Posted on 01/16/2014 9:00:37 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
He is adorable!! How do you post pics though?
LOL. Mine does too.
My brother's greys take their retirement very seriously. LOL!
When he first got them, they would chase a thrown tennis ball. Now, all they are interested in doing is trotting around and smelling the smells.
What food do you feed yours?
Racers at the track are usually fed a raw meat diet.
My brother's dogs were transitioned to a dry food diet before he got them. Afterward, he decided to transition them back to a raw meat diet.
Processed dog food causes a few problems in dogs, such as tartar on the teeth which in turn causes unhealthy gums. It also causes anal sac problems.
A raw meat diet takes care of all of these because the bones and tendons give their teeth and gums a good cleaning with every meal and the hard poops do the same for their anal sacs.
His dogs get fed things like chicken quarters, turkey legs and necks ox tails, etc. He will also sometimes suppliment meals with raw eggs and even sardines.
We have had retired racing greyhounds and a few little pups since 1980 and never had anything else but cats along with the greyhounds. Since we haven’t kicked the greyhound habit and are pushing 70, you know there has to be something special about them. LOL
There are plenty who are cat and small dog safe, along with child safe. Just about every adoption group profiles their dogs before placement.
Ours bark when someone comes to the door, but they are not barkers.
Some hounds don’t like to walk on hard floors but most adjust just fine. Area rugs and runners will eliminate any hard floor problems. And yes, dog beds are fine with them and yes, they will lie down on hard floors if they have too.
The only negative I can think of is their tender skin. Because there is so little fur/hair to protect the skin they get cut more easily than other dogs if there is roughhousing and exposed nails anywhere. A small price to pay for a beautiful, sweet dog. :)
Hope this helps.
Here's a web page that my brother set up for his dogs, Greta and Frannie.
Greta is still alive, but alas, he had to put Frannie down when she broke her back one day while he was at work.
First, the photos need to be on a server somewhere, like Photobucket.
Next, use the following HTML:
<img src="http://Image-URL.jpg">
Replace Image-URL.jpg with the image file name.
Here's a pic my brother's dog, Greta, enjoying the 4th of July fireworks show. (Can you say, 'low-key personality?')
<img src="http://gretagreyhound.com/dan/thumbs/CIMG3186_t.jpg">
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He never slept outside again or anywhere else except a warm comfortable bed.
Is that an arugula pizza?
Thank you for replying. “PFL” should have been obvious to me.
I worked in my home so that the dogs were sometimes alone. They do like attention, either positive or negative although they never saw any negative attention around here. They do like to bark a lot but I loved it! When they wanted attention they would bark at me! However, the two that we have had were equally happy to be home alone on those occasions when I had to leave the house for a job. They are typical dogs in that they will bark at you when you leave the house then bark at you when you get home!
We would run around the house, bark at and chase each other. One time my wife hollered, “Would you two take that out into the backyard? I am trying to think!” LOL We settled down but then the dog came back out into the computer room and started picking a fight so that we started running around the house and creating all kinds of noise. The wife then hollered, “I don’t have a husband and a dog! I have two kids!” ROFL
We inherited the first one from a friend who passed away. No one in her family nor any of her other friends wanted the dog. The second we bought from a local breeder, not a ‘puppy farm’. A local lady who was actually interested in the animals. The Sheltie we got from the breeder was AKC registered and had won many agility contests. Both were female and both were absolute sweethearts. We loved both of them. However, they will try to rule the house! We were kind of old for the first one and didn’t care. We let both of them pretty much herd us around. ;-)
We used to let the back door opened when the weather permitted so that they could come and go into the back yard as they pleased. They both would run along the back of the fence for hours, getting their exercise.....on their own.
Good luck in your search! ;-)
“2. A “senior” in the large breed such as a Great Dane or German Shepherd”.
I met an elderly man a few years back walking a HUGE GSD. We had one at the time so we struck up a conversation. He had recently lost his GSD and wanted another dog so contacted a GSD foster group. The man told me that having this dog kept him young and healthy. He walked him (albeit slowly) and had a buddy to watch television and eat ice cream with at night. He was widowed and his kids lived far away. The GSD group asked him if he was sure he could handle such a large dog and he just grinned. Made my heart feel good. In a way.. the two somewhat rescued each other. The man rescued the dog and gave him a home. The dog rescued the man from being lonely.
I love my 2 labradoodles-—very little shedding, very easy to train, and they are the queens of the doggie park.
They are quiet and well behaved in the house (we don’t have a yard we can fence in) and are the perfect companions for people like me who are 2 years older than dirt.
We didn’t know you could pick out a dog. We thought you had to wait and see what limped up your driveway and sat shivering on the porch. So far we have a Chihuahua and a Beagle. Could not have gotten two better dogs if we had gone out and bought them. Can’t wait to see what turns up next. :-)
B.S. My Yorkie is perfect.
They range in size from a smallish 18 pounds to a largish 35 pounds. A little soft (they are after all Spaniels) but not a frou-frou dog despite their small size. Friend of mine owned the HRC high point Boykin, GRHRCH "Mule", who passed away this past summer at the age of 12.
Basically, they are an undersized Chocolate Lab with dreadlocks. That's my undersized Chocolate Lab Shelley on the right, sharing a joke with her good friend Hooch:
" . . . and then the Traveling Salesdog said . . . "
Dobermanns until I die.
:)
Thumbs up!
Thanks, Salamander!
EXACTLY! What keeps me getting up at 5:30 in the AM so I have enough time to walk and feed him? A dog! What makes me look at buying a house with a HUGE back yard? A Dog.
I have had German shorthaired Pointers which was my favorite,I now am a proud owner of a dog that I took in when my dad passed away. My dad owned a Schnoodle, so here I sit with him. Sam is 9 years old. I want to get him a brother or a sister which will be (Lord Willing) A German Shepard Pup!! If that doesn’t keep me young/Nothing will!!
I can vouche for everything you have said having rescued three retired racers. Our latest is fast asleep in the bed next to me right now.
Someone in this thread mentioned a raw meat diet. I have never heard of a rescue having such a diet. I know at the track, they are fed horse meat, mixed with vegetables, Gatorade and multi-vitamins.
But we feed our grey kibble dog food with a little bit of organic yogurt to keep her regular.
And yes, they lounge/sleep 16 hours a day, lol!
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