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DP has agreed to a Greyhound!
SpaghettiTwirlerAndProud · 10/11/2011 13:19
Congratulations!!
Have you got a rescue in mind?
(You've got a rabbit haven't you IIRC)
I am so 
, I covet a grey but family circumstances (working hours, non dog DH and even less dog DD plus the arrival of the guniea-pigs) prevent it.
You know you'll need greyhound reindeer antlers for Christmas don't you?
This is so exciting!! Congratulations. Can we ask about the (ahem) dark arts you employed to persuade DH? These might be useful to pass on to others in similar circumstances. 
You do realise we'll need lots of photos?
And of course welcome to the wonderful world of greyhound shopping (collar porn, lovely coats, jimjams if house is cold or houndy is elderly) etc. 
Sorry I just had to clean up the biggest poo I've ever seen from a 21 week old baby 
on the plus side it didn't leak!
To be honest I don't know what changed his mind 
wish I did though. Although when he said 'ok fine, we'll look into it' i went into full on persuasion mode, telling him all the good things (I left out the bit about the butter dish gene :o) and that having a GH would give me the motivation I need to do excercize and walking is also something I can do with DD! I think he is very much in the 'lets get a gh' camp now!
Our boy came from GRWE and they are fantastic - they found us a cat-friendly one! Hope you have a sofa you are prepared to give up for ever .
Operation Grab a Grund is proceeding according to plan.
Mwahahahahahaha...
Scuttle would sit ina big swivelly chair at this point to cackle madly but finds that all available seating is taken up by pointy nosed creatures..
Would also concur that GRWE are a good charity.
:o scuttle
batsintheroof, do you really have bats in the roof? 
I do keep meaning to look at the videos but I never get chance.
Wow I'd love bats in our roof, I think they're amazing creatures! I'm rather jealous
A couple of points in response to Justone..
Firstly, I'm not disputing at all that you had problems with your grey's toilet training, but in general most greys pick up the idea very quickly indeed, provided they are given plenty of encouragement and clear signals. Ours picked it up within a weekend and this would be normal. If a dog was struggling with continence in the house, I'd want to be visiting the vet, and possibly looking at diet. One of ours was rehomed to the charity after reports of pooing in the house in his previous home, and it turned out the poor old boy had a very sensitive tum, which was being exacerbated by the diet he was on. When this was sorted out, poos were fine again, and all outside.
Am v impressed and of Justone's intelligent hound. All the ones I meet are to put it kindly, behind the door when they were handing out the brains. Except for a very few specialist areas - sofa colonisation, food stealing and running very fast.
The episode with the stuffie is normal grey behaviour - zoomies. Five minutes of mayhem as they run around at high speed - ours does an impressive "Wall of Death" routine between the various beds, usually disembowels a stuffie then collapses in heap for the rest of the evening, and can be found upside down on a sofa, snoring and farting contentedly.
Like Justone, I'd be concerned about the rabbit, but this is where it's important that the rescue is kept informed and works with you to find a grey with a low prey drive that can be small furry friendly. This isn't related necessarily to gender - our bitch has a high prey drive but one of our males is the soppiest imaginable and would probably be fine. Much more to do with individual temperament and background. As a rule of thumb, around 20% of greys can be cat trained and would probably be amenable to fluffy-training.
With regard to being left alone, it's worth remembering that greys in their working lives have spent their entire life with other greyhounds, including being kennelled with other dogs on a permanent basis. Life on the outside is therefore full of new experiences - houses, washing machines, dogs that are not pointy and most scary of all, not being with others 24/7. Usually a rescue will, where possible, bring new dogs into foster care so they can learn about things like stairs, vacuum cleaners and what it's like to have a whole new lifestyle in retirement. Very often, a dog that is prone to SA will be picked up at this stage. However, many greys do successfully make the transition to solo dog and learn about how to be a member of a family. A few don't and will always be more comfortable in a multi dog household (we have one like this). Again, a good rescue will have assessed the dog's temperament and will not place this type of dog in a single dog household. It's also worth saying that greyhounds are thoroughly addictive, and most people I know who start with one, often end up with a second.
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Sooooo, really you are looking for one that is child tolerant, little furry tolerant , will spend every day reassuring DH he has made the right decision (he will tell you it was his good idea when your Grey arrives) , will regally take up his squatters rights on the sofa and not get over familiar with the butter dish.
I'm sure there is one for you (probably in a foster home getting some paw under the table experience)
And remember the most important thing:
It won't make aload of difference to the world of rescue greyhounds- but it'll make the world of difference to your rescue greyhound.
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