Sighthounds

Saving Sighthounds from Anesthetic Drug Death

Saving Sighthounds from Anesthetic Drug Death! Due to Sighthound’s peculiar quirks, they have a potentially life-threatening, slow recovery reaction to and from anesthetic drugs.

There have been a proportional number of sighthounds who have died on the operating table, especially Greyhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, and Irish Wolfhounds, and or who have had significant difficulty awakening from anesthetics….

Sighthound Necessities

The Importance of Free Exercise for Large Sighthounds

Sighthounds love to gallop, to chase and stretch out. They experience unmistakable, sheer glee as they are bending, folding and leaping. You can see it in their expression. So, why is it that so many of these admirable Sighthounds are found living in unsuitable homes, having little or no fenced, secured acreage?

Beware, the Dark Side!

Some years past, I read an interview with a well-known dog breeder in which, and I am mostly paraphrasing here, she was asked what she had learned over her many decades. She responded that unfortunately, there is a downside to the sport, referring to the "dark side" of people's personalities. She was refreshingly candid, as, in fact, there are dark sides to individuals as well as bad-natured characters in this sport, and at one time or another, you will encounter them both.....

Sighthound Necessities

The Importance of Free Exercise for Large Sighthounds

Sighthounds love to gallop, to chase and stretch out. They experience unmistakable, sheer glee as they are bending, folding and leaping. You can see it in their expression. So, why is it that so many of these admirable Sighthounds are found living in unsuitable homes, having little or no fenced, secured acreage?