Avonti Italian Greyhounds

25/10/2026

Miss Ivy living her best life with Max and Rob! She is learning SprintDog ! Photos taken by (Tayla Atkins Photography)

25/10/2026

We are so proud of Albert, from just 6 events he has been awarded his SPRD title! This boy is just loving life! Loved and owned by Rob and Maxcine Gregory 💙💙💙 Photos taken by (Tayla Atkins Photography)

22/10/2026

13/10/2026

Bella living her best life! 🩷🩷🩷
Avonti Dolce Damour

05/10/2026

So very proud of Albert — Ch Avonti Cue The Confetti NSD — and Max! ❤️

They had a trial/fun day out at Bale Seek, a new dog sport here in SA, and Albert absolutely loved it! He definitely showed some promise, so when a trial becomes available, he’ll be entered to give it a proper go.

Albert and Max are keen… me, I’m not quite so sure about the dead rats! 😂🐀

26/09/2026

Mum and I are super excited!

This really is such an exciting time for us as we start our own breeding program at Avonti. We have an ideal in our heads of the type of Italian Greyhound we want to breed and the direction we want to take, and Monty × Bliss is the very start of that for us.

We have put a lot of thought into this combination and genuinely believe in these two together. We couldn’t be more excited and now have absolutely everything crossed for some beautiful babies.

A huge thank you to Jackie Hardwicke of Jayveeque Italian Greyhounds for allowing us the opportunity to use Monty. We just absolutely love this dog! When we started looking for a stud dog for Bliss, we kept coming back to Monty. We really believe he complements Bliss beautifully.

I also want to say a personal thank you to Jackie. Her support and encouragement from day one have meant a lot to me. She has always been happy to answer my endless questions, offer advice and share her knowledge and experience along the way. I really appreciate the time she has given me, particularly considering I don’t even own a Jayveeque dog!

Jackie understands what we are hoping to achieve at Avonti and has always encouraged me to trust myself and make the decisions I believe are right for our dogs and our future. Her support and faith in me mean a great deal.

And of course, a very special thank you to Sandy Reeve of Piccino Italian Greyhounds. We really wouldn’t be where we are today without Sandy. She gave us our start in Italian Greyhounds and trusted us with the beautiful dogs we have today, giving us the opportunity to now take this next step.

Sandy’s friendship, guidance and incredible knowledge of the breed have been invaluable to Mum and I over the years. She has taught us so much, encouraged us and always supported us. We will always be incredibly grateful for the opportunities she has given us and the trust she has in us.

We feel very fortunate and incredibly grateful that both Jackie and Sandy have supported and agreed to this combination. Anyone who knows the history within Italian Greyhounds will probably understand just how much that means and we certainly don’t take it for granted.

For us, it really is about the dogs — looking at what we have, what we hope to achieve and making the breeding choices we believe are right for us and, most importantly, right for our dogs.

Bliss has now had her TCI, so now we wait, cross absolutely everything and hope for some exciting news!

Very exciting times ahead at Avonti Italian Greyhounds!

16/09/2026

We are super proud of little Albert who is living his best life with Max and Rob. 🩵🩵🩵

Ch. Avonti Cue The Confetti NSD.

Albert earned his Novice sprint dog title on 12/09/26 (pending) with an average over 2 runs of 100 meters with a blistering 11.97 seconds at 30.08 kph.