If at some point in the future you consider adopting a rescue dog, you will hopefully know enough about greyhounds and lurchers to consider one as your new companion. The sleek, elegant and majestic greyhound, was one of the first dogs to be domesticated by man and the dogs you see today have changed very little from those pictured on the walls of the ancient tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs. There was even a medieval law passed forbidding poor people from owning them. After many centuries of enjoying the privileged position of being considered the king of breeds, the last century has seen the role of greyhounds change drastically for the worse. The other races are run at independent tracks, where no such regulations apply.
Champion dogs can earn a lot of prize money.
Every year around 10,000 racing greyhounds are 'retired' before the age of four. Tragically retirement can often range from shooting or drowning, but many of these fallen heroes are in our hands. Other owners, however, have the animal humanely destroyed or simply abandon the dog once it can no longer earn its keep. The Lurcher Lurchers are crossbred greyhounds - usually with Irish Wolfhounds, Salukis or other breeds. Rescue Centre Greyhounds Ex-racing greyhounds are accustomed to life in kennels and they settle easily into the rescue centre routine.