Tell me about greyhounds? With children?

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We're seriously considering rehoming a greyhound. I'm home all day and would love the company, exercise wouldn't be a problem and a dog would very rarely be left alone.

My main question is children - we have 3 ds, aged 8,6 and 2. They are all gentle boys and know to respect animals (although our last pet was a cat as until recently I was at work) - my parents have a dog and I've never seen any roughness with him. BUT .... we're not a quiet household,there's plenty of noisy play and running around.

Do you think a greyhound could cope with this? They look like such gentle creatures - it's my only worry.

I'd like to book to see some dogs at our local greyhound rescue place - presumably they would have a pretty good idea of which dogs are good with dcs and which aren't?

Thanks so much for the replies, I'll definitely post and let you know what happens. Brilliant advice from you all, arseface I loved what your ds said about kissing (!) - ds3 is just that little bit too old for his sling now, but I used to love kissing his soft little head when he was cuddled up in it

I had a long conversation with the kennel lady (the shelter is part of the retired greyhound trust) about dogs and dcs, and she said that in years of rehoming she's never had a problem BUT obviously they will not guarantee to rehome a dog with us until we've all seen the dogs and had a home visit. She also said we may have to wait for the right dog that will suit our environment which I think is heartening to hear.

We're not fussed about age, sex or appearance so hopefully ....