What is life at the track like for a Greyhound?
Typically they are weaned from their mother at eight weeks old. They are kept with their littermates until about 12 months old. A litter can be up to 11 dogs, but usually averages six to eight. At this point, they are sent to train. Here they are housed in kennels of about 50 to 75 dogs, each in their own individual crate. Life is very routine for them: feeding, turn outs, and training. A Greyhound usually begins its official career at 18 months old. They generally race every three to four days. They are turned out to go to the bathroom four times a day. Other than that they spend up to 18 hours a day in their crates. The average age of a Greyhound when its done racing is three years old. They can race until age five or six if good enough, but only a handful make it that long. They can live to be 10 to 14 years old. They are retired for many reasons: a few seconds off the winning time, lack of desire to chase the lure, and often times they are injured, with broken legs, broken toes, pu
