🎄THIS WEEKEND – COME AND SEE US!🎄 YOU CAN FIND US FUNDRAISING AND RAISING AWARENESS AT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: Saturday 16th November 2024 We are pleased to have […]
🎄THIS WEEKEND – COME AND SEE US!🎄
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🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s RACHEL! RACHEL, now known as DAPHNE is living with […]
MAKANTS XMAS FAIR SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2024
Makants Xmas Fair at Boothstown British Legion, Victoria St, Worsley M28 1HQ We hope you’ll come along and support us, we’ll have several stalls with gifts, a tombola, hand […]
🌟LADDIE AND SWEETIE’S DAY OUT🌟
🌟LADDIE AND SWEETIE’S DAY OUT🌟 Last weekend our experienced volunteers Gillian and Jane took Laddie and Sweetie to Pennington Flash for a trip out. Both hounds were so […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟 ❤SAMMY❤ Attractive 4 year old dark brindle male SAMMY arrived with us on the 18th August 2024 and settled in well. As we’ve got to know […]
🌟GORGEOUS HOUNDS🌟👀
🌟GORGEOUS HOUNDS🌟👀 Thanks to our volunteer Miriam for today’s walk photo, taken at the weekend. From left to right are: SAMMY, CARMEL and ARTY (dog of the month)❤❤❤ […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING🌟
🌟NAIL CLIPPING🌟 Advance notice of our next nail clipping session at kennels which is taking place on Saturday 16th November 2024 from 11.30 to 12.30. THIS WILL BE OUR […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟 Today we’d like to introduce recent new arrival, two year old blue boy SAM. SAM arrived with us on the 28th October and is settling in […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟 Today we’d like to introduce you to DIANA. With her third birthday not until next month DIANA arrived with us on the 28th October. She […]
🌟TRUSTEES’ WEEK 4 – 8 NOVEMBER 2024 🌟
🌟TRUSTEES’ WEEK 4 – 8 NOVEMBER 2024 🌟 Makants Greyhound Rescue Registered charity No. 1161079 (Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales) This week is Trustees’ […]
MAKANTS CHRISTMAS FAIR – SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2024
Makants Xmas Fair at Boothstown British Legion, Victoria St, Worsley M28 1HQ We hope you’ll come along and support us, we’ll have several stalls with gifts, a tombola, hand […]
*MAKANTS KENNEL SPONSORSHIP*
*MAKANTS KENNEL SPONSORSHIP* 🎄AN IDEAL XMAS GIFT🎄 Why not sponsor one of our kennels, an ideal gift for a loved one this Christmas. You can sponsor a […]
🌟OH WOW!🌟
🌟OH WOW!🌟 We’ve recently found ourselves in an unusual situation! Over the past few weeks we have received a phenomenal amount of applications to home our hounds which […]
🌟MEET AND GREET SESSION AT KENNELS🌟
We held a very successful ‘Meet a Greyhound’ session at kennels this morning. Thanks to Cheryl for bringing adopted Makants hounds DARRAGH and FERN along to meet those […]
Dog of the month for November
❤ARTY❤ 4 year old blue male ARTY arrived with us on the 12th July 2024, settled in well and is now more than ready for a home of […]
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀 🎃WALTER🎃 We’re ending our ‘Howl a ween’ photos with a fun photo of handsome five year old WALTER who joined […]
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀 🎃CARMEL🎃 We’re continuing the week with a fun photo of three and a half year old CARMEL who arrived with us […]
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀 🎃SAMMY🎃 We’re continuing the week with a fun photo of SAMMY who arrived with us in August this year. […]
It’s ‘HOWL A WEEN’ WEEK at Makants! 👀
🎃REGGIE🎃 We’re starting off the week with a fun photo of four year old REGGIE who arrived with us in April this year. We’ve found him […]
How a Ween walk at Woodbank Park
We had a ‘spookytacular’ ‘Howlaween’ walk today at Woodbank Park, Stockport. We were joined by 51 sighthounds and their owners. After the walk business was brisk on our shop stall […]
🌟CAN YOU HELP?🌟
We’re asking for your help with donations for our upcoming Christmas fair taking place on Sunday 24th November. We need donations of: any type of chocolate (not advent […]
Raising awareness of greyhounds as pets
We’ll be fundraising and raising awareness of greyhounds as pets at the Pets at Home, Walkden store on Wednesday 30th October from 11 am to 1 pm. Halloween themed merchandise […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK – SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER
We are pleased to be holding a sighthound social dog walk at Woodbank Park on Sunday 27th October. Full details are: Address: Woodbank Park, Turncroft lane, Offerton, Stockport SK1 4JR […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤ FLIGHT ❤ FLIGHT arrived with us on the 4th May and soon settled in. He’s a younger dog, only 2.5 years, and can have his ‘giddy’ moments […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
❤LYRA❤ 3.5 year old LYRA arrived with us on the 16th October 2024. LYRA is a little timid at the moment and is getting used to traffic noise […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share with you today and this time it’s RALPHIE! RALPHIE is now living with Jackie and family in the Milnrow, Rochdale area. […]
🌟SWEETIE’s TRIP OUT🌟
🌟SWEETIE’s TRIP OUT🌟 (SWEETIE by name and SWEETIE by nature❤) Lovely SWEETIE had a morning out last week with our experienced volunteer Hannah. Hannah took SWEETIE to Pennington […]
🌟CAN YOU HELP?🌟
We’re asking for your help with donations for our upcoming Christmas fair taking place on Sunday 24th November. We need donations of: any type of chocolate (not advent […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s BENNY! Lovely BENNY, now known as TEGAN, is now living with […]
🎄MAKANTS CHRISTMAS FAIR🎄
🌟SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2024🌟 10.30 AM TO 2.00 PM **BOOTHSTOWN BRITISH LEGION, VICTORIA STREET, WORSLEY M28 1HQ** We ‘d love to invite you all to our Christmas […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤CHIEF❤ Handsome CHIEF arrived with us on the 4th December 2022, and, having spent nearly two years with us, is more than ready for a forever home of his […]
🌟SARDINES SHORTAGE!🌟
We just told WALTER that we were getting short on tins of sardines! If you can help by purchasing a few tins (in oil, water or tomato sauce, […]
MEET A GREYHOUND EVENT
Our previous ‘meet a greyhound’ events, held at kennels, were a great success and we are now planning to hold another on Saturday 2nd November 2024 between 10.30 am and […]
🌟ENRICHMENT🌟
🌟ENRICHMENT🌟 *Definition – improving a greyhounds quality of life, physical and mental health* By now you’ve probably seen plenty of photos on our social media channels of our […]
❤SWEETIE❤
SWEETIE captured here, deep in thought. Wonder what she’s thinking of? A forever home maybe? 😍 SWEETIE would make an excellent first greyhound for anyone new to the […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤RENLEY❤ Stunning fawn boy RENLEY arrived with us on the 13th April 2024 and soon settled in. We’ve found Renley to be a friendly boy who is […]
RAISING AWARENESS OF GREYHOUNDS AS PETS
Saturday 12th October – Our volunteers will be fundraising and raising awareness of greyhounds as pets at the Pets at Home, Horwich store from 10.30 am to 1 pm. They’ll […]
🌟TONGUE OUT TUESDAY🌟
❤REGGIE❤ This week we’re sharing a photo of the very handsome REGGIE, taken in our paddock in the sunshine last week. Just look at the gleam on his […]
🌟MEET A GREYHOUND EVENT 🌟
Our previous ‘meet a greyhound’ events, held at kennels, were a great success and we are now planning to hold another on Saturday 2nd November 2024 between 10.30 am […]
🌟CALLING ALL DISCERNING HOUND FASHIONISTAS ….🌟
Why not visit our on site kennels shop for all your Autumn clothing needs – and bring your human along with you too! Our kennels shop is open […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK CUERDEN VALLEY PARK
🌟Sunday 6th October🌟 Please join us for a social dog walk in Cuerden Valley Park. Details are: Venue: Cuerden Valley Park, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6BY […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤SWEETIE❤ 4 year old black female SWEETIE arrived with us on the 18th September 2024. SWEETIE has settled well and, even though she has been through a big change, she […]
🌟DID SOMEBODY SAY CAKE??🌟
We were visited by adopted Makants hounds ROBBIE and EVIE at the weekend and they came bearing gifts including some ‘doggie’ cake. EVIE celebrated her sixth birthday recently […]
🌟BENNY🌟
Recently new arrival BENNY spent some time in our enrichment (home from home) room. He sniffed the whole room thoroughly to start with and then enjoyed some cuddles […]
🌟HAMPER WINNER🌟
Nicola, the winner of our recent ‘name the dog card’ hamper, called at kennels to collect her goodies at the weekend. 👀The hamper contains plenty of treats for […]
❤WALTER❤
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024 Handsome five year old WALTER joined us on the 21st August and soon showed what a gentle and laid back lad he […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way, with homing news. The lucky hound this time is BUDDY! BUDDY (now JAX) arrived with us back in May last […]
GREAT GLOBAL GREYHOUND WALK
Thanks to everyone who attended our walk today (29th September) at the Lancashire Mining Museum where we had 129 hounds in attendance. Our thanks go to all volunteers at the […]
BUSY MORNING AT KENNELS
Wow, we’ve had such a busy morning at kennels. So many customers to the shop, so many lovely visitors with donations – and we also held a very successful MacMillan […]
THIS WEEKEND 28/29 SEPTEMBER
REGGIE is here to remind you what’s happening this weekend: Saturday 28th September – Our volunteers will be fundraising and raising awareness of greyhounds as pets at the Pets at […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤SAMMY❤ Attractive 4 year old dark brindle male SAMMY arrived with us on the 18th August 2024 and settled in well. As we’ve got to know him SAMMY […]
🌟GREAT GLOBAL GREYHOUND WALK🌟
This coming Sunday, 29th September please join us for the Great Global Greyhound walk. It’s flat walk following established pathways taking in woodland, a canal towpath, tarmac paths and […]
MAKANTS CALENDAR 2025
Available NOW from our onsite kennels shop, priced at just £10. Our kennels shop is open on Thursdays 10 am to 3 pm and Saturday mornings, 10 am to […]
NEW ARRIVALS
We’ve two new arrivals to introduce to you. Please welcome brindle BENNY and black girl SWEETIE who arrived on the 18th September. They’re settling in so well and forming […]
RAISING AWARENESS AT AVANT GARDEN CENTRE
Our thanks to everyone who came along to support our awareness event at Avant Garden Centre, Leyland today. We had a lovely time meeting you and the several hounds who […]
🌟ADVANCE NOTICE – NAME THE DOG CARD🌟
🌟 NAME THE DOG CARD🌟 Coming up on Wednesday 25th September at 7 pm you have the chance to win a fantastic hamper full of treats – for both […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING SESSION AT KENNELS🌟
We had a busy morning at kennels with our shop open for business and the monthly nail clipping session, held in our enrichment room. We welcomed 15 hounds […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
STORM (Female) 4 year old STORM arrived with us on the 8th November 2023. On arrival STORM was very timid as everything was new to her. As she […]
🌟THURSDAY THANK YOU’S🌟
We’ve some very special THANK YOU’s to send out today to our friends at Milliken Floors. You may remember a team of volunteers coming out to us last […]
🌟KENNELS SHOP🌟
❗HAND KNITTED DOG COATS NOW IN STOCK!❗ Our crafty volunteers have been hard at work making cosy knitted coats ready to keep your hound toasty this Autumn/Winter. Available […]
🌟MILAN FASHION WEEK 17 – 23 SEPTEMBER🌟👗👜👠
*Milan Fashion Week stands as a beacon of creativity and style in the fashion world. Designers and fashion enthusiasts flock to Milan for this event, eager to see the […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve some lovely homing news to share with you today – and the lucky hound this time is FIDGET! FIDGET, now known as PARSNIP, has found herself a […]
MAKANTS CALENDAR 2025
Hot off the press, our 2025 calendar is now available Priced at just £10 it is available in person from our on site kennels shop from this Thursday 12th September. […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE – RALPHIE🌟
6 year old RALPHIE joined us on the 21st August 2024. A friendly and calm dog who is easy to walk he’s been getting used to his new world […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share this week, this time the lucky hound is MOLLY! Young girl MOLLY, now known as WILLOW, has found herself a home in […]
❓WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE ADOPT A GREYHOUND FROM MAKANTS ❓
❓WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE ADOPT A GREYHOUND FROM MAKANTS ❓ All sorts of people that’s what! People that are: SINGLE *COUPLES* FAMILIES *OLDER PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN […]
🌟MAKANTS CALENDAR 2025🌟
❗Hot off the press, our 2025 calendar is available NOW!❗ Priced at just £10 it is available in person from our on site kennels shop from this Thursday 12th […]
Great Global Greyhound walk
We are pleased to be taking part in the Great Global Greyhound walk with our local walk taking place at the Lancashire Mining Museum on Sunday 29th September 2024. Walk […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share – and the lucky hound this time is PEARL! Beautiful PEARL arrived with us on the 21st July and didn’t have too […]
🌟NATIONAL HUG YOUR HOUND DAY🌟
Today, 8th September, is National Hug Your Hound Day.❤ We thought it an ideal opportunity to share photos of a couple of hounds who were always happy to […]
**RAISING AWARENESS THIS WEEKEND**
**RAISING AWARENESS THIS WEEKEND** Due to a poor weather forecast for Sunday we have decided that both our events will now take place – TOMORROW – Saturday 7th September. […]
🌟Friday feature🌟
❤WALTER❤ This week we shine the spotlight on recent new arrival WALTER. WALTER has settled in well and has made full use of his ears in this photo! 😂 […]
KNITTED COATS
Just two of the hand knitted greyhound coats we have in stock in our kennels shop. Knitted by crafters from our own Crafters group and modelled here by adopted Makants […]
🌟KENNELS SHOP🌟
💦💦RAIN MACS NOW IN – SIZES 26 TO 32 INCHES, ONLY £18.💦💦 We have sizes 26 to 32 inches in purple, red, fluorescent green, black, light blue, royal blue […]
🌟BRYNS BIG DAY OUT – ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD🌟
Wow, what a lovely day we had raising awareness at Bryn’s Big Day Out yesterday! Our thanks to everyone who came along to support the event in Ashton […]
🌟RACHEL – DOG OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER🌟
🌟RACHEL – DOG OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER🌟 Beautiful 5 year old RACHEL joined us on the 15th July 2024. Rachel is a larger hound for a female […]
RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY
🌟Today, 28th August, is also known as RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY.🌟 This is a day to remember and, if appropriate, to publicly commemorate pets who have passed away. […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
❤RALPHIE❤ Six year old handsome lad RALPHIE joined us last Wednesday. He’s been getting used to his new world and has settled well, and is particularly enjoying […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
❤WALTER❤ Five year old handsome lad WALTER joined us last Wednesday. He’s been getting used to his new world and has settled well, and is particularly enjoying his […]
🌟TONGUE OUT TUESDAY🌟
❤FIDGET❤ (female) This stunning girl is our featured hound this Tongue Out Tuesday! Four and a half year old FIDGET arrived with us on 6th August 2024 […]
NATIONAL DOG DAY -26.8.24
National Dog Day honours dogs of all breeds and walks of life and aims to educate people about the millions of dogs currently living in animal rescues across the country […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤FLIGHT❤ FLIGHT arrived with us on the 4th May and has settled well. He’s a younger dog, 2.5 years, and can have his ‘giddy’ moments in anticipations of his […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 we’ve more lovely homing to news to share with you today – this time it’s CINDY! CINDY arrived with us on the 12th July and wasted […]
🌟WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY🌟
Today, 19th August, is known as World Photography Day – ‘an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.’ Seems like an ideal day […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 We start the week the very best way (again!) with homing news, and this time it’s ROMONA! ROMONA arrived with us on the 15th July and […]
🌟SOCIAL DOG WALK AT BRAMHALL🌟
🌟SOCIAL DOG WALK AT BRAMHALL🌟 We had a fabulous sighthound dog walk this morning at Bramhall Park with 56 dogs and their owners in attendance.😁 Thanks so much […]
NAIL CLIPPING SESSION AT KENNELS
A very busy morning with 23 hounds having their nails clipped. Thanks to everyone who attended for their donations – and their patience too! www.makants.uk […]
🌟ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUNDRAISER FOR MAKANTS🌟
🌟ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUNDRAISER FOR MAKANTS🌟 This coming Bank Holiday weekend – Sunday 25th August 2024. Makants adopters Vikki and Dan have kindly organised a fundraising event for […]
🌟VISIT FROM MILLIE🌟
🌟VISIT FROM MILLIE🌟 We were pleased to see ‘furry’ visitor adopted Makants hound MILLIE on Saturday.🥰 MILLIE was one of our long stay hounds, and spent 20 months […]
NEW ARRIVAL
We’ve a new arrival to introduce to you today, please meet FIDGET! (female) Four and a half year old FIDGET arrived with us on 6th August 2024 and […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share today – and this time the lucky hound is ROLO! Lovely ROLO has found his forever home with Katy, Robert and family […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK
We are pleased to be holding another social dog walk in Bramhall Park, SK7 3NX this coming Sunday 18th August. Walk details are as follows: Date: Sunday 18th August 2024Venue: […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’re starting the week the very best way – with more homing news – and the lucky hound this time is JOSIE.😁 JOSIE, now known as INDIGO, is […]
🌟DAM HOUSE EVENT TODAY🌟
Our thanks to the team at Dam House for inviting us along to their celebration today and for such organising such a great event! We’re pleased to say our dog […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK – CUERDEN VALLEY PARK
Please join us for a social dog walk in Cuerden Valley Park. Details are: Date: Sunday 6th October 2024 Venue: Cuerden Valley Park, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6BY […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
❤REGGIE ❤ Four year old handsome lad REGGIE arrived with us in April this year and soon settled in. We’ve found him to be a friendly and […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share with you today, this time it’s ZIGGY! ZIGGY, now known as JESS, was adopted by Mel and Annsley who live in Westhoughton. […]
🌟A FRIENDLY REMINDER🌟
Just to remind you we are a VOLUNTEER LED and VOLUNTEER RUN rescue and, as such, cannot respond immediately to enquiries. If you are contacting us please bear this […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 We’re pleased to share some more homing news today and this time it’s WEEZY, now STANLEY! Lovely STANLEY arrived with us in April this year and […]
❤REMEMBERING PATRICK❤
Today, marks three years since much loved Makants greyhound PATRICK sadly left us. Arriving in the rescue in 2015 he lived in kennels with us until 2021 when, […]