Greyhound attack... Am I being unreasonable?

[lastchancer]

Interesting way of looking at it.
Are all animal charities divvy bleeding hearts or just the one's you have personal experience of ? I'm assuming you do know this particular charity ?
How did she show compassion to the old lady exactly ?

I don't need to know this particular charity - anyone who rehomes a fit strapping grey hound with a frail 80yo lady is a divvy. And no I don't think all animal charitys are bleeding heart idiots but a lot certainly could do with a more realistic approach.

Read QB's posts again, she isn't the one who put a powerful dog with a vulnerable old lady, but shes the one paying the price and yet has been big enough to try and help the old girl out. I really feel for this old lady, she probably feels terrible about the situation.

Do you think the charity made an error?
Do you think they carried out an adequate assessment of risk prior to the re-homing?
Do you think they are doing any justice to their cause with such irresponsible decisions?
Do you think people running rescues should legally have to hold relevant qualifications to make sure they actually understand the animals they are dealing with, the competency of potential owners, and the consequences that could happen should things go wrong?

 

[Leo Walker]

I just wanted to add that I have a working bred whippet, probably has a dash of something else in there, hes bred from a long line of working bred dogs. His instinct is to chase anything that runs. Hes lure raced a fair amount and is pretty good at it Hes also a terrible working dog! He catches rabbits, rolls them, lets them go and chases them again. He has done the same with the only hare he ever caught. Hes never caught a deer depsite trying very hard :lol: He will spend hours retrieving a ball, and loves to retrieve from water. Hes grown up with cats and lives with one now. He runs for the joy of running, not killing. But as I said pages ago I think, I'd be worried if a cat leapt up in front of him off lead. Hes not muzzled, I think he would do more damage with one on than without. Hes also incredibly strong, hes a little ball of muscle. I doubt a frail 80yr old would hold him on the lead if he really wanted to go, although he is very well behaved and doesnt go on the lead.

 

[Alec Swan]

I just wanted to add that I have a working bred whippet, ……... Hes grown up with cats and lives with one now. He runs for the joy of running, not killing. But as I said pages ago I think, I'd be worried if a cat leapt up in front of him off lead. …….. .

Interesting. 40+ years ago I lived in a huge farmhouse and we had an equally huge kitchen (think half an acre!), and we had 5 pure-bred racing/coursing dogs which lived en-famille. These 5 dogs also shared the kitchen (and their beds on occasion) with two cats, a mother and daughter from memory. One morning whilst giving the dogs their morning run in the paddock behind the house, and when the dogs were loose, one of the cats jumped up and galloped for the hedge. She never made it, two of the dogs spotted her, and before I could get to them they'd killed her. It happened.

Those greyhounds which live as couch potatoes, share their beds with a cat, and don't even bother to bark when a visitor knocks at the door, are generally totally different creatures when free. Barring the accidents, for me that's part of the attraction!

Alec.

 

[EmmaB]

If a greyhound is under control on the lead then why does it need a muzzle...? Obviously in this case it wasn't under control and I agree that it was ridiculous to have given such a strong dog to an old woman! Surely there must have been better options for her when she was deciding on which dog to have? Feel sorry for her, the dog and your poor cat, thank god it managed to get away!

 

[planete]

It has happened before that a greyhound on a lead has dived into a bush by the side of the path he was being walked on and grabbed a cat hiding there and killed it. Or he has suddenly jerked the lead out of his walker's hand and gone after a cat.

At the last dog training session I attended, we were told not to put our hands through the loop of dog leads as we could get injured if a dog lunged! I never went back and I always put my hand through the leads and hold the lead itself in a closed fist. I would rather break an arm than let one of my dogs get killed under a car.