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Have you considered getting a dog?
I'm guessing many of you have.
For a great pet forget the usual. Get a greyhound.
Just adopted our 2nd one. Yes they are a bit boring if you like walking.
Just look up the figures, shocking. So many are raced for a year or 2 then dumped. (Google garrity joli our latest).
Think of them as a classic car, they don't do big miles but the short walks they do will make you smile.
Just adopted our 2nd one. Lazy, useless dags. But so loving. They just need a home.
So you work, so what? They are used to being caged most their lives. New one we adopted, undernourished and anorexic but she is lovely, just wants cuddles and to climb on the sofa. Don't ignore them. They need very little and the whole racing scene is wrong. 3 years old and dumped. Google retired greys, if the stuff you read doesn't make you cry there is something wrong with you. Abused and dumped, just like taking a sledge hammer to a year old super car.
I'm guessing many of you have.
For a great pet forget the usual. Get a greyhound.
Just adopted our 2nd one. Yes they are a bit boring if you like walking.
Just look up the figures, shocking. So many are raced for a year or 2 then dumped. (Google garrity joli our latest).
Think of them as a classic car, they don't do big miles but the short walks they do will make you smile.
Just adopted our 2nd one. Lazy, useless dags. But so loving. They just need a home.
So you work, so what? They are used to being caged most their lives. New one we adopted, undernourished and anorexic but she is lovely, just wants cuddles and to climb on the sofa. Don't ignore them. They need very little and the whole racing scene is wrong. 3 years old and dumped. Google retired greys, if the stuff you read doesn't make you cry there is something wrong with you. Abused and dumped, just like taking a sledge hammer to a year old super car.
bexVN said:
I'm with you on this. You'll probably get more responses tomorrow, be patient 
Yep maybe. Folk dismiss greys assuming they need a lot of exercise. They are the most lazy dogs. Both ours would sooner go for a drive than walk, especially if they can get a pint. (New adoption is the only dog i've ever had that drinks wine).It can never hurt to push there plight. They are the perfect dogs for people who want a companion but don't necessarily want to walk miles every day.
We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
bexVN said:
It can never hurt to push there plight. They are the perfect dogs for people who want a companion but don't necessarily want to walk miles every day.
We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
Bex, we must keep pushing. They are fantastic pets, so low maintainance. They are happy being left all day alone. Most other dogs would do the mental.We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
Come on guys and girls. What more could you want?
A bit biased to the greys. Go to Woodgreen and see how many are dumped. (Google there tats to find the history).
Look at what happens to them, 3 years on the field than dumped / shot / murdered.
They are beutiful creatures. Please help. Especially great for your old parents.
bexVN said:
It can never hurt to push there plight. They are the perfect dogs for people who want a companion but don't necessarily want to walk miles every day.
We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
Got 2 now, happy to take on 2 more. Fantastic dogs. PM me if you need to rehome some more.We see a lot of ex racers at work, word is getting around but sadly I think there are more greys than there are available homes.
However the good thing is that more racing owners are handing over there dogs to rescue groups rather than dumping them or killing them. Just wish they didn't breed so many in the first place.
What happens to the unwanted is sick. Just thrown on the street. If i was rich i'd buy a farm and have acres full of them. Treated like comodities, They are fantastic animals. PM me. I'll pick up two more.
Got to agree with you Burg. We have a 4 year old female Greyhound called LouLou, she's a 40mph couch potato. One of the easiest dogs to look after, very lazy, but you do need to give up a settee for her in the evenings.
Very loving dog, great on and off the lead and she even cuddles up with our two cats.
We've also just aquired a 9 week old Hungarian Vizla called Pip, totally mad and will need a lot more looking after than any greyhound. Mind you, Lou has started playing with Pip, a greyhound expending energy is something that very rarely happens.
Very loving dog, great on and off the lead and she even cuddles up with our two cats.
We've also just aquired a 9 week old Hungarian Vizla called Pip, totally mad and will need a lot more looking after than any greyhound. Mind you, Lou has started playing with Pip, a greyhound expending energy is something that very rarely happens.
Monkey boy 1 said:
Got to agree with you Burg. We have a 4 year old female Greyhound called LouLou, she's a 40mph couch potato. One of the easiest dogs to look after, very lazy, but you do need to give up a settee for her in the evenings.
Very loving dog, great on and off the lead and she even cuddles up with our two cats.
We've also just aquired a 9 week old Hungarian Vizla called Pip, totally mad and will need a lot more looking after than any greyhound. Mind you, Lou has started playing with Pip, a greyhound expending energy is something that very rarely happens.
Great dog for a pensoiner. Soft as muck. Our latest addition is currently looking at me on the guest sofa.Very loving dog, great on and off the lead and she even cuddles up with our two cats.
We've also just aquired a 9 week old Hungarian Vizla called Pip, totally mad and will need a lot more looking after than any greyhound. Mind you, Lou has started playing with Pip, a greyhound expending energy is something that very rarely happens.
Have had a couple of foster Greyhounds and the OP isnt blowing smoke up anyones ass.
They truely are the laziest dog ever to bother rolling off a couch if they could be arsed. If they raise a head to say hello you are doing well. It's not that they love you any less, it's just that you're aaaaaaall the way over there...
They truely are the laziest dog ever to bother rolling off a couch if they could be arsed. If they raise a head to say hello you are doing well. It's not that they love you any less, it's just that you're aaaaaaall the way over there...
I agree 100% that greyhounds make fabulous pets for all the reasons listed above (we are now on our fourth), but I'm not so keen on some of the propaganda that seems to accompany them. This probably isn't the right place for a massive argument on the rights and wrongs of greyhound racing, but I would ask people to be aware that the largest and most vocal of the anti racing groups are, by their own admission, pursuing an animal rights agenda. Meaning that if no greyhound was killed, injured or even felt slightly uncomfortable as a result of racing, these people would still want it banned anyway, because it involves the use of animals for human benefit.
In other words they are all a bit bonkers and that seems to have affected their judgement, especially when it comes to truthfulness and factual accuracy. Not everything in the greyhound racing world is rosy and there are some trainers who should not be allowed to keep a goldfish. But I know several trainers very well and they are all decent, humane people who look after their dogs very well and make sure they are rehomed when they finish racing. 100% rehomed, every dog, no exceptions. That is not the story you will hear from the likes of Greyhound Action.
Here's the late Eddie (a very successful racing greyhound and wonderful pet) with Badger the terrier:
In other words they are all a bit bonkers and that seems to have affected their judgement, especially when it comes to truthfulness and factual accuracy. Not everything in the greyhound racing world is rosy and there are some trainers who should not be allowed to keep a goldfish. But I know several trainers very well and they are all decent, humane people who look after their dogs very well and make sure they are rehomed when they finish racing. 100% rehomed, every dog, no exceptions. That is not the story you will hear from the likes of Greyhound Action.
Here's the late Eddie (a very successful racing greyhound and wonderful pet) with Badger the terrier:
Have to agree with 230TE's comments about breeders/trainers - some are awful, but some (like our local one) are excellent.
As well as their racing greys they have 10 kennel spaces just for dogs awaiting rehoming. They've also started offering holiday accommodation for greys when their owners want a holiday :-)
Only problem we had with this was that ours didn't want to come home!
We rehomed 2 greys just over 4 years ago - best decision we ever made. They're amazingly affectionate and don't require too much exercise. Just a couple of half hour walks a day with the occasional long walk at weekends keeps them happy. The odd mad dash round and round and round the garden also seems to be necessary as well.
We sadly lost one only a week ago. I have a feeling the one we still have won't be on her own for long.... I'm now trying to convince the other half that we only have room for 2 , not 3 (or 4 or 5 ..)
As well as their racing greys they have 10 kennel spaces just for dogs awaiting rehoming. They've also started offering holiday accommodation for greys when their owners want a holiday :-)
Only problem we had with this was that ours didn't want to come home!
We rehomed 2 greys just over 4 years ago - best decision we ever made. They're amazingly affectionate and don't require too much exercise. Just a couple of half hour walks a day with the occasional long walk at weekends keeps them happy. The odd mad dash round and round and round the garden also seems to be necessary as well.
We sadly lost one only a week ago. I have a feeling the one we still have won't be on her own for long.... I'm now trying to convince the other half that we only have room for 2 , not 3 (or 4 or 5 ..)
Here's our girl, Lou, she's an English Greyhound (tattoo in one ear only) but with Irish parents. Her racing name was Luca lucia, or something like that, hence her name LouLou, but she never actually raced.
She eas born in Dereham, Norfolk. (info from the Greyhound Stud book in Newmarket.)
and doing what she does best
She eas born in Dereham, Norfolk. (info from the Greyhound Stud book in Newmarket.)
and doing what she does best
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