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[cara]

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my mom is in her early 60s,newly retired,and desperately misses her dog who passed away a few years ago.

she has decided to get a rescue greyhound.The greyhound rescue people are visiting her home to asess suitability next week.

my grandmother is concerned that it might be too big a dog for her house(it is a 3bed semi).i think it would be fine.

We are also concerned about how it will get along with my 15yr old lurcher(a bitch),and my brothers dog(a cross breed dog,about 5yrs old).

Any advice would be most welcome?

thanks in advance,

kat and cara.xx

 

[Silverpeacock]

Hi! I think your mum has made a great choice in a Greyhound, they make great companions and as they are usually good on the lead and really easy to walk.

A 3 bed semi sounds like the lap of luxury to me - I have two greyhounds in a similar sized house, and know many hounds living in much smaller homes. The home checker is likely to be more concerned about the security of the garden, and aren't going to be counting bedrooms and checking for en-suites!!! Your home checker will also be a good source of advice so pick their brains while they are there.

As to the other dogs, let the rescue centre know that you have other dogs in the family that are likely to visit often, that way they can at least help your Mum select a dog that is known to be OK with other dogs, you may even be asked to take your own dogs to meet the new hound before it comes home to make sure they all get on. But knowing Greyhounds, as long as the introduction is done with a bit of thought (ask your re-homing group / others on here) you should have no problems.

I'm sure your mum will have years of happiness with a hound as a companion...

Good luck

 

[Debbie b]

Hiya, welldone for your mum in choosing a greyhound for a pet they make lovely companions, as for other dogs as a rule they are generally ok as i have had 9 over the years and they have mixed with all breeds, i would suggest that she takes on one maybe over 5 as younger ones seem to be very inquisitive to the goings on around them outside, but as long as they have their food and a sofa they make themselves very much at home, their are several books on retired greyhounds as pets it might be worth going to the library and have a read up failing that there are many people on here to give you advice best of luck and i hope your mum gets so much pleasure having a greyhound

 

[cara]

thanks so much for the advice.my mom is generally very active and enjoys walking the dogs plenty.

I was thinking maybe it might be a good idea to take our dogs to the park with the new greyhound before we go to the house,so they can get to know each other on neutral ground.

thanks again.

kat&cara

 

[Silverpeacock]

thanks so much for the advice.my mom is generally very active and enjoys walking the dogs plenty.I was thinking maybe it might be a good idea to take our dogs to the park with the new greyhound before we go to the house,so they can get to know each other on neutral ground.

thanks again.

kat&cara

Sounds like a good plan, i do that with mine when they are spending any length of time with other dogs in their home.

 

[PennyLurcher]

Go for it

I'm 66 my wife is 65 we live in a 3 bed terrace house and we have 2 Border Collies a Lurcher and a Greyhound.

Robbie the greyhound is an x racer , hes , 8 in June and hes the biggest baby weve ever had

We are very lucky as we take him in the local park ,off lead and all the kids love him and he doesnt bother about the other dogs in the park.

He does try to catch the tree rats ,but never does. :lol:

Bernard & Mary

 

[thedoghouse]

kat & cara,

i just wanted to reassure you that i don't think size will be an issue. although greyhounds are 'big' height-wise they really don't have much 'meat' on them & do love to squeeze themselves into the smallest of spaces on the sofa (at least mine do!). my partner & i live in a small rented property & after finding out how little 'room' one greyhound took up, we soon upgraded to 2 (& i'm considering fostering another on top of that)!

as for getting on with the other dogs, i guess it just depends on their individual personalities. in my experience (i volunteer at my local rehoming charity) most greyhounds tend to get on well with other dogs of all shapes & sizes once they have had time to adjust to being out of racing kennels & realise that non-greyhounds are dogs too!

hope your mum grows to love her dog as much as i love mine =)

ps bernard & mary - robbie is just gorgeous!

 

[Breeze mum]

So glad to hear your Mum is adopting a lovely greyhound, it will be the best thing she ever does. I'm 63 and live in a 3 bed terrace and when we first brought Breeze home she seemed so TALL!!!! but she fits in lovely. As to getting on with other dogs, depends what sort of life the dog has had, is it a recently retired racer or has it been passed around/abandoned or otherwise had not such a good life? Our poor Breeze had been through it a bit when we got her and she wasn't so easy to handle at first but two years on and she's fantastic. There are just odd times when she takes against a strange dog though and I never know why but a couple of months ago we took in a little old Yorkie whose owner had died and we have had no bother at all. The advice about introducing other dogs on neutral ground is very sensible indeed. You will find lots of help and encouragement on this forum. If there are any problems with the dog, we found Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer) to be a huge help. Wishing your Mum much happiness with her new dog.