Faith Faith is a fawn saluki lurcher. A bit about her... "Faith is beautiful inside and out. She is very affectionate and loves to lay on you for a cuddle but she also has an energetic and inquisitive side. Faith has lived with another sighthound and has been great...

Fern arrived about a month ago now and has settled in well to the routine. Her tranquility was shattered when her brother Rusty was ushered into her boudoir with the understanding that she had to share a bed again.

Fern like Rusty was found straying in this area, without a microchip or a bindle to her name. Tia reckons that she is about 18 months old, full of life and brainless to boot. The greys look upon her in disgust. Youth of today!

Quite beautiful but probably needs someone who understands a young lurcher and help her develop into a useful member of society.

No cats!

Like so many, a plain black dog looking for a soft place to fall.

Veteran of 111 races and winner of twenty of them. Poor Marley got caught up in a very rough race back in March and ended his career by showing his displeasure! He had won in some style only the fortnight before. Time he hung up his muzzle anyway.

Marley is with us in in Scotland and is becoming a firm favourite with us all.

Sofa mate of superstar Warzone Tom (right) and idolised by his owner.  Open racer and no slouch either.  This is a sad case but heartening to see a trainer ensuring his dogs safety. We have known him for years and are honoured that he rang us. Had things been otherwise Sammy would be on his sofa until his last breath.

We have a celebrity in our midst. Believe me if it were not for a family situation, we would not be getting a sniff of this dog. A superb athlete. Two Group 1’s, including the Golden Collar, two track records and more Opens than a boy can count.

Thirty-four wins. Tommy and his mate Sammy know more of racing than the rest of the barn dogs put together.

Owned by a member of a generation that wouldn’t let a dog out their sight, never mind ownership.

Last raced June 2023 trailing in last after a bit of a rough race, something we hate to see. Took nine races in his career and deserved a better finish. He is very gentle and friendly. Also, he is clean in his kennel.

Desperately needs a change of luck. Bellamy is part of the welfare batch and is here with us in Nairn. He is only a little chap and is full of fun.

Bellamy is a straightforward lad who has spent a few weeks in a home. He passed with flying colours and it’s only because of a change in the family circumstances that he has been returned.

This is a little cracker of a dog. A Macmanus welfare case. His career in Britain lasted 14 days start to finish, almost eclipsing his Irish form (beaten 23 lengths on his only start). Excellent effort Kit. As you can see, he is a bit motheaten but has vastly improved from the beaten down wreck that was coaxed from the van a few months ago. Kit has begun to enjoy life again,

There are a few scars on this lad’s body, we have discovered that males were kennelled together un-muzzled. As a softer dog young Kit tended to be picked on a bit.

Name: Presley

Racing Name: Vixons Power

DOB: 2nd May 2020

Lad who has been rotting in his Kennel since his last race in June 2022, until he came up here in August. Another of the Macmanus dogs.

Veteran of 106 races and should have been on a sofa long ago.

Bauer is probably the most troubled of the lot. Rumour has it that McManus kennelled dogs together without muzzles. The track vet was always stitching them up. Bauer has scars all over him. He watches every move in the kennels and i only hope he sleeps well on a night. He is coming round, we can catch him now in the paddocks and he is learning to trust again but very, very slowly.

Mulder won 4 of his 20 races, the last one was in March 2022 and he never left his trainers kennel again.

He sits firmly at the back of the kennel waiting for us to make a wrong move. A very nervous lad at the moment. One of the Lee Macmanus batch of nine we took in at the end of August. He needs an experienced home, preferably with another dog but this boy must be kept safe and not let off his lead even in a secure paddock.

Work in progress.