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I have several friends who have ex-racing greyhounds as pets and they are great. They are very affectionate & contrary to popular belief, do not need loads fo exercise - they are often happier curled up in a corner!

I'm not sure that they'd all be good with kids though as I'm sure the majority of racing greyhounds won't have come across kids very often - my border collie is fantastic but she isn't the best around children as she is not used to them, once they start pawing her she has a tendency to growl at them. To be honest, I think that the majority of dogs have to be brought up around children to be very good with them and I would never trust a dog enough to leave it unsupervised with a young child - they are only animals after all and if they feel threatened they will naturally react.

[QUOTE="Shadow Leader, post: 2049633, member: 65043"] I have several friends who have ex-racing greyhounds as pets and they are great. They are very affectionate & contrary to popular belief, do not need loads fo exercise - they are often happier curled up in a corner! I'm not sure that they'd all be good with kids though as I'm sure the majority of racing greyhounds won't have come across kids very often - my border collie is fantastic but she isn't the best around children as she is not used to them, once they start pawing her she has a tendency to growl at them. To be honest, I think that the majority of dogs have to be brought up around children to be very good with them and I would never trust a dog enough to leave it unsupervised with a young child - they are only animals after all and if they feel threatened they will naturally react. [/QUOTE]

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