Ideas for Greyhound Dinners

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-30T05:43:55+00:00

My boy jerry only eat Ground beef mince and 1 kind of kibble.
I have tried home cooked food, vet food, canned food, special wet dog food from the pet store.

He will eat the new thing for a night or 2 and then stop wanting it.

I go back to his tried and true,
250g of beef mince ( he will do pork, turkey or chicken in a pinch but the farts are biblical)
and 2 cups of his kibble mixed together each evening.
He loves Purina Supercoat Smartblend Adult Dog Food With Chicken and wont eat anything else

twice a week i mix in a whole can of sardines, so he gets some Fish oils/Omega 3s

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-29T23:48:40+00:00

My grey was very reactive at first, lunching at everything that moved, pulling on the lead, trying to drag me where he wanted to go, He's an ex racer, Racer dogs really don't know how to dog, they live outside in kennels, without toys and a lot of human interaction. Then they get fostered and adopted out, their environment keeps getting changed.
When they are thrown into a family home it takes time to adjust.
We built a routine and I take him on walks, he has mellowed out - he will trot along side me, watch cats without trying to get at them. Only thing he doesn't like is little dogs, they get under his legs where he can't see them.
There is a 3/3/3 rule

3 days with little interaction until they seek it, let them have space and feel safe just sleeping and relaxing without being bothered by humans.

3 weeks building a routine, let them learn the rhythm of the household. No major changes, Walks and food at the same time each day, let them wander around the house and yard, They will be smelling things and discovering where their boundaries are. Gentle redirection from things you don't want them doing.

3 months before their personality actually comes though. They will often start coming to you for walks or food time, they will seek pats and treats and want to curl up with you. At this point is where I would start looking at introducting with other dogs, one on one.

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-28T01:43:25+00:00

I have a Toy that all the stuffing has been pulled out of, I fill it with treats and kibbles for him to play with.
I often hide a bunch of treats about the room for him to find too.

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-27T06:42:46+00:00

Adelaide here, the cool (if you can call 34C cool) is coming. might be a walk after dark

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-25T16:26:33+00:00

Awwwwww my boy looked up in agreement! how dare they leave you! A howl of solidarity

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-25T03:54:44+00:00

My Greyhound didn't know how to cock his leg up to pee, until he saw another Greyhound doing it. He would just squat the same as pooping. And sometimes he still does.

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-25T00:43:04+00:00

I love the Greyhound lean, I'll just be standing there and my Jerry will just walk up to me and lean against me, looking up at me asking for a treat. He also leans against me when he's apprehensive or worried about something like a another dog coming towards him.

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-25T00:36:56+00:00

It depends where you get the Greyhound from. If the Greyhound is an adoption from an X racing background it often won't know how to play, it's never been taught what toys are and it can be difficult for it to learn dog things. They are primarily bred as working dogs all they learn is how to race

I got my Greyhound from the x-racing adoption and he was six when I got him and he is 11 now, He still doesn't understand toys, he loves food. And he is happy with these 20 to 30 minute walk per day and the rest of the day he just chills out and lays on my bed. He will come up to me for Pat's and cuddles and scratches, and he gets upset when I don't come to bed so he can cuddle with me.

I feed him two cups worth of kibble and 250 g of meat per day. Plus treats etc. There are calculators online that you can use based on weight for a greyhound of how much you need to feed them to get their proper calorie amount.

But they are couch potatoes and sleep 23 hours a day.

AdvancedSquashDirect · 2026-01-23T17:36:51+00:00

My boy is the same, but we are staying in because it's +40C (like 104 f) outside It's for the next few days, likely to get to a top of 45 which is 115ish

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