Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
I know he's a Jack and I've thought that it wouldn't be fair to Dinah but he's older as well. Oh well. I still might go see him. He is so cute.
I have submitted an application for a rescue greyhound and have even had my home inspected but i've been giving that second thoughts. Greyhounds seem like they don't have enough personality.

Zen. That dog I am talking about was an older dog too. His original owners couldn't keep him and my neighbour gave him a home. With humans he is quite sweet but he can't leave cats alone. He has been seriously clawed by cats (which with most dogs would teach them to stay away from cats) but he doesn't learn. It's their hunting instinct. I'd be wary of introducing a greyhound when there's a cat in the house for the same reason. Greyhounds are race dogs and they are taught to chase the "rabbit" in races. Most Greyhound rescue centres here advise against homing a Greyhound where there is a cat.

By saying that, my friend had a Jack Russell and a cat. The difference was that she got them at the same time when the dog was a pup and the cat a kitten so they were brought up together.

We got our GSD as an older rescue and she was introduced into a house full of cats even though she wasn't used to cats. We introduced her to our cats under strict supervision. She did try and chase the cats initially but we held her collar and said a firm "No!" She learnt very quickly and Blue, one of our elderly cats curls up with the dog and they're the best of pals. Ironically, Sadie won't chase our own cats but if a strange cat comes into our garden she'll bark at it and chase it out.