We start the week the very best way with homing news – and this time it’s MOJO! MOJO, now known as JOOLS, has found herself a home with […]
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CELEBRATION EVENT AT DAM HOUSE
We are pleased to be attending this special celebration event at Dam House on Saturday 10th August. We will have a fundraising stall with dog related items and hand crafted […]
NAIL CLIPPING
Advance notice of our next nail clipping session at kennels which is taking place on Saturday 17th August from 11.30 to 12.30. *We would respectfully ask that anyone attends during […]
🌟SATURDAY ROUND UP🌟
Wow, what a super Saturday! At kennels this morning we had FOUR (yes you read that right) adoptions – find out who next week! Thanks to everyone who came along […]
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST – ARTY
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST ARTY 4 year old blue male ARTY arrived with us on the 12th July 2024 and has settled in well. He’s a friendly […]
SOCIAL DOG WALK
We are pleased to be holding another social dog walk in Bramhall Park, SK7 3NX. Walk details are as follows: Date: Sunday 18th August 2024 Venue: Bramhall Park, SK7 3NX […]
🌟Do you belong to the Pets at Home ‘Pets Club’? 🌟
🌟Do you belong to the Pets at Home ‘Pets Club’? 🌟 By using your loyalty card each time you shop you earn’ lifelines’ for your nominated animal charity (hope […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 We’ve more homing news to share with you today – and this time it’s JODY! Handsome JODY is now living in the Clayton Bridge area with […]
NAIL CLIPPING SESSION AT KENNELS
Advance notice of our next nail clipping session at kennels which is Saturday 17th August from 11.30 to 12.30 (note: Siobhan is only available during this hour due to other […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟 We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s NAOMI! NAOMI, now known as PENNY, is living with Andrew in […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
With recent successful adoptions – and several hounds on home trial – we now have some new greyhounds for you to meet! Today, please welcome 3 year old PEARL.😍 […]
SATURDAY ROUND UP
We invited several visitors to kennels this morning who are interested in volunteering for us. They got to tour the kennels and meet and chat with current volunteers – […]
🌟SATURDAY ROUND UP🌟
Many thanks to everyone who came along to visit our stall at the Worker Bee Market in Reddish today. It certainly was a lovely day and the greyhounds enjoyed […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE – REGGIE🌟
Four year old REGGIE joined us on the 6th April 2024. He’s a friendly, bouncy and inquisitive boy, who can be strong on the lead. He’s always waggy […]
🌟WEEKEND FUNDRAISING/AWARENESS EVENTS🌟
*SATURDAY 27TH JULY* Reddish Worker Bee market, Broadstone Mill Shopping Outlet, Reddish, SK5 7DL from 11 am to 3 pm. We’re pleased to be returning to this popular […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time the lucky hound is CHASE. CHASE, now known as BRIAN, is now […]
*SUNDAY FUNDRAISING/RAISING AWARENESS*
Thanks to everyone who came along to our fundraising and awareness stall at the Green Fayre at Beacon country park today. The weather held and we loved meeting you all […]
*DOG WALKING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED*
We’re looking for more volunteers to join our team as dog walkers, ideally with experience of large dogs. Walks take place from kennels each day at 10 am, no matter […]
*WHAT A BUSY SATURDAY!*
We’ve had a busy Saturday with three fundraising teams out and about in the local area. If you came to see us at Pets at Home Walkden, at Belong […]
WEEKEND FUNDRAISING/AWARENESS EVENTS
Lots of lovely fundraising/awareness events this weekend for us! You can find our teams at: SATURDAY (20TH JULY) Belong Atherton Summer Fair, Mealhouse Lane, Atherton 2 – 4 pm and […]
CRAFTERS NEEDED!
CRAFTERS NEEDED! Did you know we have our own Crafters group attached to the rescue? Our lovely supporters hand make items for us to sell at craft fairs and other […]
NEW ARRIVAL
With recent successful adoptions – and several hounds on home trial – we now have some new greyhounds for you to meet! Please welcome 4 year old male ARTY! […]
*NEW ARRIVAL*
With recent successful adoptions – and several hounds on home trial – we now have some new greyhounds for you to meet! Please welcome 2 year old brindle girl […]
GREAT GLOBAL GREYHOUND WALK – SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
We are pleased to be taking part in the Great Global Greyhound walk with our local walk taking place at the Lancashire Mining Museum. Walk details are as follows: Location: […]
**DOG TREATS NEEDED**
**DOG TREATS NEEDED** We’ve had a phenomenal response to our recent request for dog food, thanks so much to everyone that has donated so far. We can, however, still […]
Morecambe Bay cross bay fundraiser
Our thanks to the Makants team of walkers for undertaking the Morecambe Bay cross walk yesterday, raising funds for the rescue. We’ll let you know the final amount raised soon, […]
SATURDAY 13TH JULY – what’s on!
** SATURDAY 13TH JULY is certainly going to be a busy day for the rescue!** Just look at what’s going on: We will have a team of 32 supporters and […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
⚡️ZIGGY⚡️ This week we throw the spotlight on a recent new arrival, ZIGGY. 4 year old ZIGGY (female) joined us on the 10th June 2024. Although it’s […]
MORECAMBE BAY CROSS BAY SPONSORED WALK
MORECAMBE BAY – CROSS BAY SPONSORED WALK You may remember that last year a group of our volunteers undertook the Three Peaks challenge raising funds for Makants. This year, on […]
FUNDRAISING/RAISING AWARENESS EVENTS
Have you heard? Our volunteers are really busy raising funds and raising awareness every weekend at the moment. Please take a look at our Events 2024 page on […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s LASSIE! Lovely LASSIE was adopted last week and is now living […]
🌟TOMBOLA ITEMS NEEDED🌟
We desperately need your tombola items to ensure our fundraising continues to be successful. We are looking for new items such as unopened toiletry sets, unwanted small gifts, […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING SESSION AT KENNELS🌟
A reminder that the next nail clipping session takes place at kennels on Saturday 13th July 11.30 to 12.30. Greyhounds only. Please note that you may have to […]
FUNDRAISING IN ATHERTON TODAY
Thanks to all those who came along to Atherton market today to support the rescue despite the soggy weather. At least sales of dog coats were up! Thanks so […]
🌟FUNDRAISING/RAISING AWARENESS AT PETS AT HOME HORWICH TODAY🌟
🌟FUNDRAISING/RAISING AWARENESS AT PETS AT HOME HORWICH TODAY🌟 Thanks to everyone who came along to say ‘hello’ today to our volunteers at the Pets at Home, Horwich store. We […]
🌟PET REMEMBRANCE DAY🌟
🌟PET REMEMBRANCE DAY🌟 Today, 5th July, marks Pet Remembrance Day, a day to celebrate the lives of our precious pets no longer with us. On this day we […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
**FLIGHT** This week we shine the spotlight on sweet boy FLIGHT.😍 FLIGHT arrived with us on the 4th May and has settled well. He’s a younger dog, 2.5 […]
❓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 […]
MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW
WOW! what a day! Thanks to everyone who came and supported our highly successful fundraising event on Sunday on Mosley Common. The day could not have taken place without a […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s REUBEN! Lovely REUBEN, who arrived with his sibling OTIS earlier this […]
🌟DOG OF THE MONTH FOR JULY – CARMEL🌟
Three and a half year old CARMEL arrived with us on the 19th May 2024 and soon settled in. CARMEL was relaxed enough to play with toys from […]
Makants Summer Fair and Dog Show
Sunday 30th June – Makants Summer Fair and Dog Show 11 AM TO 4 PMMOSLEY COMMON (note new venue) M28 1DT For our dog show we will have 2 show […]
🌟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 lad who is easy […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING – GREYHOUNDS ONLY PLEASE🌟
Our next nail clipping session at kennels is taking place on Saturday 13th July, 11.30 to 12.30. No appointment is needed but please be prepared to wait. We […]
🌟BUDDY’S CAFE VISIT🌟
BUDDY looks forward to volunteer Rob’s visits as he knows there will often be a tasty treat in store. Rob kindly takes BUDDY on a walk in Tyldesley […]
MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW
Sunday 30th June – Makants Summer Fair and Dog Show 11 AM TO 4 PMMOSLEY COMMON (note new venue) For our dog show we will have 2 show rings – […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
We’ve a new arrival to introduce to you today, please welcome stunning 3 year old MOJO who arrived with us on the 18th June 2024. MOJO is a […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’ s MINTY! Lovely MINTY arrived with us in May and wasted […]
🌟SUNDAY ROUND UP🌟
Our thanks to everyone who came along to support us today either at the Pets at Home, Walkden event or at Atherton Carnival. We really do appreciate your support […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE – JODY🌟
This long legged stunning boy is looking for his forever home. Good looks √ Friendly personality √ Sense of fun √ Loving √ Yes JODY really does tick […]
Ladies that sllurrrrppp!
You’ve heard of ladies that lunch, well here we have a slightly different version – ladies that slurrrppp!!😂 Last week, four of our volunteers took four of our female […]
FUNDRAISING FOR MAKANTS
Makants supporter and owner of adopted hound Buddy, Harry Gregori, is now undertaking the ‘Tough Mudder’ challenge to raise funds for the rescue! Taking place in Heaton Park, Manchester on […]
SUNDAY ROUND UP
🌟FUNDRAISING/RAISING AWARENESS AT PETS AT HOME HORWICH🌟 🌟SOCIAL DOG WALK, ETHEROW COUNTRY PARK, STOCKPORT🌟 It’s certainly been a busy Sunday for our volunteers and supporters! Thanks to […]
🌟MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW🌟
SUNDAY 30 JUNE – MOSLEY COMMON (new venue this year) **DOG SHOW STARTS AT 12 MIDDAY** ENTRY FEE: £2 PER CLASS, payable in the ring We’re pleased to share with […]
*ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD BIG FAMILY FESTIVAL*
Thanks to all supporters who visited our fundraising/awareness stall today at the festival, including the Lady Mayor, Debbie Parkinson. We enjoyed meeting you all and hope you had a great […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more great homing news to share with you today and this time it’s ELLIE. ELLIE arrived with us in April and wasted no time finding herself a […]
MORECAMBE BAY – CROSS BAY SPONSORED WALK
You may remember that last year a group of our volunteers undertook the Three Peaks challenge raising funds for Makants. This year, on Saturday 13th July, 32 walkers are taking […]
Social dog walk – 16 June 2024
Our next social dog walk takes place at Etherow Country Park, George Street, Compstall, Romily, Stockport SK6 5JD (another new venue for us). Walk details are: Meet at 9.30 am […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s MIDGE! MIDGE arrived with us in April and wasted no time […]
🌟NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK 3 – 9 JUNE 2024🌟
This week has been National Volunteers’ week and we’ve loved letting you know about our volunteers and some of the many ways they help the rescue. The love and […]
🌟SATURDAY ROUND UP 🌟
We had a very busy morning at kennels with lots of visitors to our onsite shop, two adoptions and 20 hounds attending our nail clipping session! Thanks to […]
MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW
Sunday 30th June – Makants Summer Fair and Dog Show 11 AM TO 4 PMMOSLEY COMMON (note new venue) We’re pleased to say plans are progressing well for our popular […]
🌟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 […]
***MAKANTS ON SITE SHOP***
OPEN THURSDAY 10 TO 3 AND SATURDAY 10 TO 12.30 As it’s National Volunteers’ week we’re sharing some photos of some of our wonderful shop volunteers today. Our […]
🌟National Volunteers’ week 3 – 9 JUNE 2024🌟
We are always looking for more people to join our fundraising team in order for the rescue to continue to flourish. Today we’re sharing information on fundraiser and […]
🌟NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK 3 – 9 JUNE 2024🌟
Today, 3rd June, marks the beginning of National Volunteers’ Week. We want to start the week by acknowledging all our wonderful volunteers who help the rescue in so many […]
🌟SATURDAY ROUND UP🌟
Thanks to all who supported our fundraising/awareness stall in Tyldesley town centre today and our volunteers for giving their time for the rescue. Adopted Makants hound RAY called […]
🌟DOG OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE – NAOMI🌟
Two and a half year old NAOMI joined us on New Years’ Eve 2023. NAOMI arrived with us a very timid girl. She settled well though – with […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟…. and NEW ARRIVAL!
Lovely 3 year old LASSIE joined us on the 19th May 2024 and is settling well. She has already shown herself to be a friendly girl who has a waggy […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share today and this time it’s BELLE! Lovely BELLE, now known as PHOEBE, is now living in the Wigan area with Emma and […]
🌟CAN YOU HELP?🌟
In order to help with preparations for our Summer Fair on the 30th June we’re now looking for donations of: *New OR used bottle bags *Bottles – any […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
Today we’re introducing a new arrival, please meet beautiful CARMEL. CARMEL arrived with us on the 19th May and is settling in well. She enjoys her walks but […]
🌟MORECAMBE BAY – CROSS BAY SPONSORED WALK 🌟
You may remember that last year a group of our volunteers undertook the Three Peaks challenge raising funds for Makants. This year, on Saturday 13th July, 32 walkers […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way with homing news, and the lucky hound is MURRAY! MURRAY, now known as ELDEN (meaning ‘noble friend’) only arrived with […]
🌟REDDISH WORKER BEE MARKET🌟
**FUN DOG SHOW RESULTS!** We’re pleased to say the Makants fun dog show held yesterday, as part of the Reddish Worker Bee markets, was a great success! Today […]
🌟KENNELS EXPERIENCE FUNDRAISER WINNER 🌟
Our ‘kennels experience’ winner Bex Rimmington enjoyed her morning at kennels. Arriving at 7 am Bex set about cleaning and feeding the hounds followed by spending some time […]
FRIDAY FEATURE
Three year old MINTY (female) arrived with us on the 4th May. Described as ‘cute’ and ‘really sweet’ by Siobhan, she is settling in well and has just been […]
🌟RENLEY’s WEEK🌟
Stunning new arrival, RENLEY, has had rather an exhausting week! From spending time in the enrichment (home from home) room trying out every bed available and playing a […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING – GREYHOUNDS ONLY PLEASE🌟
Our next nail clipping session at kennels is taking place on Saturday 8th June. No appointment is needed but please be prepared to wait. We do ask for a […]
🌟MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW🌟
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 11 AM TO 4 PM MOSLEY COMMON (note new venue) We’re pleased to say plans are well underway for our popular annual Summer Fair and Dog […]
🌟NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY🌟
Today, Monday 20th May, is also known as NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to showcase all our wonderful greyhounds who are still looking for […]
🌟MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW🌟
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 11 AM TO 4 PM MOSLEY COMMON (note new venue) We’re pleased to say plans are well underway for our popular annual Summer Fair and […]
🌟JODY🌟
We know recent arrival JODY is quite a stunner. Here he is with Julian, one of ‘his team’, helping him maintain his good looks! Details on JODY and […]
🌟RAISING AWARENESS AT PETS AT HOME, HORWICH TODAY🌟
Our volunteers and hounds had a great time ‘meeting and greeting’ outside the Pets at Home, Horwich store today. Thanks to everyone who came along to talk all […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE🌟
Handsome BUDDY is our Friday Feature this week. Buddy arrived with us on the 17th May 2023 …. yes you read that right, he’s been with us a year […]
NEW ARRIVAL
We’ve another new arrival to introduce to you today, please meet MINTY (female). Three year old MINTY arrived with us on the 4th May and is settling in well. Described […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
We’ve another new arrival to introduce to you today, please meet JODY. Four year old JODY (male) arrived with us on the 4th May and is settling in […]
🌟MAKANTS HOUND HENRY PARTICIPATES IN RESEARCH🌟
We’re very proud of adopted Makants hound HENRY (was Harry) who recently took part in a Liverpool University research study. The purpose of the study was to compare movement […]
🌟SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW🌟
Plans are already underway for our biggest fundraising event of the year, our Summer Fair and dog show taking place on MOSLEY COMMON on Sunday 30th June 2024, from […]
🌟NEW ARRIVAL🌟
Introducing the first of our new arrivals, please meet FLIGHT (male). FLIGHT arrived with us on the 4th May and has settled well. He’s a younger dog, 2.5 […]
** SUNDAY ROUND UP **
Our thanks to everyone who supported us today at our fundraising/awareness events at either Morley’s Hall car boot or the Pets at Home, Walkden store. We love this photo from […]
**SATURDAY ROUND UP**
We had a busy morning at kennels with several visitors to our on site shop, volunteer induction visits, and a nail clipping session with 18 hounds in attendance. […]
🌟FRIDAY FEATURE – NAOMI🌟
This week for our Friday Feature we turn the spotlight on NAOMI.😍 Two and a half year old NAOMI joined us on New Years’ Eve 2023. NAOMI […]
A FRIENDLY REMINDER …
Just to remind you we are a VOLUNTEER LED and VOLUNTEER RUN greyhound rehoming rescue and, as such, cannot respond immediately to enquiries. If you are contacting us […]
🌟NAME THE DOG CARD FUNDRAISER🌟
Our next Name the Dog fundraiser takes place on Wednesday 15th May at 7 pm over on our facebook Auction page. At just £5 a guess you could be […]
🌟MAKANTS SUMMER FAIR AND DOG SHOW🌟
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2024 11 – 4 MOSLEY COMMON While we’ve had lots of stall applications we are still looking for stall holders who sell items such as: […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We’ve more homing news to share today- and this time it’s BEAR! Lovely BEAR, with his cheeky grin, has bagged himself a forever home with Makants hound DAISY […]
🌟HOMING NEWS🌟
We start the week the very best way – with homing news – and this time it’s CINDY! CINDY, now known as TILLY, has found her forever home […]
🌟NAIL CLIPPING – GREYHOUNDS ONLY PLEASE🌟
Our next nail clipping session at kennels is taking place on Saturday 11th May. No appointment is needed but please be prepared to wait. We do ask for […]
🌟ADVANCE NOTICE🌟 SUMMER FAIR BOOKINGS!
Yes, it’s nearly that time already. This year our Summer Fair and dog show is being held on SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2024 at a new venue – on […]