Many of the scars you see on greyhouds are either from playing with the other puppies or just natural bumps and scrapes from being athletes. Their skin is very thin. When a younger dog gets a scar, it can start out very insignificant and end up looking a lot worse, simply because the skin stretched while their body grew and since scars do not grow hair, you end up with a much bigger scar that stands out and looks much worse than it actually was.

My first greyhound had unfortunately been in a fight when he was being transported with 5 other greyhounds. You have a bunch of dogs together and these things can happen. It is not common, but as we all know with any dogs it does happen. In his case, he had to have stitches in a lot of areas and part of his tail amputated. He came out of it just fine in the long run, but his scars did stretch in time and he ended up looking like "hell on wheels"! LOL He was still the happiest and most wonderful dog I have ever had in my entire life and to this day I still cry when I think about how much I miss him.

Their weight is what it should be for optimal performance. When they become pets and their lifestyle changes, they only need to put on about 5 pounds to stay at a healthy weight. Much more than than and you can easily see the beginnings of an overweight dog who will have health problems as a result of it.

Jay