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Keeping Greyhound inside home

  • 16-09-2012 07:38AM
    #1
    jacksplatt
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    Hi - I was interested if any UK owner/trainers have ever kept a racing in training greyhound inside their house/home interacting with people and normal household goings on and still raced the dog OK? I'm in Australia and all trainers I have talked to here don't think it can be done with positive results - anybody agree / disagree?


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  • #2
    Benny Cake
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    jacksplatt wrote: »
    Hi - I was interested if any UK owner/trainers have ever kept a racing in training greyhound inside their house/home interacting with people and normal household goings on and still raced the dog OK? I'm in Australia and all trainers I have talked to here don't think it can be done with positive results - anybody agree / disagree?

    Personally I don't think it would do the dog any good from a racing point of view to become too "domesticated". I do know of it being done however. In fact, one of the finalists in the English Derby this year was kept as a house pet while being trained but he's very much the exception rather than the rule.


  • #3
    jacksplatt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭jacksplatt


    Yes - it does sound that it is an exeption, I'm from horse racing background and the more a thoroughbred horse became "friendly for want of a better word" the less they performed eg. my kids rode one and would treat it more like a personal pony - I didn't see much wrong with it at the time and it kept them out of my hair - however she lost that edge and I had to put her back in the work stable and ban the kids from her - she bounced back OK - but it's a bit different for dogs I would imagine - my grown up son thinks he can race his 2yr old bitch who has never been a kenneled dog - I have my doubts.


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