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Rehoming a greyhound

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Elizabeth20100 · 18/03/2025 11:37

Hi,

After loving the breed for years, I am now in the position to rehome a greyhound.

I got in touch with a lovely branch of the greyhound trust and they have matched us (me, DS8, DS5 and ragdoll cat) to a lovely cat-trainable girl.

I am suddenly nervous and second guessing my decision! I am home most of the time and work one day in London (a dog walker can come on that day) so this is great but I hear mixed reviews about the settling period and would love advice about separation anxiety, my biggest wobble point. Thanks :)

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Hoppinggreen · 23/03/2025 11:40

Shetlands · 23/03/2025 11:22

I grew up with racing greyhounds and never had any issues with them as a child. I used to walk them around the little show plot before the races from about age 7 or 8 - where the punters could observe the dogs before putting their bets on. Men would shout out to me "Has your Dad fed that dog today?" and I'd answer according to what my father had coached me to say. As a child I visited all the race tracks in the southwest from 7yrs - about 12 yrs old, usually on a school night too! I just went for the dogs because I loved them and my father used me to tell various bookies and punters what he wanted them to believe! He used to train greyhounds for other people too so I'd try to tag along with that if I could - often crouched up in the boot of his mate's clapped-out estate car with a bunch of hounds!

Sounds idylic for you, probably not so much for The greyhounds.
Even if your Dad was one of the few ethical trainers so many more aren't

Shetlands · 23/03/2025 11:55

Hoppinggreen · 23/03/2025 11:40

Sounds idylic for you, probably not so much for The greyhounds.
Even if your Dad was one of the few ethical trainers so many more aren't

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I agree - as an adult, I'm vehemently anti-greyhound racing (and horse racing) as well as all blood sports. I've also been a vegetarian for nearly 60 years!

Fibrous · 11/04/2025 16:16

Did you get your dog, OP? How are you getting on?

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