Hello! A VERY WARM Welcome to the Wonderful World of Greyhounds!

My name is Richard Lobb and I'm passionate about homing racing greyhounds when they finish racing. They are truly "40 mph couch potatoes"!!. They are very intelligent and affectionate, easy to care for - needing only two 20 minute walks daily - and can be cheap to feed. They are superb on a lead - and in a car. The greyhounds on the web site are mainly from Walthamstow Stadium. I run the web site - which was designed to download as fast as possible on the slowest system - so there are no whistles and flutes!! - on behalf of the Walthamstow Homefinding Scheme - which is a branch of the Retired Greyhound Trust.

Greyhounds cost about £18 ($27) a week each to keep at the kennels, with all the overheads, which means we are always struggling to make ends meet!. So any donations or sponsorships gratefully received!! The cost of keeping a greyhound at home is much less. My three together cost about £10 ($15) a week for basic food - treats extra!.

Our Kennels, called Whittingham Kennels, is situated in Claverhambury just outside Waltham Abbey Essex (North East London).- directions on request from either Johanna on 020 8444 9649 or me at greyhounds@ntlworld.com. It is open to the general public daily from 10am to 12am for dog viewing. But prior appointments can be made for any day from 1pm to 2pm - but please avoid feeding time at 12 to 1 o'clock.

The individual dogs on the adoption pages are available for adoption subject to a satisfactory Home Check - but please be aware that many dogs are homed within 2 or 3 months and may have already gone. If there is a "GONE HOME!!" notice then obviously they are not available but the "RESERVE" notice just means there is someone interested subject to a Home Check. But the photos do give an excellent idea of the range of dogs we hold.

Please may I also make a special plea for the male dogs!!! :-) They make as wonderful pets as bitches and are often no bigger - although I love the fact that my large male Ben can be petted without having to bend over - this is true of my bitch Bambi also! Dogs are often better pets with children and are definitely more loving and are as clean in the house. So if you don't actually have a special need for a bitch - PLEASE consider one of our wonderful Dogs - you'll never regret it and they'll love you for it!!! :-)

The date of the last update can be found on the Adopt Dogs 1 page..

Please browse around - CLICK on the YELLOW PANELS to go to a page (the figures in brackets indicate the size of file and give some idea of download time) - any constructive comments welcome - email queries quickly answered. Finally the Net Ring below will take you on a tour of mainly US web sites that support Retired Racers.

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