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I could care less what corvus thinks if she believes her study was vaild when the majority of dogs in her sample were of one breed and mostly were reared very different to most pet dogs

it's all just a crock, my greyhounds are as sensitive as my German Shepherds were. And more bold. My greys think people were put on earth to love them, the GSD's, no way, prove yourself first before they would be bothered with you.

I'm very glad you didn't!

glad to be of help :D

There's a guy at Chiltern I take my greys to. Went there today and we were talking and he goes somewhere else, into Sth NSW, I think it was, might be worth giving him a call to see whereabouts he goes to. Dave Jones 0438267473

If the construct ("timidity") isn't valid, nothing will be published and corvus knows this. It's one of the many, many pieces she will have to put together before she gets anywhere which is, I imagine, why she asked here. In between all the speculation she got some pretty good answers as to why owners of sighthounds are reporting that their dogs are not bold. and what's the definition of bold?

I found them easily enough last year, just used goggle maps, which I will be doing again this year cause I get lost easily

Huge topic Fifi. I believe the dogs are selected for the traits that allow them to thrive in a kennel environment. Those that don't are culled. But behaviorists have argued that I am wrong and it is only the socialisation (institutionalisation) of race reared greys that makes them different from other breeds in the way they engage with their environment. I would agree with you Greytmate, no good having a world beater who leaves it all in the kennel.

harness? put it on at tea time and it stays on until bedtime.

Not a lot of BYB litters either as far as I can figure. no money to be made in them, they are not a popular breed to own as a puppy, only BYBer's would be from race dogs free to good home and used for breeding pig dogs. disclaimer, not to say there might not be a showbred dog out there helping to produce pig dogs but the odds aren't good on it.

Can't be supported because there's no data on that or can't be supported because its factually inaccurate. There are a handful of non-racing grey breeders in this country. Might be one idea to run to ground... it's not only nature that determines temperament but nuture as we all know. If the origin and early environment of dogs is a significant determinant of their temperament, seems to me that needs to be addressed before making any conclusions about their breed. But hey, I'm not a scientist. and I'm one of them and my recent litter of 8 was the first in the country for 22 months. There has been another litter recently born, so we woul have around 100 at the most non race bred greys in Aus and most of them could be accounted for.

The number of pet greyhounds from non-racing backgrounds is not likely to be significant IMO. I would state for a fact that most of the greyhounds in the survey were from a racing background and were not raised as pets from the get go. Only comparable to other breeds raised on rearing farms.

Brantarby Winter Warrior

sorry Rozzie

I agree Kirty

I would have thought that made them smart not timid :rolleyes:

I think people have responded very moderately to what was a rather inflammatory question. If you posted that question into some of the OFC sighthound groups you'd be eaten alive. it was such a stupid statement which has been borne out by the fact that the majority of dogs in the sample were one breed and could only have been adopted racebred greys, which is hardly a similar background to other breeds.

gee talk about a generalisation :rolleyes:

numbers: Grp 1 1 Grp 2 60 Grp 3 95 Grp 4 186 Grp 5 222 Grp 6 279 Grp 7 323 ends with 361

I usually cut out the photo's I reply to as it can slow things down for some users but the grin on CJ's face in this one just has to be repeated. :D

congratulations!

just got mine out of the mailbox Group starts with Grp 1 1 Grp 2A 167 Grp 2B 181 Grp 3 262 Grp 4 393 Grp 5 484 Grp 6 609 Grp 7 727 and ends with 836

everything crossed for Earl to pull through this.

I suggest you find another breed, all your posts are very negative, the dogs don't need you bad mouthing them everywhere.

In Victoria, greyhounds are not allowed off lead, not even off leash dog areas. Only places they are allowed off lead is private property. People need to know their local laws.