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
Paris (Kingsmill Paris)
Birthday – 12th October 2017
Paris is a handsome black boy and has been with us a little while now. He needs to be an only dog with a family where someone is at home all day. He thrives in human company and just wants to have a sofa of his own with a loving family.
To see a short video of Paris Paris on You Tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Paris please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Bing (Bing Sky)
Birthday – 27th May 2018
Bing is a new addition and looking for a loving forever home. Bing loves his walks and is fine with other dogs to would happily live with a female greyhound. Bing would suit any family situation. One look into his soulful eyes and you’ll be lost forever!
To see a short video of Bing Bing on You tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Bing please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Spangles (Spangles)
Birthday – 18th May 2017
Spangles is a lovely affectionate friendly black boy. He has quite a high prey drive so would need an experienced owner with no other dogs/pets.
To see a short video of Spangles Spangles on You Tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Spangles please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Ronnie (Timenmotion)
Birthday – 12th October 2016
Ronnie is a lovely hound who is interested in everything around him. He loves people and is a pleasure to be around. He ideally needs an experienced owner with no children
To see a short video of Ronnie Ronnie on You tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Ronnie please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Blake (Blake Be Slick) Homed
Birthday – 1st January 2018
Blake is a medium size boy with a great personality. He is a sweet and loving boy.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Blake please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Town (For Antrim Town) Homed
Birthday – 17th November 2017
Town is one of our older lads. He is a confident dog who will make a wonderful pet.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Town please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Toosey (Errill Toolate) Homed
Birthday – 4th February 2018
Toosey is a lovely happy boy. He enjoys his walks and likes nothing better than rolling around in long grass!
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Toosey please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Spot (Windgap Spot) Homed
Birthday – 22nd November 2017
Spot is a lovely natured brindle boy who can’t help showing off. He is a real beauty and very affectionate.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Spot please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Jet (Coco Jet) Homed
Birthday – 7th November 2015
Jet is a returnee. He is a lovely friendly boy who needs a second chance.
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Jet please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Waldo (War Dance) Homed
Birthday – 1st August 2016
Waldo is a returnee. He would benefit from a home where any children are over 11. He is a friendly boy who walks well on the lead. Could you give Waldo a second chance?
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Waldo please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Meet our Girls
Lucy (Poor Lite)
Birthday – 7th June 2016
Lucy is a very sweet affectionate black girl who would suit most family situations.
To see a short video of Lucy Lucy on You tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Lucy please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us..
Mia
Birthday
Mia is a small lovely 3 year old lady that has joined the kennel. Further details to follow
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Mia please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Gilda (Guided By You)
Birthday – 15th February 2017
Gilda is a lovely calm black girl who is always ready for a fuss and would suit any situation.
To see a short video of Gilda Gilda on You tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Gilda please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
Duchess (Jetts Duchess)
Birthday – 1st June 2017
Duchess is a lovely black girl. She gets very excited when she knows she’s going for a walk, but once out she walks very well and soon settles down.
To see a short video of Duchess Duchess on You tube
For more information, or if you’d like to visit Duchess please call us on 07852 734958 or contact us.
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