Rebanne

I hope in the rush to ensure everything looks squeaky clean that dogs that never should be adopted out, aren't.

FFS

yep, not always a quick and easy death. I worked at an RSPCA shelter/pound for 10 years.

No I am not going to sign it. Yet another thing punishing the people doing the right thing. One of my dogs has a great home, found through Gumtree. It is not the advertising sites fault that some people don't do the right thing by their pet and vet the potential new owners properly.

Perhaps they knew he would not be a suitable pet? yes agree. But I badly worded it cause I was at work and couldn't correct it now. It was more save one and take the other out and shoot him when they could have at least taken him to the vet.

My ex racing dog was put into GAP by his owners, they visited us once and told me how my dogs brother had "gone to live on a farm". They had their young daughter with them. There was no farm. Why save one but not the other???

Racing on a track behind a mechanical lure is only 100 or so years old. Greyhounds were bred as hunters, that is their purpose, not racing. Racing is the outlet for their instincts.

All racebred greyhounds have to be DNA tested before breeding.

Ping is lovely and so is the breed. Been watching them at shows for a while now.

:laugh: Thanks Ronin

should not be in the general forum , should at least be in the news, if not the abuse forum

That's the thing, the right greyhound and NO not ALL greyhounds would be good on farms in my experience, sorry. I'm always surprised when people who have never owned or fostered greyhounds put them out there as a suitable breed. My boy is a walking disaster, an accident waiting to happen. No way would he suit riding around on the back of a ute or free range on acreage. Stan has scars all over him from accidents. Tore his shoulder open running across the deck on a screw on the BBQ, stitches. Degloved his shin on the back stairs, fractured his skull chasing a cat at a friends house and hit the fence at full pelt...with his head, millimetres from being killed instantly. My two fall over in the back of the car so hooning around the paddocks with a grey in the back of a ute makes me shudder. Rebanne that's fine that you disagree but after a recent disasterous greyhound rehoming right here that unfolded like a disaster, finding a reputable group to home a dog to this situation is like finding a needle in a haystack IMO. I hope it works out, I really do but I just get a bad feeling...that's all. It doesn't matter what I think anyway as the OP has taken your advice and is moving forward with a greyhound. I disagree with you both. :) On which of those particular points would you disagree? Most of them. As I have posted earlier about my friend and her experiences I am not going to repeat myself. The alert barking is the one I would sort of agree with but as I have one here currently, who is teaching her granddaughter the same, my experience is they can be very good watchdogs. But my girls are not the norm. The boys have been pretty useless in that regard. ETA I would happily sell one of my precious pups to a farm, as long as the people met my criteria. Your one friend and her experiences aren't indicative of the breed though. If we're going on anecdotal evidence, I've had one greyhound surrendered to me from a pet home on a farm because she kept chasing native animals while on walks around the property and they didn't enjoy traipsing around for miles looking for the dog. I have no problems with greyhounds living on farms if the owners are realistic in their expectations but in this case, I don't think the breed is suitable one friend with several of her own greyhounds and many more fosters, plus my own greys on occasions plus the other people I know of and one of my pups that did also spend plenty of time with his owner at their place of employment. Yeah so quite a few greyhounds that have lived very happily and successfully on farms. But it is not for everybody nor for every dog and I didn't say it was. But if it doesn't work out well seems like it will be all my fault cause I dared to recommend my breed based on my experiences. You know all that hooning around in utes and walking them when they can get through the fences etc will get you every time :laugh: so as the hooning is directed at me I read the OP as "out in the ute with the boys" sorry that that rang a few alarm bells for me I have lived out in western NSW and seen dogs on utes with the boys. Your friend is very experienced with greys obviously, this is a first time greyhound owner that has had cattle dogs and bull breeds. I forwarded this to a friend that has rehomed over 100 greys and asked her if she would home a grey here, her reply was probably not. If she did it would be after correct home checks and follow up visits and it would definitely have to be a certain type of dog. Her own grey lives with cats, small dogs and free range chickens but put her in this situation she's be off like a rat up a drain pipe after rabbits, stock you name it. This is my breed as well and I am basing this on my experiences. With respect I may not have 20 years under my belt in racing greys but I'm not a complete numpty either. My friend was a first time greyhound owner once, as we all were, and she managed to keep those early greys safe. She was also told by someone from GAP in NSW that she would have never been allowed a greyhound from them if she had lived in NSW. Luckily for many greys she lives in Victoria. I don't have 20 years of greyhound ownership under my belt either nor am I a numpty. I said a polite I disagree with you both and got jumped on by you both. Over it now. I gave my opinion to the OP with some clues on what to look for re a Greyhound group and I wish them the best of luck.

That's the thing, the right greyhound and NO not ALL greyhounds would be good on farms in my experience, sorry. I'm always surprised when people who have never owned or fostered greyhounds put them out there as a suitable breed. My boy is a walking disaster, an accident waiting to happen. No way would he suit riding around on the back of a ute or free range on acreage. Stan has scars all over him from accidents. Tore his shoulder open running across the deck on a screw on the BBQ, stitches. Degloved his shin on the back stairs, fractured his skull chasing a cat at a friends house and hit the fence at full pelt...with his head, millimetres from being killed instantly. My two fall over in the back of the car so hooning around the paddocks with a grey in the back of a ute makes me shudder. Rebanne that's fine that you disagree but after a recent disasterous greyhound rehoming right here that unfolded like a disaster, finding a reputable group to home a dog to this situation is like finding a needle in a haystack IMO. I hope it works out, I really do but I just get a bad feeling...that's all. It doesn't matter what I think anyway as the OP has taken your advice and is moving forward with a greyhound. I disagree with you both. :) On which of those particular points would you disagree? Most of them. As I have posted earlier about my friend and her experiences I am not going to repeat myself. The alert barking is the one I would sort of agree with but as I have one here currently, who is teaching her granddaughter the same, my experience is they can be very good watchdogs. But my girls are not the norm. The boys have been pretty useless in that regard. ETA I would happily sell one of my precious pups to a farm, as long as the people met my criteria. Your one friend and her experiences aren't indicative of the breed though. If we're going on anecdotal evidence, I've had one greyhound surrendered to me from a pet home on a farm because she kept chasing native animals while on walks around the property and they didn't enjoy traipsing around for miles looking for the dog. I have no problems with greyhounds living on farms if the owners are realistic in their expectations but in this case, I don't think the breed is suitable one friend with several of her own greyhounds and many more fosters, plus my own greys on occasions plus the other people I know of and one of my pups that did also spend plenty of time with his owner at their place of employment. Yeah so quite a few greyhounds that have lived very happily and successfully on farms. But it is not for everybody nor for every dog and I didn't say it was. But if it doesn't work out well seems like it will be all my fault cause I dared to recommend my breed based on my experiences. You know all that hooning around in utes and walking them when they can get through the fences etc will get you every time

I disagree with you both. :) On which of those particular points would you disagree? Most of them. As I have posted earlier about my friend and her experiences I am not going to repeat myself. The alert barking is the one I would sort of agree with but as I have one here currently, who is teaching her granddaughter the same, my experience is they can be very good watchdogs. But my girls are not the norm. The boys have been pretty useless in that regard. ETA I would happily sell one of my precious pups to a farm, as long as the people met my criteria.

I disagree with you both. :)

I would also say to your friends, don't be hung up on a couple of kilos. If they choose adult dog then suitability is much more important. By all means request under 30 kilos but don't ignore a 32er :)

I wish someone would tell a couple of my dogs who are well and truly crate trained that it is not stressful to be confined at the vets :D

One who actually puts them into foster homes first, and in your friends case hopefully a farm. Doesn't sprout the rescued line too enthusiastically, nor politics about the rights and wrongs of racing. Doesn't lie about health. Lots of racing dogs will carry an injury of some sort or end up with arthritis. They were after all supreme athletes and that doesn't come with out cost. For your friend, expect to wait for the right one. Find out the leash and muzzle laws for where they live. Be prepared to give up a spot on the couch!

We do this too. Never had any drama! The two dogs are usually napping on the rug they have under the carport when we get home. Works for us! I also have to add, the cat food is on top of the small upright freezer and the dog meat is defrosted on top of the stove, both places the dogs could easily reach and never have. And only once has a dog raided my bin for the left over roast chook. Once in 35 years. He was fed a few slices of bread and peanut butter to make sure nothing happened to his insides with the passing of the cooked chicken bones.

I'd start now. All my pups, by the time they have left here, have spent several nights in a crate.

all my pups from day one have had the whole backyard available to them. If they dig a hole I just fill it in. Drag their bedding around I just put it back. This has been my life for the last 30 plus years. Only had one dog that pulled clothes off the line and she grew out of it. Never used to have a crate but have used them over the last few years. My latest puppy is 9 months old, she hasn't slept in a crate overnight for months. Usually if my dogs are in the house they are free to go anywhere they like. They choose where to sleep, in the lounge room, on my bed etc. I do have baby gates on my bedrooms. I do put up my shoes etc. My dogs don't bench surf cause I never leave anything out to tempt them. I've raised German Shepherd Dogs and Greyhounds the same way.

Cried like a baby watching that

Huge hugs to you both.

I would love to, but alas no money and no one to mind my dogs anyway

On the back of a ute Xyz most have terrible recall and while there are greys out there that will guard bark it's not a common trait. You get a greyhound taking off in a paddock at around 70k's an hour good luck catching it before it does itself an injury, those long legs can break easily and they have skin like tissue paper. Not sure a greyhound would suit this situation. Just have to watch for hidden kangaroos laying down in hollows of going for an early morning walk. 15 years of owning and fostering greyhounds and early morning walks and my friend has only been caught out once.