Greyhounds are pretty fricken large.

well, we've got another dog. Yes, it's a greyhound. Can I just say that when you see these dogs racing on TV, they look like ordinary sized dogs. However, nothing can prepare you for the sheer size of these dogs when you see one up close. Our boy, Merlin, stand 75cm at the shoulders and is 110cm long without the tail. He's huge, no two ways about it. Poor thing has been in the adoption kennels since March and to be honest, isn't in that great a condition. However, he is very very affectionate and is terribly loyal already. He quite happily follows me or Miss R around the house with little Cleo trying to lick his face the whole time. They are both black and look like twins, except he's like twice the size. His racing career was far from stellar; 32 race starts for 2 wins. I even read that the poor thing had a massive collision at a race meet in Tasmania. Yes, he really got around attending race meets in Victoria, Tassie and NSW. He's just a big friendly giant really. I can't wait until we're confident in letting him off the leash with little Cleo. She seriously wants to play with him ALL the time and it will be good once they can have a good run together. Poor Cleo goes in to be de-sexed on Friday. I hope she'll be okay.