JRs playing with Greyhounds.......am I mad??

[piebaldsparkle]

Actually that is probably 2x questions in one (CALA don't bother answering the 2nd one)!!!

Right took my JR to work as working a 12hrs night shift and dog sitter (dad) away.

On way to work stopped at a small park to let him have a run and do his business, as I parked my car I saw a greyhound off lead, so kept Oz (JR) to heel when we got out, while I assessed the situation (I tend to watch the owners reactions much as the dogs). GH starts to trot over, GHs owner visibly holds his breathe, then immediately relaxes when he sees I have not gone into hysterics or put mine on lead. I call out to GH owner to ask if he is friendly, get a firm Yes, both dogs sniff each other and then played for ages. Had long chat with GH who said most terrier owners run screaming from the park from the mere sight of his dog!! So who's mad? Them or me? I admit I watched the GH careful as he approached, but no more so than any other dog we hadn't met before. Oz is also used to playing with big dogs, and is bigger than the average JR (more parsons terrier size, I'm still not convinced his dad wasn't the whippet up the road)!!!

 

[Tinkerbee]

haha, well your mad anyway

But Id say its cos GH are bred to chase small fuzzzy critters

which most terriers are and some people freak out easily lol

 

[CAYLA]

Erm...I will anyway...YES

I think its cool...he is obviousley a ballsey little fecker...without the balls...lol

and the greyhound was obviousley on the look out for a friend...which Oz provided.....Aww how nice

of course it could have gone the other way...and eaten Oz up

...but it didnt

and im sure as a lovely mammy...u would have stepped in and beat it senseless

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Yeah I know, but the poor GH owner was traumatised from the number of hysterical terrier owners screaming at him, when his dog even looking in their direction (GH was not an exracer). GH just wanted to play, he was only about 18months old, Oz is now knackered from playing (they took it in turns to chase each other).

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Oh he is very!!! LOL didn't ever feel there was any danger of that, it was a really calm & submissive dog.

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Dog walkers never used to be paranoid about other dogs, did they? Everyones dog was off the lead, they all got on with it, and everything was rosy. Now you get a great scrabbling for leads and dogs held so tightly, they start to think there relly is a problem! Drives me nuts!

Ours are all friendly, and if they meet one that isn't, then they had better run a bit faster!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Ahh those were the days, when dogs were allowed to be dogs (rather than a fashion accessory)!!!

 

[lucylemon]

its just stereotyping, what you would expect lol

like people think JRT's are yappy and snappy, lurchers are pikey dogs (i get that comment alot) Gh's will chase anything small and/or furry, bull breeds will bite/are vicious dogs, labs are boisterous etc.

i mean im always cautious with my two and any other dogs, but ben has a funny way of showing how much he wants to see a dog (he like hunts it, runs up to it, circles it and then both dogs usually have a sniff)

 

[the watcher]

I have a JRT AND a lurcher (rescue coursing dog). they love each other and play together happily, both will also happily play with any other combination of greyhound type or terrier

 

[suzyseymour]

It amazes me too the nuber of people who have totally unsocialized dogs, that put the lead on as soon as they see another dog, or don't let them off at all. I walk mine off the lead, but if I see someone with a dog on a lead then I will put mine on a lead as well. My jack russel is fine with most the lurchers that we meet. My friend has some ex racing greyhounds 2 of who can't be trusted with terriers, but the rest are fine.

 

[elsielouise]

My greys love my JRT. She plays rabbit to their chase and then turns round and chases them back and they run away. V funny to watch.

They'll all sleep in a pile too.

 

[col]

my JR swings of my wolfhounds tail

 

[echodomino]

I wouldn't be worried about running my JRs with a GH if I knew the owner was ok with it, my friend has a Lurcher and the JRs love her. I only put my dogs back on their leads if other people put theirs back on, as it usually means theirs are funny.

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That just really annoys me, you get it a lot when we're training; new people come and don't let anyone's dog meet theirs and vice versa! Just makes me cross, they're the first to wonder why their dog has issues! >

 

[prose]

Wouldn't think twice. Stella plays with everything at the park--greyhounds, ridgebacks, Labs, Pits, chihuahuas, chows...

When you're around 500+ dogs during our morning walk, you can't be particularly choosy

 

[Starbucks]

There is a huge GH that goes in our local park (Bob). He normally chases the little dogs and acts like he might eat them (I'm not sure if he actually would or not!) so he normally has a muzzle on. We went in the other day and he didn't have his muzzle on - Him and Alfie had a whale of a time!

Bob would chase him a bit then Alfie would turn around and bark at him and I think Bob was a bit scared of Alfie by the end!

I know what you mean though, most terrier owners run for the hills when they see Bob bounding over!

I don't think it is totally necessary.

 

[Vicki1986]

as long as dogs are nicely behaved they should all be able to play together i think!!

my dog is the size of an over grown rat (lol) he is very shy of big dogs at first but once he's worked them out he has a run around with them. although he did get sat on by a lab once which was quite upsetting for him

 

[Enfys]

Going purely on my own experiences I would NEVER have let my greyhounds off the leash anywhere near other dogs, or indeed, in an unenclosed space, and they never went out without muzzles, and as an owner of gh's I would never let any small dog of mine near one either, sorry well behaved gh owners but imo it isn't worth the risk.

I exercised mine daily in a 2 acre stockfenced paddock where they could run to their hearts content (mad 5 minutes) causing no harm to anyone.

All were rescued racers, all had motion deafness (ie: legs moved faster than a trot, ears closed down) and they would most certainly have chased and grabbed any dog smaller than them. One dog would even grab at any other dog within range even on a leash and muzzled, and Heaven help any cat that made the fatal mistake of taking a short cut across our yard...........several did, they didn't have the opportunity to learn from their mistake.

I am not tarring all sighthounds with the same brush, of course not, I think if they have been properly socialised from a young age then in all fairness they are probably no more a danger to small dogs than any other breed.

Mine had never been socialised and were just doing what came naturally. I choose to have ex-racers and I knew their limitations and adapted to them. Much as I love greyhounds, I am afraid that I would never have trusted one of mine not to chase something smaller, furry and infront of it, when it was loose.