Greyhounds

[Guest]

Am considering taking on a rescue greyhound and would be interested to know if anyone on here has any experience of rehabilitated racing greyhounds?

They make great pets apparently and over 20,000 of them every year find themselves in rescue thrown away by the racing industry,they are the lucky ones,many more are just put down before they even reach 3 years old.

[Guest chrisss]

my dad and kid sister both had rescued greyhounds for years very placid and made great pets once they settled down [they had never been in a house before]

[Guest]

Thanks Chriss,am going to see them at the rescue centre on saturday,can't wait ;D

[Guest gladdo]

best pet dog of all time ... i had a race dog and it was rehomed in my uncles and they love it to this day ... they love sitting on sofa in front of the fire and just sleeping all day until the neighbours cat walks past !!!!!!!!!! superb pets ....

[westburylofts]

Hi Chrissy

I have in the past worked in racing kennels for 8 years,

Greyhounds make great pets, i had one for over 10 years as a pet.

but rember they will need house training,  they make great pets and are so

happy to just lay about and love attension.

 

Would like to also point out that the kennels that i worked in never put a dog

to sleep after they had finished racing, they where all rehomed, and if the new

owners had any problems with them they came back to us to be rehomed

again.  some people do not rearlise they can dislike cats and very small dogs.

 

if you do have another dog then take it with you to the kennals then when you take a dog you like for a walk you can introduce them to each other and

see if they will get on,  my other bit of advice would be to make sure the

greyhound is muzzled when you take it out for walks until you are happy

that he will do what you want him to do,

 

Hope this is helpful to you

And good luck

 

Ray

[Lennut Tar]

Am considering taking on a rescue greyhound and would be interested to know if anyone on here has any experience of rehabilitated racing greyhounds?

They make great pets apparently and over 20,000 of them every year find themselves in rescue thrown away by the racing industry,they are the lucky ones,many more are just put down before they even reach 3 years old.

 

Chrissy !!!!!!! If you pick one with the right temprement, it will be a terrific pet for you & your family etc, & you will get years of enjoyment from it, with a bit of luck. The poor old greyhound, is a very maligned animal, unfortunately in this day & age we live now.

Enjoy.

 

 

[celtic]

Great pets , no two ways about it, which kennels are you thinking of getting one from ?

[Tony C]

I had one for nine years and dont regret one minute of it, wonderful pets.

[coey]

Am considering taking on a rescue greyhound and would be interested to know if anyone on here has any experience of rehabilitated racing greyhounds?

They make great pets apparently and over 20,000 of them every year find themselves in rescue thrown away by the racing industry,they are the lucky ones,many more are just put down before they even reach 3 years old.

 

hi chrissy. how do you go about taking on a rescue greyhound? how would i find out where my nearest kennels for them are. thanks, anthony.

[homebird]

Am considering taking on a rescue greyhound and would be interested to know if anyone on here has any experience of rehabilitated racing greyhounds?

They make great pets apparently and over 20,000 of them every year find themselves in rescue thrown away by the racing industry,they are the lucky ones,many more are just put down before they even reach 3 years old.

 

Hi great that you have drawn attention to this subject and i am sure some good will come of it,In 2007 nearly 4,500 greyhounds have been homed by the Retired greyhound trust. the figures have grown in the last five years from 2,608 in2003  3,920in 2006 to 4,479 in 2007.other trusts and racetracks are active in finding homes we our selfs have managed to find homes for 11 in the past 12 months. yes the figures are a small pecentage of the waistage and horse racing has a simular problem with over production of foals. The  Retired Greyhound trust , can be contacted on www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk...or tel 0844 8268424.

[mark]

Am considering taking on a rescue greyhound and would be interested to know if anyone on here has any experience of rehabilitated racing greyhounds?

They make great pets apparently and over 20,000 of them every year find themselves in rescue thrown away by the racing industry,they are the lucky ones,many more are just put down before they even reach 3 years old.

 

that might of been a case for the past its very difficult to put a dog down today for no reason. i have raced them for the last 7 years my 1st one is at home with me now. the other 4 i have rehomed myself. i never get another dog until i have rehomed the one i have, i have always done my best by them. the rga make more of a effort to rehome greys now. you quote 20,000 thrown into resue homes how many other breeds of dogs get put up for rehoming in the uk through shelters rspca ect bet its more than 20,000 greyhounds,

[Roland]

Great pets ... also best cat detterent when cats are on the ground... Greyhounds don't have time to stop when cat archies it's back to fend them off.

Will keep you fit too walking them.

[pjc]

Mark, far to many dogs end up in rescue centres but there are also a lot that get put down before getting that far.

Dogs that are dumped or picked up by wardens etc go to a local pound where they are given a short period of time to be claimed, if they are not claimed and the pound do not have a rescue centre able to take the dogs they are put down what ever they are.

 

Phil

[Guest Vic]

Pity we didn't have  our pc's, when the carthorse went to the continental tables.    

[pjc]

gardens not big enough for a couple of cart horses!

[mark]

Mark, far to many dogs end up in rescue centres but there are also a lot that get put down before getting that far.

Dogs that are dumped or picked up by wardens etc go to a local pound where they are given a short period of time to be claimed, if they are not claimed and the pound do not have a rescue centre able to take the dogs they are put down what ever they are.

 

Phil

 

remember a greyhound has a ear tatoo that is registered to the owner you just cant dump them as the number in there ear can be traced back to the owner.

[Guest Vic]

gardens not big enough for a couple of cart horses!

 

Yes! But you can't learn an old dog new tricks. e.g. Where to cock their Dicks! ;D ;D

[sammy]

 

Yes! But you can't learn an old dog new tricks. e.g. Where to cock their Dicks! ;D ;D

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dnice wan vic ;D ;D ;D

[pjc]

hmmm, yes Vic!

 

I was refering to dogs in general Mark, prob is we have even come accross dogs that have been chipped, pounded, taken in by rescue centres then rehomed without antbody checking for chips!

When 1 dog did get scanned for some reason it had been reported lost by its owners over 200 miles away 2 yrs earlier and could have been reunited within hours if t had been scanned.

Makes you wonder if they would spot a tatoo.

[mark]

hmmm, yes Vic!

 

I was refering to dogs in general Mark, prob is we have even come accross dogs that have been chipped, pounded, taken in by rescue centres then rehomed without antbody checking for chips!

When 1 dog did get scanned for some reason it had been reported lost by its owners over 200 miles away 2 yrs earlier and could have been reunited within hours if t had been scanned.

Makes you wonder if they would spot a tatoo.

 

you only have to look in the ear its there for all to see,

[sammy]

Makes you wonder if they would spot a tatoo, good point but how many pigeons fanciers notice the wing stamps on young burds ????????

[harky]

make great pets .we had one in the garage until it drank some petrol that we had drained out of a car ,its the fastest ive seen anything move it just kept running round the yard barking and then just keeled over :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[pjc]

very true Sammy, how many go straight to the bin?

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

hi chrissy. how do you go about taking on a rescue greyhound? how would i find out where my nearest kennels for them are. thanks, anthony.

 

Hi, Chrissy asked me to post these links up for you , they should give you plenty information to start off with

 

http://www.greyhoundrescue.co.uk/

 

http://www.grwe.co.uk/index.htm

 

http://www.jansgifts.co.uk/rescue_association.php

[coey]

 

Hi, Chrissy asked me to post these links up for you , they should give you plenty information to start off with

 

http://www.greyhoundrescue.co.uk/

 

http://www.grwe.co.uk/index.htm

 

http://www.jansgifts.co.uk/rescue_association.php

thanks mate