18/06/2026
Meet Polo, our longest stayer at our Watford Gap Kennels (Oct '25)
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Five year old, Polo doesn't fit the mould of "lazy greyhound". If you're thinking a greyhound might be too sedate for your lifestyle, think again. Meet Polo who combines the joyful exuberance of a spaniel and the laziness of a greyhound in between the zoomies.
Polo has had practice at being a pet after a few weeks in foster care and our volunteer, Katie took her Kingsbury Water Park for even more practice We're not sure who had a better time, Polo or Katie....
"Today I had the pleasure of taking the amazing Polo out to Kingsbury Water Park. With Watford Gaps van keys in hand and Polo who could smell my pocket full of sausages we were off on our adventure.
Polo needed help getting in the van, which wasn't a problem as she's a little dot compared to some of our other greyhounds. With a shimmy in and grateful head rub she settled down for the drive.
Polo jumped straight out of the van, took in her surroundings and began sniffing at every blade of grass she could find. She trotted off down the paths eyeing up two spaniels as we walked past happily.
I tried to take her off the path to have a play in the long grass, but she quickly retreated for the path giving me that greyhound judgemental look as I giggled to myself from her reaction. She happily strolled past people on bicycles, and gave a runner the odd look of "why are you running?" (The unfit person I am, agreed with her ).
The walk was pleasant and if she did pull, as soon as she felt the tug of the lead she stopped and slowed her pace. As the walk went on she went past a few other breeds of dogs with not much drama always rewarded with a sausage.
We saw a larger dog barking at its owner wanting to play fetch in the water, this did get Polo excited and she began to jump, at this point she had been walking for 40 minutes so it was probably all getting a bit too much for her.
We turned to find our own "beachy" area for her to look at, but I was not expecting her to jump straight in. Yes Polo is a water greyhound, she loves to go for a paddle.
We decided to head back to the cafe for a nice sausage roll. The staff were amazing and came from behind the counter to give Polo a fuss, something Polo is never going to refuse.
As Watford Gaps longest stayer I am absolutely baffled no-one has picked her. She has this beautiful white fleck throughout her fur which makes her very unique.
With sausage rolls in hand we headed back to the van for a debrief with one another on how the walk went. Polo wasn't much of a speaker, but with a mouth full of sausage roll and left over sausage treats, she wasn't going to say much.
We walked around the paddock when we got back to kennels for our last toilet trip and headed back to her kennel for a nice relaxed belly rub in her nice clean bedding."
Polo would love to see you if you promise to tickle her belly. Please get in touch and lets find this vivacious girl the home she deserves.
