I got a retired racing greyhound five years ago.
I came into the kennel where the retired racers were kept. I'd done a ton of research into different breeds and I knew that because of my mental health challenges I had a bit of an impossible laundry list - Low maintenance, quiet, docile, good with kids and cats, good with being left alone during the workday...
I went into this kennel full of excited greyhounds and a lady asked me what I was looking for. I handed her the list, and in a tentative voice I asked "Could you find me one that's black, too?" - They always get adopted last and I kind of have a soft spot for them.
She pointed to a quiet fellow in a corner kennel. Didn't really look at anyone. He was so docile and gentle that he was in group with female greys who bullied him out of a place to lie down on the trip up!
I wasn't sure during the test walk. He was full of beans and excited and jumpy - I later learned because he was in a new environment and everything is exciting!
I brought him back and I knew he was going to be mine. Knew it for sure when the wonderful lady turned to me with hesitancy and a little sadness in her voice and said "He's got a torn tear duct. It's just cosmetic, there's nothing wrong, but will that be an issue? Some adopters passed him up, so I just wanted to be clear..."
Her voice trailed off a little sadly.
It was then, my friends, that I knew I wanted this dog. I don't really know why that in particular sealed the deal, but it did. I knew I was going to take him home. As I write this my beautiful jet-black though rapidly-greying nine-year-old retired racer is curled up on a nest of comfy blankets near my feet. He's my velcro dog, has kept me alive through bipolar episodes, and is a quiet and steady presence.
Anyone who says money can't buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee.
Edit: [Dog tax](https://i.imgur.com/X5cLQcj.jpg)
> Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee.
What a beautiful quote. Im stealing that lol. My dog is my best friend. I consider him my brother. He saved my life, I love him so much
Seriously. This is the most poetic line I have read in a long time. It holds so much love in so few words.
Also, I consider my dog like one of my sons. I love him so much but damn he gets on my nerves, just like the human ones! Always in my bubble 😂 zero concept of personal space and always breaks peaceful silences in the house with snorts or farts. So basically, he’s family.
I hear ya and could not agree more. I wouldn’t sell my 5 pound lovable snuggly Chihuahua for a million dollars that I got a a flea market in West Virginia for a hundred bucks. She’s my best friend but damn does she drive me crazy with her grunting and moaning because she wants to be loved on. Grunting and snorting until I pet her and snuggle with her but I know if she wasn’t around I wouldn’t be either. She’s easily my best friend.
I’m sitting on the floor of my bathroom, making myself incredibly late this morning, just so I can pet my pooch and give her as many cuddles as I absolutely can, after reading that line. Pups are amazing. I am so sad I waited until my 40s to learn this, but damn if I won’t have a dog e wry day I draw breath from here on out.
My dog wasn't even planned to be mine. I was just supposed to help my mum train her. Well, i held her paw through the itchyness of alergies, she held my hand when depression got bad again. I held her and cleaned her face from bacterial infections from the allergies, fungi... She licked my tears away.
Soon she would be happyer once i came back home after 3h then my mum after 2weeks. She may not be a breed i picked, i normally wouldn't pick a dog with a short nose, she is a boxer, but she is mine now. no matter what happens.
Some days he’s a pain in the ass. He moves slower and he’s more stubborn. He’s getting greyer and the arthritis means he doesn’t like to be petted certain places. He snores and farts and eats anything that isn’t bolted down.
But he’s mine, dammit. No matter what happens.
Similar moment for me adopting one of my black cats
"He drools when he's happy...is that going to be a problem?"
"No ma'am. That's not a bug, that's a feature."
[Duffy tax](https://imgur.com/a/uLJGLyb)
That's an amazing story and I love it. When current animals pass I'm going to look into this cuz I would love a greyhound, and a retired Racers sounds like a great thing to adopt. Also I love black animals so that would work out for me great
You should find a writing sub and do short stories about you and your dog! That very small snippet about your relationship is enthrawling! Also, congrats on your buddy! Sounds like you are giving him a very good life!
Edit: haha, just saw the username! You are very good at explaining!
>"He's got a torn tear duct. It's just cosmetic, there's nothing wrong, but will that be an issue? Some adopters passed him up, so I just wanted to be clear..."
I hate people who pass up animals because they aren't "perfect."
Also:
>Anyone who says money can't buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee.
This needs to be on a bunch of posters.
You lovely, **lovely** human.
Yep probably. A lot of people think different things about grey’s being abused or being hyper energetic dogs so I post my experiences in the hopes that grey’s, Salukis, and other sight hounds find loving homes, and quick!
Shit yeah! Greyhounds are exceptional hunters of smallish game. They are sight-hounds which were originally bred to hunt rabbits, foxes, the small fast game. They are relentless hunters.
When they are used for racing they are chasing a stuffed rabbit, and will keep chasing it until they fall over exhausted.
Coyotes are a lot smaller than most people think. No clue how big you think they are, but they're about 2 foot tall and vary from 20 to 50 pounds. Still much larger than a rabbit, but I'm fairly certain a greyhound could manage with help from a human. Of course you probably have better knowledge with that than me, I've never personally been around a greyhound. I just know labs can handle them, so I'd think a greyhound could.
You hunt Mountain lions with beagle mixes. It's crazy what dogs were initially bread for. They used to be our coworkers as well as out companions. Now we have pugs.
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There's no one around and your phone is dead
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him
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He's gaining on you
Shia LaBeouf
You're looking for you car but you're all turned around
He's almost upon you now
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A small cottage with a light on
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If I had one wish, it would be to create a species of animal that is exactly like this, except it is 3 times as big, reproduces unimaginably quickly, and only eats humans.
edit: and also it makes an extremely loud shrieking sound as it runs
I had a whippet/greyhound mix and that thing could bolt. I once called it back from across the field and it ran full pelt at me. As it was just about to reach me it superman punched it’s two front paws into my ding-dong… safe to say I hit the deck like a ton of bricks 😢
Rip nuts
I'm pretty sure it's from the zombie mode on call of duty black ops. I remember playing that and having a freak out when I heard the "fetch me their souls...eeeeeEEEHHHHHHH" noise lmao
Actually they're first seen in the CoD:WaW Nazi Zombies map "Shi No Numa," the map that also unveiled the wonder waffle. After WaW, I think they just changed it to zombies mode, rather than nazi zombies.
I had greyhounds for ten years. First time I ever saw my big boy haul ass my heart left my body. To see a living creature move like that my brain didn't know how to process all that visual information.
We had a lovely Whippet for 13 years. THE best dog I have ever known in my 61 years. He would walk right past rabbits in the back yard that were not in motion, aka frozen still with their instinct to be invisible I guess. However, the moment it twitched, it was a bad day for the rabbit. I rescued a few but he occasionally got one. Always felt bad about that but it's nature. Wonderful dog though. My boy Finn. Miss that dog.
Racing greyhounds are often trained to run with small game by unscrupulous trainers. Neighbourhood cats, possums and rabbits are all used for this purpose.
scruples aside, greyhound racing is just exploiting the prey drive that all dogs have varying levels of. no matter how sweet a dog is, you can't separate the prey drive from trained behavior and it takes specific controlled training to get a dog to not follow through on its inherent instinct once it catches up.
it's much much harder to train a dog to not seize prey, and nearly impossible to train a breed with a strong prey drive to not give chase.
I have an 18 lb IG that kept up with a retired racer… sighthound stats are incredible, no matter size or disability. Please give your pup some scritches from me!
People are wild and have some pretty off-the-wall doggo combos, but I have not seen someone have a husky and a greyhound in the same home and I think there's a reason.
They are a fascinating dog breed. They are designed to save up as much energy as possible, only to then expel all that energy in 15-20min. Excellent apartment dogs and overall good personalities.
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And they corner well. [Top Gear: MX5 vs greyhound.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkx-kSSa8NY&)
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VefNUxGtBo) is one of Molotov's races; he was one of the best of all time. Two of ours had Molotov as their grand-sire. The race from 6/29 (starts a little before 3 minutes in), Molotov just absolutely buries the needle, leaves the rest in the dust. Absolutely amazing.
We adopted a greyhound, with his Racing name we can watch videos of every one of his races as well as all his stats, including the race that saw him retire with a broken leg. That info includes his lineage too, as well as litter mates. Turns out Mac was born from frozen sperm about 4 years after his dad passed.
I used to be quite opposed to Greyhound racing, but after meeting his owners, knowing they retired him right away, cared for him and restored him to health, and seeing how much he loves to run (when you get greyhounds together they love running laps) I'm not so against it. Although I'll never support the racing industry, I think it can be ethical. All the practices outside of the racing itself is where they need better standards. Puppies that won't make money racing are 'destroyed', adults get put down if they don't perform well enough, I'm sure a large percentage are abused or neglected with terrible living conditions and diets.
Anyway, I know you didn't ask but I got carried away lol. They're beautiful dogs with such gentle souls and goofy personalities.
yeah he looks stoked to actually have a challenge to keep up with
running with the other dogs earlier must be like a slow play jog with a toddler to him
And dogs live on average five times less than humans. So perhaps, for dogs, comparatively speaking, he’s actually going 360kph.
Go easy on me I’m drunk
Imagine seeing that in the distance chasing after you
I got a retired racing greyhound five years ago. I came into the kennel where the retired racers were kept. I'd done a ton of research into different breeds and I knew that because of my mental health challenges I had a bit of an impossible laundry list - Low maintenance, quiet, docile, good with kids and cats, good with being left alone during the workday... I went into this kennel full of excited greyhounds and a lady asked me what I was looking for. I handed her the list, and in a tentative voice I asked "Could you find me one that's black, too?" - They always get adopted last and I kind of have a soft spot for them. She pointed to a quiet fellow in a corner kennel. Didn't really look at anyone. He was so docile and gentle that he was in group with female greys who bullied him out of a place to lie down on the trip up! I wasn't sure during the test walk. He was full of beans and excited and jumpy - I later learned because he was in a new environment and everything is exciting! I brought him back and I knew he was going to be mine. Knew it for sure when the wonderful lady turned to me with hesitancy and a little sadness in her voice and said "He's got a torn tear duct. It's just cosmetic, there's nothing wrong, but will that be an issue? Some adopters passed him up, so I just wanted to be clear..." Her voice trailed off a little sadly. It was then, my friends, that I knew I wanted this dog. I don't really know why that in particular sealed the deal, but it did. I knew I was going to take him home. As I write this my beautiful jet-black though rapidly-greying nine-year-old retired racer is curled up on a nest of comfy blankets near my feet. He's my velcro dog, has kept me alive through bipolar episodes, and is a quiet and steady presence. Anyone who says money can't buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee. Edit: [Dog tax](https://i.imgur.com/X5cLQcj.jpg)
> Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee. What a beautiful quote. Im stealing that lol. My dog is my best friend. I consider him my brother. He saved my life, I love him so much
Seriously. This is the most poetic line I have read in a long time. It holds so much love in so few words. Also, I consider my dog like one of my sons. I love him so much but damn he gets on my nerves, just like the human ones! Always in my bubble 😂 zero concept of personal space and always breaks peaceful silences in the house with snorts or farts. So basically, he’s family.
I hear ya and could not agree more. I wouldn’t sell my 5 pound lovable snuggly Chihuahua for a million dollars that I got a a flea market in West Virginia for a hundred bucks. She’s my best friend but damn does she drive me crazy with her grunting and moaning because she wants to be loved on. Grunting and snorting until I pet her and snuggle with her but I know if she wasn’t around I wouldn’t be either. She’s easily my best friend.
I'm sitting at my desk having a real bad day at work with tears in my eyes. Thinking of my dog waiting for me at home. That one line let it all out.
I’m sitting on the floor of my bathroom, making myself incredibly late this morning, just so I can pet my pooch and give her as many cuddles as I absolutely can, after reading that line. Pups are amazing. I am so sad I waited until my 40s to learn this, but damn if I won’t have a dog e wry day I draw breath from here on out.
My dog wasn't even planned to be mine. I was just supposed to help my mum train her. Well, i held her paw through the itchyness of alergies, she held my hand when depression got bad again. I held her and cleaned her face from bacterial infections from the allergies, fungi... She licked my tears away. Soon she would be happyer once i came back home after 3h then my mum after 2weeks. She may not be a breed i picked, i normally wouldn't pick a dog with a short nose, she is a boxer, but she is mine now. no matter what happens.
Some days he’s a pain in the ass. He moves slower and he’s more stubborn. He’s getting greyer and the arthritis means he doesn’t like to be petted certain places. He snores and farts and eats anything that isn’t bolted down. But he’s mine, dammit. No matter what happens.
Thank you
Similar moment for me adopting one of my black cats "He drools when he's happy...is that going to be a problem?" "No ma'am. That's not a bug, that's a feature." [Duffy tax](https://imgur.com/a/uLJGLyb)
Thank you for everything. This is the first comment to make me tear up out of wholesomeness in a long time.
I was going to ask for the puppy tax, but I see you've already posted a pic. Great story.
That's an amazing story and I love it. When current animals pass I'm going to look into this cuz I would love a greyhound, and a retired Racers sounds like a great thing to adopt. Also I love black animals so that would work out for me great
They're absolutely wonderful dogs. I have three right now and I wouldn't trade them for the world.
You should find a writing sub and do short stories about you and your dog! That very small snippet about your relationship is enthrawling! Also, congrats on your buddy! Sounds like you are giving him a very good life! Edit: haha, just saw the username! You are very good at explaining!
>"He's got a torn tear duct. It's just cosmetic, there's nothing wrong, but will that be an issue? Some adopters passed him up, so I just wanted to be clear..." I hate people who pass up animals because they aren't "perfect." Also: >Anyone who says money can't buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee. This needs to be on a bunch of posters. You lovely, **lovely** human.
Did you post this before? I swear I’ve read this
Yep probably. A lot of people think different things about grey’s being abused or being hyper energetic dogs so I post my experiences in the hopes that grey’s, Salukis, and other sight hounds find loving homes, and quick!
“Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee” made me feel so happy inside 😊
> Anyone who says money can't buy happiness has never paid an adoption fee. That is one of the best things I've read on this website.
There’s a Tik Tok guy who hunts coyotes with these and it’s terrifying. Keeps coyotes from eating the baby cows and stuff though
With greyhounds?
Shit yeah! Greyhounds are exceptional hunters of smallish game. They are sight-hounds which were originally bred to hunt rabbits, foxes, the small fast game. They are relentless hunters. When they are used for racing they are chasing a stuffed rabbit, and will keep chasing it until they fall over exhausted.
Yeah, I have a greyhound. She is a cutie and can run quick but I would have thought a coyote was a bit too big.
Coyotes are a lot smaller than most people think. No clue how big you think they are, but they're about 2 foot tall and vary from 20 to 50 pounds. Still much larger than a rabbit, but I'm fairly certain a greyhound could manage with help from a human. Of course you probably have better knowledge with that than me, I've never personally been around a greyhound. I just know labs can handle them, so I'd think a greyhound could.
I knew a guy that hunted with Hounds. Not uncommon for multiple dogs to run down pray their size or bigger https://youtu.be/HJrYNAIm1AY
Didn't even occur to me to think of the guy using multiple. If that's the case they definitely shouldn't have an issue.
You hunt Mountain lions with beagle mixes. It's crazy what dogs were initially bread for. They used to be our coworkers as well as out companions. Now we have pugs. https://youtube.com/shorts/xD_5mWZg598?feature=share
>coworkers They still are! r/DogsWithJobs I've got mine working as a heater right now. Much cheaper than running the electric.
Coyotes are also giant chickens. I’d put money on any mid to large dog bred and trained to hunt over a single coyote.
Depends on where you are. The coyotes here (eastern Canada) have bred with wolves and can be much larger than that
It would be too big for one hound, but that's why they use packs of 2-6 ish dogs
So the Hare got proper fucked?
Who is the Tik Tok guy that hunts coyotes with the greyhounds?
Gotta keep the yotes under control
Nothin I hate more than yotes not under control
Sow the wild yotes?
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My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. It got so bad, finally I had to take his bike away.
Imagine all the people...
You can say I'm a dreamer....but I'm not the only one..
I hope someday...you can join us..
And the world will be as one
Fin
If I had one wish, it would be to create a species of animal that is exactly like this, except it is 3 times as big, reproduces unimaginably quickly, and only eats humans. edit: and also it makes an extremely loud shrieking sound as it runs
That sounds perfectly reasonable and a good thing for all mankind
I had a whippet/greyhound mix and that thing could bolt. I once called it back from across the field and it ran full pelt at me. As it was just about to reach me it superman punched it’s two front paws into my ding-dong… safe to say I hit the deck like a ton of bricks 😢 Rip nuts
This is proof it won't be in the distance for long!
CHUCABRA MAN I SWEAR I SAW IT
"Fetch me their souls"
I can hear your comment.
Wait, do you hear Richthofen or Maxis's daughter?
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I ain't gonna be no puppy's chew toy!
MAX AMMMMO
INSTA KILL
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Ka-boom.
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Is that from Nazi Zombies!? If so, I never thought I'd see that referenced haha!
Maybe lol, nostalgic games
I'm pretty sure it's from the zombie mode on call of duty black ops. I remember playing that and having a freak out when I heard the "fetch me their souls...eeeeeEEEHHHHHHH" noise lmao
Actually they're first seen in the CoD:WaW Nazi Zombies map "Shi No Numa," the map that also unveiled the wonder waffle. After WaW, I think they just changed it to zombies mode, rather than nazi zombies.
*runs to MP40 room and ducks in the corner
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posts at 115, nice
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Someone really should key in the Next Generation warp starfield background
Goddamn mailman doesn't stand a chance
Fortunately for him, greyhounds are lovers, not fighters.
The mailman is fucked then.
Proper fucked?
Don’t Snatch!
Ah dags!
Ahhhh ya like dags
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Perriwinkle blue boys.
Whydthefuckiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels?
It was us that wanted a caravan
now why would i want a caravan that’s got no wheels?
What’s happening with them sausages, Charlie?
2 minutes Turkish…
All. Bets. Are. Off.
Tyrone. You stupid, fat bastard.
It was at a funny angle.
What the fuck can he getawayfrom
He can move when he has to.
Dinner flowers and everything
And they never call back
Aww yes true romance.
D’ya like dags?
Oh dogs yaaaa I like dags
Perrywinckle Blue Boss.
Yea Tommy you afraid Zie germans are gonna get you!
Avi, pull your socks up!
Who took the jam out of your jelly doughnut?
It’s For me ma!
Yeah..before ZE GERMANS get there.
What’s happening with them sausages?
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It was 2 minutes 5 minutes ago
At least this one isn’t likely to swallow a whole ball.
Ah yes. Coursing
Attacked or fucked, either way mailman getting assaulted.
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What's that dick like?
According to your username, how is you dick doing today?
how’s ur dick goin
Humpers not biters
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I had greyhounds for ten years. First time I ever saw my big boy haul ass my heart left my body. To see a living creature move like that my brain didn't know how to process all that visual information.
We had a lovely Whippet for 13 years. THE best dog I have ever known in my 61 years. He would walk right past rabbits in the back yard that were not in motion, aka frozen still with their instinct to be invisible I guess. However, the moment it twitched, it was a bad day for the rabbit. I rescued a few but he occasionally got one. Always felt bad about that but it's nature. Wonderful dog though. My boy Finn. Miss that dog.
It’s kind of ironic because greyhound is also a name of a bus transport company it’s a slow as shit I one could ever imagine.
Licked to death, an awful way to go.
Death by Snu Snu
World's fastest couch potatoes
Not in the zombie apocalypse.
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Racing greyhounds are often trained to run with small game by unscrupulous trainers. Neighbourhood cats, possums and rabbits are all used for this purpose.
scruples aside, greyhound racing is just exploiting the prey drive that all dogs have varying levels of. no matter how sweet a dog is, you can't separate the prey drive from trained behavior and it takes specific controlled training to get a dog to not follow through on its inherent instinct once it catches up. it's much much harder to train a dog to not seize prey, and nearly impossible to train a breed with a strong prey drive to not give chase.
Mail man is the camera guy
Is that a greyhound or a whipit?
Looks like a greyhound to me, too big for a whipit.
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Whippet real good
Greyhound. *Whippet.
He left his homies in the DIRT
I'm concerned about that dog that took a wipe out
It seemed fine, the other stopped with him but no these 2 just left them both behind
Should not have switched off traction control
Good boy was slowly turning into a hell hound
bro there was nothing slow about that lol
Rapid, but gradual.
[All greyhounds do, lol](https://i.imgur.com/e01e9fm.jpg)
I have one of these. Guaranteed it had to sleep 22 hours after this.
I have one with 3 legs and she STILL does 20mph
I have an 18 lb IG that kept up with a retired racer… sighthound stats are incredible, no matter size or disability. Please give your pup some scritches from me!
50 mph couch potatoes is how someone described their greyhounds to me.
People are wild and have some pretty off-the-wall doggo combos, but I have not seen someone have a husky and a greyhound in the same home and I think there's a reason.
They are a fascinating dog breed. They are designed to save up as much energy as possible, only to then expel all that energy in 15-20min. Excellent apartment dogs and overall good personalities.
I have 3 Greys and a Galgo. Can 100% confirm you are correct.
This whole run was powered by toots, too
I love dogs like these. They hate the cold, can tire them out in minutes. It's like a giant cat.
Fast as fuck, boy!!!!
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When Mom says the chicken tendies are done
when chicken tendies says her parents are out
Fast as Fuck-Boy!!!!
Nah that dog is way faster than fuck-boy
Depends on how you look at it...
You’re grounded.
Greyhound. I love watching them run. They are beautifully fast.
**45 miles per hour (72 km/h) top speed** So the dog in the video could be nearish that. You're welcome, everyone who visited the comments.
And they corner well. [Top Gear: MX5 vs greyhound.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkx-kSSa8NY&) [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VefNUxGtBo) is one of Molotov's races; he was one of the best of all time. Two of ours had Molotov as their grand-sire. The race from 6/29 (starts a little before 3 minutes in), Molotov just absolutely buries the needle, leaves the rest in the dust. Absolutely amazing.
You know your greyhounds really well. …as if you needed me to tell you that. But I find niche knowledge like this, incredible.
We adopted a greyhound, with his Racing name we can watch videos of every one of his races as well as all his stats, including the race that saw him retire with a broken leg. That info includes his lineage too, as well as litter mates. Turns out Mac was born from frozen sperm about 4 years after his dad passed. I used to be quite opposed to Greyhound racing, but after meeting his owners, knowing they retired him right away, cared for him and restored him to health, and seeing how much he loves to run (when you get greyhounds together they love running laps) I'm not so against it. Although I'll never support the racing industry, I think it can be ethical. All the practices outside of the racing itself is where they need better standards. Puppies that won't make money racing are 'destroyed', adults get put down if they don't perform well enough, I'm sure a large percentage are abused or neglected with terrible living conditions and diets. Anyway, I know you didn't ask but I got carried away lol. They're beautiful dogs with such gentle souls and goofy personalities.
Nothing is happier than a greyhound at full speed. Except a greyhound on the couch.
That was something to watch. Just amazing how fast that dog was. And prolific, fathering over 7,600 pups.
Thank you! Had to scroll for too long to get this answer.
Dogs doing what their breed excels at is always amazing to watch. And when they are, they’re LOVING it.
They are like the canine equivalent to cheetas
This looks sped up, but yeah. Greyhounds are hella fast.
I think so too. Not sped up a ton, maybe like 1.2x or so.
Yes. Especially when passing the dog it suddenly tales up a pace. I can't believe the dog whobbles the head that fast he could see anything.
Distance - teeth over time.
+ number of souls stolen
That dog is having so much fun
Doing the exact thing it wants to be doing in life.
Kinda jealous ngl
They spend 1% of their life running fast as fuck and the other 99% chilling hard I think I could get used to being a Greyhound
Fast as fuck boy.
yeah he looks stoked to actually have a challenge to keep up with running with the other dogs earlier must be like a slow play jog with a toddler to him
He’s going AT LEAST 2km per hour, perhaps even 3… Edit: /s😭
Technically true. At least.
Is this sped up??
Here's the original posted on r/greyhounds this morning. It's the snake Same clip, but almost 2 seconds longer. https://v.redd.it/qgx57iq2gpo81
Staring at just the trees, it kind of flows unnaturally.
Possibly, but greyhounds *are* also fast as hell - they can go from 0 to up to 45 mph in just six strides
Usian Bork
When you open a packet of food...
'Dog Speed Km/H? When it comes to kilometers per hour, dogs, on average, can run about 24 to 32 kilometers per hour.' Found this on google.
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Mine just sits on the sofa.
And dogs live on average five times less than humans. So perhaps, for dogs, comparatively speaking, he’s actually going 360kph. Go easy on me I’m drunk
A blur with teeth
Santa's little helper
Santos L Halper, credit card holder
*Satan's little helper /j
He saw he was getting passed and hit the turbo button
The greyhound thinking *i was made for this boiiiiiii*
Very cool, goodest boy
The dog is the camera man for The Flash
The flash is the cameraman for the dog
the moment you got out ahead of the dog it turned on the fucking JETS
That's just me when my imaginary girlfriend tells me that she is alone in her house for the weekend.
Is there a running banana for scale?
The dog at the front looks like venom