### animal | dog | hound:

Greyhound
* Many greyhounds are actually afraid of cats.
* Many greyhounds get along fine with cats, small animals and children
  - well with cats and other small animals
  - never live past fifth birthdays
* Most Greyhounds can learn to live with cats as well
  - love the company of other dogs, and many live happily with cats as well
  - greyhounds adapt quickly and happily to home life
* Most greyhounds are fine with cats
  - good with small pets
  - kennel trained
  - very tolerant of small children
  - can be house-broken in a very short period of time
* Some Greyhounds adapt well to homes with very small animals.
* Some greyhounds are afraid of cats
  - excellent swimmers
  - pack rats, collecting items to take outside or store in their beds
  - territorial about their beds
* adapt well to household life and are wonderful with children.
* adore romping and frolicking outdoors, but after play time, they belong indoors.
* also enjoy walking and are well trained to the leash
  - have higher levels of red blood cells than other breeds
* appear to be the most ancient dog breed.
* are a calm, gentle breed, and make excellent pets
  - gentle, mild, quiet animal by nature
  - healthy breed and their life expectancy is twelve or more years
  - pure breed
* are able to get along with cats
  - see clearly at long distances
  - affectionate and intelligent dogs who thrive on human companionship
  - affectionate, docile and gentle, and they live to please their family members
  - among the most gentle of breeds
* are an affectionate breed of dog and enjoy the company of people and especially children
  - inquisitive, gentle, mild, quiet animal by nature
* are as active as their owners
  - diverse in personality as they are in color
  - by nature a very swift, docile breed
  - calm, gentle dogs and make great companions for people of all ages
  - clean, gentle dogs that thrive on love and affection
  - docile, gentle, low-key creatures
  - easy live with but they do have special needs
  - elegant, intelligent, affectionate pets that are good with cats and children
  - experts at learning to open unsecured cabinet doors
* are extremely companionable and social
  - dog-social and can easily fit into homes where another breed of dog lives
  - prone to a life-threatening digestive syndrome called bloat
* are extremely sensitive and intelligent and respond quickly to voice command
  - animals and respond quickly to training
  - friendly by nature and socialize well
  - gentle and quiet
  - gentle, sensitive, loyal, and brave animals
  - house pets
  - indoor dogs
* are intelligent and quick learners
  - dogs that learn quickly
  - mild, gentle, and quiet by nature
  - much larger than infants, and even some youngsters up to the age of five
  - natural athletes, and they love to race around in circles within a fenced yard
  - naturally a thin dog
  - outstanding pets
  - particularly sensitive to the chemical in flea collars
  - patient, loving animals
  - polite, sweet, affectionate dogs that do well with people and other animals
  - puppies at heart and swift runners
  - quiet and calm
  - racers
  - sensitive creatures who want to please
  - shy and sensitive, but they are also inquisitive and love people
* are sight hounds and can see clearly for a half mile
  - which means they hunt by sight
  - sighthounds and by natural instinct like to run and chase things that move quickly
  - sound as a hound
  - special dogs
* are the fastest breed of dog
  - dogs on earth
  - dogs, and have primarily been bred for coursing game and racing
  - oldest breed of dog
  - only canine mentioned in Holy Scripture
  - world's oldest purebred dogs and are noted for their loyalty and intelligence
  - true athletes
  - typically a healthy and long-lived breed, and hereditary illness is rare
  - used to traveling and adapt quickly to riding in cars
* are usually between two and five years old when they retire
  - patient and calm dogs
  - very healthy with a life expectancy the same as that of other breeds
* are very aware of pack order whether it is within the family or among other dogs
  - calm and affectionate animals
  - content to lay on their beds and sleep most of the day
  - gentle, loving dogs
  - sensitive to insecticides
  - smart, but also powerful and fast
  - social animals
  - sweet, gentle, affectionate, quiet, intelligent dogs
* blend youth, experience.
* can be very cat-friendly
  - become VERY competitive when running together, and things can get out of hand
* claim descent from the desert dogs of the pharaohs and Arab sheiks.
* come in a variety of colors
  - colourings with brindle and fawn being the most common
  - wide array of colors, with various shades of brindle being most common
  - almost any color imaginable with short velvet smooth coats
  - many different colours
  - solids, from white to black, and in patches and in brindle coloring
* cope well as three-legged dogs.
* easily adapt to the life-style of their new owners.
* enjoy walking or jogging, and are very well behaved on a leash.
* forbids all dogs, except guide dogs.
* form strong bonds with their owners and make wonderful family pets.
* get gas when they are nervous or stressed.
* hang out when their humans are on vacation.
* have a definite prey instinct
  - sensitivity to certain types of anesthesia and internal flea medications
  - very fine, soft coat
  - all the advantages of breeding and training when it comes to being a good pet
  - better eyesight than any other breed of dog
  - different personality types just as people do
  - half the body fat of other dogs and hence are more sensitive to the cold
  - lean bodies and long legs
* have little body fat and a thin coat
  - padding and they have skin that tears easily
  - thin skin that can tear easily
  - very short fur, which is easy to maintain
  - virtually no body fat, are very clean, and require very little grooming
* live in climate-controlled kennels, usually on or near the tracks where they race
  - most happily as pets in quiet environments
* love children and other pets.
* love to be groomed and cared for
  - petted more than most dogs, particularly on their necks, rear ends and snouts
  - run, and are competitive by instinct
* make excellent apartment pets
  - great pets, are very chill, and are friendly as all get out
  - terrific pets
* make wonderful companion animals and are loving and responsive to human contact
  - indoor pets
* possess one of the best temperaments of all dog breeds.
* prefer to walk on a slack lead and, for dogs of their size, are unusually easy to handle.
* range in color from red and black to white and fawn.
* really enjoy being groomed.
* require about as much exercise as any other large dog
  - no more exercise than other large dogs
  - special attention with anesthesia, flea treatments, and medications
* run on the west coast.
* spend most of their lives in the company of other dogs, their trainers, and handlers
  - with other greyhounds and usually adapt well to other dogs
  - their racing lives in the company of other dogs
* tend to be couch potatoes after their sprint around the yard
  - walk away if play becomes too much, rather than snap
* wear muzzles when they race to protect one another from snapping.