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As for the concerns here, this is what I have discovered reading about the breed.
Apartment Living- when indoors, Greyhounds are low energy (to the point of laziness as one article states). They also are not barkers, which is important to both neighbors and myself
Exercise- having watched Cesar Milan on tv and read his book (wow, I read a book!), this has been beaten into my head. Greyhounds, due to their racing, are perceived as very high energy and needing big runs and whatnot. According the rescue sites, they need a 20-30 min walk. I would make this more like an hour, as this helps to enhance the calm submissive energy in the dog (thank you Cesar). A few times a week, there are some dog parks around here, and so long as there is proper fencing, this will work.
Tomorrow is the day that I go to the open house where there will supposedly be like 50 greyhounds and a bunch of staff. The idea is to tell them about our situation honestly, and see if they think there would be success here. I want to see if my apartment is a good idea or not in their eyes. From their applications, they seem pretty critical of where these dogs go, so hopefully they will give me the straight cheese. I am not supposed to take home a dog tomorrow. Hopefully my wife can control me, because I have a tendency to fall in love with critters.
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