Sunday 28th November--Elvaston Castle Walk A relatively small but very enthusiastic group of greyhounds and their adopters turned out in the bitterly cold conditions for a brisk walk around the grounds. All dogs and humans were suitably dressed for the extreme conditions, some even braving the cold weather to stay on for hot coffee and sausage rolls! |
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Saturday 20th November, Meet & Greet, Pets at Home, Giltbrook A very busy day at Pets at Home Giltbrook, but staff welcomed us and accommodated us inside the store – always a blessing on a cold windy day.
Bearing in mind that the store were also promoting Children In Need we collected an excellent £110 in donations and £25.70 in merchandise.
Our hounds behaved very well except when a very large and energetic six-month old rottweiler-cross pup came bounding into the store and totally bewildered our laid back hounds.
Thanks to all those who turned out to support this event and especially to their very well behaved dogs who welcomed all the other dogs visiting the store: Flick, Billy, Pebbles, Polly, Murphy, Connor, Bob, Grace and Tia.
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Sunday 31st October, Burnt Stump A misty day for an autumn walk through the woods with about 50 greyhounds and their adopters, and some potential adopters, followed by welcome refreshments. |
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Saturday 23rd October Pets at Home, Netherfield A cold and wet day but the staff of Pets at Home Netherfield made us feel very welcome and invited us to set up our stall inside. We had a busy day taking £119 in donations and £22 in merchandise with several homing enquiries. Our hounds behaved very well especially as they were surrounded by packs of dog food, fluffy toys, rabbits and lots of other dogs popping into the store with their owners for a shopping spree! We had one accident, but a member of staff quickly came along with the mop! Thanks to all those who turned out to support this event and especially to their very well behaved dogs who welcomed all the other dogs visiting the store: Flick, Pebbles, Merry, Bale and Memo. |
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Sunday 26th September Wollaton Park The first walk after the summer break is always a little special and is a great opportunity for everyone to catch up. Adopters and hounds were equally pleased to see each other and we had a lovely walk around the park followed by the customary refreshments. |
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Saturday 18th September Great Greyhound Gathering. The Great Greyhound Gathering was a wonderful event once again. Our enthusiastic team arrived super early and soon had three gazebos erected and all our wares on show. Business was brisk throughout the day and we even managed to arrange a couple of homechecks which was an extra bonus. It was great to see support for our cause from lots of our adopters and their hounds at this annual event.
A special thanks to all our volunteers and their extra special hounds, who gave up their day to help out.
We raised a total of £800.00 with our two stalls. |
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Sunday 12th September A great fun day was had by all at our second visit to this annual dog show. It was good to see some old friends and some very new faces and to see such a large variety of dogs, and if there had been a prize for the best behaved dogs our greyhounds would have won it hands down. One of our greyhounds also won first place in the Fastest Recall competition. Well done to Logan who showed the assembled crowds what greyhounds are built for. Thanks to all our visiting hounds Cindy, Wanda, Fluke, Ellie, Rosie, Hugo, Bob, Grace, Logan, Molly and special thanks to Bella who visited with her adopter Dennis on only her second day in her new home. We took £172.00 in merchandise sales and £12.82 in donations. |
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Sunday 29th and Monday 30th August This was a tale of two shows, one cold wet and very windy, the other bright, breezy with plentiful crowds. The Sunday was horrendous, the wind and rain the overiding feature with hardly any visitors to the show or indeed our stall. We decided by 2pm with four of our volunteers having to hold the gazebo down it was too dangerous to carry on and we gave in to the weather and would give it another go the following day. What a contrast on the Monday, the weather was kind and we were kept busy selling merchandise and answering queries from prospective adopters. George and Milly two of our greyhounds in attendance took time out from their busy schedule to take joint first place in the greyhound class in the dog show. Congratulations to you both! Congratulations also go to Monty for taking third place. Special thanks once again go to our intrepid hounds, Bob, Grace, Polly, Hugo, Scooby, Logan, Molly, Monty, George and Milly. I will leave you to guess on which day each photo was taken! We took £277.25 in merchandise sales and £61.18 in donations |
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Thursday Friday and Saturday 12-14th August The RGT Nottingham have recently “partnered” with Pets at Home in Netherfield and have just taken part in a very busy weekend to launch the opening of their new store. RGT representatives (owners and dogs) were invited to a special VIP event on Thursday, 12 August and on the Friday we were invited to celebrate the opening of the store launch. Then on Saturday a Meet and Greet was held and amid all the other in-store activities we raised £30 in merchandise and £47 in the collection. The store, situated at Victoria Park Way, Netherfield, offers an extensive range of pet foods, a reptile enclosure, pet grooming salon, children’s holiday workshops and is well worth a visit withparking right outside the door. |
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As a “partner” of the store we are welcome to hold Meet and Greets at any time, promote our activities on a special “partner” notice board, offered a share of the charity bin food and the store will be providing Pets at Home vouchers to new adoptees. Thanks to the following very well behaved dogs for helping over the week-end: Bale, Blossom, Bob and Grace, Jenna, Logan, and Meg and, of course, to their owners. |
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Saturday 17th July 2010-Meet and Greet at Bardill's A very successful Meet and Greet was again held at Bardills Garden Centre, Stapleford on Saturday 17 July. The customers were very generous donating £95 and buying merchandise to the value of £52. All thanks to Billy, Bob, Grace, Molly, Milly, Bess, Hugo, Logan, Murphy and Wanda and of course their owners who all turned out to support this event.
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Saturday 26th June 2010-Duffield Carnival Whilst this was the first carnival most of the volunteer dogs had ever been to they were not fazed by the event at all and took everything in their stride, they were all really great ambassadors for the breed as usual. Thanks to all of the volunteers that helped out on the day and a special thanks to Logan, Milly, George, Hugo and Polly for being the stars of the day and showing everyone who visited that greyhounds really do make great pets. |
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Sunday 30th May-Burnt Stump Walk A glorious day saw a good turnout of about 40 greyhounds for a walk around the woods and across the field back for refreshments. It was good to see familiar faces and also some recently adopted greyhounds join us |
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Saturday 22nd May-Meet and Greet, Pets at Home, Arnold We were made very welcome by the staff on this very hot day. The hounds were nicely sheltered in the shade during the morning, but had to be "sent home" later in the afternoon as the sun moved round. Through the generosity of the customers we raised £60 from the collection and sold £40 worth of merchandise. In addition, the manager kindly donated some charity food for our 250 club kennels. Our thanks also go to the greyhounds on duty: Billy, Bob, Grace and Levi and to the lady who kindly gave Billy a squeaky ball. |
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Saturday 15th May-Meet and Greet, Morrisons, Derby Another lovely sunny day at the Meet and Greet at Morrisons, where the staff and customers made us very welcome. We had a busy day talking about all things Greyhound, and everyone who visited us was very generous in their donations and about showing their interest in adopting a Greyhound. We would like to thank everyone for their generosity as we raised £300.14 in donations, and £125.65 in merchandise. A special thank you goes to all the Greyhounds who were on volunteer duty and who visited us on the day, including Hugo, Bob & Grace, Wanda, Molly, Oscar, Ellie, Cherry Pie, and the two new friends in the photo. |
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Monday 3rd May-Hatton Fete The weather was mixed this Bank Holiday Monday, but we had a lot of visitors to our stall and they all received a warm welcome and shelter from the heavy rain when it arrived. We had a special visit from Arnie, who has not been very well recently, but thoroughly enjoyed his day out and a catch up on the gossip with his Greyhound friends. Logan was the 'new boy on the block' who was only homed last Wednesday, but has settled into domesticity very quickly and all the Greyhouds gave him a warm welcome into the group. Poor Polly though, she had to stay at home today as she was recovering from an operation following an accident on Saturday, but is recovering very well at home as you can see from her photograph and she sent her Mum to represent her on the day. Thank you to all the Greyhounds who visited the stall with their adopters, including Arnie and Molly, Bob and Grace, Millie and George, Hugo, Logan, Harry, Lucy and to all the other doggie visitors to the stall we have not mentioned. We collected £33.85 in donations and £64.75 in merchandise, a grand total of £98.60 |
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Sunday 25th April 2010-Shipley Park What could be better than a Sunday morning stroll on a lovely day, around a nice park with good people and approximately 40 greyhounds. It was good to see some fresh faces and some new dogs with everybody having a good time. |
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Sunday 28th March 2010--Vicar Water Country Park Approximately 40 greyhounds and their adopters were greeted with a bright but breezy day for a pleasant stroll around the park. It was great to see more new adopters and their hounds join us for the walk and the traditional greyhound chat, coffee and excellent sausage cobs at the restaurant. |
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Saturday 13th March 2010--Meet and Greet at Wollaton The Co-op at Wollaton was a new venue and we located ourselves in a nice sheltered spot outside the store. Staff and customers made us very welcome. £87 was taken in donations and £47 in merchandise. Greyhound support was provided by Billy, Grace, Bob, Molly, Yenny and Splash. Thanks also go to the hound owners who came out on a rather cold and breezy day. |
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Sunday 28th February 2010--Wollaton Park Despite the bitterly cold weather more than 30 hardy greyhound and their adopted families turned out for a brisk walk around the park and on to a very welcome hot drink and chat. |
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Sunday 14th February 2010--Markeaton Park A lovely day greeted our walk around this new venue. Approximately 40 greyhounds and their adopters, and it was great to see some new faces, enjoyed a pleasant stroll around the park, followed by the customary refreshments and greyhound chat at the cafe. |
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Sunday 31st January--Rufford A great turnout for our first walk of 2010, at one of our favourite venues. |
Past Events 2010
