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We are a greyhound rehoming kennel for retired racers. We prepare these beautiful greys for the agencies to take for adoption.

We work in with 4 rehoming agencies, Greyhounds as pets, KiwiKiwi hounds, May hounds and Nightrave greyhounds.

02/12/2024

Olive 🫒 She's a puppy at heart!
The first greyhound to take her teddy for a walk 🧸💕 So turns out we rehome toy thieves, kangaroos and now toy walkers???? 😅🥹

01/12/2024

And that's a wrap! DAVID is the last one of the Swimming goats x Saving lots litter to enter the rehoming world through rangiora. This lucky boy has gone on a road trip with the lovely ladies of KiwiKiwi Hounds Adoption today! And we can tell you he was all smiles. Mr David is full of quirks and we know someone special is gonna fall head over heels for him. 🦘🦘🦘
The family tree : 🌳 ❤️
■ Saving lots ( Flo - mama) and Solo party (Beer) rehomed with Kiwikiwi Hounds Group ♡
■ Apache boy (Charlie) and Gandia (Dee) rehomed through May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group ♡
■ Gotcha Coby (Coby) Private rehome to kennel hand Amanda ♡
■Swimming goat (Floyd - Dad) Private rehome to great mates rangiora ♡

27/11/2024

Altena the smooch!! This delicious gal has passed all her assessments with us ✅️
A little bit about her : Altena also known as Tena is a placid but easy going girl who doesn't ask for alot. She is very into her cuddles and being petted - she goes very tired eyes, gets the lean on and just looks like she's in heaven... she's got a huge heart ready to love up on someone! She definitely has that loyal vibe going on and to top it off she's intelligent 🤓
Tena is very well behaved on lead and walking time is her favorite where she gets to connect with the humans. To make it even better Tena can live with cats 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️ 😍 ❤️
Here she is photographed with Steve from Tevra Dog Training 2022 while he completes her safer assessments 🤙

19/11/2024

We would love to introduce you to our new set of twins! Envy and talulah!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Aren't they delicious 😲🤤🤤

17/11/2024

Dear mates, our sunshine boy ☀️
Today was the first day without you in our kennels and it's safe to say it felt so wrong 😏😟. You were the first boy we would see every morning 🌄, those beautiful smiles😁 and wiggle butts made the start of our days perfect👌🤌🫰. You came into us a "spook" so scared of the big wide world but your determination to beat these anxious feelings was admirable. You let us in, opened your big heart and you have truly blossomed. You are intelligent, compassionate and loyal and whoever gets you is the luckiest family in the world 🌎 You have met so many people in your rehoming journey, and you have always left a forever lasting print on them. Everyone wanted a bit of mates as you know! Alot of happy (secretly broken) hearts 💕 when they found out you approved of this one very special foster family. You picked this family. We knew you were ready to go - we weren't. But honestly when are we ever ready to let go. Life's journey is taking you to new places, enjoy every moment like we know you will. Distance may separate us but our love for you here at greatmates will stay strong. It is beyond measure with you me mates. And lastly this isn't a goodbye but a see you soon my love!
May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group thank you for everything 💖 he is a special boy, we are honored he is with you for this journey.
KiwiKiwi Hounds Adoption Greyhounds As Pets NZ Tevra Dog Training 2022 the boy has made it out! Thank you all for loving him and searching for the right match. Tagging you all cause we ALL LOVED MATES.
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween from us here at rangiora 🫶🏼 👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃
Harper and sassy attended west eyreton school agriculture day and entered into the fancy dress Pet segment.....and the girls came in first place! 🥇🏆 Not only was sassy amazing with everything going on but she was a great advocate for the breed we all love. Maybe we will see more greyhounds these ways! 🙏🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Ps thank you to the team at KiwiKiwi Hounds Adoption for rushing to get sassy a Halloween themed collar ###
- Sassy woo you suit being a witchy woo!!! 🧙‍♀️

25/10/2024

Rainbow girl, started her adventure with Greyhounds As Pets NZ 💕 eeeeek. 🌈 is a pocket rocket extroverted girl with a hint of sass. We like strong minded women 💪 Rainbow expresses her happiness through lots of spins, cuddles and kisses. She can be a major goof ball when she wants to be and is very much into play - I mean she is only a young chicken just gone 2! Rainbow loves children but we would prefer 8 years and older as she can forget her size in cuddle mode/ play mode 😆
- Small, medium and large breed dogs ✅️
- Cat trainable ✅️
- Family orientated ✅️
- Toy driven/play driven ✅️
- HILARIOUS ✅️
if you feel like adding a greyhound to your family apply through here :
https://greyhoundsaspets.org.nz/eform/submit/application-form
Or other groups who find Greyhounds homes...
https://www.mayhounds.org.nz/adoption-application
https://www.kiwikiwihounds.co.nz/adoption-questionnaire
https://www.nightrave.co.nz/index.php?page=conditions

23/10/2024

Oaty and Mates enjoying their time with Steve from Tevra Dog Training 2022 while he completes his safer assessments 🥹 Let us tell you a little about these 2 amazing lads;
- Otis💙 - affectationately known as Oaty will love on you with every Fibre of his being. He is a major cuddler 🫂 He will hold onto you for dear life, nibble your face and look at you with those precious eyes always. Oaty unfortunately has very tender feet due to chronic corn issues, he has received all medical help possible with Shirley Vet Clinic by having a Flexor tenotomy to prevent anymore arising. So far so good! He will just need to be on restricted exercise and will need to go into his home with booties! (He wears these when we go road walking as hard surfaces can cause tenderness) He can still live a normal life, do day to day things and be a typical dog. You should check him out when he plays! He's the tug of war king 🫅
- Mates💛 - "ME MATES" Oh this boy... where do we begin. Our gentle giant spookie boy who gives you his whole heart when he trusts you. Once you break down these walls of mates he does a complete 360. From a spookie to a big love bug who is constantly smiling, stealing toys, egging you onto play and trying his hardest to give you kisses every chance he gets. He is amazing with children, the lost amazing gentle approach and nibbles he will give ❤️ Mates has an issue with being introduced to new places, he will freeze and try go back to his safe spot typically (especially busy environments) - what we have found is when mates has a trust with a handler he is willing to work in with you and what you need him to do. It's about understanding who he is and what needs and he needs that reassurance that he is gonna be okay! Exposure will be key with mates. Mates would be after a quiet home, a play area as he is so toy driven, currently one of our "play pen thiefs" and man he can play! Our cheeks always hurt from smiling so much at him and preferably another dog to help guide him along the ways of pet life. Honestly we would keep him if we could. Hate the fact we got a cat for this exact reason😅🤣 ps still love u echo.
Reach out to the team if you have any questions! We will be able to answer any and point you in the right direction for meet and greets 👋

20/10/2024

Beautiful mo with the famous Mohawk was adopted today 🫶🏼 His smiles speak a thousand words, he was so happy to see his family again after a successful meet and greet ❤️ Mo was the most easy-going lad ever, the softest cuddles and the warmest eyes that smile at you. If you want a hound like mo reach out to the team 👋 it will be the most rewarding thing you've done this year 😆✅️ Thank you to Greyhounds As Pets NZ for working in with us and the beautiful mo and finding his family x

12/10/2024

Update photos of the GUMMY BEAR 🐻 🐻‍❄ 💕 Doesn't she look beautiful!!!! She was so strong throughout these surgeries we are so PROUD.
Katie is leaving us this afternoon to finish of her recovery in foster care with Janice May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group 💕 This has been in the works for a long time getting Katie girl to this point to be able to leave medically cleared. We feel incredibly sad but incredibly happy for her that she finally gets her shot. And we know she's gonna ace it 😝look out for Katie girl on the mayhounds website in coming weeks! ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
BYE KATIEEEEEEEEEE 👋 👋 🥹🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

11/10/2024

Domina 💜 oooh she's quirky and adorable! She's a fun-loving and easy-going guuurl who is on the hunt for her forever family.
- Dog social ✅️
- Family orientated ✅️
- Harness trained ✅️
- Love bug once you win her over ✅️ want a kiss or two?
- Beautiful inside and out ✅️
Dom is with Greyhounds As Pets NZ reach out to the team if you fancy adopting dom or a greyhound like her!

https://greyhoundsaspets.org.nz/

09/10/2024

Miss katie arrived home yesterday but she has come back a little different....Gummy bear - also known as a greyhound with no teeth 😁🥹😱
Katie made it through surgery with flying colors. She has officially entered the gummy bear club and to tell you the truth she's rather happy about it after battling a terrible disease called CUPS. Massive thank you to Shirley Vet Clinic and Rangiora Vet Centre - Pets for helping Katie get to where she needed to enter foster home! Your time, love, care and effort has not gone unnoticed by us here and especially Katie. She loves vet trips all thanks to your beautiful handling and care. May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group YOUR GIRL IS ALL BUT READY EEEEEK. 🙉🙉🙉💕

09/10/2024

Newbie alert! 👋👋👋👋 Zorro 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
Forever smiling and forever gentle at heart with a touch of spazz BUT just the right amount... so the perfect concoction if you ask me 😇 zorro assessed beautifully today with the small and large breeds and really showed us he is ready for adoption! He is so friendly and such a social butterfly! 🦋 He would thrive at group walks or be an event savvy greyhound who would be amazing advocate for the breed! This blue brindle beauty is everything anyone could ask for 💙 Zorro will meet the cat this week and all going to plan will be avaliable on the website 😀 Keep your eyes peeled 🫣

07/10/2024

Miss Katie has her very last surgery before she heads off to foster with May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group and then will be avaliable for adoption 🥰
Please send her the best wishes and best of luck! We gonna have a sweet gummy bear soon 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

02/10/2024

Olive 🫒 She's happy to be here and the feeling is mutual!! Ooooooh her cuteness is to die for 😱😫🥰 From the short time we've known her we are addicted to:
● Watching that spring in her step (the cutest little trot everrrrrrrrr).
● That playful affection.
● Her million dollar smiles.
● Looking into her captivating eyes that speak louder than words.
Olive will be completing her assessments next week so she will be avaliable for adoption then BUT we can already tell she's gonna be a star 🌟.
Next to introduce will be Glitch, Mo, Janelle, Domina, Zorro and Bonnie 💕 lots of fresh faces for the spring 🌸🌸🌸

29/09/2024

Today we said goodbye to some rather special girls at rangiora. Moana and jade 💛🖤
These girls have an exciting journey ahead of them and will become American residents in a short while! These 2 girls leaving us broke alot of hearts, we could hear them miles away 💔
They both definitely had a fan club between the racing and rehoming families 👪
- Dear momo and jadey pie, thank you for your unconditional love and for ALWAYS making our days brighter. You 2 girls 👭 will be the light of somebody's life like you were ours 🫶🏼 We will miss your captivating eyes and kangaroo jumps jade! And Moana our queen we will miss your sass and how strong minded you are 🤩 We love you both a million and are so grateful we got to spend this time together ❤️ We will see you soon via face time!!!
🥹🥹🥺🥹🥺🥹🥺🥹🥺🥹🥹🥹🥹🥺🥹
Thank you to Brya Ingram Photography for capturing these stunners ###x

28/09/2024

Sugar bo**er came for a visit! She was telling me all about her foster home experience and how she loves it! all while she had a mouthful of sausage 🤭🤔😆 sugar is doing everything right in foster and will be avaliable very soon through the lovely ladies of KiwiKiwi Hounds Adoption 🫶🏼 Sugar can live with dog breeds medium to large as small fluffies just ain't it 🙅‍♀️
She loves children👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️ and she is a major love bug who doesn't want alot of exercise unless it's code word for cuddles. Thank you jo and Janice for bringing her for a visit 🫶🏼

27/09/2024

Catch ya later trev! You good boy you!
Trev is a happy lad, a very warm soul with the most chocolate eyes 🥹
Trev can live with other breeds and cats 🐈 😻
May Hounds Charitable Trust - Greyhound Rehoming Group you've got yourself another cool dude! Whoever gets their hands on trev has won the lottery in our eyes 🫶🏼 if you want to adopt a hound reach out the team, it's the perfect time of year 😀

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Rangiora
7476

Website

https://www.greytmates.co.nz/

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