Why do this breed always seem so well behaved?

[takeonabrew]

I live near a massive country park and see loads of them

For every breed, there's always nutty ones!

But I've never seen a really hyperactive, poorly trained greyhound

Do they just attract a certain type of owner?

Genuinely just curious. They always seem so sensible and a bit eye roll at other nutty dogs

I've always had greyhounds and while they are not the most intelligent dogs bless their hearts, they are some of the most chill.

Three of the ones I've owned have been therapy dogs because their extreme level of chill has been almost pathological. One woman asked if there was something wrong with my late boy because he stood staring vacantly into space wagging half heartedly while her three children attempted to climb him. No, nothing wrong with him, he's just in Greyhound World right now.

There are some nuts amongst the bunch though. I had one jump up at me the other day on a walk out of sheer excitement. She ended up with her paws on my face and shoulders and I'm not short, they have spring heels when they want to bounce. And they can be absolute tearaways when then get excited, especially if meeting other noodle dogs, they seem to recognise their own and go ballistic when they meet eachother.

Still love them to death though, even the batshit ones.

I have one of those. I have to enter the house shouting ‘paws on the floor’ otherwise I get paws on the face! She also loves to play with the ball, fetches sticks, can’t go up or down the stairs without a shoe in her mouth, and has a barrage of squeaky toys she flings around the room. I thought it was a puppy thing as I got her when she was one, but three years later she’s still the same. We got her after our other grey died young from cancer and we were heartbroken, and she came in like a whirlwind and really got us through the pain.

You get the odd exception but on the whole they’re lazy and not very bright, so they’re mostly very sweet but not particularly hard to fulfil all their activity/stimulation needs and they just kind of hang around being affectionate.

People scoff at how often they get recommended on here for first time dog owners, but there’s a reason for that, they’re usually very easy dogs to own.

I know a poorly trained greyhound but that's because of the owner.

I had a lurcher and he was fabulous. Never met a blanket he didn't like, no prey drive, was scared of cats and you couldn't put a cup of tea down or he would have it. If he was off lead, the only way I could catch him was to run away from him.