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23/03/2026

A very odd moment this weekend!

We took the house dogs up to the kennels for the very first time!
They had always been up to the kennel area but never inside due to having the hounds!

We let them explore everywhere and saw where all their friends used to be!

Still a very odd feeling going in and it being so quiet and abandoned!

The girls loved to explore it and it was lovely to see ✨

04/03/2026

Hey Everyone!

We know a lot of you attended Newbury All About Dog Show last year and the girls have been chosen to represent them this year!

So if you wanted to save on tickets we have a discount code!

POPPYSPALS10

We hope to see some of our greyhound friends there! 🩷

https://www.allaboutdogsshow.co.uk

21/02/2026

Katie, Sarah and Pheobehad an absolutely Fab morning seeing our Hounds Spice and Harvey, and of course walking some of the other dogs too!

We had a right mixture of greyhounds, Lurchers, Whippets!

We also had a MASSIVE surprise from Liams new owners who bought him up to see us and join us on a walk! ✨

A lovely time meeting all the volunteers and all the other doggies! 💘

Thank you to everyone who donated treats, food, Kibble, and money they are so grateful!

We will be doing some fundraisers, and more donations for them again! ✨

11/02/2026

Thank you everyone for your kind donations for Barley Greyhound Sanctuary - Essex!

We still have a week or so to go so please if you want to donate you still have time!

Treats, Tins of meat, Fish are all accepted, or if you wish to make a cash donation we will be taking that straight to Barley so they can buy the main food they need or use it for vet bills, electricity etc! ✨

If you do wish to drop things off please drop it off to the house there is a box to the right of front door, the kennel gate is locked and no doorbell on it anymore so we won’t know the things are there! 💘

31/01/2026

Hi Everyone -

Happy New Year!

We will be going up to in a few weeks to see the hounds and we of course want to take them some goodies to say a huge THANK YOU!

To Joy and the team for looking after our guys!

We know a few of you are still looking to support greyhound charities- so we will be doing a collection if anyone wishes to donate anything to it for us to take with us! 🥹

They are specifically after -

Wet food- Tins, Pouches, Sardines - The usuals
Treats - No Rawhide please
Biscuits for the humans 🐾
Sausages for the hounds 🫶

And of course Money donations are always welcome which can be done directly to them!

If you are hoping to donate let us know and we can arrange collection or drop off to take up to them!

Yes of course photos will follow! ✨

07/01/2026

We worked with last year to help raise awareness for dogs wearing muzzles!

She took photos of 16 of our hounds, to go into the book!

You can tell so much hard work and dedication has gone into this book 🙌

We recently received ours, and re reading the stories the volunteers wrote about our lovely hounds bought a year to my eyes especially as they are no longer in our care

If you want a copy drop us a message and we can send you the link 🫶

31/12/2025

Homed hounds 2025✨

To think this will be the last year I do this is very sad, however we think back to all the hounds we have found homes for over the last 50 years!

Thank you all 🫶

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from The Redpaths 🫶

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years, this year is going to be very strange for us as it’s the first time EVER Katie hasn’t been up the kennels in the afternoon!

We might have to help wash up 🧽

Have a lovely Christmas from us all ###x

09/12/2025

Hi Everyone

We have had a few messages/ Comments now we have shut at where we would recommend to adopt from.. so we thought we would put up a little post to help you all 🫶

We can highly recommend the 3 below
Barley Greyhound Sanctuary - Essex
HRH Romford Retired Greyhounds
New Forest Retired & Rehoming Greyhounds

We have worked along side all 3 for many years and have the same views and ethics as us!

Barley is where 3 of our long stayers went, and Joy who runs Barley, worked with my granny Liz back in the day, so is highly experienced!

Romford are great and as I’m sure you are aware we helped them out with finding dogs homes, that’s where little Lass came from 🥰

New Forest - are a lovely family run kennel, whose dogs are always in amazing condition and so friendly with humans - we have honed many of their dogs over the years!

If you are looking to add another addition then please do reach out to them, they are worth the journey or contact as some transport may be available

We miss you all 🐾

25/11/2025

The dogs have headed off to their new kennels, packed with comfort, toys, and love. As the gates close for the last time, a silence settles over Court Barn Kennels—something we haven’t heard in over 50 years. No howling, no paws on the floors, no barking for dinner. Just quiet. It feels surreal.

Nearly 4,000 hounds have been homed in that time. With happiness and smiles, with sadness and tears, we have loved and cared for each and every one of you. But now the time has come to close the doors.

A heartfelt thank you to the incredible kennels who have taken in our hounds—especially Joy at Barley Greyhound Sanctuary, who supported Mum all those years ago and has once again been there for us now.

And to everyone who has worked with us, volunteered, or supported us through the decades: thank you. If you can, please continue to support other wonderful rehoming centres. Your kindness truly makes all the difference.

Take care, and good night from the Redpath family and Court Barn Kennels. 🖤🐾

24/11/2025

Our Team 🐾 Thank you to everyone at Barley Greyhound Sanctuary - Essex for helping us out taking our special kids!

We know they are in the very best hands!

If anyone is looking to adopt, or support another greyhound charity with fundraising please consider Barley.. Joy used to work with Molly and Liz and has the same ethics as us so she knows greyhounds very well!

They are an individual charity so get no funding from the wider community only those that we can fundraise for.. we will be helping them out with fundraising so if you can get involved too we know they would appreciate it ✨

Many of you have probably seen that Portsmouth Greyhound Trust very sadly closed it's doors recently. We have known the team at Portsmouth for many years, and they reached out to ask if we could help by taking a few of the kennel favourites who each have complex needs. Of course we said yes, so please say a warm Barley welcome to Harvey (8), Spice (4) and Liam (7). They are all lovely and we will add their individual details soon 🐾🖤🥰