Greyhounds as Pets
Swiss Valley Greyhound Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of ex-racing greyhounds into loving, responsible homes and as such at SVGR we aim to assess each greyhounds good points as well as his faults, to enable us to begin rehabilitation and/or placement into a suitable home.
Ex-racing greyhounds generally make ideal pets. They are undemanding, used to daily handling, people friendly, are non-aggressive, superb on the lead, and travel well in cars. Some are naturally 'cat safe' and some can soon become used to small animals with de-training and a lot of patience, but like any other breed of dog some will never be.
It does take time for any greyhound to adjust to the totally new experience of your home. In general most greyhounds are very happily settled into their new home within about a month. I feel any problems encountered in the first month are normally due to misunderstandings (hound or human) and can be fairly easily corrected. If a dog starts to behave incorrectly after being well trained, then there is usually an underlying reason for the change. If a dog has a problem, then the faster it can be treated the easier it is to treat, so get help from SVGR as soon as possible.
Everyone at SVGR would sooner help you to solve the problem rather than have the dog returned.