Tuesday 6 October 2026
Remembering Hunny
Today, Hunny died peacefully at home in my arms. Her sweet breath smelled of forbidden Lindt chocolate, and her beloved Dr Bec was by our side.
Our beautiful, almost fourteen-year-old girl battled Cushing’s disease, but was taken from us by cancer. Once considered worthless by the racing industry, she became the most famous greyhound who never won a race.
Hunny had made her feelings about racing clear and that she wanted no part of it. She could have been someone’s beloved dog then. Instead, she was locked in racing kennels for another four solitary years. Four years that wore down her spirit and took the joy from a young dog who should have been discovering life.
When she was finally released for adoption aged five, she was guarded, frightened and withdrawn. It took a full year before she trusted us. Learning to relax, to let her guard down and believe she was safe took longer still.
We couldn’t give her back those first five years. But we could give her patience, a home and the freedom to find her own way into the life she should always have had.
She taught us how much that matters. You cannot hurry a dog into feeling safe. We can only keep giving them reasons to believe they are.
Our company bears her name because it began with her. Looking for ways to make her life more comfortable became our work, and that work reached dogs around the world.
Dogs she would never meet have walked more comfortably because of her. Dogs with sore paws, corns and sensitive feet. Dogs needing protection from hot pavements or help finding their footing on slippery floors. Greyhounds, whippets and other breeds whose families were searching, as we were, for something that would help.
Behind everything we make is our girl.
To us, she was the dog we loved, worried over, made room for and organised our lives around. To people around the world, her name came to mean help for a dog they loved just as much.
We will never know all that those first five years took from her. But that reserved little girl, who had known so little of the world, found her way into more hearts than she could ever have known.
We will carry on the work that began with her. Her name will keep travelling to places she never went, helping dogs she never knew. And we will always wish she were here beside us.
Bless you, Bec, for helping her leave peacefully, at home, held and loved.
Sleep well, darling girl. You had nothing to prove and no race to win.
Look what you did, Hunny.
Love Dad.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. I just came here for the first time today, to buy boots for a girl who was also, timid, shy, and needed a lot of time and gentle love to feel safe. I’m know how much you must have loved her and feel her absence. You have my most sincere condolences. ❤️🩹
Imelda Evans
Today I ordered the first pair of shoes for my Figo, a Whippet mix. Thank you for sharing the memory of Hunny. Now I will think of her whenever I put the shoes on my dog. My deepest condolences.
Ewa
I am so very sorry for the loss of your beautiful Hunny. Reading your tribute brought tears to my eyes.
Although I never had the privilege of knowing her, as a new HunnyBoots customer I feel that in some small way we have all come to know her through the incredible legacy she inspired. It is heartbreaking to think of the years she lost, but so beautiful to know that she finally found the safety, patience and unconditional love she had always deserved.
And from that love came something remarkable. Her little pawprints have reached far beyond her own home, helping greyhounds and other dogs around the world live more comfortably, including my own.
What an extraordinary legacy for one beautiful girl who, as you so perfectly said, had nothing to prove and no race to win.
My deepest condolences to all who loved her. Sleep peacefully, beautiful Hunny. You mattered, and you always will.
Bec
I want to acknowledge the amazing work that Bec and Craig Goode do at Port Phillip Animal Hospital here in Melbourne. We are so lucky to have people like this to care for our sighthounds and the peculiarities they present that can be beyond the understanding of everyday vets. Bec and Craig and the entire team at PPAH have cared for Hunny from before I met her, so they were there for her literally from the beginning to the end. These guys are gold, thank you xx
Mark