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Monday 7:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 7:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 7:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 7:30am - 4:30pm Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 7:30am - 4:30pm Sunday 7:30am - 4:30pm

Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare

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Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare

We are a registered independent charity based in Hersham, Surrey devoted to the caring for and homing
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Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare is devoted to caring for retired racing greyhounds and finding them homes. We are self-funding and rely on the kindness and generosity of our supporters and the general public. We care for approximately 50-60 greyhounds at our kennels in Hersham, with the majority of these gifted onto us by their owners or trainers once their racing days are over. However,when necessary

we do step in and help those less fortunate greyhounds who are at risk, as and when we are able. We take in all colours and personalities regardless of their homing chances. We operate a ‘no destruction’ policy, which means that no greyhound will be put to sleep except on health grounds when there is no other option. For those greyhounds with long term medical or behavioural issues we have The Sanctuary – their home for as long as they need it. We actively promote the fact that greyhounds make wonderful pets and adapt to life after racing very well.

11/12/2024

11TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Handsome Robbie is our 11th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Robbie is a lovely brindle, 6 year old boy, who is a rather sensitive soul, although once he knows you, he is a bit cheeky. He did go out into a home in London but could not cope alone with the hubbub of off lead dogs with whom he is not overly confident, so may be better with a confident, calm girl hound for company and to shadow. We hope he finds a nice, quiet, loving forever home of his own soon to gain in confidence and life experience, as he just needs somebody to love.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

10/12/2024

10TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Pretty little Crystal is our 10th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Crystal is a very shy, black, young 2 year old, who prefers to walk with another kennel hound on walks with our volunteers, as she is a bit nervous. Once she knows you, she is very sweet and loving. As a youngster, Crystal needs to learn about life outside of kennels, with a dog she can shadow/ learn from. Let's hope she finds a loving forever home of her own to gain in confidence and life experience.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

09/12/2024

9TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Handsome Rod is our 9th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Rod is a good natured, black 5 year old boy, who is enthusiastic on his kennel walks with our volunteers which he thiroughly enjoys. Rod seems fine as an only dog but is also very good as a companion dog too and has been tolerant of the naughtiest of greyhound girls in his kennel when they won't let him on the bed, for example. Rod has been in kennels long enough now and needs to be in a loving forever home of his own to learn about life beyond a kennel.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

08/12/2024

8TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Young, black Buddy is our 8th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Buddy is a sweet, young black 3 year old boy, who has been a bit lacking in confidence on his kennel walks with our volunteers and likes to take his time on his walks. Buddy would benefit from the companionship of another hound in a loving forever home of his own to help him move on and learn about life beyond the safety of a kennel.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

07/12/2024

7TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Handsome, young Perry is our 7th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Perry is a happy, young, white and black 4 year old boy, who has been so good on his kennel walks with our volunteers and likes to shout for his breakfast and walks, wondering if it is his turn next!! Perry needs to move on, to learn about life beyond the safety of a kennel and find himself a loving forever home of his own.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

07/12/2024

CLOSED DUE TO SEVERE WEEKEND WEATHER
Due to exceptionally high winds around the kennels today, we feel it would be in the best interests of walkers and hounds to cancel the walking today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) for everyones' safety.
Stay safe and warm.
Carol xx

06/12/2024

6TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Pretty Aero is our 6th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Aero is a young, white and fawn 4 year old girl, who has been so good on her kennel walks with our volunteer walkers. Young Aero deserves to move on now from the kennel life she has only known and find herself a loving forever home of her own.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

05/12/2024

5TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Lovely Bobo is our 5th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Bobo is a beautiful, happy, black 5 year old girl, who has been overlooked for some time now. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Bobo has come so far in the time she has been with us and adores her walks and outings with the Surrey Sighthound Walking Group. We would love her to maybe join a boy hound at home abd wuth a damiky of her uwn, as she is good with children, and she has been in kennels long enough now.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

04/12/2024

4TH DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Please meet Ned our 4th December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Ned is a gentle, white and black 5 year old boy, who is very good natured and puts up with the naughtiest of greyhound girls in his kennel! We feel he should now be in a forever home of his own, as he just wants someone to love.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

03/12/2024

3RD DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, we decided to have our own Advent Calendar to showcase our wonderful homeless hounds. Please meet Sooty, our 3rd December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Sooty is a sweet, shy, black 6 year old boy, who is nervous by nature and having shown how good he is on a foster with a greyhound girl, is now ready for a forever home of his own, with a greyhound girl to show him the ropes.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

02/12/2024

2ND DECEMBER 2024
In the run up to Christmas, please meet Saffron, our 2nd December hound in our WGW Advent Calendar. Saffron is a lovely 7 year old girl who after having several pups, now deserves a forever home of her own.
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)

01/12/2024

1ST DECEMBER 2024
To kickstart our WGW homeless hound Advent Calendar, please meet gentle giant, brindle boy, Morgan
**(photo courtesy of photographer, Holly Keane)**

30/11/2024

Grace!
📷 courtesy Holly Keane

https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/grace-born-september-2019/

30/11/2024

🎄A HUGE THANK YOU FOR A FABULOUS CHRISTMAS PARTY🎄
What a greyt day we had at the weekend's Christmas Party and a grand total of £3,615.46 was raised to help with the veterinary care for our homeless hounds. We cannot thank you all enough for all your kindness in making this event such a huge success. From those of you who helped with the planning, organisation, set up & dismantling, making and baking, to the photographer, the stallholders, my amazing staff and of course, the host of visitors who supported the day and helped make it a day to remember. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We couldn't have done it without you.
Much love and all the very best wishes of the season.
Carol xx
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LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY...
Hope you can join us and support what should be a greyt day. Have your very own hound photo taken by photographer Holly Keane in a wonderfully festive grotto scene. Amazing BBQ being set up with Hampton Court's Peter Dale's fabulous Angus Beef Burgers and quality sausages, or halloumi alternative, delicious array of homemade cakes, Gabrielle's stunning silver jewellery, Megan's beautiful felted greyhound hanging ornaments in black, blue or fawn, Holly's Christmas Tree or Remembrance silver tone greyhound ornaments, Bea's homemade dog treats, David's dog treat stall, Christmas Raffle, wonderful festive Tombola run by Kym & Geoff and so much more....Help us raise funds for the homeless hounds. Carol xx

27/11/2024

🎅 GET IN THE FESTIVE SPIRIT AT WGW Christmas Party 2024 🎅

🎅 11am-2pm
🎅 Saturday 30th November 2024
🎅 @ The Kennels

Please join us and enjoy our:

🎄 Fabulous BBQ
🎄 A delicious 'Sanctuary Coffee'
🎄 Browse for a unique bargain at the Bric-a-Brac stall
🎄 Sample or take away some divine home-made cakes
🎄 Enter our Prize Raffle Draw
🎄 Have a go (or several!) at Kym & Geoff's fabulous Tombola with truly amazing prizes
🎄 Talented kennel assistant Megan Powell has, due to popular demand from last year, made some fabulous Felted Greyhound Tree Hanging Decorations
🎄 Find a new or nearly new dog-coat from our WGW Shop or our Recycled Doggy Goods Shop
🎄 Buy your hound some treats from our Dog Treat stall or from our very own Bennita Pickard's Home-made Dog Treats stall
🎄 Look for a Christmas gift that also helps raise funds for the hounds
🎄 Including one of our very own kennel assistant & silversmith, Holly Staples' Silver Hound Decorations for your Christmas tree specially engraved with the name of your hound or a hound you have lost or even your favourite kennel hound
🎄 WGW's Lisa Dillerstone's Hound Candles
🎄 Support us by buying our WGW Hounds Christmas Cards and WGW hounds Calendar 2025 or even a WGW Hound Sponsorship Gift Package
🎄 Walk a hound and enjoy chatting to like minded owners and stroke a beautiful hound or two

If you want to go on the Surrey Sighthound Walking Group walk at Chobham Common in the morning, tnen please join us afterwards. *(walk event details as follows);
https://facebook.com/events/s/saturday-walk-chobham-common-s/3844984285719589/

It looks like it is going to be a greyt day! Carol xx

26/11/2024

🎄 Christmas hounds Marge, Janti and Will would like to ask for some kennel essentials! 🎄

First off for all the little cuts and scrapes
🎅 Absorbent lint dressing
🎅 Jelonet wound dressing
🎅 Crepe cotton bandages

Always needed
🎅 Black bin bags
🎅 Chicken feet!

If anyone is able to donate some for delivery it would be much appreciated. ❤️

You can buy them easily from our Amazon wish list (linked below), or have any similar items delivered to us at:
Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare
4 Burhill Kennels
Turners Lane
Hersham
KT12 4AW

Thank you so much for any help you can offer!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3S90KZ7750RZ2?fs=e

26/11/2024

Boris
📷 courtesy Holly Keane

https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/boris-born-november-2019/

25/11/2024

Sooty with homed hound Nova
📷 courtesy Holly Keane

https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/sooty-born-october-2018/

Address

4 Burhill Kennels Turners Lane
Hersham
KT124AW

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday	7:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday	7:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+441932251894

Website

https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/

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Videos

Gentle, easy-going Ned

😍 Gentle, easy-going Ned 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Ned, like many greyhounds seemed to have a lovely temperament. He was gentle, enjoyed a fuss and seemed good natured. Most greyhounds have a nice temperament and make gorgeous pets. And boys wait longer for homes as people usually ask for girls. So do keep an open mind, as it is more about a 2 way fit of them with your lifestyle." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/ned-born-feb-2021/

Gentle, affectionate Morgan

😍 Gentle, affectionate Morgan 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Morgan has a lovely, gentleness about him. He's only 3, but seems to have a calm manner. He was comfortable meeting new people and loved being stroked. When I got my boy 6 years ago, bigger than my previous girl, I was concerned he'd pull me over. He never has, takes up no extra space and is so gentle. So keep an open mind re size, gender etc and look more for who would best fit into your lifestyles and locations. Carol has great knowledge of this and can discuss." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/morgan-born-march-2021/

Gentle, nice-tempered Perry

😍 Gentle, nice-tempered Perry 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Perry seemed to have a lovely temperament. He was nice with my boy and enjoyed a fuss. The majority of people ask for girls, but the boys are just as loving and deserving. So do keep an open mind." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/perry-born-sept-2020/

Sweet, gentle Crystal

😍 Sweet, gentle Crystal 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Crystal seems a gentle soul. She was new in kennels and still finding her paws. She took comfort from her kennel mate, Marshall. Greyhounds are often very gentle souls. They only need 2x30 mins walk a day and are so much happier once settled in a home. So homing really makes a difference to each life." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/crystal-born-sept-2020/

Happy, friendly Mavis

😍 Happy, friendly Mavis 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Mavis seems a happy, friendly girl. She was nice with my boy and the other hounds she met. She seemed to enjoy coming out of kennels and going for a walk. Thousands of greyhounds need homes each year and they make great pets, so do consider giving one a home." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/mavis-born-april-2019/

Lovely, gentle Marshall

😍 Lovely, gentle Marshall 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Marshall seems a lovely, steady, gentle boy. He seems to be a real rock for his kennel lady, who is still finding her feet. He walked nicely and had a sweet leg action going on.. People mostly ask for girls so the boys wait longer for homes. So do keep an open mind. They're just as lovely and deserving of love."

Inquisitive, friendly Mandy

😍 Inquisitive, friendly Mandy 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Mandy has a lovely blend of characteristics as you'll see here. She's both got a spring in her step and is gentle and affectionate. Thousands of greyhounds need homes each year so do consider homing one as they adapt well to homes. They only need 2x 30 mins walks a day and are very gentle dogs, happy to sleep the rest of the day. They tend to have sprint moments of energy, rather than all day long. Lovely breed!" https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/mandy-born-august-2020/

Gentle, sweet Tommy

😍 Gentle, sweet Tommy 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Tommy seems such a lovely, gentle lad. He was lovely with the children - who were equally respectful and gentle with him. Walked nicely too. People mostly ask for girls, so the boys stay longer in kennels - so keep an open mind, to temperament and 2 way match with your lifestyle rather than gender." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/tommy-born-april-2020/

Beautiful, gentle Aero

😍 Beautiful, gentle Aero 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Aero seems an all round beautiful greyhound. She seems to have a lovely gentle, calm energy. She walked nicely and was lovely with my boy. Profile to follow but born 2020. Greyhounds make wonderful pets and thousands need homes each year so do share on and let's home more greyhounds!" https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/aero-born-april-2020/

Sweetie, titchy Sweetie

😍 Sweetie, titchy Sweetie 😍 Sophi has created some great videos of some of the greyhounds that are looking for their forever homes. Sophi writes: "Sweetie is lovely. She is small as greyhounds go and seems sweet, gentle and easy going. She walked nicely and was nice around the other hounds she met. She's only new in kennels, so still finding her paws and doing well. Profile to follow. She was born in Nov 2020." https://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/homeless-hounds/sweetie-born-nov-2020/

NERVOUS ‘BILLY’ REACHED THE BEACH.... A huge thank you to WGW hound owner, Paul Williams, for taking time out to take nervous 2 year old WGW Sanctuary hound, Billy, to the beach for the first time ever. Flanked by Paul’s own homed hounds, blue Mo & brindle Norah, Billy (featured in the green house collar) had an amazing time at West Wittering on a quiet weekday and for a little while, life didn’t seem to be that scary to Billy after all. Billy is going to be our next hound on our ‘Sponsor a Kennel’ scheme, as he was not able to race and so has not been handled much in his time at his previous kennel. Progress for Billy has therefore been slow and he can be very nervous and easily spooked. Thanks to Paul and his hounds, who walk with Billy regularly at the kennels and have built up a bond with him, he did overcome his fears to join in the fun for a day to remember. Thank you so much, Paul, Mo and Norah for making this lovely boy so happy on an amazing trip away from the kennel life he has only ever known. Carol x.