Unbelievable Cruelty to greyhounds.

Be nice to think someone would recognise the evil lard ar se

Australia very bad scandals with greyhounds

What do people think happens to all the useless 2yo colts and fillies. They're not given to 15 year old girls as birthday presents from mummy and daddy.

A_T
Correct.  Any many don't get to be 2yos.

I have owned several racing greyhounds (as racers)

At the end of their racing careers, all where found good homes, even if it meant kennel bills for a few months while we got them homes.

Vast majority in racing take very good care of them. The trainer I used had 1 or 2 long term greyhounds as they basically where not suitable as pets, so just lived out their days in the kennels well looked after.

Greyhounds make excellent pets as they are basically lazy, only a short walk or a large field where they run for 30-60 secs then walk back and jump onto their beds.

Greyhounds make fantastic pets,I arranged for my daughter and her husband (was scared of dogs) to get a retired bitch who charmed the house. Didnt like walks in the rain,two walks a day and she was brilliant with the two boys as they threw cars,etc at her skipping over them and going into the other room. She saved the car from being burgled twice with a bark that belied her basic cowardice ! Just put to sleep in her 14th year as cancer took its toll,sadly missed in the house.

I think the greyhounds that run at the licenced tracks are looked after when they've finished racing.
Tis the flappers that are coldly discarded.

VALUEMAN used to post on here. He lives near me and has a house full of ex racers.

Kenny - Who was it who said that "98% of statistics are made up on the spot"?   Hope you are well.

blackbarn, my 98% wasn't made up. That's the percentage of people who eat meat. Having said it wasn't made up it was wrong. 10% of the 98%, probably make sure that their meat has come from an ethical source, so I should have put 88.2%

I worked many years ago as a Head lad in a racing kennel, one of the best jobs in the world if somewhat poorly paid. Greyhounds are lovely dogs and some make great pets, however they are working dogs who during their racing careers live in a kennel environment. As I say some will make great pets and some won't the ones that wouldn't I sadly on quite a few occasions I had to take to the vet to be put down. Some will say that it would be cruel. For me it was not, when I left that dog on the floor I knew it wouldn't be sent to France for vivisection. If I remember the price was about £140. Greyhounds being the preferred breed as their lungs are roughly the same size as ours. Or they could of ended up as flapping dogs owned by ar$eholes like the one in this story or a coursing dog on a travellers site.
For the dogs that were and are suitable I would highly encourage people to think about rehoming a greyhound, they are basically lazy animals who do not require a lot of exercise. They have a great temperament and are affectionate dogs. I grew up with greyhounds from the age of six and have handled hundreds of dogs, in that time I've been bitten twice once breaking up a fight between two dogs and once by a dog that was excitable which had got wound up by two other dogs barking at it from a paddock. Not bad, I think if Jack Russels were racing dogs I think my injury list would be a lot higher ! Only downside to having a greyhound at home is that like all short haired dogs they do tend to moult.

ufc what were the indications to lead you to believe that some greyhounds were not suitable to be pets?

Kam one example dogs like people have different personalities. A dog I remember would just jump up and down in his kennel all day, he would often have loose stools which he'd be jumping up and down in. On top of that he had happy tail so would wag his tail constantly leaving blood up the walls leaving his kennel looking like a cross between an IRA dirty protest cell and a torture chamber........how could an animal like that be homed ?

Anyway going back to the story, any animal that is no longer wanted should be humanly destroyed not thrown in the sea........I'd like to throw that fxxking arseh0le in and see how he liked it !

Kenny

You originally said that 98% of people make sure that the treatment of animals in the UK is vile.

You now say that 88.2% of people have that impact BECAUSE 10% of the 98% make sure their meat comes from an ethical source.

And, of course you do not make up statistics to suit your argument

Make Cracking Pets very Loveable Creatures ,unless one happens to spot a Hare when you are out Walking ,Actually happened to me with my bitch when we were out on a long walk through Fields She must have ran a mile She didnt catch the hare and amazingly she came back , I have owned a few Dogs and Loved them all ,There is something Different about Greyhounds they have a massive Presence ,I lost her to Kidney failure ,we were fcking Devistateded Mind you the Loss of any long term pet is massive to the Owners How this pig can treat an animal like that is beyond belief ... I sincerely hope he dies Roaring .