Florida bans Greyhound racing.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Back in the late 70's/early 80's?? use to go to a bar in Lake Havasu down by the London Bridge that had rescued racing Great Danes that roamed around inside....greet/meet with patrons

Very friendly and affectionate....just looking for a rub/pat or scratch

Great Danes or Greyhounds?

Great Danes are some of the biggest couch potatoes out there - figuratively and literally. :)

SidecarFlip wrote:
Good luck with that. Greyhounds especially racing ones, are hard to handle. Takes a special enviroment and owner to have a successful pairing. Really don't make good house pets.

Sorry, dude, you are dead wrong. Surprisingly, greyhounds are giant couch potatoes! Even race dogs! They are all gentle, sweet, and very good inside. Never destructive. They are sight hounds, so they must be in a secure fence or on a leash at all times.

Can thoroughbred racing be far behind?

SidecarFlip wrote:
Good luck with that. Greyhounds especially racing ones, are hard to handle. Takes a special enviroment and owner to have a successful pairing. Really don't make good house pets.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Greyhound "Millie", was the mellowest pooch you ever saw as are most Greyhounds. One ten minute walk a day and a couple of belly rubs and she was good to go.

Greyhounds are the ultimate couch potatoes and make ideal pets for elderly folks as they are so low maintenance. Millie never barked, I think they beat it out of them {arrrg!} and we could take her anywhere. For 8 years she traveled with us all over the country in our Aliner, the 22' TT and finally our 24'Class C.

She crossed the Rainbow bridge almost 2 years ago and not a day passes that we both don't miss her. Someday another dog and you can bet we will take another look at rescuing a Greyhound.

:S

Greyhounds seem to be docile for the most part and like to curl up like a cat on the couch. Some have been known to live upwards of 15 years.

SidecarFlip wrote:
Good luck with that. Greyhounds especially racing ones, are hard to handle. Takes a special enviroment and owner to have a successful pairing. Really don't make good house pets.

One time they had a Greyhound Convention at Flying Flags RV Resort in Solvang, Ca. We talked to a lot of Greyhound owners and they said the dogs make very good pets after they retire from racing. Most owners had two or more Greyhounds with them. You would see sometime 4 dogs walking perfectly with one owner. We never heard the dogs barking they were perfect little soldiers. They also said their couch potatoes, LOL.

Back in the late 70's/early 80's?? use to go to a bar in Lake Havasu down by the London Bridge that had rescued racing Great Danes that roamed around inside....greet/meet with patrons

Very friendly and affectionate....just looking for a rub/pat or scratch

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I've had to delete a number of ridiculous political posts. STOP IT or I'll close an important, informative thread.

I have seen dozens of retired racing greyhounds and have not seen ONE hard to handle, aggressive or in any way major way behaviorally challenged. A few shy, but by and large one of the easier dog breeds to adapt to a human household.

Doug, DVM

SidecarFlip wrote:
Good luck with that. Greyhounds especially racing ones, are hard to handle. Takes a special enviroment and owner to have a successful pairing. Really don't make good house pets.

My experience with dozens of retired greyhounds says quite the opposite.