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Re recall, with Greyhounds I doubt you'd ever have them off the lead in public, although I have seen a couple. Instead of tennis courts look for a secure dog paddock near you, I'm in the middle of no where and there is loads. It's possible you may need to muzzle depending on which lucky pup you take home. I love greyhounds, we ended up with a Whippet due to size, he's ok off the lead but his prey drive is only for balls and some birds.
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As Haggis said Whippets prey drive is generally a little milder. With greyhounds especially ex racers trained to go after something small and furry will always have that in them. We love sighthounds and will always have them. We have a 3 1/2 year old male Saluki (un neutered) and we have worked on loads of recall in the home and in enclosed spaces and his recall great in most scenarios like calling to come indoors from the garden or getting him in close if dogs, horses, cyclists, vehicles or whatever are approaching this works 9/10 times in these scenarios but a cat, squirrel or rabbit he will fuck straight off at 40mph no matter what obstacles or hazards are in the way totally focused on the chase and totally deaf to whatever we are trying until he's satisfied one way or another. We have a gps tracker soon the odd occasion he shoots off i forget the recall attempts and i just go straight after him but i can't run at 40mph so there's usually a 2-5 min lag before i catch up with him so there's always the worry about what happens in that time frame. We meet loads of other sighthound owners out and they all say the same or worse . A 40kg greyhound is a big powerful dog with the potential to be a physical handful and a full on introduction to sighthound ownership. Any lurcher/long dog cross will be a fair bit smaller and physically more manageable. Whippets do seem generally more physically manageable and trainable. If you make the right choice they are the best dogs i am biased though but do be aware of what you'll letting yourself in for especially if you get a biggun.
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For a few years I've been thinking of getting a whippet/greyhound, then lockdown happened and just wanted to see how things panned out in terms of days in the office. Yesterday my partner and I went to an open day at a rescue centre for retired racing greyhounds.
There must have been around 40/50 dogs all mixing and they were all so well behaved, couldn't believe it. We took a big male out (40kg) and he was pulling on the lead a bit, but seemed to get better over time. The open day was so busy, and primarily like an excuse for owners to have a reunion, so will make an appointment when the staff have more time to talk.
Would like to get one soon but have a feeling our garden isn't quite secure enough, so could be a good push to get it sorted sooner than later. We also have some tennis courts very close so could be a good place to practice recall and play initially?