DH and I love greyhounds so much we ended up with 7!!!!!

Greyhounds are like chips...you can't have just one!!!

People are oftten shocked when they hear we have that many large dogs in our house - but really, seven isn't that much more work than 2. (Just a lot more vacuuming, dog food and poop picking up )

Retired racers are huge couch potatos, very laid back, gentle, easily handled (from their training at the track), shed little (compared to some other breeds), quiet and extremely loving. They can be aloof around strangers and many are quite cat-like in their personalities. The breed overall is extremely healthy due the careful, selective breeding of racers.

Of course these are generalizations of a breed with very individual personalities. Of our seven we have a couple total goofballs, a super-velcro (his head is inches away from my foot as I type this), a couple very independent hounds that prefer to come to US when they want some ear scritches, both high and low prey drive, some that still love to run their tushys off and some that take retirement extremely seriously

Hope this helps...there's tons of info on the web about retired racers as pets. Good luck and I hope that one day you experience the many joys these wonderful needle-noses can bring to your life.