Rebanne

My pups sleep in their crate in my bedroom so I can hear them when they get restless and I get up and take them out to the toilet and then they go back in their crate and I go back to bed. Doesn't take long for them to sleep through the night.

did the breeder of your puppy know what you were planning to do with the poor thing? To be honest I don't understand what you were reading if you researched for 5 years about dog ownership before actually getting a pup. Just how much time a day are you actually going to see the dog? If you work, there is a big chunk of time gone, same for when you are sleeping. Fit in all the other things you do and where exactly does a dog fit into your life?

move his crate into your bedroom.

I took in my girl one day to find out what was the small thing under her skin on her shoulder. I thought it might have been a splinter that she had picked up in one of her mad moments. Was her microchip! I had considered that but thought it wouldn't move after 4 years. Vet and I laughed, I wasn't charged and away we went.

yes I am. Not sure if I will get there as I have a very dodgy knee but the dog is fine!

My crate has heaps of blankets in it so the dogs can snuggle in. If I shut the door I don't worry about water. My dogs also wear coats and if a pup wasn't up to wearing a coat I would cover the crate.

yes

Lots of fleece blankets, they are cheap and wash and dry like a rag. I use rib backed dry bed every where for my dogs but not in the kennels

glad the neighbours got compensated. Stupid dog owners.

http://www.dogsvictoria.org.au/MembersArea/JudgesOfficials/HowtoBecomeaJudge.aspx

I plan to use imported semen on a maiden bitch. Very comfortable with it.

I will be looking to import semen. Much cheaper then importing a dog who would most likely only be used a couple of times. I'd import a bitch before I imported a male.

My entire dog doesn't smell either. UTI?

There just aren't the homes for them. That is the bottom line. There has been and still is plenty of promotion about their suitability as pets. How many more people are there in the USA, with approx the same amount of greyhounds bred? What is safe? Safe with all critters, small ones only, kids, elderly etc? I've got a bird killer here so not safe for some.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/447806795264957/ in the files section currently 7 and 8

There are not many around. I think of them as being between a beagle and a foxhound. I quite like them but they are not for me. They are a hunting dog, a scent hound.

I think you mean some of the owners.

Yep

100% agree and people would still bet on the outcome and dogs would still be disposed of if they didn't win and people would still breed trying to find "the one"

I don't deal with drunks so I wouldn't expect my dogs too.

There would have been no where near an extra 538 greyhounds on couches if not for GAP. Some rescue's a truly wicked and not in a good way.

can't be bothered

But there aren't 12,000 homes available every year for one breed no matter how well socialised they are. The way I understood what Kirty is saying is that there should be alot less greyhounds bred in the first place which I totally agree with. You would come up against restriction of trade if you made things too hard. Dogs are goods after all

But there aren't 12,000 homes available every year for one breed no matter how well socialised they are.

I agree with Gruf on both counts. Will also point out that, like other dogs, there have been plenty of laws made that have not been enforced. Enforce those laws they do have and new laws might not be needed. Exactly, except I would like to see the owners of the dogs be made accountable for their lives after racing and ways found to be able to do that. As far as I know it already happens in Vic. But I also agree with Wreckit, why just one breed?