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I think I have met the laziest dog in the entire world.

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D0oinMeCleanin · 05/05/2013 17:07

He's been here two days and the only time he's moved is when we've moved his bed from the front room to the back room depending on where the family are sitting. Literally that is the only time he's moved.

5yo dd2 walked him yesterday (with DH) and he just plodded along behind her. When they stopped at the swings (naughty DH, but he said there was no-one there and he'd have moved if anyone came) he laid down on the grass and went to sleep

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typoqueen · 05/05/2013 18:09

hahahaha, yes we have one of those too, you go to put lead on and he collapse on the floor, he lays and pants till you bring the water to him, you have to drag him to his bed at night time, as he wont get up don't ya just love lazy dogs :) x

KittensoftPuppydog · 05/05/2013 19:24

Are you sure it's not ill?

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/05/2013 19:26

Judging by the way he just had my entire hand his mouth when I offered him a lump of sweet potato I would say no, not ill.

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VivaLeBeaver · 05/05/2013 19:28

Greyhound?

peeriebear · 05/05/2013 19:36

I gave my dog a Kong full of peanut butter dog stuff and biscuits.
He laid down next to it to wait for the treats to somehow make their own way out.

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/05/2013 21:24

Yes, Greyhound, but even by greyhound standards he is lazy. I've just had him on a 5 mile walk, he can't even make it to his water dish now, he is laying on his bed staring pitifully at his empty food bowl, he knows very well there is water in the back room and kitchen.

Dd2 has taken pity on him now and is fetching him water.

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TheCunnyFunt · 05/05/2013 23:33

I just knew this would be about a Greyhound :o

My Grund is a lazy sod too. I swear he'd never go to the toilet if I didn't practically manhandle him out the backdoor a few times a day he's held it for 17 hours before and even then he didn't seem bothered about going out!

poorpaws · 05/05/2013 23:44

Oh for a lazy dog, must be fabulous. Mine never stops. Everyone told me whippets were lazy and a good breed to have. I didn't think when I gave a home to a whippet/border collie x. Yep the border collie in her makes her go on and on and .........

TheCunnyFunt · 06/05/2013 00:36

Whippets are like smaller, more energetic Greyhounds. But yep, they're very lazy. Just not quite as lazy as a Grund :o

Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 00:42

sounds like my kind of dog!

bless him. it's a hard life sleeping all the time and having to move to eat and all that jazz

TheCunnyFunt · 06/05/2013 00:43

Well all that sleeping is tiring!

Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 00:44

it always amazes me how lazy people say their greyhounds are. before MN i would have imagined them to be very high energy dogs what with the racing and all.

VivaLeBeaver · 06/05/2013 07:02

Having gone from a greyhound to a non greyhound dog I've realised that greys aren't like any other dog. I was woefully unprepared for "normal" dog ownership and feel I've been hit by a tornado.

D0oinMeCleanin · 06/05/2013 08:16

High energy? The only time he could be considered to have any kind of energy at all is when there is food on offer. He's currently sat up on his bed as opposed to laying down because dd2 has a bowl of cereal in the same room as him. It's the most I have seen him move since he's been here

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Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 10:22

yep, definitely the dog version of me!

TheCunnyFunt · 06/05/2013 11:11

Booy the majority of pet Greyhounds can usually be found lying on their backs on the sofa, legs akimbo, snoring and farting. I've never met a hogh energy Grey yet :o

TheCunnyFunt · 06/05/2013 11:11

High energy

Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 11:17

when WB leaves us ( hopefully a long time from now!) i'm going to get a greyhound. they sound brilliant!

PurpleFrog · 06/05/2013 16:33

Booyhoo - do I assume that WB is as calm and collected as our nearly-3-year-old mad lab puppy?

Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 19:23

actually i am really lucky with WB- he's pretty high up on the lazy chart. apart from a mad few months when he was a pup he has been a dream and will happily lie on his armchair all day snoozing or watching the traffic. he's done in after a 45 minute walk

Booyhoo · 06/05/2013 19:25

ha purple i just checked out your pics!! he looks so cool in his shades!

MrsFrederickWentworth · 06/05/2013 19:35

I knew we were wrong to get a jrt...

Though as he is with ill DH most of the.day he too now expects snoozes from time to time.

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SchroSawMargeryDaw · 06/05/2013 19:46

I knew this would be a greyhound!

They're lovely aren't they? Unfortunately with 3 cats, I have no chance of ever owning one. :(

My best friend had one though and I have never seen such a lazy dog in my life! It would never stop eating if you let it but apart from that all it did was fart and sleep and fart in it's sleep. :o

SchroSawMargeryDaw · 06/05/2013 19:48

MrsFrederick When I was younger I had a JRT/Beagle X... It was the most utterly mental dog I have ever come across.

D0oinMeCleanin · 06/05/2013 19:56

This one is far too lazy to chase cats Schro. We have a cat. He's looking for a home....

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