Anyone on HBOT ever owned a greyhound?

[lucas80]

My son has a retired racing dog, and it's a fascinating animal. He's visiting with it for Christmas. Very quiet and mild mannered dog. We had deer in the backyard this morning and it seemed to think they were bigger greyhounds, watching them from a window and wagging its tail. In its racing life it never dealt with stairs, so despite training it struggles, and generally avoids them. 1-2 stairs is the most it will climb. So, it either has to go around them, or be carried up them.

 

[BrianNole777]

I thought you meant the bus. Of course, most of HBOT owns a fleet of vehicles.

CSB.

 

[The Tradition]

The Florida constitution was amended by stupid-ass voters to outlaw greyhound racing. I hope those wonderful dogs found homes.

 

[QChawks]

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

The Florida constitution was amended by stupid-ass voters to outlaw greyhound racing. I hope those wonderful dogs found homes.

Good. Horse racing should be banned as well. They lead miserable lives.

 

[The Tradition]

Good. Horse racing should be banned as well. They lead miserable lives.

Greyhounds LOVE to run. That was taken away from them. Were there abuses in the industry? Yes. But the dogs want to run.

 

[Moral]

Greyhounds LOVE to run. That was taken away from them. Were there abuses in the industry? Yes. But the dogs want to run.

I wish this was sattire.

 

[The Tradition]

I wish this was sattire.

Putting a greyhound in a little back yard (or worse, an apartment) with no where to run is just wrong.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I wish this was sattire.

But we know better.

 

[The Tradition]

Hundreds of years of selective breeding resulted in the greyhound, selected based on the desire to RUN and run FAST!

We've taken their genetic joy away from them.

 

[The Tradition]

Longwood High School's mascot remains the Greyhounds, even though condos have replaced the racetrack.

 

[Fan In Black]

I knew some people in Dubuque that owned retired racers.

 

[The Tradition]

The entire point of a representative democracy is to stop direct democracy from doing stupid shit like banning greyhound racing.

 

[Moral]

The entire point of a representative democracy is to stop direct democracy from doing stupid shit like banning greyhound racing.

I never thought of it that way. I'm going to ponder this all night.

 

[Gimmered]

My son has a retired racing dog, and it's a fascinating animal. He's visiting with it for Christmas. Very quiet and mild mannered dog. We had deer in the backyard this morning and it seemed to think they were bigger greyhounds, watching them from a window and wagging its tail. In its racing life it never dealt with stairs, so despite training it struggles, and generally avoids them. 1-2 stairs is the most it will climb. So, it either has to go around them, or be carried up them.

Had a greyhound mix. It wanted to race everything. We had him on a boat one time when he saw hit first water skier. That was pain.

 

[ICWestfan]

I was with a friend at the track in CB, Ia and he hit a $500 perfecta. We got drunk afterwords. CSB.

 

[TJ8869]

The entire point of a representative democracy is to stop direct democracy from doing stupid shit like banning greyhound racing.

69% of the voters chose to ban it. How much of a majority would convince you that it’s the will of the people?

 

[lonestar50]

I always wanted to get a retired Greyhound but I never did. I understand they are actually a really lazy breed. Saves up it's energy in order to expend it all at once

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

I always wanted to get a retired Greyhound but I never did. I understand they are actually a really lazy breed. Saves up it's energy in order to expend it all at once

Your mom must be a greyhound

 

[The Tradition]

69% of the voters chose to ban it. How much of a majority would convince you that it’s the will of the people?

420%?

 

[millah_22]

My son has a retired racing dog, and it's a fascinating animal. He's visiting with it for Christmas. Very quiet and mild mannered dog. We had deer in the backyard this morning and it seemed to think they were bigger greyhounds, watching them from a window and wagging its tail. In its racing life it never dealt with stairs, so despite training it struggles, and generally avoids them. 1-2 stairs is the most it will climb. So, it either has to go around them, or be carried up them.

Our close friends have 2 retired hounds. They're very peculiar. They don't really care for other dogs, but aren't aggressive. It didn't care for the dog park much. It took them a while to get used to being a home dog.

They were older, so they didn't really care too much about running. Major couch potatoes. They said they would sometimes get the zoomies on walks, but didn't last all that long.

Very sweet, but they are trained on some things at a young age, and some of the tendencies take forever to break.. For example, the dog will ONLY walk on their left side, because that's the side they were trained to walk on to the track.

They were pretty close with the man that ran the greyhound rescue. They only let him dog sit the hounds, and they would dogsit for other greyhound owners all the time.

 

[millah_22]

Putting a greyhound in a little back yard (or worse, an apartment) with no where to run is just wrong.

They'll be fine if you give them a 20-30 minute walk each day. They're lazy sacks, so an apartment is fine.

 

[TJ8869]

420%?

Speaking of 420, would you have been okay with direct democracy if Amendment 3 had passed?

 

[The Tradition]

Speaking of 420, would you have been okay with direct democracy if Amendment 3 had passed?

I would have grudgingly accepted that.

 

[millah_22]

Had a greyhound mix. It wanted to race everything. We had him on a boat one time when he saw hit first water skier. That was pain.

For my friend's dog, it was bicycles. They think that maybe the reflectors reminded it of the bunny on the track? I donno. But they said they gotta hold on tight on walks when it sees a bicyclist bc it wants to catch them.

 

[TJ8869]

I would have grudgingly accepted that.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I believe I heard in another thread that @Fan In Black breeds greyhounds for fun and profit...

 

[lucas80]

For my friend's dog, it was bicycles. They think that maybe the reflectors reminded it of the bunny on the track? I donno. But they said they gotta hold on tight on walks when it sees a bicyclist bc it wants to catch them.

My son's dog is 70ish lbs, and when she wants to accelerate it's something to watch.

 

[lucas80]

69% of the voters chose to ban it. How much of a majority would convince you that it’s the will of the people?

For Trad the chosen electorate is guys in jean shorts with a burner hanging from their lips and a FSU ball cap on.

 

[Hbotus Dichotomous]

I never thought of it that way. I'm going to ponder this all night.

I didn’t see you much when I was here before. I like your sense of humor.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

I didn’t see you much when I was here before. I like your sense of humor.

How long were you on here before?

 

[Hbotus Dichotomous]

How long were you on here before?

Over the years? On and off with a couple accounts because I’m bad at remembering usernames and passwords. Then when I get distracted and leave for a while I’m stuck with a new one. I enjoy Hbot’s personalities though.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Over the years? On and off with a couple accounts because I’m bad at remembering usernames and passwords. Then when I get distracted and leave for a while I’m stuck with a new one. I enjoy Hbot’s personalities though.

 

[billanole]

My son has a retired racing dog, and it's a fascinating animal. He's visiting with it for Christmas. Very quiet and mild mannered dog. We had deer in the backyard this morning and it seemed to think they were bigger greyhounds, watching them from a window and wagging its tail. In its racing life it never dealt with stairs, so despite training it struggles, and generally avoids them. 1-2 stairs is the most it will climb. So, it either has to go around them, or be carried up them.

Naw, but I did have a Continental Trailways station.
Neighbor had a whippet when I was young. The dog was always really timid and avoided human interaction. Could haul butt when it decided to chase squirrels….

 

[bhawk24bob]

They sleep a lot and are generally useless, right? I've been told upwards of 22-23 hours a day asleep

 

[Gimmered]

For my friend's dog, it was bicycles. They think that maybe the reflectors reminded it of the bunny on the track? I donno. But they said they gotta hold on tight on walks when it sees a bicyclist bc it wants to catch them.

We had sideboards on a pickup when we went hunting, he stood up with his head above the boards and chased billboards as we drove by them. He was actually a greyhound brittany mix. The damn dog could hunt.