Posts Tagged ‘greyhounds’

Lure Coursing

Posted by admin on July 10th, 2012 under Random Dog InformationTags: , , , , ,  • Comments Off

  Originally designed in the 1970’s to exhibit and encourage sight-hounds natural instinct to chase game, lure coursing has since grown into both a competitive and leisure sport for canines of all breeds and sizes.  While many of the competitions still limit their participants to dogs in the sight-hound family, such as greyhounds, whippets, and [...]

Wednesday Wisdom 45

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2011 under Wednesday WisdomTags: , , , , , ,  • Comments Off

Fun facts for you to share with your friends to get you through the end of the week!!   A Greyhound can run up to 45 mph whereas a normal dog can only reach 19 mph.  A Greyhound can beat an Arabic horse in a race!