I totally despise that kind of owner, they do so much damage to the reputation of what is actually a fabulous breed 
They are gentle, laid back (well actually down right lazy 
) and incredibly easy to have around the house; they will sleep for 90% of their day (especially on the sofa if you will let them!) and are content with as much or as little exercise as you would like to give them. The rescue charities recommend 20 mins exercise twice a day, I give mine around an hour once a day and they are very happy. Both my OH and I work full time so I have a lovely lady who comes to let them out at lunchtime, although quite often she says they don't bother getting up and going out if the weather is bad My eldest greyhound is 12 now, she has no teeth at all left (very common with rescue greyhounds, not sure what trainers feed them when they are being raced but it seems to result in appalling teeth!) but is as happy as anything, I also have an 8 year old fawn boy (35 kgs) a tiny 8 year old white girl (19 kgs) and a gorgeous whippet x greyhound who is around 7 years old (25 kgs. As you can see, they come in all sizes and colours They will make sure they match the right dog to you, depending on your circumstances and needs. Any questions feel free to ask Obviously I am lucky that mine have always had the company of other dogs which helps, I would never take a lot of time off work to help a new hound settle in, they need to know your routine from day 1 if possible. Mine hardly ever bark (my neighbours love this!) except when we come home from work & they are excited to see us, which is understandable. I've only ever had one 'problem' rescue (a lurcher not a greyhound) and it turned out he had claustrophobia and hated being shut in one room - as soon as we gave him the run of the house when we were out he was absolutely fine, he never touched anything in the house and was always 100% clean.
They share a mutual love of sleeping, warmth and comfort :lol: I have no doubt no rescue in the land would have rehomed him as cat safe, and if a cat, even our cat jumped up in front of him in an open field he would chase it. And has on one occasion when the cat followed us on a walk and lept up from a patch of long grass. Dylan chased him, caught up to him, knocked him over and sailed past. Not an experience I ever want to repeat! But they live very, very happily together. He does that everytime we hoover, as hoovers are demons that he is terrified off, and must be killed to defend us :lol: We do work very hard to ensure his prey drive is worked, flirt poles, fetching balls, retrieving out of water, racing when we get chance, and hes fine. We dont find it any harder than any other dog A couple of years ago we used him to do some work with my dads dog aggressive terrier and he never batted an eyelid. My other dog is a very messed up reactive, rescue lurcher, and if I was him, I'd have snapped and taken her face off by now, but he just gets on with her, and if shes being particularly reactive he just skirts round her.
Oh and he also loves his trips to Pets At Home. He has no interest at ALL in the caged small furries, despite me using rabbit skins on the flirt pole
She showed a LOT of interest