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[fallenangel]

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we had some of our ang at a pets in need dog show and fund raser today. A lady came up talking and said she had 7 rescue greyhounds brill we thought someone as mad as us. As we were chatting a smalish black dog came over saying hi and minnie and cally said hi back and were sniffing the normal bits. everyones dog was on a lead but the woman grabed callys lead from me and janked her away from the black dog. i was shocked and asked what she was playing at she said shes a greyhound she will have that. I was a bit peved at this and just said if there socalied properly they wont and walke away.

this woman has 7 greyhounds does she never take them out have they never been socialise 95% of greyhounds are fine with other breeds onces they get uesd to them. the only one of mine who is bad with others is boris and he just dislkie all other dogs till hes meet them a few times so hes muzzelsd and would not have been somwere like a pet dog show too many tentations about but even he is not as vious as she was making out greyhound were.

This woman works at an animal rescue near me and one that usualy has greyhounds and lurcher in there for months but its no wonder if this is what they think there all like. i have a vison now of 7 lovly greyhounds hat never get trips out or meet new peoepl cos there owner hasnt socialised them.

there was some fiting today as a colle bit lacey on the noese she was not inpresed and neather was Tony as the owner never said sorry. Then a puppy bit milo on the noies he screamed and hid behined me he had just got over that and a chuwuwa sliped its lead and came flying at him barking and teath nashing milo ran behined me and wet himself my big visuous greyhound lol wish that silly woman had sen that

 

[oakmoorehill]

William is great with other dogs too. Although when I walk him small dogs and children are grabed and pulled away from him. Last week I was giving him free exercice in a small little used park near us when a woman came in with a staffie .William trotted over to say hello I don.t think she thought there was anyone else there as we were coming from an area out of site from the gate.

I have never seen such a look of horror when she saw this great white greyhound of its lead coming towards her dog she grabbed it a put it on its lead and pushed William away

Wouldn't have been worried but there was more chance of her dog bitting William than him bitting a staffie he would have run of to hide behind me if it did anything.

 

[TC]

Just a quick story about when Ollie was 16 weeks. We were in the field near me which is lovely as it is enclosed, so I was practising his recall on a ong lead, when I felt the earth move. :unsure: I turned round quickly expecting to see a horse come galloping across the field, but it was a HUGE greyhound, with owner trotting along behind (w00t)

She called out to me what I thought was "don't worry he's fine" so I just stood still feeding Ollie treats as the big boy approached at a fair old speed :blink:

It took about 5 seconds for him to reach us and my heart was pounding a bit as he lept into the air. He launched himself at us and landed on his back with all four feet in the air saying "please tickle my tum" I've never laughed so much

When the owner finally caught up, she thanked me for keeping Ollie on the ground as she obviouly encounters what you go through as well. She was so pleased that her dog had had a chance to show his true colours.

Sorry that you all have to encounter this bias

 

[~elizabeth~]

It took about 5 seconds for him to reach us and my heart was pounding a bit as he lept into the air. He launched himself at us and landed on his back with all four feet in the air saying "please tickle my tum" I've never laughed so much 

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Some people with small dogs are terrified when our whippet does this - tears towards them at high speed, then just grovels in front of them. I may know he's fine with even the tiniest yorkie, but I suppose people have heard stories about greyhounds killing small dogs; a woman once kicked him savagely when he ran over to play with her JRT

A lot of people with rescues of all kinds, though mainly lurchers, seem to have been told to keep their dogs on leads at all times, which is really awkward if ours wants to be friendly. He met a rescue whippet last week, it barked at him savagely but he went right up, very submissively, and in a couple of minutes they were both tail-wagging like mad. The people were very pleased as they were rather nervous of meeting other dogs too. They wouldn't let it off the lead to play with him though

 

[fallenangel]

I think its the fact that all the dogs were onleads and yet she still felt the need to pull my dog ways just becoues she was a greyhound this woman has 7 of her own were does she walk them does she walk them the poor things must not even be let near other dogs with leads on with her reactions. if you have a dog and yuor not sure how its going to react put a muzzel on it after all greyhounds are used to wereing them and it keeps everyone safe till the dog is socialised.

I do understand peoepls resction if some great loloping dog comes bownding over to there little handbag dog and we try and avoild this as our dogs have ended up kicked and hit on a few occastions now. But 3 dogs having a sniff at each other with happy waggy tails is no problem and the owner of the smale dog had no worres eather. I have some leflets somewere on socialising greyhounds If i can fined one I will take it up to were this woman is a volater at the rescue and pass it on to her. bet her poor dogs neavr get trips out and do things like family pets to

The other dug bar I had yestrday was a man with a lovly saluk x greyhound he had this dog on a chock chain and an exstendabell lead runiing round the freald with it so it would get to the end of the lone the dog would get yanked round swing it body in a full curcal with the chain titening round its neck :rant: :rant: :rant: . i think I might give up going to pet dog shows i am getting a right moaning sod when im there :lol:

 

[saraquele]

i usually meet an old lady who walks her new min yorkie dog on the field at the same time as me in a morning . i called my back and put them on lead the first time we saw her as i dont want mine to give her a heart attack ,, we walked round together and chatted and now 10 " yorkie thinks he is a whippet (w00t) as he hurtles after mine. she heard the same stories ,, dogs thinking the little dog is game but my 2 even wait for him to catch up now before setting off again ,, so sweet to watch :wub:

 

[~elizabeth~]

yorkie thinks he is a whippet  (w00t)   as he hurtles after mine. she heard the same stories ,, dogs thinking the little dog is game but my 2 even wait for him to catch up now before setting off again ,, so sweet to watch  :wub:

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My 7lb yorkie had no idea she wasn't rottweiler-sized, she'd take anything on and often played with a group of dobermanns, coursing them like a little mini lurcher. People don't realise they're actually tough, active little dogs that can easily put the fear of God into most of dogkind, and don't need mollycoddling they receive from a lot of owners. I did have problems twice with large dogs trying to grab her, but these we uncontrolled, aggressive dogs that would have been a problem with any other sort of dog to be honest.

I think a lot of people are mis-informed about sighthounds. They confuse hunting instinct with aggression.