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This is a stupid question, but something I've always been curious about and don't care enough to look up on Google. How are Greyhounds at swimming? I have always wondered how a track dog would react to something like that and if they would even know what to do.
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RazorBunny posted:They tend to sink like rocks. I don't know if it's the low body fat or what, but they don't have a lot of natural buoyancy. Maybe if you put a life jacket on them to help them float they could be good swimmers. They do have very powerful legs after all, and streamlined bodies. Ah, kind of what I figured. I'm a little surprised they are not afraid to go into water though.
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Jun 8, 2013 01:32
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So I'm about 90% sure that I will adopt a greyhound sometime (as in the next few months, not right away) after I return to the USA next week. However, the group I'm looking to adopt from notes "not suitable for apartment" after pretty much every dog on their website. I will be looking for work in the Seattle area so will absolutely be living in an apartment, but I was under the impression greyhounds do pretty well in an apartment. Just to be sure thought maybe I'd check with you guys. I guess what I'm most concerned about is how greyhounds deal with being alone in an apartment alone for standard 8 hour work shifts.
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Sep 30, 2013 15:47
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Trauma Tank posted:I'd imagine most of them would probably be fine. You may need to do some adjustment with pee schedules/etc for a few weeks as they will likely be used to eliminating more often at the rescue. You'd be well served by coming home at lunch time if possible, or having someone check in with the dog and take it out. Ah, yeah that sounds like a good idea. I'll have to keep that in mind when I start looking around. Thanks for the information.
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Oct 1, 2013 01:03
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RazorBunny posted:One of the rescues we talked to wouldn't adopt to anyone with a fence that was less than five feet tall. And one wouldn't adopt to us because the person who would be taking the dog out in the middle of the afternoon was our teenage son - they wanted an adult to come home mid-day and walk the dog. A third just wanted to basically give us a dog sight unseen with no temperament testing or anything, just "Here's a random greyhound, hope it doesn't eat your cat!" Yeah, I'm starting to notice this while looking around on the net for a decent place to check out. This is the one I was referring to earlier: http://www.greyhoundpetsinc.org/ They seem to regularly have dogs, and are more active than the other groups I've seen online. Looking at their site again it looks like any dog under 3 years of age they will not adopt out to an apartment. I can probably circumvent that by telling them I will be living at my parents house (which I will be for awhile).
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