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To: thackney

Majestic looking! Are they part Afgan or Greyhound by any chance? Beautiful animals.


247 posted on 08/08/2011 2:22:43 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Palin/Perry 2012)
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To: Outlaw Woman
Pure Greyhound. They were both racing rejects, never raced.

Hydro has an unusual frame, extra wide and large. He is 30” at the shoulder and a little over 100 pounds.

Percy was a “Oops” litter. We actually adopted him still as a puppy. The owners were not going to try and train them for racing. We often thought the two dumbest dogs in his kennel must have gotten together. Sweet and lovable, but dumb even on the reduced greyhound scale.

Percy has grown taller and longer than Hydro, but he is scrawny enough to still be 15 pounds lighter.

Both dogs can sit on the floor and eat from a plate on the table. We have trained them fairly well to not steal food but they cannot seem to resist sticking their wet nose in it before moving on.

When we first got them, Percy could run under Hydro without touching him. As he grew, this was first painful for Hydro, then for Percy as Hydro taught him to stop that.

253 posted on 08/08/2011 2:43:48 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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