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Why do so many of our rescue Whippets have behavioural challenges?
We want to give you a little update on the dogs currently in our care but first we want to explain why so many of them have additional behavioural needs.

Let’s hear it for our boys!
This year we have seen a much higher number of boys coming into our care, yet the vast majority of applicants still tell us they would prefer a girl and won’t even consider adopting a male.

2026: Six Month Update
As we are now halfway through the year (where has that time gone?!), we wanted to give you a little six-month update on what’s been happening at JR between the start of January and the end of June.

The realities of rescue
Rescue can be utterly soul-destroying at times, and we are currently going through a particularly busy period, with so many Whippets needing to come into our care but very few homes suitable for the dogs we currently have looking for families.




