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None of my dogs have been dog or people aggressive, but I would never
trust them on recall so they are never let run off lead.They can run their
little feet off within a fenced yard, and a dog park, but never without
boundaries.
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Nah, this is in general. Not just dogs at a certain track or owned by certain people. Even though I don't have that much to do with it all myself, I have met quite a few other greyhoud people via my dad and when they talk and such, the general jist is that racing greyhounds can be dangerous with other dogs, cats...etc...
My dad had a greyhound which was neurotic and aggressive and, when she was a racer, she'd kill cats or small dogs etc if she had ever gotten a chance...but when she retired and was rehomed, my dad heard about her further down the line. The new owners had a cat which she was now scared of, lol, and she was totally different, as placid as can be. A different dog totally.
All of the said greyhounds have been fine with other people and dogs they know most of the time. My dad has two border collies as well and the greyhounds are ok with them because they know them. Still, one of my dads border collies has a chunk missing out of one of her ears...that one of the greys did.
He's had some that had dominance issues and were aggressive for that reason.
I know high protien diets that racers are fed on are enough to make any dog hyper and can affect behaviour too so I think thats what a lot of it boils down to as well especially as many of them seem to change into a totally different dog shortly after retirement and their diet is changed and training stopped etc.... In my dog behaviour books, it says that diet can have very big influences on behaviour. I know that Border collies aren't supposed to be on too high protien because it sends them neurotic as well. Mine were always on 18%.
Still, at the same time, my dad has had some more placid greyhounds who wouldn't attack other dogs.
The dog I mentioned in the previous post who was attacked by his siblings was photographed in the vets surgery when he first arrived and I saw the photos. Sheesh, he was a total mess, just laying on the floor covered in severe wounds and bleeding. I saw him a few days afterwards with all little pipes sticking out of him. He was a placid dog himself. He didn't even try to fight back when he was attacked.
