I have never owned a dog. The closest experience of dogs are my sisters and taking them for walks! I have vast experiences of cat ownership but never dogs. After the untimely death of our cat (kidney failure) we have been doing some thinking about what we really want and we both would love a dog. Unfortunately we both work full time.
I have spent the last two days going through almost every dog breed I could think of. The only dog where the rescue centre said they would rehome to a full time worker are greyhound rescues. On paper we are a good match for a grey hound. Very quiet home life - no kids or other pets, no life so plenty of doggy time in evening/weekends and a very comfy sofa! We are out of the house for 9 hours a day for work but we are getting a dog walker (used to be our cat sitter for vacations). We are securing the back garden. We are after a dog not a puppy. My sister has a lurcher (greyhoundXcollie ) but her collieness seems to be her overriding personality and she is a very energetic dog - but she does not bark and she has the greyhound love of snuggling on the sofa.
Basically is it true about greyhounds from personal experiences? Are they really so cat like they will sleep all day and not drive the neighbours mad with barking? Can they cope with the stresses of being alone/separation anxiety? I am so worried about falling for a dog only to find it is not coping with a working owner. I don't want to have to wait until I am retired to have a dog!
I have spent the last two days going through almost every dog breed I could think of. The only dog where the rescue centre said they would rehome to a full time worker are greyhound rescues. On paper we are a good match for a grey hound. Very quiet home life - no kids or other pets, no life so plenty of doggy time in evening/weekends and a very comfy sofa! We are out of the house for 9 hours a day for work but we are getting a dog walker (used to be our cat sitter for vacations). We are securing the back garden. We are after a dog not a puppy. My sister has a lurcher (greyhoundXcollie ) but her collieness seems to be her overriding personality and she is a very energetic dog - but she does not bark and she has the greyhound love of snuggling on the sofa.
Basically is it true about greyhounds from personal experiences? Are they really so cat like they will sleep all day and not drive the neighbours mad with barking? Can they cope with the stresses of being alone/separation anxiety? I am so worried about falling for a dog only to find it is not coping with a working owner. I don't want to have to wait until I am retired to have a dog!