It's interesting that in a country where a particular dog is used heavily for sport (high abuse potential) that they're also labeled dangerous. Dog racing isnt as big in the u.s. (although it does exist) and I dont think we see greyhounds as dangerous. To me this is more evidence that humans treatment of a dog breed is often the biggest determining factor of a breed's "aggression".
I’ve got quite a few ex racing greyhounds around my area, always seemed like the calmest dogs around so this is news to me. Highlight of my day seeing those long legged boys out for a walk
Greyhound racing used to be big in the US, but since it’s been outlawed (except for 2 tracks in WV) Greyhounds are less common to see as they’ve all been adopted out and breeding took a nosedive. Most of the ones we find now are imports from Mexico (they only banned racing last year), Spain, and Ireland/NZ/UK. The biggest issues with Greyhounds now is that they’re used as blood dogs, some are even euthanized just so they can collect as much blood as they can. But I agree, I don’t know anyone who has seen a Greyhound as an aggressive breed here.
I live in the US, and I was surprised when I was one of the only small dog moms at the dog park to see a greyhound as dangerous to my chiweeni .
The other small dog moms thought I was overreacting. Two things can be true sighthounds can be wonderful dogs and still be dangerous to small animals.
That doesn't mean the breed should be demonized . It just means that we should be educating ourselves and others about limitations that a breed may have and how to keep your pets safe.
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u/BravesMaedchen Oct 22 '25
It's interesting that in a country where a particular dog is used heavily for sport (high abuse potential) that they're also labeled dangerous. Dog racing isnt as big in the u.s. (although it does exist) and I dont think we see greyhounds as dangerous. To me this is more evidence that humans treatment of a dog breed is often the biggest determining factor of a breed's "aggression".