We home greyhounds throughout Essex. We have an experienced, knowledgeable team who will help find the right dog for you! All of our greyhounds are neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, wormed, treated for fleas and come with 4 weeks’ free insurance with Petplan for your peace of mind.
Meet our boys
Moo (Our Mate Moo)
Birthday – 2nd September 2017
Moo is a lovely black boy who loves people and enjoys being in the thick of things.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Moo please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Ryder (ChopChop Ryder) Homed
Birthday – 30th July 2016
Ryder is a lovely confident black boy. He’s a calm boy who walks very well on the lead. For more information, or if you’d like to visit Ryder please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Biff (Ballintemple Fly) Reserved
Birthday – 24th March 2017
Biff is a friendly laid back boy. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Biff please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Dazzler (Flamingo Dazzler) Homed
Birthday – 15th May 2018
The phrase ‘gentle giant’ springs to mind with Dazzler! He is a big boy but very sweet and gentle. He isn’t very sure of himself and would benefit from being homed with another dog to give him some confidence. As he is a bit on the nervous side he would not be suitable for homing with children under the age of 11. He would prefer a quieter home.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Dazzler please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Bill (Mill Hill) Homed
Birthday – 23rd May 2016
Bill is a very striking black and white boy. He can be a little shy at first but once he gets to know you he is an affectionate fellow. You can stop making a fuss of him when your hand drops off.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Bill please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Matt (Carrow Matts)
Birthday – 23rd October 2016
Matt is a handsome black boy. He is confident hound and loves everyone.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Matt please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Josh (Happy Josh)
Birthday – 23rd October 2015
Josh is a wonderful black boy. He can be a little strong on the lead a times but settles down on his walks. He is not small furry friendly and may prefer being the only dog in a home.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Josh please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Sandy (TBA) Homed
Birthday – TBA
Sandy has just arrived in the kennels and we will update his description as we get to know him
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Sandy please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Flyer (Dotchos Flyer) Homed
Birthday – 28th December 2017
Flyer is a lively brindle lad. He confident and loves people.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Flyer please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Bruce (Tyrap Bruges)
Birthday – 19th August 2015
Bruce is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Bruce please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Barnie (Lisbane Fort) Reserved
Birthday – 8th March 2017
Barnie is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Barnie please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Bestie (Bestyoucanbe)
Birthday – 1st August 2017
Bestie is a big happy boy who loves attention. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Bestie please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Jackson (Anytime Jackson)
Birthday – 2nd October 2016
Jackson seems quite a calm lad. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Jackson please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Samuel (Suirview Samuel) Reserved
Birthday – 9th October 2016
Samuel is a fuss monster. He is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Samuel please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Waldo (TBA)
Birthday – TBA
Waldo is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update his description as we get to know him.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Waldo please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Meet our Girls
Sky (Rigdale Sky) Homed
Birthday – 1st March 2016
Sky is a confident friendly girl. She walks nicely on the lead and will make someone a wonderful pet
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Sky please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Cherry (Feed Me Picalili) Homed
Birthday – 26th October 2017
Cherry is an engaging girl who loves people. Ear rubs are the best thing ever.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Cherry please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Blackie (Keilduff Blackie) Reserved
Birthday – 1st July 2017
Blackie is a quite lively (well for a greyhound) girl. She walks nicely on the lead and loves a fuss.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Blackie please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Zara (Maggie The Ram)
Birthday – 1st April 2016
Zara is a wonderful black girl. She is quite laid back.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Zara please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Sky (Slanan Choice) Reserved
Birthday – 6th January 2016
Sky is a lively girl who would make a great family dog.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Sky please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Shelly (Shelone Nipper) Homed
Birthday – 15th July 2017
Shelly is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update her description as we get to know her.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Shelly please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Milly (Moranski Pride)
Birthday – 1st November 2017
Milly is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update her description as we get to know her.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Bruce please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Toff (Rathorpe Toff) Reserved
Birthday – 18th March 2017
Toff comes across as shy on first meeting you but she soon gets over her shyness as she gets to know you. We will update her description as we get to know her.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Toff please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Diva (Cappadrumin Diva) Homed
Birthday – 1st July 2017
Diva is newly arrived at our kennels. We will update her description as we get to know her.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Diva please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Daisy (TBA) Reserved
Birthday – TBA
Daisy is lovely small brindle lass. She is very friendly and loves everyone.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Daisy please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Small Furries
Someone once told me that for every 100 ex racing greyhounds, 10 will settle happily with a cat without batting an eyelid, 10 will never be able to live with a cat and the rest are somewhere in between – it will depend on the dog, the cat and the amount of training an owner is willing to do. It’s a pretty good rule of thumb – the only problem is deciding which dogs fit into which category! Obviously the calmer ones are the first choice, but we never know for sure until they have met the cat or small dog in question.
If you have a cat we will introduce you to the dogs we think are most likely to settle with a cat. We will then bring the dog with us when we do your home check. That makes the process more individual – we need to know how the dog gets on with your cat, not someone else’s. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO CURRENT RESTRICTIONS WE ARE UNABLE TO BRING DOGS TO YOUR HOME, SO REGRETFULLY WE CANNOT OFFER ANY DOGS AS BEING CAT TRAINABLE AT THE CURRENT TIME
With other dogs the process is similar but we’d ask you to bring your dog to the kennels, or meet up somewhere to introduce them.
Needless to say, our dogs will be on lead and safely muzzled during this process!
Sometimes on our dog descriptions you will see that we mention they are not suitable for homing with small furries. This just means that they’ve been through the above process and had a strong reaction. It doesn’t make any difference to their general suitability as a pet.
“Returned Through No Fault of His/Her Own”
One of our volunteers recently asked why we don’t expand on this in our descriptions. Although most of re-homings are successful, occasionally dogs are returned to us. There are a variety of reasons for this – illness, bereavement, family breakup, general change in life circumstances. Sometimes people haven’t researched the breed, or they haven’t thought through all that owning a dog entails. Very occasionally there are behavioural difficulties which the owner is unable to overcome. We don’t think it is fair to previous owners to go into details on a public website but we will always be happy to discuss the reason for a dog’s return with you on a one to one basis.
“Unsuitable For Homing With Children Under The Age Of….”
Our homing policies are flexible and we have no age limit at either end of the scale, although if you have new born twins and a lively toddler we’d probably suggest waiting for a couple of years! If the phrase above appears in one of the descriptions it’s usually because the dog is big and boisterous and could inadvertently hurt or scare a young child while playing. We are flexible on this – if it says “under the age of 8” and you have a confident 6/7 year old who’s used to large dogs then there shouldn’t be a problem. Occasionally we have a very shy or nervous dog who wouldn’t be happy in a household with young children