Posted by floatingbridge on September 11, 2011, at 12:49:52
In reply to Re: Thanks » floatingbridge, posted by Solstice on September 11, 2011, at 12:26:23
What I know about greyhounds is from friends who adopted and rehabilitated the racing greyhounds. We used to live where this sport was very popular. So these are the standard greyhounds.
My observations of these standards were that they were indeed very bonded to their owners, often leaning into them gently and being near them, though not underfoot. One issue was that they would be among the most obedient dogs on earth, but would take chase after something every so often,
and I mean just fly off for blocks and blocks, leaving their too
trusting owner walking around calling with an empty lead in their hands.This could have been prevented by never letting them off lead to begin with, but as a dog lover, I find that too difficult
sometimes. And I have a doxie that will just wander off just
when he knows my attention is elsewhere. Once, he ran at top speed, across an about 1.5 acre lawn into someone's bona fide mansion where people where milling about in suits and pearls drinking cocktails. He ran straight into the house (a rather quaint term for such a structure) while I huffed
across the lawn with an infant strapped to my chest in a
carrier. He would not come out for nothing as I stood, very embarrassed, a winded, sweating, and disheveled hippie-type, on the patio steps waiting for someone to retrieve him from the inner recesses of the house.He has since been allowed off lead....
Dogs. Once they get you, well, I find I am not always the owner but that the roles switch back and forth.
By the way. If you are courting the idea of getting a dog :-). (a great idea IMHO) the affection, bonding does not always work in a straight line, like instant love. Though it can and
does often. I have found it has taken me some time with some dogs, like my spaniel, to find the deep places.But you'll probably find that love place pretty quick. Very good luck if you go forward. I can only say dogs are an incredible inconvenience and an indispensable joy. *Sigh*
BTW, I truly miss my cat as well. She trained our dogs to be good canine citizens.
I dig a pony.
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