Respect is earned. You may demand obedience, and you may get it, but that doesn't guarantee you will get respect, whether it is your dog or your husband or your kid Of course, obedience is easier to get when they respect you. Check out the free articles by Suzanne Clothier at the Flying Dog Press site.
this made me laugh. you can't demand respect from anybody or anything, including a greynhound. the majority of us adopted dogs who are already well behaved, leash trained, housebroken and used to being handled by people. housemanners may be lacking, but those will come. personally, i don't think demanding respect will get you anywhere.
for the poster who felt that we don't spend lots of time doing obedience training with our dogs, you're right, many of us don't. as i posted earlier in this post, greyhounds are already pretty well behaved. despite the fact that Treasure didn't learn any of her obedience school commands, she BY FAR the best behaved dog in her class. i guess it depends what you're looking for.