We had another exciting day at the kennels today as the BBC visited to do some filming for a pilot feature about the rise in the popularity of Greyhounds as family pets! Lucy Ferrier came down from Head Office to help us out, and we all had a whale of a time being interviewed about why we love Greyhounds so much 🙂
At first we were all a little bit apprehensive about being filmed on camera, but the interviewer’s enthusiasm was infectious and once we got started, he had trouble stopping us! As you can imagine, we all had a LOT to say about how fabulous our greyhounds are, and the poor interviewer had to work hard to keep to his timetable!
Here’s a quick shot of Stella being interviewed in our Tea Hut (Stella is one of our regular volunteers that comes three or four mornings a week to help Karen out with the early shift in the wee hours of the morning, before going off to her day job – what a legend!)
Stella had as all in stitches when asked what her favorite type of Greyhound is – to which she replied “the Tall, dark and handsome ones!” (Due to the number of black dogs in the rehoming system nationwide, the majority of the dogs in our kennels are tall dark and handsome!)
Luckily, the weather was on our side, and the BBC cameraman was able to capture some lovely footage of our hounds enjoying a walk in the beautiful woods that adjoin our Kennels. The bluebells are now out in full force and so the woods look really magical at the moment! Here’s a quick picture I took of Becca walking Mikey and Igley – don’t all three of them look simply gorgeous! Little Igley has recently been chosen by her forever family, but our lovely Mikey (the white and black hound) is still waiting for his lucky day – perhaps he could be your chosen one?!
We’ve been celebrating St. George’s Day at the kennels today, and are feeling rather patriotic! Jo has been telling the greyhounds all about the story of St. George sleighing the dragon, and the hounds were very excited to learn that a beautiful white Greyhound featured alongside a red fire-breathing dragon on the Coat of Arms of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547), in the first part of his reign. All we can say is that the Tudor’s obviously had excellent taste in sight hounds 😉
A super cute boy arrived at DunRunnin Kennels this weekend, and there was just something about him that made us smile – he reminded us of one of our other greyhounds – DeeDee, so we did a bit of digging into their breeding, and low and behold Mikey is DeeDee’s son! If you compare the markings on their faces you can’t help but notice the family resemblance! They both have a white blaze between their eyes with a black splodge in the middle – how fantastic is that?! In our book that makes Mikey DunRunnin’s first grandchild! If you would like to visit Mikey or DeeDee, or both of these fabulous dogs, why not come down to DunRunnin Kennels near Brands Hatch – they’d really love to meet you! Who knows, there may even be a forever family out there wanting to rehome them as a pair!
It was a very proud day for Karen and her team of volunteers today, as four of our gorgeous greyhounds – Tom, King, Peaches and Mousie – had their 15 minutes of fame at a photographer’s studio in Richmond! Our soon to be famous four, were working hard posing for the RGT’s 2015 Christmas Cards! They all had a fab time prancing around in front of the cameras and are now back at the ranch demanding 5* treatment to match their new found celebrity! We can’t share the pictures until the cards are released, so in the meantime, here’s a team photo of the stars having a well deserved break in the gorgeous park! These beauties are looking for their forever homes, so come on good people, come and meet them at DunRunnin kennels in Brands Hatch!
This week the Dunrunnin team has been getting ready for Easter! We’ve been sprucing up the kennels, and are hoping to have lots of visitors and prospective families popping in to see us over the four day bank holiday! Our lovely little blue girly Mousie has been bouncing around the kennels wearing her bunny ears, so we thought we’d share some pictures with you! Doesn’t she make a fantastic Easter Bunny?! Mousie’s room mate Ely wasn’t too keen on Mousie getting all the attention so the cheeky monkey tried to steal the bunny ears for himself! Both Mousie and Ely are still patiently waiting for their forever homes, so why not check out their profiles on our ‘Meet Our Hounds’ page, where you’ll find details of their paw-sonalities!
This is Lolly, she is 18 months old, and is in a foster home at present. Lolly was found wandering the streets, and so we’re now assisting another RGT Branch to find Lolly her forever home. Unfortunately, Lolly is nervous of other dogs, doesn’t like cats and at some point has been, we suspect, mis-treated. Lolly would need lots of tender loving care and patience, but we know the right family will be out there somewhere.
Last week we welcomed our very first Greyhound puppy to our rehoming kennels, and we fell in love with her the moment she arrived! We often have young dogs that come to us at DunRunnin, but as this gorgeous little girly was only half the size of her litter-mates, she was ‘retired’ before her racing career had even begun! We nicknamed the cheeky little miss “Baby Bear”, and we’re pleased to report that we’ve already found her a home with a lovely family that are committed to furthering her training and development. We know that Baby Bear’s going to have a fab life in her new home, and so we thought we’d share some pictures of the little cutie, that were taken just before she left us! Isn’t she adorable?!
We couldn’t resist a quick post this week to mark the happening of two important ‘fifty’ themed events that have taken place in the past 7 days!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our Greyhound Friends, Families and Supporters! As a special Valentine’s treat, we thought we’d share these gorgeous pictures of our handsome chappy Romeo! Romeo is still hoping to find his Juliet, or his forever home, so why not view his profile on the ‘Meet Our Hounds’ page? xxx
It was an exciting day for the Dunrunnin hounds and volunteers today, as we were visited by the new Chief Executive of the Retired Greyhound Trust – Lisa Morris-Tomkins, who amazed us all by managing to visit our branch in the very first week of her new role! After being shown around our kennels and meeting all of our resident hounds, we spent time discussing Lisa’s ideas on how to build on the RGT’s amazing success over the past forty years, during which period this terrific charity has found loving homes for a staggering 70,000 Greyhounds! If you would like to be part of the RGT’s furture rehoming success stories, why not consider giving a loving home to one of our residents profiled on our “Meet Our Hounds” page, or maybe you’d like to join our workforce of volunteers profiled on our “Meet Our Volunteers” page. Either way we’d love you to become part of the community of Dunrunnin Friends and Families!