*NEW FACEBOOK COMMUNITY*
Today we are launching a new facebook group which is solely for those who have an adopted Makants hound (or hounds) in their lives. This community will enable […]
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FIRST ‘MEET A GREYHOUND’ SESSION
Our first ‘meet a greyhound’ session went well, with thanks to our volunteer Nicola and her adopted hound MINNIE for being a fantastic ambassador for the breed. Thanks to […]
**SURF – DOG OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL**
SURF arrived with us on the 25th January 2023. This little girl, with her endearing white eyebrows, soon settled in well. SURF is a friendly girl but was reactive […]
**FRIDAY FACE**
New arrival MAX has the craziest ears we’ve ever seen on a hound! This lovely lad gets a bit giddy when it’s walk time but soon settles down. He doesn’t […]
**A fundraiser with a difference! **
Old Empire Tattoos, situated in Little Hulton, are to hold a ‘Flash’ event for permanent tattoos on Saturday 20th May. A percentage of the days’ takings will be donated to […]
*STALL HOLDERS NEEDED*
We are now taking applications: **For our dog show and family fun day on Sunday 25th June 2023** Taking place at Astley Street Park, Tyldesley. Open to public 11 till […]
*NEW ARRIVALS*
New arrivals MAX and HEIDI have had their official photoshoots and are now looking for their forever homes. At just three and two years old respectively their characters are […]
*FUNDRAISING ROUND UP*🌞
Thanks to everyone who came along to our fundraisers at the Pets at Home Walkden and Horwich stores. It was lovely to meet you all – and the sun […]
**DOG SHOW AND FAMILY FUN DAY**
We are pleased to announce our Dog Show and Family Fun Day taking place on Sunday 25th June at Astley Street Park in Tyldesley. This year we are celebrating our […]
*Kennels shop*
Our kennels shop is open every THURSDAY from 10 am to 3 pm and every SATURDAY from 10 am until 12.30 pm. We are based on Mort Lane, Tyldesley, M29 […]
*HAMPER WINNERS*
Makants volunteers David and Elaine are shown here collecting their ‘Minnie’ hamper which they won on our ‘Name the dog card’ event on our facebook Auction page last week. […]
*Fundraising today*
Thanks to everyone who came to support us today either at the Middlebrook Car Boot Sale or the Craft Market at the Bees Kitchen in Chorley. We had a […]
🌼HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY🌼
Sending best wishes to all this Mother’s Day. We thought we’d add a rare photo of Siobhan with one of her own dogs, the lovely adopted Makants hound TITCH.😍 […]
*Fundraising today*
Thanks to everyone who came along to our stall in Leigh town centre today. It was a little damp and chilly day, but we are so grateful you came along […]
*ST. PATRICK’S DAY*
Today on St. Patrick’s Day, we take time to remember our special and much missed boy PATRICK. Living with us from 2015 to 2021, he was loved unconditionally […]
*MAKANTS 10 YEAR CELEBRATIONS*🎉
As you know, later this year we celebrate 10 years since Makants was founded. We are holding social dog walks and events throughout the year to celebrate, our first one […]
FUNDRAISING THIS WEEKEND
This Saturday (18th March) you can find us fundraising in Leigh Town centre from 10 am. As well as lots of lovely crafts for sale we should have some greyhounds […]
FUNDRAISING THIS WEEKEND
This Sunday – Mothers Day – we are fundraising at a new venue in Chorley. Hope you’ll call and see us if you’re in the area. […]
**EVIE’s heard it’s the weekend! ** 😁
She’s rushing off to enjoy some time in our enrichment (home from home) room!. This room gives our hounds the opportunity to get used to spending time in a […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE* 🐾 TOOTS🐾
Friendly boy TOOTS joined us on the 22nd February and has settled in well. He’s an easy dog to walk and is fine with any other breeds of dog […]
**FUNDRAISER **👀 Taking part on Wednesday 15th March at 7.00 pm over on our Auction page, the link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/187151075121472/ is our next ‘Guess the name of […]
Fundraising event – Mothers Day 19th March
We are pleased to be having a stall at this Mother’s Day mini market in Chorley. We’ll have lots of hand knitted dog coats and many other items, suitable […]
10 years social dog walk – Pennington Flash
This Sunday, 12th March, it is the first of our 10 events celebrating 10 years of Makants! This first event is a social dog walk for sighthounds only next Sunday […]
MAKANTS on BBC RADIO MANCHESTER
Last week Siobhan was visited by reporter Ellie Colton who came along to find out more about the rescue and about kennel hound BAILEY in particular. His recent photo captured […]
*Kennels shop*
**NEW MARTINGALE COLLARS JUST IN** Our kennels shop is open every THURSDAY from 10 am to 3 pm and every SATURDAY from 10 am until 12.30 pm. We are based […]
🎉HOMING NEWS🎉
We start the week the very best way with homing news – and this time it’s CHARLIE! Lovely CHARLIE is now living with Catherine and Tony in the […]
*ARE YOU CRAFTY*?
Did you know we have a very successful crafters group attached to the rescue? Members of the group make and donate items for us to sell at our fundraising […]
10 years of Makants!
Next Sunday sees the first of our 10 events celebrating 10 years of Makants! This first event is a social dog walk for sighthounds only next Sunday 12th March, taking […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE*
This week we turn the spotlight on recent new arrival, waggy tailed boy BRUNO who arrived with us on the 16th February. Handsome BRUNO is settling in well […]
**UPDATE**
As you may know, Bailey’s photo has caught some media attention this week with over 11,000 people engaging with his story in the Manchester Evening News.😁 Today BBC […]
**DOG OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH** *PIXIE*
Stunning blue brindle girl PIXIE arrived with us on the 17th October last year. PIXIE settled in well and is a friendly girl, in fact she is VERY […]
IM MEMORIAM* *CHARLIE*
We have very sad news to share with you today. We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of much loved Makants hound CHARLIE, who only very recently […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We have news of another adoption to share with you today and this time it’s BASIL! Lovely BASIL is now living in the Bolton area with Katie, Andy […]
🎉*HOMING NEWS*🎉
We’ve more homing news to share with you today – and this time it’s CHARM! Lovely CHARM is now living with Sarah, Frank, Debbie and David in the […]
*FRIDAY FEATURE*
This week we turn the spotlight on brindle boy BAILEY! Last weekend BAILEY was lucky to have a day out with two of our volunteers – Nicola and […]
*Kennels shop*
**NEW IN** Martingale collars Our kennels shop is open every THURSDAY from 10 am to 3 pm and every SATURDAY from 10 am until 12.30 pm. We are based on […]
*MAKANTS – BURNS UK CHARITY OF THE YEAR 2022*
As you know back in December we were pleased to be awarded UK ‘Charity of the year’ by Burns Pet Nutrition, which means we receive free, high quality food […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s JUGSY! This lovely lad is now living in the Liverpool area with Beryl, Susan and Neil and […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve great homing news to share today, and this time it’s HAZEL! HAZEL, now known as ETHEL, is now living with Cate in the Rochdale area. Cate tells […]
*ANOTHER KENNEL MAKEOVER*
Paul’s done it again! Our volunteer Paul Wareing has decorated another kennel for the hounds and this time the lucky hound is TY! Our thanks once again to Paul for […]
*FUNDRAISING*
Our next fundraiser is – Sunday 26th February – at the Pets at Home, Horwich Middlebrook store. We’ll be there, along with some lovely greyhounds for you to […]
Fundraising update
Thanks to everyone who came along to our fundraising/awareness event today at the Calico Lounge in Chorley. Our thanks to Ellie at the lounge for organising this event for us, […]
Fundraising at the Calico Lounge, Chorley
This coming Friday 17th February you can find us fundraising inside a new venue. We’ll be inside the dog friendly @calico_lounge on Market Walk in Chorley from 2 pm. […]
Fundraising at Tesco Wigan 12.2.23
Thanks to everyone who came along today to say ‘hello’ while our fundraisers were in store today. It was great to meet everyone and ‘talk greyhound’ for a few hours. […]
*KODY’S KENNEL HAS A MAKEOVER*
Kennel hound KODY was lucky to have a kennel makeover recently, courtesy of our walking volunteer Paul Wareing. Paul had an idea to brighten up Kody’s kennel and soon […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve yet more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s PIGGY! You may remember this lovely lad, originally homed in 2018, was returned to […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We start the week the very best way with news of a homing – and this time it’s APPLE! This lovely girl arrived with us on New Year’s […]
*FUNDRAISING*
A reminder we are fundraising next Sunday 12th February at the Tesco, Wigan store from 11 am to 4 pm in the foyer area. We’d love to see you, […]
We’re in the news!
The Manchester Evening News that is! Thanks to the MEN for a lovely feature on our 600th hound homed – IVOR – and new arrival CYRIL too! Head […]
**Kennels shop visitor John and Makants hounds CANDY and PAL would like your attention please!** They’re here to tell you we now have new printed adoption pack covers, leaflets and […]
*DOG OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY*
💗CYRIL💗 Stunning new arrival Cyril joined us on the 4th January 2023 and is settling in well. He has the longest tail we’ve ever seen and wags it frequently! […]
🎉🎉Pets at Home – Pets at Home Foundation🎉🎉
Earlier this week we were delighted to find out that, once again, we have been awarded a Community Partnership with both the Pets at Home Walkden and Horwich stores […]
**Advance notice of a fundraiser with a difference we have coming up next week:**
Name the dog card – Rugby special! £5 a name, Wednesday 8th February at 6.30pm over on our facebook auction page https://www.facebook.com/groups/187151075121472/ We are pleased to offer a graphite […]
🎉🎉HOMING NEWS🎉🎉
We’ve some very special homing news to share with you today as IVOR is our **600th** hound to be homed! This lovely lad, who only arrived with us on […]
Valentine’s Day gift idea
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 […]
Enrichment room at kennels
‘Heigh ho, heigh ho it’s off to the Enrichment room I go…’ We just had to share these photos with you! New arrival BAILEY enjoyed spending time in […]
**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 […]
*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. […]