TODAY (Sunday) keep an eye out for a sale of new items taking place over on our Auction page from 10 am. Lots of lovely items for Mother’s Day, […]
ONLINE SALE to raise funds
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GIFT AID
Do you know that Makants Greyhound Rescue operate a GIFT AID scheme? This scheme allows charities to reclaim an extra 25% in tax on every eligible donation. This is […]
*Easter egg donations needed*
WINNIE wants to know if you can help! We are looking for donations of Easter eggs (all types, all sizes) for our Easter fundraising drive. If you’re able […]
SPOTLIGHT ON ANGEL
ANGEL joined us on the 9th January this year. She is a friendly girl who loves the other greyhounds, playing with her toys and spending time with our volunteers […]
*DOG OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH – REG*
REG found himself back in kennels recently through no fault of his own, and after spending two years in a home he is really not pleased to find himself back […]
HOMING NEWS!
We’ve more great news to share today, TED has been homed! Lovely TED will now live in the Irlam area with Makants volunteer Angela, Gareth, Travis and Elliot. […]
HOMING NEWS!
We have some great news to share with you all, CLINT has been homed! CLINT, now known as SID, will live with Sarah and daughter Jess in the Newton le […]
NEW ARRIVAL
Stunning male blue brindle GIO arrived with us on Valentine’s Day. GIO only finished racing very recently but is settling into his new life in our kennels with ease. He […]
NEW ARRIVAL
Stunning black male EUAN arrived with us on Valentine’s Day. EUAN, only two years of age, is settling well into his new life in our kennels. EUAN is a friendly […]
FUNDRAISING IN MARCH
In March you can find us at three fundraising events, they are: Saturday 5th March – Makers Market, Tyldesley centre, 9 am to 1.30 pm Saturday 12th March – […]
FUNDRAISING
We’re pleased to let you know that our fundraising events are starting up again and the first one for this year will take place on Sunday 27th February (from 7 […]
HUGO NEEDS A HOME
Five year old Handsome HUGO has recently found himself back with us, through no fault of his own. HUGO is a friendly lad who absolutely loves a fuss and the […]
REUBEN
Stunning timid lad REUBEN joined us on the 22nd October last year. REUBEN settled in well and has shown us he’s an affectionate and friendly boy who enjoys the […]
*PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION* COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHEME
You may remember that recently we announced we were partnered with the Pets at Home, Horwich store. Well today we are pleased to announce that we also have […]
*FRIDAY FACE*
Our Friday face this week is our DOG OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY, the endearing PRESLEY 😍 PRESLEY, a stunning brindle ‘Hound Dog’ arrived with us in November […]
HOMING NEWS
We’re pleased to share some fabulous news of not one but two of our hounds! STORM and ANNABEL, now known as ARTHUR and MAGGIE, were adopted on Saturday and […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share with you and this time it’s HOGAN, now known as EDDIE. EDDIE will live with Joanne and Roy in the Romiley area and […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
Valentines poem by Fiona Hughes Something melted in my heart the day I saw your face Nervously looking at me from the Rescues Facebook page I read the things about […]
A short snippet of our Valentine’s walk 13.2.22
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Oh Carrig!
Hope this photo brings a smile to your face, may we introduce CARRIG – our new SAWDUST SHUFFLER! CARRIG is new to the rescue having arrived at the end of […]
HOMING NEWS
Today we’re pleased to let you know striking boy CHARLIE has now found his forever home. He will live with Julia and adopted Makants hound PHEBY. Julia says CHARLIE […]
Support Adoption for Pets Valentine’s Fundraiser
Support Adoption for Pets Pets at Home – Valentine’s Appeal Just look at this fabulous display inside the Pets at Home, Horwich store in support of their Valentine’s fundraising week. […]
*HOMING NEWS*
Sweet girl RHONA has been homed and will live with adopted Makants hound Sid Little, Alison, Nick and family in the Shevington area. Congratulations! www.makants.uk photo credit Shilpa Grewal […]
PHEBY IS 10!
Yesterday Makants hound PHEBY celebrated her 10th birthday! This gorgeous girl (then named Fire) was rescued from the notorious Canidrome in Macau in a worldwide rescue operation back in 2019. […]
The Sighthound Savoy
Maria and Pete, who have adopted Makants hounds Bluebell Domingo and Toby invite you to their Home Boarding Open Day. Their establishment is solely for sighthounds. Details on the […]
Makants hound KING – *In memoriam*
KING came to Makants in October 2020 at the age of 10, having spent all his life in a kennel environment. Jan and Marzena kindly offered to take King in […]
*VALENTINE’S WALK*
Please join us for a fundraising Valentine’s Walk on Sunday 13 February through Windy Bank Woods at Glazebury (WA3 5QF). Parking is available at Bents Garden Centre and their Pet […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We are pleased to start off February, the month of love, with some homing news and this time it’s MARIA! This lucky girl didn’t wait long to find […]
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY – *PRESLEY*
New lad PRESLEY, a stunning brindle ‘Hound Dog’ arrived with us in November last year. He has already won the heart of many of our volunteers with his friendly […]
*SANTA PAWS APPEAL* – Pets at Home stores
In the run up to Christmas both Horwich and Walkden Pets at Home stores once again ran their ‘Santa Paws’ appeal. Half of the proceeds from this fundraising […]
DUKE in memoriam
Anna-Lise sadly lost her Makants hound DUKE before Christmas due to Osteosarcoma. We send our deepest condolences to Anna Lise and family and share her memorial post: ‘Duke was […]
*GREAT NEWS*
At the end of last year we applied to the Pets at Home Foundation to become a community Partner. The Community Partner programme is a new initiative and will […]
Walking Volunteers Needed
Do you have some free time on a WEEK DAY MORNING ? Are you EXPERIENCED with handling and walking large dogs? Are you prepared to walk in all weathers? If […]
FRIDAY FEATURE
Shy boy MURPHY arrived with us on the 11th December. This lad hasn’t been keen on the recent muddy walks (who is?) but he does walk really well and isn’t […]
*PET BLOOD BANK*
Thanks again to everyone from the Pet Blood Bank who ran the donation session in their mobile unit on Saturday. All the lovely hounds attended and were, quite literally, lifesavers! […]
*ADVANCE NOTICE*
Our popular ‘Name the dog card’ is returning on Wednesday 26th January at 6.30pm over on our Auction page. At ONLY £5 per guess you could win a […]
HUGO jumping for joy!
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FRIDAY FACE *REG*
Please meet REG who is our Friday face this week. Sadly REG was returned to kennels earlier this week, through no fault of his own, and after spending two […]
Kennels shop
**PLEASE NOTE FACE COVERINGS MUST NOW BE WORN IN OUR SHOP AREA** We’d like to remind you that our kennels shop is OPEN on both; THURSDAYS from 10 am to […]
*PRESLEY*
It’s all about the eyes! Handsome brindle boy PRESLEY arrived with us in November last year. He very quickly won the heart of many of our volunteers with his friendly […]
STORM
STORM arrived with us in early September, he settled in well and is a nice steady boy who is easy to walk. Having sustained an injury while racing he built […]
BETTY WHITE CHALLENGE 17.1.22
**BETTY WHITE CHALLENGE** 17.1.22 You may have seen the online movement to donate to animal rescues on January 17th in honour of what would have been Betty White’s 100th […]
*Kennel sponsorship*
A message from kennel hound VIC: *WHY NOT SPONSOR A KENNEL AS A VALENTINE’S GIFT THIS YEAR?*💝💘 You can sponsor a kennel for 3 months (£15), 6 months (£30) […]
WILBUR
Gorgeous WILBUR was a visitor to our kennels shop yesterday and is seen here modelling his new jumper. 😍 Don’t forget our shop is open at our site on Mort […]
*NEW ARRIVAL*
Please meet new arrival ANGEL who joined us on the 9th January. ANGEL is living up to her name, settling well and has been described as ‘sweet’ by […]
Brindles!
We’ve five brindle hounds in kennels at the moment, we’ve never had so many. Details on WOLFIE, PRESLEY, TED, RAMBO and new girl ANGEL can all be found on […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s ROSE! Sweet ROSE is now living with Makants hound RILEY in the Urmston area with humans Jon, […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve homing news to share today and this time it’s TOMMY! This lovely lad, who arrived with us at the end of October, is now living with his name […]
‘I’M JUST NOT READY FOR A DOG’ Please read
– That’s the heart breaking reason we’ve been given when no less than FOUR of our greyhounds were returned to kennels recently after spending short periods of time, in what […]
*ARE YOU CRAFTY? with some time on your hands?*
We are looking for more people to join our Crafters group. Whether you can make, create, bake or donate we need your help to raise funds for the […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s DIANA! This lovely girl, who arrived with us on the 10th December, soon bagged herself a […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We start the first week of the New Year in the very best way – with an adoption! Lovely PADDY, who only arrived with us at the end of […]
**END OF YEAR ROUND UP**
Well, in 2021 unfortunately life didn’t return to ‘normal’ as we expected but we have still had a great year! On the fundraising side we enjoyed continued support from our […]
*DOG WALKING VOLUNTEERS*
Over the past 21 months we have relied heavily on our local experienced volunteers who have assisted us with the day to day running of the rescue. We remain so […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve some wonderful news to share with you today, KING has been homed! This lovely lad arrived with us at the end of August and soon settled in. He […]
*PET BLOOD BANK*
We are pleased to be hosting a Pet Blood Bank session in a mobile unit at Makants (Mort Lane, Tyldesley M29 8PF) on Saturday 22nd January 2022 from 10 am. […]
*NEW ARRIVAL*
Today we’re sharing a photo one of our two new arrivals at kennels – the lovely white and black hound (‘cow hound’) CLINT. CLINT arrived on the 19th December […]
Merry Christmas everyone!
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VISIT FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS
**The kennel hounds have ALL been good, it’s official!** We’re pleased to say Father Christmas visited yesterday and left presents and treats for all the kennel hounds. We managed […]
*Fundraising for Cancer Research update*
You may remember that earlier this month we were raising funds for Cancer Research as a way of showing support to our dear friend and supporter Pam Bradford. Pam, and […]
*THANK YOU*
Our kennel sponsorship scheme this year has been a great success and we thank everyone who has supported the rescue using this scheme. While the deadline has now passed […]
XMAS PHOTO SHOOT AT KENNELS
This past week we’ve been taking a few photos of humans and hounds in their Christmas finery. We’ve found the hounds just love the attention, the same sadly can’t be […]
KENNELS SHOP
**PLEASE NOTE FACE COVERINGS MUST NOW BE WORN IN OUR SHOP AREA** We’d like to remind you that our kennels shop is OPEN on both; THURSDAYS from 10 am […]
*CHRISTMAS WISH*
Today, in the run up to Christmas, we’re sharing the Christmas poem written by our Fundraising Trustee, Fiona. *CHRISTMAS WISH* Today is a special day for me I’m […]
*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 while they wait to find a family. You […]
**HUGO**
Handsome HUGO has recently found himself back with us, through no fault of his own. HUGO is a friendly lad who absolutely loves a fuss and the more attention the […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing news to share and this time it’s JESTER, now known as JESSE. JESSE arrived with us in August and sadly sustained a cut foot while out […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’ve more homing new to share and this time it’s MANNIE! Stunning MANNIE arrived with us in October and wasted no time in finding himself a home. He now […]
*Fundraising walk for Cancer Research 5th December*
*PAWS FOR PAM* FUNDRAISING WALK FOR CANCER RESEARCH Today’s fundraising walk for Cancer Research was a fantastic success with 51 hounds and over 100 humans in attendance. With our volunteers […]
*Fundraising 5th December*
Volunteer Dave held his end of drive sale in Tyldesley today, raising money for the rescue. It was very well attended by both human and hound and we’d like to […]
NEW ARRIVALS
Three new hounds arrived with us last week. They are: Presley (brindle), Hogan (black) and Vic (fawn). Welcome to the Makants family lads! photo credits Shilpa Grewal www.makants.uk […]
*HOMING NEWS*
Beautiful MIDNIGHT (now BEAUTY) has been homed! She will live with Makants hound BOB (was James) in the West Houghton area with Valerie and Stuart. Valerie tells us […]
Fundraising 4th December
Thanks to everyone who came along to support us at the #workerbeemarket market in Bramhall today. The weather was rather challenging but it was lovely to see local supporters join […]
Fundraising for Cancer Research
This Sunday, 5th December, a group of volunteers are holding a fundraising walk for Cancer Research with a SIGHTHOUND ONLY walk setting off from the Moorings Public House, 2 Quayside […]
*PET BLOOD BANK*
We are pleased to be hosting a Pet Blood Bank session in a mobile unit at Makants on Saturday 22nd January 2022 from 10 am. If you’d like to know […]
*THANK YOU*
Today we send out a BIG Thank You to Makants supporter Lexi and her employer Yappy.com for their recent generous donations to our rescue. As you can see we received […]
Fundraising Sunday 5th December
Makants volunteer Dave will be holding his ‘end of drive sale’ this Sunday 5th December at 13 Heathfield Drive, Tyldesley from 10 am raising funds for Makants. www.makants.uk […]
Fundraising this Saturday 4th December
We are pleased to be returning to the Worker Bee market in Bramhall this Saturday 4th December raising funds for our rescue. See attached poster for details. www.makants.uk […]
Fundraising this Saturday 4th December
FUNDRAISING UPDATE **DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST TODAY WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO ATTEND THE GOLBORNE XMAS FAIR** www.makants.uk We are pleased to have a fundraising stall at […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We’re pleased to share more homing news with you today and this time it’s BONNY! BONNY arrived with us in the middle of October and wasted no time finding […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We have lovely news to share today, DIEGO has been homed! This lucky lad will now live with Ajit and Julie in the Billinge area and already has amassed a […]
*CORONAVIRUS UPDATE*
In line with Government regulations we are just reminding you that face coverings are now mandatory in our shop area during opening times on THURSDAY and SATURDAY. Disposable facemasks and […]
**XMAS FAIR ROUND UP**
What a fantastically successful Xmas Fair we had today! Thanks so much to everyone who volunteered on the day, attended, donated, created or baked – you all helped to make […]
*BLACK FRIDAY*
Today being ‘Black Friday’ we thought it was a good time to throw the spotlight on our lovely black hounds who are waiting for their forever homes. We know […]
*FUNDRAISING EVENTS*
Life is certainly getting very busy for our fundraising team in the lead up to Christmas! The team are fundraising at THREE events next weekend (27/28 November) and they are: […]
Christmas Fair – 28th November
Our Makants Christmas Fair takes places next Sunday 28th November at Boothstown British Legion from 11 am to 3 pm. New this year is our ‘Greyhounds Galore’ stall with everything […]
*HOMING NEWS*
We have great news to share with you today, LEONE has been homed! This lovely girl, now named MILLIE, will live with Carole and Stephen. They tell us that Millie […]
STORM
STORM just wants you to know how handsome he is! Our black hounds just gleam in the sunlight and, as we all know, black does go with everything! STORM arrived […]
Visitors to kennels shop
We had some lovely visitors to the onsite kennels shop today, MAX, PARKER and MARLOW are shown here modelling their new coats. Our shop is open on Thursday from 10 […]
We’re branching out!
As a new venture we have selected hand knitted coats and craft items in two garden centres in the Leyland and Haydock areas. The venues are Clipsley Pets & […]
*FRIDAY FACE* *JACK*
Gentle Jack joined us at the beginning of September and has settled in well. On his walks he’s met many different breeds of dog without any problems at all […]
*THANK YOU*
Today we’d love to send out a MASSIVE ‘Thank You’ to artist Angela Banwell. Recently, Angela donated the most wonderful piece of art which we were able to use […]
*PET BLOOD BANK*
We are pleased to be hosting a Pet Blood Bank session in a mobile unit at Makants on Saturday 22nd January 2022 from 10 am. If you’d like […]
*Fundraising for Cancer Research*
*Fundraising for Cancer Research* In a change to our usual fundraising, this time we are raising funds for Cancer Research as a way of showing support to our dear […]
GOTCHA DAY CELEBRATIONS
Today, 14th November, marks the first ‘gotcha’ day for stunning friendly boy Robbie. Robbie was with us in kennels for two years before finding his forever home with Kevin, […]
LONG TERM FOSTER HOUND *KING* UPDATE
KING an older lad arrived with us, having spent his entire life in kennels, at the age of 10 in September last year. He soon after went into foster […]
KENNEL SPONSORSHIPS
A Kennel Sponsorship would make someone an ideal Christmas gift! Full details can be found on our website or on this link: Kennel Sponsorship – Makants Greyhound Rescue N.W […]
GIFTED ARTWORK
As you may remember very sadly our long term kennel hound PATRICK passed away in August this year. In September we received, as a complete surprise, this wonderful artwork […]
CHRISTMAS FAIR
Our Christmas Fair takes place this month on Saturday 28th November at the British Legion in Boothstown. We will have many different stalls including: crafts, home made cakes, doggie deli, […]
*A WEEK IN THE MAKANTS WORLD*
You may wonder what goes on behind the scenes at kennels and in the wider Makants world so we thought we’d do a little ’round up’ of last week, just […]