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My sister rescued a former racing greyhound and I've spent quite a bit of time with him. He's a very good and easygoing dog, well trained and very calm.
A few odd things, he had no idea at first how to go up or down steps as he'd never seen them before, the racing dogs live in cages and go right to the track down a ramp I'm told. So we had to teach him stairs, some falls but now he's ok with them.
My sister found a group of people who also own greyhounds and whippets, they get together to exercise the dogs and I'd highly reccomend this if you get one and can find such a group near you.
All in all I'd say a great dog for kids, very calm and easy going. You do have to teach them how to play but once they learn they love it.
farbie
BTW, if he's on a leash and sees an animal running he chases, if you're not prepared then you're goin for a ride :-)
There are 2 orgs that deal with rescuing them, one was sort of a pain to deal with the other was great.
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