Greyhounds
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I adopted one, but it only lasted for 7 days, darnit. He and my other dog did not get along. He was a domimant dog and so was mine (my dog being the biggest problem). They are fantastic dogs, with a wonderful temperment. They are very big and looooong! Will knock all kinds of things over in your house with their tail and long body.
It depends on where you adopt one from, but most don't know anything about living in a house. They don't know stairs or sliding glass doors for example. They need to be house trained. They do know car riding and love their crates, which is nice. Some have bad teeth from the soft food they are fed. Be sure to find that out first. Some places will have the teeth taken care of before adoption, but most won't because of costs. Greyhounds ususally get along great with other dogs. But, they might have a strong tendency to chase one if the opportunity arises (mine didn't). The one I had didn't even care about my cat and got along with him. They are quiet and lazy in the house, which is VERY nice and one of their best qualities. They eat extremely fast, due to the way they are raised, but should calm down on this after they learn they don't have to. The one I had was protective of his food. That's where he and my dog had the most problems. I just couldn't risk it. The adoption agency told me to leave his muzzle on all the time, except for eating. They had seven of their own that they adopted and a few of theirs wore their muzzles all day. The muzzle doesn't bother the dogs at all, because they have worn them their whole lifes and they are used to it, but I didn't want that (the dog was for my young daughter). They are bred to be somewhat competitive and some will snip at the others in fun or not and they have such thin skin that they can tear easily with a small bite. Those are the negatives, so I just wanted to point those out. The positives vastly outweigh the negatives. Just time and patience and you'll have a wonderful dog. They are very social and usually have been treated well their whole lifes, so they don't have the abused problems that you might deal with getting other rescued dogs and that's a big plus. I ended up rescueing a Whippet after that. I already had one rescued Whippet(the one who couldn't handle the Greyhound) and a Whippet that I'd raised from a pup. They have very similar dispositions.
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It depends on where you adopt one from, but most don't know anything about living in a house. They don't know stairs or sliding glass doors for example. They need to be house trained. They do know car riding and love their crates, which is nice. Some have bad teeth from the soft food they are fed. Be sure to find that out first. Some places will have the teeth taken care of before adoption, but most won't because of costs. Greyhounds ususally get along great with other dogs. But, they might have a strong tendency to chase one if the opportunity arises (mine didn't). The one I had didn't even care about my cat and got along with him. They are quiet and lazy in the house, which is VERY nice and one of their best qualities. They eat extremely fast, due to the way they are raised, but should calm down on this after they learn they don't have to. The one I had was protective of his food. That's where he and my dog had the most problems. I just couldn't risk it. The adoption agency told me to leave his muzzle on all the time, except for eating. They had seven of their own that they adopted and a few of theirs wore their muzzles all day. The muzzle doesn't bother the dogs at all, because they have worn them their whole lifes and they are used to it, but I didn't want that (the dog was for my young daughter). They are bred to be somewhat competitive and some will snip at the others in fun or not and they have such thin skin that they can tear easily with a small bite. Those are the negatives, so I just wanted to point those out. The positives vastly outweigh the negatives. Just time and patience and you'll have a wonderful dog. They are very social and usually have been treated well their whole lifes, so they don't have the abused problems that you might deal with getting other rescued dogs and that's a big plus. I ended up rescueing a Whippet after that. I already had one rescued Whippet(the one who couldn't handle the Greyhound) and a Whippet that I'd raised from a pup. They have very similar dispositions.http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sports/barbell.gif ~Dallys~
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Cathlete
I have never been around greyhounds, so I can't help you, but I wanted to say Bless You! What a wonderful thing you're considering!
starlight6
Cathlete
Never met a Greyhound I didn't love...go for it!
Ruth
Ruth
gettingstrong
Cathlete
I considered doing this at one time, but we decided to move and then we adopted 2 stray dogs that were in the area. I asked my vet about it and there was an assistant there that had adopted one. She said they were wonderful sweet intellegent dogs. The one drawback was that they don't live long:-( She said since they are large dogs, they have a shorter life span and all the racing usually shortened it more. Good Luck! I still think I may adopt one sometime.
lala1
Cathlete
Wow, thanks for all of your replies! Up until now, thinking about adopting a dog was something my DD and I had talked about, but now my DH is really thinking about it and doing a lot of the research And it sounds like from your responses that we are on the right track
One more question (for now!) How much do they shed?
And it sounds like from your responses that we are on the right trackOne more question (for now!) How much do they shed?
My friend has three and is a part of the greyhound rescue in our are. She is fostering dogs to go to homes. Her three are just dolls and full of love. She also can trace their race results. ( One of her dogs came in dead last in all of the 3 races he raced. Another one was a real winner.) I was surprised to see how different they all were. Great dogs!
Ellen
Ellen