jasmine
12-08-2009, 12:49 PM
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How absolutely fabulous! I suspect I'm the one mentioned with five greyhounds, although four of them are little Italian greyhounds. My Gryffin is fabulous. He's ten and raced in Connecticut. He snuggles and takes care of my little ones, and is also friendly with cats. It doesn't surprise me to hear of Jasmine's gentle nature.
12-09-2009, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GryffinSong
How absolutely fabulous! I suspect I'm the one mentioned with five greyhounds, although four of them are little Italian greyhounds. My Gryffin is fabulous. He's ten and raced in Connec
Hi again! I adore these dogs! I have a friend in the UK who breeds what we call 'lurchers' which are greyhounds or deerhounds crossed with, I think Border Collies originally. They're the most beautiful gentle creatures. In the UK they won't rehome retired racing greyhounds to homes with cats because of the chasing thing. I looked into adopting at one point but as I had 3 cats at the time, it was a no go. Shame! I'd love to have one but here in France they're really prejudiced against them, no idea why! :shock: ticut. He snuggles and takes care of my little ones, and is also friendly with cats. It doesn't surprise me to hear of Jasmine's gentle nature.
Originally Posted by GryffinSong
How absolutely fabulous! I suspect I'm the one mentioned with five greyhounds, although four of them are little Italian greyhounds. My Gryffin is fabulous. He's ten and raced in Connecticut. He snuggles and takes care of my little ones, and is also friendly with cats. It doesn't surprise me to hear of Jasmine's gentle nature.
12-10-2009, 08:54 AM
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As to prejudice, as I understand it, European countries consider racing dogs to be hunters, and require them to be muzzled in public. Perhaps they still train them on live game? I don't know. But I have heard that there are restrictions on them. I've met many greyhounds with a very strong prey drive, whom I would not trust with cats. And I've met many who are gentle as lambs. It just depends on the individual dog.
12-10-2009, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by GryffinSong
As to prejudice, as I understand it, European countries consider racing dogs to be hunters, and require them to be muzzled in public. Perhaps they still train them on live game? I don't know. But I have heard that there are restrictions on them. I've met many greyhounds with a very strong prey drive, whom I would not trust with cats. And I've met many who are gentle as lambs. It just depends on the individual dog.
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12-11-2009, 12:34 AM
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I did a bit of googling and discussed this with Hans and think I may have misunderstood the prejudice thing. It's more a hunting issue (and that's pratically a religion in the French countryside!). All sight hounds are not allowed to hunt and technically should be always leashed in public places so country ppl don't keep them because there's no purpose to them (in their view). They have their hunting dogs outside and often a smaller lap type dog inside for the wife! Also this is a fairly poor region and a big dog who doesn't earn it's keep is too big a luxury.
Amma, greyhound racing is big in the UK as well where there's a big betting culture. Apparently it's the second most popular sport after football (soccer). I have major issues with it because of the welfare of the animals... :hunf:
Amma, greyhound racing is big in the UK as well where there's a big betting culture. Apparently it's the second most popular sport after football (soccer). I have major issues with it because of the welfare of the animals... :hunf:
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