Introducing Bella Blue, our new greyhound

[SarasotaRepub]

Have you ever taken them to the Paw Park on 17th? It's a really nice big space where they could run as much as they want and it's all fenced in.

I used to take Xena there all the time and she loved it. Took her there for years...

When we came back to Sarasota we took Darlene and Xena there once, this was after we lost Blue.

I'm going to start taking Darlene and Bella there again soon.

[vesta111]

I used to take Xena there all the time and she loved it. Took her there for years...

When we came back to Sarasota we took Darlene and Xena there once, this was after we lost Blue.

I'm going to start taking Darlene and Bella there again soon.

We had our Saint Bernard for 10 years, we got him when the last baby was about 12 months old.  Huge dog that we assumed needed plenty of space to run.

To our surprise it did not matter that much if at all to the dog, he seldom wanted to stay outside for longer then to do his duty.

My question on Grayhounds is, do these dogs have a NEED to run????   Can they get exercise chasing the cat or just hanging out with their owners.?

I am curious as so many grayhounds are adopted by Senior Citizens that cannot walk them especially in the winter.

I see seeing eye dogs and service dogs that are of breeds that one thinks needs much run time but adjust to a quiet life at their masters side 24/7.

[SarasotaRepub]

We had our Saint Bernard for 10 years, we got him when the last baby was about 12 months old.  Huge dog that we assumed needed plenty of space to run.

To our surprise it did not matter that much if at all to the dog, he seldom wanted to stay outside for longer then to do his duty.

My question on Grayhounds is, do these dogs have a NEED to run????   Can they get exercise chasing the cat or just hanging out with their owners.?

I am curious as so many grayhounds are adopted by Senior Citizens that cannot walk them especially in the winter.

I see seeing eye dogs and service dogs that are of breeds that one thinks needs much run time but adjust to a quiet life at their masters side 24/7.

Greys are known as 45 mph couch potatos.  They don't need a ton of exercise and I took Xena to the park so much because I could get my walk in too as well as talk to SaintLouieWoman when she was up in St. Louis before we were married. She would run a little but mostly she liked to just lope around meeting her dog park buddies. Xena, not SLW. 

If I took her to the park very early in the morning when there were not a lot of puppers around she would take off like a rocket and do laps like she was on the race track. It was something to see!

Darlene didn't do much when we took her the 1st time but I think Bella is going to love the park.

I usually take Darlene and Bella for a good walk once a day. We have a fenced in yard and that's usually a good idea with a Grey.

SR