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Thank you, I did wonder if she saw herself in the reflection but wasn't sure. I left her in the kitchen for 30 minutes as I had to go out again and she was fine. I did leave the radio on when she was in the kitchen, so maybe you're right and this helped! Thank you for the tip. We will just have to keep helping her to feel secure and safe in her new home.

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We rescued our 5 year old greyhound a week and a half ago and she was settling in really well at first. She seems very relaxed and content and was left short periods of time and was fine. Shes had a few toilet accidents over night despite us getting up early to let her out but I'm not worried by this as it has been a handful of times. The last two days when I have left for 1-2 hours max! She has shredded a cushion, torn up a birthday card and jumped at our TV which is on the wall on a bracket and has slightly scratched the corner. We don't fuss when leaving or returning and ive tried To peek through the window after leaving and all she does it stretch and lie down, she is happy when we return but not over the top excited - just her usual chilled self. She is fine overnight, goes to her bed and doesn't cry. I just cant work out why she would jump at a tv? It seems very odd and she doesn't seem to be showing separation anxiety.

Thank you, I appreciate all the comments and honesty. Its best to know everything beforehand and the information about cost is really helpful too so thank you.

I appreciate the points raised. However, I am not out the house every day. I am part time and only 1 long day out the home. And as I mentioned I am aiming to reduce my working hours even more so that I am off when the schools are closed and giving me shorter days when I do work. We don't have a very busy schedule of clubs and groups so this also isn't an issue for us. We prefer to have flexible time to choose what we do rather than have fixed schedules for clubs etc. We enjoy country parks and walks weekly and live in a rural area so very much enjoy being outdoors which I hope would be a good fit for dog life? We are aware that there would be adjustments and compromises and are certainly weighing up this with the idea. I do feel we can give a greyhound a good home and would love to but I appreciate that family life is busy too.

Thank you for your reply thats really helpful. We are in the UK. Have made contact with a local greyhound rehoming charity so we are looking forward to hearing back from them. We did go to a meet and greet event run by another charity to meet a few of the breed and ask general questions and I fell in love with the dogs!

Weve been exploring rehoming a retired greyhound. We have children aged 9 and 6. My husband works full time in the week and is out of the house all day (long hours). I'm working 3 days a week. Two of these days family pick up my children and bring them home, so dog would be alone for approx. 7 hours but could arrange for this to be 6 if family come to the home first to let the dog out before school pick up. Theres currently 1 day a week though where I would be out the house for 9 hours (that includes my travel) and i wonder if a dog would be okay with this? * im currently trying to get a change of work hours to term time only and to be shorter days. It might mean I'm out the house 3-4 days a week for 7 hours. I'm just looking for advice on our current set up and how compatible it would be for a greyhound?