Rebanne

I don't think a greyhound would be suitable so I'm glad they "creep you out" a bit :D I reckon a beagle might be good.

excellent post I just counted off 62 showbred greys in Australia, being generous with numbers in a couple of cases where exact numbers aren't know. So at the very most there would only be 100 in the country, more likely 80. And I know most of those wouldn't have taken the survey, so adopted race bred greyhounds win hands down

But what would you know?? :p

excellent news, now go enjoy your family holiday

Anyone who'd say that many sighthounds aren't willing to take risks has never seen them after prey. And that includes a lot of pet owners in the burbs. There's a reason younger Greyhounds end up in GAP... injury is one and lack of desire to chase is another. Those who test well with cats and small dogs (if they haven't been socialised with them) will be those with lower prey drive. That's another factor that may affect the "boldness" quotient many pet Greyhound owners observed in their dogs. Actually you might be surprised to know that some big winners have tested ok with cats and small dogs.

so the dictionary is wrong?

google bold: Adjective:(of a person, action, or idea) Showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous. Noun: A typeface with thick strokes. Synonyms: daring - audacious - brave - courageous - hardy hmm seems to be some words that are very similar or even the same as what was in some of the breed descriptions

what's the definition of bold?

but who really knows?

you know, I wonder how all those ex racing greyhounds ever manage to not only find homes but thrive in them when they are all so timid

except Corvus actually thanked everyone and told them their input was valuable I think it goes more like... Dog people: we chuck tantrums when we're told stuff we don't like when we are told stuff that isn't true

if this is science then you can keep it.

I still haven't come to terms with this statement above given it has been acknowledged most of the sight hounds in the survey were greys. So greyhounds now are a good representive sample of all sight hounds and only non racing greys were surveyed? or no-one bothered to find out whether the greys surveyed were ex racers as the vast majority of pet greys are but we will then make the assumption that they aren't ex racers as it suits our "research" better. Given the accuracy of this statement, and we are only hearing about sight hounds (what assumptions are being made about other groups, I would have to say I am concerned about the validity of anything that comes out of this survey. I've seen stuff, maybe it was survey's, put up by Corvus in the past, no idea if I saw this one, but no way I would reply to anything put up by them as I have never had any confidence they knew what they were talking about and this just proves it to me.

yep, sighthounds, and greyhounds in particular, are going to be labelled nervous nellies, no matter what their background or how they were raised.

LIKE :D

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.