Fantastic idea.

[motorbiking]

They are lazy buggers 23 hours a day. That would have been a great match particularly for a retired racer whose joints might be shot.

 

[morqthana]

They are lazy buggers 23 hours a day.

Like all animals which hunt the way they do, they do not expend energy except when chasing down their prey. Instinct.

 

[morqthana]

I used to see a guy who had adopted a racing greyhound. I used to feel sorry for it because he was an older gentleman who walked very slowly. The dog kept looking at him as if to say “come on let’s get going”. So cruel.

This is funny - guy tries to see if he can outrun a greyhound if he has a head start.

Problem is it's his dog, and as soon as it catches up it stops running and jumps around as if to say "this is fun, what we doing next?"

 

[Highway Man]

I used to see a guy who had adopted a racing greyhound. I used to feel sorry for it because he was an older gentleman who walked very slowly. The dog kept looking at him as if to say “come on let’s get going”. So cruel.

Oddly enough, the dog was probably less agile than the owner. Greyhounds do not really like walking, some do but most are happy to use the garden and sleep all day. They like a run in an enclosed field once a week as they are used to being kept in a kennel all week then raced at a track once a week. You have to train them to go for walks on a lead. I am sure the dog you saw was looking at him to see if he was ok.

 

[Highway Man]

Like all animals which hunt the way they do, they do not expend energy except when chasing down their prey. Instinct.

Yes that is true, they conserve their enegy purely for racing or hunting in bursts.

 

[motorbiking]

Sight hounds are amazing to watch when they run. AFAIK no other dog has a double articulated hip. This one wasn’t even trying.

This is funny - guy tries to see if he can outrun a greyhound if he has a head start.

Problem is it's his dog, and as soon as it catches up it stops running and jumps around as if to say "this is fun, what we doing next?"

Looks like a whippet.

 

[Highway Man]

Sight hounds are amazing to watch when they run. AFAIK no other dog has a double articulated hip. This one wasn’t even trying.
Looks like a whippet.

I think a whippet but it could be an Italian greyhound?

 

[motorbiking]

The world’s biggest one.

 

[Highway Man]

The world’s biggest one.

Oh yes, my bad I didn't think, they are toy greyhounds.

 

[motorbiking]

There are subtle differences apart from the size.

Greys have longer faces proportionally and iggys have a lot less muscle.

 

[Highway Man]

There are subtle differences apart from the size.

Greys have longer faces proportionally and iggys have a lot less muscle.

I am reading and watching everything I can about greyhounds at the moment, did some research on whippets as Lena was besotted by them. I think they are a bit too needy at the moment for us, a retired greyhound suits us better, I am sure once we retire and have the time for a whippet they would be perfect for Lena. About as stubborn as her anyway.

 

[morqthana]

Sight hounds are amazing to watch when they run. AFAIK no other dog has a double articulated hip.

Salukis?

 

[morqthana]

I am sure once we retire and have the time for a whippet they would be perfect for Lena. About as stubborn as her anyway.

Jack Russell.

 

[Highway Man]

Salukis?

I think but don't quote me that a saluki is similar in size to a standard greyhound

 

[motorbiking]

Salukis?

Sight hound. But I need to correct myself - it’s the spine not the hips that give them the double suspension cheetah like gallop.

Whatever it is their legs go straight out when they run unlike other dogs.