Br113

I totally agree with you, Shaggy (my gh) usually run at half speed to avoid other dogs getting discourage from chasing him. But I've also seen him getting caught by a jack russell (a pretty fast one anyway). Something that draws my attention is that Shaggy doesn't go double suspension (if he does, is very subtle)... I think it might be because he grew up playing at the dog park with an irregular terrain, changing directions constantly, etc... not sure if that affects the way he run... maybe he start doing it later on, he's first birthday is this monday

Im just curious now, do you know how much difference in speed there is between a proffesional, trained racer (like mark) and an untrained one? Im not familiar with racing so I dont know the gap between a fast gh and a "slow" one

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Thank you for replying! I didnt mean I want him to be THE FASTEST actually, nor the fastest he could be... You are right. I was just curious because the gap in speed in comparisson with the other hounds was huge, and they werent racers neither. That made me question myself if my pup was getting to much couch time (we live in an appartment and go to the dog park about 1 hs per day, but maybe he needed more time in the beach or something else to proper development). Lets see how he mature, he just started raising his leg to mark, but not everyday...

Hi! I have an 11mo greyhound named Shaggy, male and intact. And even though I dont want him to race, i'd like him to be as fast as possible. He is the fastest dog in the dog park every day. Except for two ocassions. One day he met an adult whippet who was extremely faster than him, and the other day the same happened with an adult female greyhound. Im wondering if he's getting much faster from this point forward or if he is already close to his full speed?