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wow, thank you for all the advice! Good to know im not going to be accidentally destroying her stomach or something LOL @RaineysMom I did not know about the organ meat thing, so thats very helpful! I'll definitely look more into dog nutrition and raw to make sure I dont mess anything up. I work at a health food store and our meat dept sells 'dog food' which consists of a ground mix of chicken meat, backs, necks, livers, hearts, and gizzards, so i was thinking of giving her a spoonful or two of that every so often (maybe not everyday, maybe every other day) on top of her dry food. So far ive been just giving her chicken meat, an egg, sardines, or the 'dog food' mix on top of her dry food and shes been doing well on it as her poops have been nice and firm. Zeke sounds like a princess LOL also fun fact, but ive been doing research and I don't think my dog is the typical english greyhound, or a even a greyhound mix, but i'm pretty sure shes a galgo! She fits the physical description of a galgo quite well (hips being higher than their shoulders, hooked tail, longer ears which explains her ears, etc.). Weird thing is, I was reading galgos are quite rare in the U.S. and typically you need to pay a few thousand $$ to fly one in from Spain?? I wonder how mine came to be loll, her brother is still at the shelter as well waiting to be adopted too!

I recently got a greyhound mix (looks almost 100% greyhound if it weren't for her having floppy lab-looking ears) from an animal shelter and I want to feed her a mix of dry (Kirkland signature chicken and rice dog food) and raw (I've read about the dangers of raw and bacteria being spread so I'm also considering homecooked) and I was wondering what your guys opinion on this is? I want to keep the dry kibble in her diet to make sure she's getting all the nutrition she needs but some people say not to mix because dry and raw digest differently and it could be bad but I've also seen a lot of people saying that its all myth. Have any of you guys discussed this with a vet before and have any advice? My greyhound is a bit picky with food and really only gets excited when I mix her dry with some raw or cooked food so I would like to include it always to keep her excited and happy with variety, but I want to do it in a safe way. I'm definitely going to be talking to my vet about this next week once I bring her in for a exam to make sure she's healthy, but I was curious on your guys' opinions as well. TLDR: what are your guys' opinions on mixing dry and raw/cooked? Also is raw dangerous and do u guys recommend I do cooked instead to be safe? I also attached a pic so you guys can see her! She's a pretty dark brindle!

Thank you everyone for all the input! I appreciate it!

I see, that makes sense. I don't want to however lock my rabbit in his cage all day and vice versa with the greyhound though. How long maximum would you recommend a muzzle can be on a greyhound for? So that way once I get the greyhound used to the rabbits presence, I can have them in the same room (with a muzzle ofc)? Also, do people who own greyhounds never fully trust theirs around their cats either then? My last dog I was able to trust her with my rabbit alone despite her high prey drive as I got her trained her to be comfortable with the rabbit and to not attack, but I already had 10yrs of trust with her at that point. I just don't want to deny my dog or rabbit socialization with me when I'm home. I really appreciate this insight!

Hello! I'm planning on adopting a greyhound soon as I've always wanted one since my last dog who passed away was most likely part greyhound or some sort of sighthound (body shape, face structure, and personality-wise) and I've fallen in love with the sighthound breeds. However, I have a bunny in the house so I'm obviously quite nervous about this so I don't plan on leaving them in a room alone or without a muzzle until I'm absolutely positive my rabbit is safe. I am wondering however how I can be sure that a greyhound I'm picking out at the rescue might be trainable to coexist with a rabbit? Do greyhounds treat anything small and fast (like cats and rabbits) the same, so I might have the best luck with a greyhound that is indifferent or ignores cats? The rescue I am looking at is getting some new greyhounds in today and the lady said I could put a deposit on a greyhound once they're up on the website, but I'm wondering if I should wait until they're at least tested with cats first? Does anyone have a greyhound that lives with rabbits indoors? I would really appreciate tips on both training and picking out a possibly safe greyhound! Thanks!