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Do they enjoy occasional longer walks?
Do either of you have experience bringing a rescue greyhound into a house with young kids (mine are 2 and 5)?
Yeah, they can do longer walks but you might need to build up to them, especially if they are fresh off the track. My other half even takes ours on some of her runs, although Holly is a bit of a reluctant runner ( 2 speeds - lightspeed and walking).
We had our first two greyhounds (Milly and Caleb) a few years before our kids were born, so they grew up with them, when Caleb died 2 or so years ago we got Dylan a few months later and after Milly died last year we got Holly. All of them have been great with the kids although Holly got a bit spooked after the kids accidentally woke her up in the early days, so just common sense really.
The one thing you might find is that the rehoming org can be a bit wary of placing greyhounds with families with small children as they don't know how the dog will be with kids. It will likely help if you can show that the kids know how to behave sensibly around dogs (not hugging them and giving them space etc)Happy to help with any questions and can recommend Forever Hounds trust as that's where all of our hounds have come from.
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You guys have any advice for someone considering adopting a rescue greyhound? It's something that I've been looking into recently, love the breed and doing research but only ever owned labs before, so the temperament and excerise level is obviously a lot different.
Do they enjoy occasional longer walks?
Do either of you have experience bringing a rescue greyhound into a house with young kids (mine are 2 and 5)?