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I'm not a fan of racing of any description, dogs, horses, motors, anything.
But each to their own.
This dog racing ban smacks of another small slice of big picture.
There have been previous attacks on pig hunting with dogs.
How long until it's bird dogs, farm dogs etc?
Something to think about.
..... Service Dogs, Hot Dogs, Lathe Dogs....... the list goes on and on like the neverending story.......Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Yo Dawg
I worked at a Greyhound racing stable when I was 16, and have loved them ever since - when I get old and fat I'm going to buy a biiiig sofa and sit on it with a bunch of greyhounds. The worlds fastest couch potatoes, greyhounds are.
They do get injured a lot though, as they are bred for extreme speed so everything not necessary to run fast is removed (including smarts. Greyhounds are about as dumb as a dog can be and still breath unassisted) and there isn't a lot of money in a 2 year old GH that can't race.
P.s. I think there is a fair amount of truth in 7mmWSM's comment about this being the thin end of the wedge - and I know there are folks who are determined to end all forms of "animal exploitation". No farming, no need for farm dogs. Simple really.
https://animaljustice.org.nz/propert...on-of-animals/
https://safe.org.nz/our-work/animals...imals-in-farms
Yep, even dogstyle, I believe...Quote:
Originally Posted by inglishill
i got doggystyle last nightQuote:
Originally Posted by outlander
i sat and begged
she rolled over and played dead
meanwhile in the uk in some areas they are trying to ban taking your own dog for a walk in public as "some people" are offended
To be fair...the industry was warned...and told to clean Thier collective acts up...the registered dogs that just vanished without trace or reporting continued supposedly...going by what was said year or so back. I love dogs,the thought of putting one down cause it's broken two toes ...yeah nah,the writing was on wall and was ignored.
Pighunters have for the main part cleaned up Thier acts,pigs are USUALLY dispatched quickly...a few big fines etc twenty plus years back saw to that.the fellas who gets dogs ripped up and don't get proper vet treatment get procecuted.and so they should be. A dog will give it's all for us for fook all in return.
To be fair Micky, there's some shit house firearm owners out there too, we are getting tarnished by their actions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Are all greyhound owners/trainers not abiding by the warnings?
Similar scenario.
The difference or comparison would work if and only if all said firearms owners were competing in organised events and still being shithouse. The event organisers had been warned to clean house....and appear to have failed to do so.
And they will still be able to own greyhounds...and run them...just not in competition or organised competitions.its the INDUSTRY of racing being axed,not the owning of the dogs.
Having no interest in either horses or dogs racing I need enlightening on the difference legislation wise now.
Or pigs,or snails...
Farm dogs HAVE already been under spotlight. Rightly or wrongly,as a nation we are slowly cleaning up our act and our behaviour towards animals is being looked at and changed if found to be wanting in animal welfare department. How far this goes is bigger question... I live in hope sanity prevails and we find a happy medium .both ends of spectrum may not be completely happy but with careful balancing all parties should be pacified and end product workable. Docking cows or dogs tails is no longer a widely done thing.sheep must be shorn once a year...dehorning now needs local anistetic etc etc etc
with summer well under way i do appreciate "greyhound skirts"
so short they are only a couple of inches from the hair
You’ll lucky, your knees could be like mineQuote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
I listened to a fairly detailed RNZ report on this and it wasn't quite as I'd thought. Seems the individual dog people weren't the problem, it was the structure of the racing, which produces (supposedly) large numbers of injuries on the first turn . . . The racing board didn't address this to the extent the powers that be required, hence the shutdown. As a long term (life member) rodeo guy I have been following this and there are certainly lessons to be learned besides just ignoring numpty "antis".
dont look to close at horse racing then ive seen shit that would curl your hair.
theres cruel c..ts in every walk of life and generally everyone has to carry the can for thier bullshit.
as usual this will have a higher death rate for greyhounds inially as they require more excersise than most are willing to give and end up at the''vets''
There was some pretty torrid stuff in aussie a few years back.
Inhumane euthanasia of dogs, knocking 9 out of 10 pups in the head, pits full of 50 or 60 dead dogs etc
the thing is it is not just the dogs who get injured. If you are a slow greyhound you are a dead greyhound. They came up with the greyhounds as pets nonsense a few years ago, so they could say they were doing something for the ones who were no good for racing etc... Anyone who knows the numbers know that more than 6.000 were put down per year a while ago so it was just a token effort for PR. Since whinny loves horse racing I think they are safe. My best guess is the hunt clubs will be next for an examination. Shit I could tell some stories about them ( but wont). Lets just say the hunt dogs used to have an even worse time of it than greyhounds.
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Originally Posted by Tentman
greyhounds are pretty good "couch potato" dogs, unfortunately lots are very prey driven
Mate had a retired greyhound.
Nice enough dog and got on well with the other pets but it gave them a couple moments to think about and then tried to take chunk out of his missus.
Back to the outfit they got it from
I met another whippet owner a while back. She used to have a whippet with 3 legs. It was at full speed and hit a tree. Bye bye leg. Whippets can run 55kph. Greyhounds can do 70 and weigh triple. That's a lot of potential damage
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A small dog can take a chunk out of a face or any body part. Dogs which have been well brought up and socialised do not behave like this. I have had dogs for over 60 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
A lot of racing greyhounds haven't been socialized at all by some accountsQuote:
Originally Posted by TeRei
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