"Greyhounds aren't dogs, as we understand them. They're dog adjacent"

[SGE1967]

Said our vet when we took Cara in to be spayed last week. Kind of took me aback, but he explained and it made sense. Anyhoo, I did a bit of research and I found this article which was pretty much what our vet said - he does a lot of work for the greyhound rescue charity where we adopted Cara from, and clearly knows the breed well.

Interesting article

[oldrunners]

Many years ago, one of my vets was consulting some lab results, and commented, "Oh!  They really ARE dogs!".

[racindog]

[BatterseaBrindl]

[greysmom]

This is a reprint (without attribution) of a much older article by noted greyhound expert Dr Guillermo Couto, now found through the Greyhound Health Initiative, but at the time he was head of the veterinary program at Ohio State University.  Dr Couto has long been an advocate for greyhounds and has done a lot of research into their particular physical differences from other breeds of dogs.

One of our GT members has created a wallet card listing the common bloodwork and lab result numbers for greyhounds vs other breeds.  It's quite handy when dealing with a vet who doesn't know sighthounds well.