]
*HOMING NEWS*
Recently previous adopters Heather and Lisa lost their adopted Makants hound Rosie Mae. They wanted to honour Rosie Mae by offering a home to another rescue hound and […]
*MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week again with our ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. It’s often believed that greyhounds can’t live with smaller dogs. […]
*DOG WALKING IN JULY!*
Hard to believe it’s 22nd July from this photo! Thanks to our hardy volunteers for giving their time for the greyhounds, no matter the weather! photo credit Lisa Carter www.makants.uk […]
*SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT GREYHOUNDS AS PETS*
Our thanks to Makants volunteer Kay Love who, earlier this week, gave a talk to her colleagues within the customer service team at Milliken Industrials in Wigan. Kay spoke […]
**THURSDAY THANK YOU**
Many thanks to Makants volunteers Jane Hutchinson and Jackie McKenzie who applied to their employer Nat West for a donation in their Community Cashback scheme. The Bank donates to […]
**HOMING NEWS**🎉🎉
We’ve some fantastic homing news to share with you this morning and the lucky hound is FLASH! FLASH is now living with Makants volunteers Elizabeth and Peter and […]
**MYTH BUSTER MONDAYS**
We’re starting the week with our new ‘Myth Buster Mondays’ where we discuss some of the widely held greyhound myths. The question we are asked the most often is […]
**MAKANTS 10 YEARS PIN BADGES**
🌟Show your support for your local greyhound rescue and wear a pin badge!🌟 To mark our 10th birthday we are selling these pin badges in our kennels shop […]
**FRIDAY FEATURE**
G R A C E GRACE arrived with her kennel mate DREAM – who was last week’s Friday Feature – on the 10th June 2023. Petite girl GRACE […]
BURNS PET NUTRITION **CHARITY OF THE YEAR 2022/23**
As you know we were delighted to be recognised as Charity of the Year by Burns Pet Nutrition for 2022/23. We have been receiving deliveries of dry food for […]
MEET A GREYHOUND!
🌟Announcing our 5th ‘MEET A GREYHOUND’ information session!🌟 August’s session will take place on: SATURDAY 5 AUGUST from 11.30 am – 1.00 pm at our kennels site on Mort Lane, […]
*KENNEL STORIES*
A bit of an ‘inpromptu’ game of Tug of War obviously took place in kennels over the weekend. The competitors were HUGO and WOOFY, we’re not sure who […]
**YORKSHIRE THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE**
Our walkers have all had a good night’s rest and amazingly some were actually in work today! We’re sharing some more photos of the day to give you an […]
**YORKSHIRE THREE PEAKS – CHALLENGE COMPLETED!**
We’re pleased to say all our volunteers are safely back at base now and whether they walked one, two, or three peaks we are all so proud of them all! […]
Busy Saturday morning at kennels
Firstly, we welcomed Emma from Confident Canines Dog Training in Leyland. Emma has been a Makants supporter for some time inviting us to fundraise at her dog shows over […]
🎉🎉**ANNOUNCEMENT**🎉🎉
Following on from our Dog Show and Family Fun Day held on the 25th June we are so pleased to announce that the fantastic sum of £3288.65 was raised! […]
**THREE PEAKS FUNDRAISING FOR MAKANTS**
NOW ONLY 6 DAYS TO GO!😱😱 As you know our hardy team of fundraisers are undertaking the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge (link below) this coming SUNDAY 9 JULY! […]
**When MINNIE met MINNIE!**
Our fundraising team were out in force at the Wilmslow Community Show today. Adopted Makants hound MINNIE really didn’t know what to make of her somewhat larger namesake! Our […]
🌟Announcing our 5th ‘MEET A GREYHOUND’ information session!🌟
August’s session will take place on: SATURDAY 5 AUGUST from 11.30 am – 1.00 pm at our kennels site on Mort Lane, Tyldesley M29 8PF **PLACES ARE STRICTLY […]
**WEEKEND FUN!**
Thanks to our volunteers for walking the greyhounds and allowing them to do a little exploring on their walks too. Here’s TY on his walk on Saturday looking […]
**MAKANTS 10 YEARS PIN BADGES**
We still have some of these pin badges available. A great way to show your support for your local greyhound rescue or even to give as gifts or wedding […]
Makants Dog Show and Family Fun Day
**WOW! What a totally amazing time we had at our annual Dog Show and Family Fun Day** A very BIG THANK YOU goes out to everyone who came along to […]
**MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY** **SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023**😁
SPONSORED BY HANNAH’S DOG GROOMING https://www.facebook.com/hdgfp/ Our four ‘dog crazy’ judges are looking forward to meeting all the dogs. They are: Abbie and Emma from Northwich, Tracey from Bolton […]
BURNS PET NUTRITION
We’ve received some great items from Burns which will form part of the prizes for the Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show in our dog show (both […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We start the week the very best way with news of a homing … and this time it’s EVA! This gorgeous girl wasted no time finding herself a […]
**NEW ARRIVALS**
We have two new gorgeous new arrivals to introduce to you – GRACE and DREAM – both 4 years of age. These girls arrived with us on the […]
**MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY** SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023**
New arrival, the lovely DREAM (yes, she lives up to her name 😁), shown here with volunteer Sue, would like to remind you that next Sunday 25th June it’s […]
**FUNDRAISING TODAY 17.6.23**
Thanks to everyone who came along to our fundraising stalls today either at the Cats Protection Summer Fair in Leigh or at the Mining Museum in Astley. In these […]
**FUNDRAISING SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2023**
WOOFY is here to remind you where our volunteers will be fundraising today, Saturday 17th June. You can find them at the Craft Fair at the Lancashire Mining […]
**MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY – SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023**
Only just over a week to go now until our biggest fundraising event of the year – our Dog Show and Family Fun Day. Taking place on Astley Street […]
**READY FOR ANYTHING!**
In this extreme heat we have everything in place to keep our hounds cool – earlier very short walks on kennel grounds, fans, wet towels on windows, cool mats, […]
*HOMING NEWS*
The homing news continues and this time the lucky hound is CHER! This gorgeous girl, now known as WRENLEY, lives in the Boothstown area with Sarah, Jonny and […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve fabulous news to share with you at the start of the week, HEIDI has been homed! HEIDI is now living in the Southport area with Steve and […]
*MAKANTS – BURNS UK CHARITY OF THE YEAR 22/23**
On the countdown to our Dog Show and Family Fun Day (25 June) we were pleased to receive promotional material from Burns Pet Nutrition last week. As you […]
DONATIONS NEEDED FOR FUNDRAISING AT OUR UPCOMING DOG SHOW
CAN YOU HELP? We are still collecting bottle and gift bags (any size, new or used) and also toiletries (in sets or singly) for fundraising on our tombola stall at […]
FRIDAY FACE *MILLIE**
Three year old ‘pocket rocket’ MILLIE arrived with us on the 15th August last year and settled in well. This girl may be small in stature but is certainly […]
**NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK**
Today sees the end of National Volunteers’ week. (1-7 June) At Makants, our volunteers are the life blood of the rescue, we simply couldn’t exist without them. Our […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK – SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2023 POSTPONED
**PLEASE NOTE THIS WALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS** To celebrate 10 years of Makants we are holding social dog walks and events throughout the year. This is […]
CAN YOU HELP?
We are looking for donated items to ensure our family fun day and dog show is a success and wonder if you can help? We are looking for […]
*MEET A GREYHOUND*
We held our fourth ‘meet a greyhound event’ at kennels today. Our visitors came along to meet adopted Makants hounds LUNA and JAKE and their owners Jamie and Kate […]
*VISTOR TO KENNELS*
Earlier this week we were visited by Beth McCray, the Charity Coordinator for the Pets at Home Foundation. (The Pets at Home Foundation is the charity ‘arm’ of the […]
FRIDAY FEATURE **FLASH**
This week we turn the spotlight on lovely lad FLASH.💗 Due to a change in home circumstances FLASH has recently been returned to us for rehoming. FLASH […]
NEW MAKANTS PIN BADGES
**STOP PRESS** Our new badges can be ordered NOW using Paypal to auction@makants.uk and adding £1.00 for postage. Please also leave a note of your address! Our […]
NATIONAL BISCUIT DAY
TY has just heard it’s National Biscuit Day AND National Doughnut Day this week… but if he asks, these are the ‘real deal’ Photo Shilpa Grewal www.makants.uk @burnspet @burnspetfood #poweredbyburns […]
**DOG OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE** CHIEF
Handsome lad CHIEF is our dog of the month for June.🌞 CHIEF arrived with us on the 4th December and soon become a firm favourite of our volunteers. […]
💗*FLASH and PIXIE have a day out*💗
Last week these two gorgeous brindle hounds were treated to a day out with our experienced volunteers Rob and Susie. Because it was a hot day Susie and […]
*MEET A HOUND EVENT*
We held another successful Meet a Hound session this morning at kennels with two couples coming along to meet adopted Makants hounds LOTTIE and HENRY (was Harry). Thanks to […]
MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY
**MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY** **SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023**😁 SPONSORED BY HANNAH’S DOG GROOMING https://www.facebook.com/hdgfp/ Plans are well underway for our main fundraising event of the year, […]
**KENNELS SHOP**
***NEW IN, available from 27.5.23 *** these fabulous roll up dog beds, handmade by our volunteer Susie they have been tested by several greyhounds and have their seal of […]
*THANK YOU*🎉🎉
The ‘flash’ tattoo event, held last Saturday at Old Empire Tattoo in Little Hulton was a resounding success! Our thanks to Joel and his team at the studio, they worked […]
MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY
**MAKANTS DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY** **SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023**😁 SPONSORED BY HANNAH’S DOG GROOMING https://www.facebook.com/hdgfp/ Plans are well underway for our main fundraising event of the year, […]
**GREAT NEWS TO SHARE!**
Thanks to those of you with sighthounds and caravans who voted for us, we are now pleased to let you know that we have been chosen as the nominated […]
Fundraising at Dam House, Astley
Please join us this Saturday 27th May at our Fundraising stall at Dam House Spring Fair Dam House Astley Hall Drive Tyldesley M29 7TX […]
**UPCOMING ONLINE FUNDRAISING EVENT**
We have very kindly had this this wonderful stone sighthound statue donated and it is to be won as part of our ‘name the dog card’ fundraiser. The event […]
*SOCIAL DOG WALK – SIGHTHOUNDS ONLY PLEASE*
To celebrate 10 years of Makants we are holding social dog walks and events throughout the year. This is 4th social dog walk, details below: Meet: at 10 am to […]
*FUNDRAISING TODAY*🌞🌞
Thanks to everyone who came to see us today, either at the Lancashire Mining Museum in Astley or at the West Lancs Dog Festival held in Beacon country park. […]
*FUNDRAISING AT OLD EMPIRE TATTOO STUDIO, LITTLE HULTON*
Wow, what a busy day! Our thanks go to everyone who supported our ‘flash’ tattoo fundraising event today, and especially to all the wonderful staff @oldempiretattoo #OldEmpireTattoo who worked so […]
🎉🎉Saturday 20th May 2023 is NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY!🐾🐾
What better reason than to showcase our boys in kennels who are waiting for homes? We have 11 lovely lads who ready and waiting for someone to take […]
**FUNDRAISING THIS WEEKEND**
We certainly have a busy fundraising weekend lined up, we do hope you’ll be able to join us at one (or more) of these events:😁 SATURDAY 20 MAY […]
**SUPERMODEL ALERT!**😁
We always love to catch up with our adopted hounds and we were pleased to receive this lovely picture of Lottie recently. It seems she now has a […]
*HOMING NEWS*🐾🐾
We’ve homing news to share with you today, and it’s not ONE but TWO hounds!😁 We are pleased to let you know that TOOTS and EVIE are now […]
MAKANTS FAMILY FUN DAY AND DOG SHOW
Sunday 25th June 2023 – a date for your diary! www.makants.uk […]
🎉🎉*MAKANTS 10 YEAR CELEBRATIONS*🎉🎉
**YORKSHIRE THREE PEAKS FUNDRAISING** As you know later this year we celebrate our 10th birthday. One of our dedicated fundraisers is the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge (link below) […]
*WEEKEND FUNDRAISING ROUND UP*
Thanks to everyone who came along to support us today, either at the Horwich car boot sale or Golborne Carnival. The weather stayed fine all day and it was […]
*SPECIAL VISITORS*
Many of our local supporters may remember Pam and Joe Bradford who have both now sadly passed away. They were such special people who did so much for the local […]
*DODGER – A LAP DOG?? *🤣🤣
Today’s Friday Face belongs to 3 year old DODGER who arrived with us on the 18th April. He’s shown here with volunteer Sue having some fuss after his […]