It is interesting you picked up on that stillness. Many folks who have only seen them at race tracks, muzzled and ready to do what 2 or 3 thousand years of breeding has prepared them for, presume they are hyper nervous drooling pupil dilated chaseafugginrabbitat45milesanhour beasts who would me impossible to to control.
The broad effort at placement in homes over the last 20 or so years has somewhat changed that impression. The largest of the 3 main adoption outfits here has placed 500 dogs a year for the better part of 2 decades. As they are sprinters not long distance runners, they require a surprising little amount of exercise. Its kinda cool seeing a world class athlete that wants to spend 90% of the time laying on the couch. When they go from the stressed world of the track to a home, the transformation is remarkable. They are, in many ways, quite feline. Lazy. Imperturbable. Sometimes sneaky. Quiet and rarely bark. Not what I would call the smartest breed I've been around, but extremely intuitive. That mood thing goes both ways. They tend to be very sensitive to the mood of the person they are with. Don't immediately give unconditional trust like most dogs. Their trust must be earned.....once accomplished, often quickly, it lasts till the heart stops beating. Your monkey must have been a very talented one. --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Often a stranger remarked "he looks contemplative". > > Greyhounds do have a stillness vibe. They are remarkably calm, almost > as still as a cat. Whatever creature you hang out with must affect at > least your mood. I grew up with a monkey when I was a kid, so I guess > the effects can be pretty long term!
