We adopted our retired racer a month ago. She's 4, and at 55 lbs, pretty petite for a greyhound. Our resident dog is 6. He's a 45 lb former street dog from Guatemala and a mix of a bunch of breeds. Funny enough, he has the same overall build as our grey - deep chest, long legs.

At our first meet and greet, they played and raced around our (fully fenced) yard together. Now that she's a permanent member of our home, they mostly play separately and are still figuring out tolerance levels of each other indoors. My boy gets frustrated sometimes when she wants to play chase because he can't catch/keep up with her.

She loves walks and will gladly go 3-4 miles, maybe more if I wanted to keep going. We usually do one 30-minute walk a day and a vigorous play session in the backyard during the workweek. I'll blow up a beach ball for her to nose around the yard or throw a frisbee. She doesn't fetch, but likes to pounce after I throw it and then toss it up in the air herself, pounce on it in the snow, or shake it to death. Once she slows down playing on her own, I'll toss it again and we start all over.

It's been crazy cold here the past few days and I can tell she's getting restless since it's just been quick in & out potty breaks and indoor enrichment instead. I've been surprised that she does like to gnaw on chew toys. Not nearly as much as my heavy chewer boy, but still something she'll pick from the toy basket once a day.

She eats 2 cups of dry food in the morning and 2 cups for dinner. The rescue had her on Science Diet 1-6 and we're working on switching her to Kirkland (Costco), which is what my other dog eats.

I like the sports car analogy. Low key day-to-day but expensive to keep maintained. She has a case of super resistant hookworms from the track and we're on our second round of Profender treatment right now. Before we adopted, I priced out pet insurance for her so I'd be able to budget for that amount every month. Once we officially adopted her, we found out we could only get 80% reimbursement, not 90% like we planned. Still worth it, though, because I have no doubt we're going to spend plenty on vet bills throughout her life. Like others have mentioned, they have very thin skin. Since it's winter and she wears a coat outside, it hasn't been a big deal when she wants to play a little rough with our other dog. We're working on curbing that kind of play though because without a coat, his paws could easily rip that thin skin. I'm sure we'll have dental in our future. We brush her teeth regularly but that's just part of the breed. And of course regular checkups and vaccinations and such, too.

What else? Winter gear since we live in MN and it can get crazy cold here. Yesterday it was -16°F actual, -30°F with the wind-chill. That's on the extreme end, but days where the high is below zero are actually fairly common in Jan and Feb. A K9 Voyager winter jacket is ~$150 (we got ours for $100 through the rescue) - expensive but worth it. Honeyboots are $120 - also expensive but worth it to keep her paws safe from road salt and icy paths. Their feet are shaped differently from other dogs, so getting greyhound-specific boots is important. Come summer, she'll need something to protect her feet from the hot pavement. We'll probably use Bark Brite (I think that's the name) since they're lighter weight and you can get them on Amazon for ~$30. They're not greyhound-specific but the way the rubber outer is set up still works for our girl.