About Kama's Cave

 

Back in 1998 penniless, and looking for work, I answered an advert in a local shop window for a kennel maid. When I went for the interview I was amazed at what I saw... a kennel full of Greyhounds. Having never been in close contact with these dogs, it did not take long for them to win my heart and see what absolute angels they are and hence!!!!!

 

 

 

I began fundraising for Greyhound Charities and Greyhound Rehoming kennels. I started making tassels and notelets to sell to raise money.  I then decided that I wanted to do more to help these dogs, so I set up a fostering scheme where by I took the dogs from the kennels and placed them in a foster home where they could be taught all the things they had never seen as puppies or racing dogs, such as the television, washing machine etc and where they could be taught the basic social skills of housetraining, stairs etc. I then set about finding forever homes for these dogs, where they could spend the rest of their lives in the comfort that they deserve.

Since then things progressed further and I then 22 dogs at my partners kennels, all retired and all looking for loving forever homes, as well as 4 dogs out in foster homes.

 

Since then things progressed even further. We had so many dogs coming to us that needed homes, we decided that we needed to dedicate more time to this and build some kennels of our own. So Paul gave up training dogs and I gave up my job as a secretary and we moved to Bury St Edmunds where we built our own kennels. We were so despondent in the kennels that we had seen and the poor condition that the dogs were kept in we vowed never to let the dogs live in those kennels again so we built lovely clean kennels with lights in each kennel and heaters in the corridor so that the dogs never had to shiver again. We had space at Bury St Edmunds for 14 dogs which was never enough but it was a start. Unfortunately the property at Bury was only rented and the house was very small so when my Dad died and Mum came to live with us it all proved too small so it soon became eveident that we would have to move again ...!

 

KAMA'S CAVE as it is today, based at Holbeach Drove in Lincolnshire. With heated kennels for 20 dogs, a fenced user friendly enclosure for these great athletes to let off steam and many plans for improvement ahead, the future for KAMAS CAVE is looking the best yet. With your support we can help many more greyhounds in need of care, love and attention.