Dog race Portugal

[Focus]

Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

http://atlantic-diesel.com/
Acceleration is like shooting them from a canon (not the camera).

[Twibil]

Post by Focus
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Wildly over-inflated answers. I've owned and coursed greyhounds for
over 20 years, and have never seen or heard of one doing over 50 MPH,
much less 80 MPH.

Another thing I learned while coursing: never try to dodge a greyhound
that's closing on you at top speed. It won't run into you on purpose,
but if you dodge into it's path it probably won't have time to
correct, and being hit in the legs by a 70 pound dog moving at 50 MPH
will turn you into a human pinwheel. You will land on your head, and
you will sustain a concussion.

~Pete

[Nicko]

Post by Twibil

Post by Focus
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Wildly over-inflated answers. I've owned and coursed greyhounds for
over 20 years, and have never seen or heard of one doing over 50 MPH,
much less 80 MPH.

You obviously aint never seen them dawgs run away from my cousin
Bubba.


--
YOP...

[TonyCooper]

Post by Twibil

Post by Focus
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Wildly over-inflated answers. I've owned and coursed greyhounds for
over 20 years, and have never seen or heard of one doing over 50 MPH,
much less 80 MPH.
Another thing I learned while coursing: never try to dodge a greyhound
that's closing on you at top speed. It won't run into you on purpose,
but if you dodge into it's path it probably won't have time to
correct, and being hit in the legs by a 70 pound dog moving at 50 MPH
will turn you into a human pinwheel. You will land on your head, and
you will sustain a concussion.

This page agrees, but puts the top speed at 45 mph. That's "up to",
meaning that the speed builds up to 45 mph over the course. That
doesn't mean the dog is running at that speed over the entire distance
of the race.

[Twibil]

Post by TonyCooper
This page agrees, but puts the top speed at 45 mph.

I've personally seen them radar-clocked at between 45 and 50 during an
exibition over a 100 yard -and slightly downhill- course.

Post by TonyCooper
That's "up to", meaning that the speed builds up to 45 mph over the course.

Not quite. Greyhounds in a hurry can hit their full stride within
maybe 30 yards, and continue at that speed for perhaps another 200 (?)
before starting to slow due to oxygen debt. After circa 1/2 mile at
top speed they're generally pretty much done, but that varies from dog
to dog. Racing dogs, for instance, are bred for blazing top speeds
while hunters and coursers are generally bred and trained for lower
speeds over longer distances.

Mine were hunting-bred dogs who used to run along with me in 5 and 10K
footraces, and at the human cusorial-cruising speed of circa 10 MPH
your typical greyhound can go all day long while still happily
sniffing the shorts of the lady just ahead of you... (Which startled
the lady in question no end, and caused the United States Marines
running in file just behind me to burst into approving laughter.)

~Pete

[Dudley Hanks]

Post by TonyCooper
This page agrees, but puts the top speed at 45 mph.

I've personally seen them radar-clocked at between 45 and 50 during an
exibition over a 100 yard -and slightly downhill- course.

Post by TonyCooper
That's "up to", meaning that the speed builds up to 45 mph over the course.

Not quite. Greyhounds in a hurry can hit their full stride within
maybe 30 yards, and continue at that speed for perhaps another 200 (?)
before starting to slow due to oxygen debt. After circa 1/2 mile at
top speed they're generally pretty much done, but that varies from dog
to dog. Racing dogs, for instance, are bred for blazing top speeds
while hunters and coursers are generally bred and trained for lower
speeds over longer distances.

Mine were hunting-bred dogs who used to run along with me in 5 and 10K
footraces, and at the human cusorial-cruising speed of circa 10 MPH
your typical greyhound can go all day long while still happily
sniffing the shorts of the lady just ahead of you... (Which startled
the lady in question no end, and caused the United States Marines
running in file just behind me to burst into approving laughter.)

~Pete


For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton. You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.

That was the case when I was returning home from San Francisco with my first
guide, Bonner.

He was a large, male shepherd, not quite as big as Michener, but nearly 90
pounds, nonetheless. We had pre-boarded, and the stewardess had stuck us in
a window seat in the middle of the plane. A middle-aged couple sat in the
two adjoining seats to Bonner and I, and the lady in front boarded a bit
late, not knowing that a bored shepherd had shoe-horned himself into the
area under her seat.

Bonner tried to keep quiet, but when all the meals came out, he just had to
start fidgeting, which I, of course, realized when I heard the scream from
just in front of me.

Next thing I knew, the woman was climbing over the back of her chair with
bloody murder in her eyes. But, she stopped quickly when all she saw was
three passengers eating their chicken dinners.

The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...

Take Care,
Dudley

[TonyCooper]

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:16:07 GMT, "Dudley Hanks"

Post by Dudley Hanks
For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton. You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.
That was the case when I was returning home from San Francisco with my first
guide, Bonner.
He was a large, male shepherd, not quite as big as Michener, but nearly 90
pounds, nonetheless. We had pre-boarded, and the stewardess had stuck us in
a window seat in the middle of the plane. A middle-aged couple sat in the
two adjoining seats to Bonner and I, and the lady in front boarded a bit
late, not knowing that a bored shepherd had shoe-horned himself into the
area under her seat.
Bonner tried to keep quiet, but when all the meals came out, he just had to
start fidgeting, which I, of course, realized when I heard the scream from
just in front of me.
Next thing I knew, the woman was climbing over the back of her chair with
bloody murder in her eyes. But, she stopped quickly when all she saw was
three passengers eating their chicken dinners.
The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...

Oh, sure. Blame it on the dog. C'mon, you can level with us. How
did you manage to scoot under the seat and lick the lady's ankle?

[Dudley Hanks]

Post by TonyCooper
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:16:07 GMT, "Dudley Hanks"

Post by Dudley Hanks
For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton. You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.
That was the case when I was returning home from San Francisco with my first
guide, Bonner.
He was a large, male shepherd, not quite as big as Michener, but nearly 90
pounds, nonetheless. We had pre-boarded, and the stewardess had stuck us in
a window seat in the middle of the plane. A middle-aged couple sat in the
two adjoining seats to Bonner and I, and the lady in front boarded a bit
late, not knowing that a bored shepherd had shoe-horned himself into the
area under her seat.
Bonner tried to keep quiet, but when all the meals came out, he just had to
start fidgeting, which I, of course, realized when I heard the scream from
just in front of me.
Next thing I knew, the woman was climbing over the back of her chair with
bloody murder in her eyes. But, she stopped quickly when all she saw was
three passengers eating their chicken dinners.
The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...

Oh, sure. Blame it on the dog. C'mon, you can level with us. How
did you manage to scoot under the seat and lick the lady's ankle?
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

Yoga does have it's benefits... :)

Take Care,
Dudley

[George Kerby]

Post by Dudley Hanks

Post by TonyCooper
This page agrees, but puts the top speed at 45 mph.

I've personally seen them radar-clocked at between 45 and 50 during an
exibition over a 100 yard -and slightly downhill- course.

Post by TonyCooper
That's "up to", meaning that the speed builds up to 45 mph over the course.

Not quite. Greyhounds in a hurry can hit their full stride within
maybe 30 yards, and continue at that speed for perhaps another 200 (?)
before starting to slow due to oxygen debt. After circa 1/2 mile at
top speed they're generally pretty much done, but that varies from dog
to dog. Racing dogs, for instance, are bred for blazing top speeds
while hunters and coursers are generally bred and trained for lower
speeds over longer distances.
Mine were hunting-bred dogs who used to run along with me in 5 and 10K
footraces, and at the human cusorial-cruising speed of circa 10 MPH
your typical greyhound can go all day long while still happily
sniffing the shorts of the lady just ahead of you... (Which startled
the lady in question no end, and caused the United States Marines
running in file just behind me to burst into approving laughter.)
~Pete
For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton. You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.
That was the case when I was returning home from San Francisco with my first
guide, Bonner.
He was a large, male shepherd, not quite as big as Michener, but nearly 90
pounds, nonetheless. We had pre-boarded, and the stewardess had stuck us in
a window seat in the middle of the plane. A middle-aged couple sat in the
two adjoining seats to Bonner and I, and the lady in front boarded a bit
late, not knowing that a bored shepherd had shoe-horned himself into the
area under her seat.
Bonner tried to keep quiet, but when all the meals came out, he just had to
start fidgeting, which I, of course, realized when I heard the scream from
just in front of me.
Next thing I knew, the woman was climbing over the back of her chair with
bloody murder in her eyes. But, she stopped quickly when all she saw was
three passengers eating their chicken dinners.
The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...
Take Care,
Dudley

Great "tail", Dudley. Thanks!

[Twibil]

Post by Dudley Hanks
For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton.  You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.

(SNIP)

Post by Dudley Hanks
The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...

Great story, and I suspect the young lady probably still recalls it as
well. Quite possibly with crystal clarity.

I've had a few memorable dog stories of my own, including the morning
that I found an almost-fledged young jaybird that had fallen out of
it's nest onto our front porch. As I picked it up to return it to the
nest, our big male Greyhound -Reebok- came wandering up to see what
was going on.

Not thinking, I held the tiny bird down for his inspection and there
was a sudden blur, a crisp "SNAP!", and the sight of Reebok licking
his lips -thereby displacing one small blue feather that floated
slowly to the ground...

Obviously thinking "Hey! Free brunch!" he'd plucked it cleanly out of
my hand and swallowed it before I could so much as move.

Despite that, I still miss him.

~Pete

[Dudley Hanks]

Post by Dudley Hanks
For a moment, imagine you are a nice young lady who has boarded a flight
from Vancouver, Canada, to Edmonton. You're at about 35,000 feet, and the
stewardess has just given you your meal, when, all of a suddden, you feel a
large, wet, tongue slurp across your ankle.

(SNIP)

Post by Dudley Hanks
The situation was hysterical, and one I will never forget...

Great story, and I suspect the young lady probably still recalls it as
well. Quite possibly with crystal clarity.

I've had a few memorable dog stories of my own, including the morning
that I found an almost-fledged young jaybird that had fallen out of
it's nest onto our front porch. As I picked it up to return it to the
nest, our big male Greyhound -Reebok- came wandering up to see what
was going on.

Not thinking, I held the tiny bird down for his inspection and there
was a sudden blur, a crisp "SNAP!", and the sight of Reebok licking
his lips -thereby displacing one small blue feather that floated
slowly to the ground...

Obviously thinking "Hey! Free brunch!" he'd plucked it cleanly out of
my hand and swallowed it before I could so much as move.

Despite that, I still miss him.

~Pete

They are quick, aren't they?

And, hey, nature will have its way...

Take Care,
Dudley

[R. Mark Clayton]

Post by Focus

Post by Focus
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki

answers)
Wildly over-inflated answers. I've owned and coursed greyhounds for

over 20 years, and have never seen or heard of one doing over 50 MPH,
much less 80 MPH.

Just over 40mph is the top speed for any dog. Wiki gives 70kmph as max see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_hound

A racehorse runs at just over 40mph as well, a fact I accidentally observed
first hand while driving alongside the rear straight of Market Rasen
Racecourse on the A631 for about 600m when a race was in progress.

A Cheetah can allegedly hit 70mph

Post by Focus
Another thing I learned while coursing: never try to dodge a greyhound

that's closing on you at top speed. It won't run into you on purpose,
but if you dodge into it's path it probably won't have time to
correct, and being hit in the legs by a 70 pound dog moving at 50 MPH
will turn you into a human pinwheel. You will land on your head, and
you will sustain a concussion.

I experienced something similar with my Labrador. OK it only goes about
30mph, but it weighs about 50% more. As the dog approached me on a long
run, I shifted to the right and the dog veered to the left. The dog jumped
to take impact on its front paws hitting me in my midrift. I was knocked
flat on my back and badly winded the dog somersaulted twice before coming to
a halt, but suprisingly seemed little bother and walked back to see why I
was lying on the ground!


~Pete

[ASAAR]

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

[me]

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed


A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and slim
build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

[Focus]

Post by me

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed
A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and slim
build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

I wrote: Wiki anwers,

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_top_speed_a_greyhound_dog

[George Kerby]

Post by Focus

Post by me

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed
A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and slim
build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

I wrote: Wiki anwers,
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_top_speed_a_greyhound_dog

"Wind Assisted"? What was the name of the typhoon, BTW?

[Focus]

Post by George Kerby

Post by Focus

Post by me

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed
A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and slim
build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

I wrote: Wiki anwers,
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_top_speed_a_greyhound_dog

"Wind Assisted"? What was the name of the typhoon, BTW?

Maybe he farted? Probably downhill too, of a steep cliff ;-)

[Savageduck]

Post by Focus

Post by George Kerby

Post by Focus

Post by me

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed
A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and slim
build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

I wrote: Wiki anwers,
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_top_speed_a_greyhound_dog

"Wind Assisted"? What was the name of the typhoon, BTW?

Maybe he farted? Probably downhill too, of a steep cliff ;-)

There is also the possibility that was a "Greyhound" bus.

I think in this case WIKI is an acronym for "We Intentionally Klown Idiots."

[Savageduck]

Post by me

Post by ASAAR

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

Did you get your speeds reversed? From what others here have said
about racing greyhounds, if your top speed was 84 km/h, that would
be approximately equivalent to 52 m/h, very close to their figures.

Not even that, wiki has this to say about its speed
A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest, flexible spine and
slim build allows it to reach speeds of around 70 kilometres per hour
(43 mph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound

That dog had to be in the back of a pickup, with its head out in the
wind. I have a feeling that is a misreported 84 kph not mph.

[C J Campbell]

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)
http://atlantic-diesel.com/
Acceleration is like shooting them from a canon (not the camera).

Even world's fastest land mammal, the cheetah, cannot run 84 mph.

[Hans Kruse]

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)

So you claim that they will outrun a Cheetah? Hardly!

[C J Campbell]

Post by Focus
Darn, those things are fast!
Makes my car look like a lawnmower...
Top speed I found for a greyhound was 84 M/ph ! (about 138 km/h, Wiki
answers)
http://atlantic-diesel.com/
Acceleration is like shooting them from a canon (not the camera).

Did you only shoot the one race? Closer shots isolating the dogs from
their busy background more would have been fun, too.