I find it really fun to watch any dog do what it is made to do. Huskies pulling and all the excited screaming that goes with it. Hounds treeing, GSDs Mals and Dutchies flying full speed at full grown men and Greyhounds running full speed.
I do worry about the lives of greyhounds over most of those other dog sports though.
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Meet some of the owners at a track sometime. Most of them are very nice people who love their dogs if they were anything like the crew I met in Colorado. Don't get me wrong, their dogs do make money and do get retired or don't make the grade but the majority of the people I met there do everything they can to make sure that after the race their dogs find a home. Many of them will pay expenses to rescue groups if it's allowed (some groups won't take their money for AR related reasons.)
I found a guy on youtube who does coursing with salukis and falcons. No idea where he's from but again, look carefully, these days will be gone before we know it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkpvvtNr4Jk
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I've found a lot of caring folks too. There are some bad guys in Greyhound racing just as there are in ANY sport that relies on animals to make money, but things have improved in the US tremendously.
The life of a racing Greyhound at a well-run and considerate track suits these hounds fairly well: Sleep, eat, and run a little
I found a guy on youtube who does coursing with salukis and falcons. No idea where he's from but again, look carefully, these days will be gone before we know it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkpvvtNr4Jk
Stunning photographs and amazing teamwork... Just awesome.
Greyhounds that race actually live a better life than 90% of the labs in middle america who live in a 10x12 kennel IMO. I spent a summer in central Nebraska, caring for a sick relative, and walked my IG a bunch because-well-I needed "air". We walked in the alley because the sidewalk was so hot. SO many dogs in those little pens. Lots of folks were out in their yards, but the dogs were always kenneled. There was only 1 other person in the town of 5000 that I ever saw walking a dog- and I was there for 2 months.
I met some racing folks when I was in school.They fed raw. They were nice people who cared about their dogs. Greyhounds generally like to sleep in their kennels a bunch, eat, run a little and sleep some more. I think it suits them. I never saw any going bonkers in their crates like the hunting dogs I saw confined. The greyhound kennel I saw was super peaceful considering the huge number of dogs they had.
Did anyone happen to see the clip on the news today of the greyhound race where a REAL rabbit darted across the course and one of the dogs screeched to a "turn" and went chasing the LIVE rabbit?
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