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Hi all we are considering a dog for our family. 3 bed detached with nice secure garden, two adults and a coming four year old.

My Duagter is used to dogs and is taught to leave them alone when they go to bed (my father has two terriers).

As both me and my partner work full time we would not consider a puppy. Parents live next door so gog can come out a few times a day, or we would hire a dog walker.

Dog would be walked am and Pm before and after work by myself and we are at home at the weekend.

I have been more and more tempted in looking at a retired greyhound but have no knowledge of the breed at all. Dad is fairly experianced dog owner (he had a Irish setter highly trained) about 20 years ago and the two annoying little farts who dont do anything their told now.

Can anyone give me any advice?
 
Levrier on here is your greyhound lady. I should think they would be ideal, the ones I have met are very placid and sleep a lot of the time. There are so many needing homes and if you go to a good rescue they will eally make sure you get one that ticks the boxes.
 
Greyhounds are brilliant. Really hope all works out and you do get one :-)
Ours is walked before and after work for 20 mins and he gets out in our garden early afternoon for 5 mins and he is fine with that.

You need to be prepared for them to takeover any soft, comfortable surface in the house though.
They all vary of course but in general greyhounds are quiet, sleep for England and love a good fuss.

My main piece of advice would be to go to one of the well known rehoming charities as they will perform a house check and match the dog to you and your environment. Some can live with cats/other dogs, some are suited to living with children and some are very strong and may have to be walked on a lead for a long time if not forever. So chat to them about what you want to do and they'll find the right fit.

Levrier as others have said knows everything there is to know about them so sure she'll be on here soon.
 
Thank you thats great. Tbh said dog wouldnt be able to mix with one of my parents dog as he hates other dogs with a passion.just want a child friendly family friend. We can easily do the vefore and after work aand a 10 minute loo break at lunch time :D
 
Another question do the rehoming charaties have an issue with rehoming them to familys who work full time as I know this is a issue with a lot of other dog charties and dont want to get our hopes up to be let down :(
 
Some might I guess, but we got ours through a charity and several other people we spoke to at their events work full time too. I think if you find a good one they should take the whole picture in to account and with parents next door I can't see it would be a problem.
 
I would recommend a Greyhound. The charity I support (a local one from Yorkshire) do rehome to people who work full time if they have the right set up. You'll most likely find that smaller, local charity's are more likely to take everything into account as a whole. We fostered and worked full time so plenty of charity's will work with you :)
 
I have a whippet x greyhound rescue. Absolutely fab temperament with children. She came from GRWE which you can google. Although part of their name is West of England they do rehome over much of the country. Levrier I believe has at least one from there. By the way, she has four and works full time!
 
Just caught up with this thread - yes, I think a greyhound would be entirely suitable, but then I think no home should be without one :D :D

I currently have 4 greyhounds and usually work full time, I pay someone to let mine out at lunchtime (into my enclosed back garden) but to be honest they haven't always had that and have always been fine :) They are fabulous dogs to have around - laid back, lazy, couch potatoes who love their home comforts, they are really relaxing to live with but they can also take as much or as little exercise as you want to give them :) Rescue charities usually recommend 20 minutes of exercise twice a day, mine get an hour once a day and that suits them fine.

I would recommend a larger charity as they take the time to match the dog to your exact needs - some greyhounds are cat safe, some are small-furry-animal safe, some are not! All the greyhounds I have met (and there have been a lot over the years!) have been good with children but as with any dog you cannot take them for granted and the children need to respect the dog's personal space:)

If you have any specific questions about the breed I will do my best to help - sadly I am a bit besotted by them :D
 
PS - sorry, I have just read the other replies and I have repeated a lot of what others have already said! Three of mine are from GRWE (look at www.grwe.com) and one is from Cayla's charity AdoptaDogNorthEast :)
 
Everyone needs a pointy nosed dog! ;-)

Check out EGLR (Evesham greyhound and lurcher rescue). Pip is brilliant and very practical and understands that we all have lives and jobs.
Dogs are all 'tested' and she'll be able to advise if cat / dog / child suitable. A lot of their foster homes have children and jobs so you won't be discounted for those reasons.

Also the dogs live in foster homes not kennels so you'll know how it is in the home environment.
I got my saluki x whippet and saluki x Afghan from them.

You can live anywhere in the country as volunteers do home checks all over.

Good luck - you won't regret it. Although you may not be able to stop at one ;-)
 
I have a greyhound too!!! Mine came from Ruth at Perry Barr RGT.

As someone said, do be prepared for them to take over any soft surface. They don't like lying on the hard.

Mine loves her cuddles and snuggles, and treats her toys like her babies
 
After today I would also caution against walking greyhounds in the woods at this time of year :p The small white one is obsessed with rolling in fox poo at the moment - today was the third time in a week :eek:

I would also recommend EGLR (they have a gorgeous black girl called Dixie in at the minute who I would love to have!) but in case they don't have anything suitable, don't be put off by GRWE's name - they actually cover pretty much the whole country now, I think the charity are in the process of changing their name :)
 
OP I have a friend who is looking to rehome a 7yr old whippet if you are interested. I don't have any other information on the dog at the moment but can get you more information if you are interested.
 
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