**A friendly reminder**
For those who are not aware Makants is entirely run by a team of VOLUNTEERS. Please, if you are contacting us, do bear this in mind. We would love to […]
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*FUNDRAISING TODAY*
Thanks to everyone who came along to our stall today at the Pennington Wharf Makers Market, our first fundraising event of the year. Our hand knitted dog coats, made by […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE*
**EVIE** EVIE is a confident and inquisitive girl who arrived with us in September and settled in well. She is super friendly, a little strong on the lead […]
UPCOMING FUNDRAISING
We kick start our fundraising year this coming Saturday 28th January at the Craft Market at Pennington Wharf Community Hub. We’re there from 10 am to 2 pm Also this […]
Thinking about VALENTINE GIFTS?
May we suggest our: *KENNEL SPONSORSHIP* For a small amount each month you can make sure there’s always somewhere safe and warm for greyhounds to call home while they wait […]
*BURNS PET NUTRITION*
You may remember we were delighted to be awarded UK Charity of the Year by Burns Pet Nutrition at the end of last year. We’re pleased to say we […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’re pleased to share more homing news with you today, and this time it’s ABBIE. Affectionate girl ABBIE, who we know is a great cuddle hound, is now […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve some great homing new to share with you and this time it’s FERN! Sadly this fabulous girl was returned to us at the end of last year […]
*FLASH*
Lovely FLASH, enjoying time spent relaxing in the enrichment room earlier this week.😍 Due to a change in home circumstances FLASH has recently been returned to us for […]
**Makants Crafters get together**
This weekend saw our Makants Crafters group meet up for the first time in our enrichment room. Most left laden with either books, patterns, material or yarn and some with […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE*
Three year old APPLE (female) arrived with us on 31st December 2022. She is settling in well, just a little scared of the traffic while crossing the road at […]
💋🎁💗Thinking about VALENTINE GIFTS?💋🎁💗
May we suggest our: *KENNEL SPONSORSHIP* For as little as £5 a month you can make sure there’s always somewhere safe and warm for greyhounds to call home […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share again with you today and this time it’s EDDIE! This lovely lad, now named DOBBY, is now living in the Northwich area […]
*HOMING NEWS*😁
We’ve more great homing news to share today and this time it’s GARY! Back in November last year we were asked by the RSPCA if we could home […]
*SPECIAL VISITOR TO KENNELS*
On Saturday we were pleased to meet Izzy and her mum when the came along for a tour of the kennels and to find out more about the rescue. […]
*HOMING NEWS*😁
We’ve news to share of our very first homing of 2023 …. and it’s RUBY! Older girl RUBY arrived with us in November and wasted no time finding herself […]
*DECEMBER HOMINGS*
December 2022 saw four of our greyhounds find their forever homes in Irlam, on the Wirral, in Wigan and in Warrington. We hope they have all had a […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more great homing news to share and this time it’s JERRY! JERRY is now living in the Wigan area with Christine, Paul and daughter Rachel and has whippet […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We start the week and New Year with homing news, this time it’s MOO! MOO joined us at the end of October and wasted no time finding her forever […]
*BEHIND THE SCENES at MAKANTS*
There’s always so much going on behind the scenes at the rescue …. even more so after all your generosity with Xmas gifts! Last week volunteers spent many […]
MILLIE dog of the month for January
Marvellous MILLIE, our dog of the month for January. This girl may be small in stature but large in character! Such a friendly girl and full of life, she is […]
**2022** END OF YEAR ROUND UP
This year it has been great to get back to some kind of ‘normality’. We’re pleased to share our round up of the year with you, starting with our fundraising […]
PIGGY
Blue boy PIGGY has been returned to us recently through no fault of his own. PIGGY, who was originally homed in 2018, is now back with us in kennels looking […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE*
EVIE is our dog of the month for December and is still looking for her forever home. She is a confident and inquisitive girl who arrived with us in […]
*NEW EXPERIENCES*
Many of our hounds have had very sheltered lives before arriving with us. Our walking volunteers are able to give the hounds new experiences and these, along with […]
🎄🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!🎄🎄
We’re grateful to all our volunteers for continuing to walk our hounds throughout the festive season. Suitably attired Volunteer Cheryl and kennel hound HUGO are here today to wish […]
*THANK YOU**
We have worked closely with staff in our local Pets at Home stores in Horwich and Walkden throughout the year, and most recently during the Santa Paws appeal. […]
🎄🎄XMAS PHOTO COMPETITION WINNER!🎄🎄
We are pleased to announce we have a winner….. handsome Makants hound DOUGIE has been chosen as the winner of our Xmas competition. Many congratulations to DOUGIE and his humans. […]