FourIsCompany
Posted : 9/28/2007 1:38:29 PM
-Freckles-
It's acutally been a childhood dream to breed them one day.
You won't find any support on this as there are already way too many greyhounds bred. If you want to breed, please find another breed.
-Freckles-
One other thing...I have horses.
I think most greyhounds would love running with horses. They are sight hounds, so they prefer to "chase" animals much smaller. Or a lure. As far as kids, you'll want to make sure you get one that is kid safe. And they're aren't used to kids, having never been around them, but whatever dog you get, if you have kids, you have to teach them to respect each other.
-Freckles-
Do they usually have alot of energy?
No. They lie around 23 hours of the day. They do love to run, but after a sprint or two, they're the first to want to get back to the couch.
-Freckles-
I'd love more information on them if you didn't mind!
If you google "greyhound adoption" you'll find TONS of information. And I suggest you do this. Read about pro-racing vs anti-racing just to get the full story. Really research the breed. Join a greyhound board and ask lots of questions. It's a different and wonderful world and there's lots of great people. You won't want to breed them after you educate yourself on the big picture of the greyhound world. But you will want to adopt.
A couple things:
They must ALWAYS be leashed or enclosed in a fence. They can't be left to run in a yard or even in the country. If they see a rabbit, they're gone and they go so fast and with such single mindedness, they may get lost before they decide to come home or run across a road with no concern of traffic.
If you adopt straight from the track, they won't know anything about being in a house, they may not be able to climb stairs and they may be frightened of the ceiling fan. All these things are easy to remedy, though.
To many, they are like Lays potato chips. You can't have just one.