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Betting With Betfair

By on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Betfair is an innovative concept and a successful business model that has the potential to kill the traditional betting systems. The most crucial factor that makes Betfair a big success is the lack of bookmaker, the middleman. There is no bookmaker. Players on both sides of the bet are users of Betfair like you and me. The odds are not decided by any bookies or Betfair, but by the market forces created by bids and offers made by users. Lack of bookmakers leads to a total transparency in the system and creates a level playing field for all the parties involved. To be able to appreciate this advantage, let’s see how a bookmaker operates.

In the traditional market, when you place your bet at a bookmaker’s office, you back a particular outcome. If the outcome is in your favour, you win money and the amount you make is decided by the odds set by the bookmaker. On the other hand, bookmaker takes the other side of the bet. So if the outcome is against you, he keeps the money that you bet. In betting parlance, we say that the bookmaker lays the bet for you. As the bookmaker goes on collecting bids from his clients, he sees to it that he has equally opposing odds so that if he loses to one client, he wins from some other client. The odds that he sells are such that the arbitrage position always wins more for him than it loses.
Effectively, he always makes some money irrespective of the outcome of the event. This process of selling odds such that the bookmaker himself stays in a neutral position is called as making a book.

Let’s take a simple example to see how a bookmaker makes money. Suppose a bookmaker is taking bets for a soccer match in which there are only two possible outcomes. Suppose he finds two gamblers willing to bet on the two opposite views. Both the teams are equally good and no one has any special advantage. The bookmaker would put the odds at 4-5 and 4-5 for both the possibilities. If both the gamblers bet $100 each, then the winner would get $180, he would make a profit of $80, the loser would lose $100 and the bookmaker would pocket a cool $20 without knowing anything about soccer. Same bet on Betfair would make it possible to create odds of 1-1 for both the contestants in the absence of a bookmaker. Moreover, the odds would be decided by the bids placed by the players themselves. The winner would make $100 on $100 (minus some miniscule fees) and not just $80. This is how absence of a bookmaker can reduce commissions drastically, especially the immeasurable hidden costs which cannot be known without actually seeing the entire book of the bookmaker.

The greater the odds of the horse, the bigger the odds on betfair. A horse at 33/1 can be anything between 40/1 and 80/1. The favourites are normally .2 to .5 better and the discrepancies in the price get greater as the price gets bigger, giving fantastic value on backing horses.

The next best thing is the ability to lay horses. This brings a multitude of opportunities into play ie arbitrage betting or trading. This takes away the gambling and it protects your bank.You can back a horse to win and then lay it to lose protecting your bank and either giving yourself a free bet or winning on any outcome. This is also available on in running betting where the odds on a horse can quite dramatically change. Just for example on Saturday night may 24th 2008 a horse called Harlov won, beating Take a stand in a photo. There was £16 placed on harlov to win at 999/1 yes that is right 999/1. Take a stand was backed for £16000 at 1.01 and lost. I will write more about this type of betting in another article. The best laying system I use, you can see by following the link.

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How to Watch Live Football An your Pc

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If you are among those persons who are addicted or let’s just say extremely passionate to Watch Live Football matches, now, thanks to technological advancement you have the possibility to access the best live football matches broadcasted over the Internet. You also have the opportunity to take pleasure in watching all the major football events played anywhere in the whole world even if you don’t have a satellite connection or a cable one.
What can be more satisfying than watching live football, European cup games, and international matches with your favorite football stars? If the answer to this question is “nothing”, then you can count yourself among the numerous passionate football fans out there for sure. As most adoring fans of this sport you are thrilled to watch live football even if this means fighting with your wife over the remote control of your TV. Well this is not the case for you anymore. You don’t have to listen to sport comments on the radio and you can even watch live football at work without turning on the TV. How? Very simple: PC live football. You can watch it anytime and anywhere because live football matches are broadcasted on the Internet 24 hours a day.
The best thing of all, is that most of the matches come with an English commentary that doubles the pleasure and offers a tremendous entertaining experience for those who watch live football games. If you have made the decision that you do not want to miss another live football game, then don’t waste your time and quickly access the watch-football.net site from your computer. It will give you the opportunity any live football fan would like to have.
There are a few things that you will need in order to be able to watch live football matches:
First of all an Internet connection is necessary and, if it is a high speed one, then the live football transmission will be continuous and won’t be interrupted unexpectedly when you are about to watch the best and the most attention-grabbing part of the live football match
You also need a player that supports live streaming football. In this case the most common players are RealPlayer, Media Player and Winamp
The websites that provide football streams have a list with all the games taking place at the moment and all you need to do is to click on the game and the player will open for you to watch live football on your computer. It’s as simple as that!
You’ll have to go online to get the software, but the good news is that it’s free of charge and you won’t have to pay expensive cable or satellite fees either
Watch-football.net is one of the greatest streaming football sites with which you can watch live football from any part of the world. If you become a member, the site will provide the kind of software you need to watch live football and the advantage is that it is very easy to use. You will be able to receive the software through email and to install it is a matter of minutes. It’s not an US product only and it can be bought by anyone in the world. To watch live football will be very easy as the software doesn’t require any computer skills and can be set up in about 2 minutes. There are no hidden charges to fear and it doesn’t cost extra to watch live football on different channels. You shouldn’t hesitate and you should take advantage of this new technology that is offered to you and get ready for the best live football games that are about to come.
We are all aware that football is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is highly appreciated by the audience, but football fans don’t have the time or the money to manage to pay for the tickets of every live football game there is (not to mention the costs of the trips in all the countries in which live football games are being played). Taking all this information into account you should choose a cheaper and more enjoyable way to watch live football. You can watch live football from your office or from home anytime with the help of the Internet and for just for a very small fee. It’s a luxury that the modern world offers us and we shouldn’t say no to it.

If you visit our site, you will be able to benefit from an awesome opportunity to watch live football on you PC without having to pay for cable or satellite connections. If live football happens everywhere in the world at various moments in time, why shouldn’t you get the opportunity to see it happening?Watch Live Football Online

Betfair Exchange Game Baccarat – Winning on Betfair

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There are some online casino games which can be played with a fair degree of skill whereas there are others which may not seem too difficult. One such game is definitely the Beftair exchange Hi Lo but as with all exchange games, the added element comes from the fact that it is the computer who plays the game and the player has to predict on how they will do.

The key bet is made as to how many cards the player predicts the computer will get it right before it gets a decision wrong. The game is played out using suit as the spades and the Ace is marked as high. Using the same suit enables the user to have a stringer sense of how the computer will play. For instance, if the first card dealt by Betfair happens to be a 5 then are three cards that are lower than 5 and 9 cards higher than the 5. Therefore, the computer will make its decision based upon the probability of what card comes next. Betfair have included a card counter underneath the layout on the screen to aid the user determine which cards are left to be played.

The element of exchange comes in after each round and players have the ability to make additional bets and reduce their risk or accentuate their possible gain. 

There is also now a Turbo version of the game offered by Betfair which is reputably 25% faster than the standard exchange game. This is a strong addition to the site as the original game can be time consuming and this added feature is sure to appeal to those who want their heart pumping and their blood racing when they are placing their bets.

The play of the Betfair Hi Lo game retains the simplicity and natural feel of the original game but adds an additional gambling element to proceedings making it far more favourable to the player. It may not be the most exciting game to play but there are many who favour the straightforward style of the Hi Lo game and the popularity of the Betfair game is a major example of this.

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Ways I Would Improve Horse Racing to Make it More User FriendlyWays I Would Improve Horse Racing to Make it More User Friendly

By on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | No Comments

It is said that many of the people who run horse racing in the United States, and perhaps in the world, are hide-bound and slow to change. Like the U.S. automakers who are taking so much heat now, the people who run race tracks and control horse racing in the Untied States are often thought of as stuck in the past and stuck in a rut. Is that really a true and fair assessment and if so, what could be done to improve horse racing?

I have a fan’s eye view of horse racing and once owned race horses, so I have two perspectives that I can use. I’ve never run a race track, though I have been a track employee on one occasion, so my understanding and knowledge of what it takes to run a race track is limited. However, since racing cannot survive without the fans and during these tough economic times, the fans have very limited resources for entertainment, it would behoove the racing officials and track owners to ask the fans what they want and then, if at all possible, to give it to them.

It all comes down to a few factors, like value, entertainment, convenience. When I spend a dollar, I want to get something for it, to feel that I have gotten my money’s worth. I don’t have to pay to walk into a casino to gamble and they give me perks, like free meals and even a free room if I gamble enough. What do I get from the race track?

Here in Southern California, a day at the race track is an expensive proposition. I have to pay to park, pay for a good program with some past performance information, and pay to get into the track. I can then stand in long lines to use an automatic teller machine or to place my bet with a clerk. I think this is a case of poor value and poor convenience. Don’t you?

Now if I simply want to bet on simulcast races and go to a local race track on a day when they aren’t hosting any live races, I still have to pay to go inside and pay for past performances. Greyhound race tracks have free past performances that can be downloaded off the internet and if they charge admission, it is usually only a buck or two, though many offer free admission.

I love horse racing, but that doesn’t mean I should pay a premium just to attend a race track. Other people like to gamble and will go to a casino instead of a race track because of the associated costs. I’d rather spend my dollar on a bet than admission and parking. By the time I park my car, get into the track, and buy past performances, I’ve spent over $10 and I haven’t even seen a race or placed a bet. That is just the price to get into the grandstand area, too. If I want to join the swells in the clubhouse it costs much more.

So here is a suggestion give free admission and free parking and some kind of free program that has enough information in it for the average person to make an informed decision about a race and to bet it. More clerks so the betting lines will be shorter and treat every customer, both the swells and the average person, the $2 bettor, like a valued customer. Without the bettors there will be no racing. Losing your fan base is how you lose the sport.

Many years ago I worked at a greyhound race track. We did a survey of the customers as they came through the door, in fact, I stood and greeted them, handed them a free gift, and asked them what they would do to improve their day at our track. Many of them were also horse players and they said that they wanted to be able to bet on exactas at the dogs. At that time, the track I worked at and most of the other greyhound tracks only offered quinellas.

So the tracks gradually started adding exactas to the card and the people bet on them and revenues increased. I would do just the opposite at the horse tracks. I would offer quinellas. To me, betting an exacta box is a waste of money because I am buying two combinations so one is a guaranteed loser. Even though a quinella may pay less than an exacta, psychologically, I like the quinella better. I can spend $2 for an exacta box and get the payoff for a $1 exacta or I can spend $2 for a quinella and get the entire quinella.

I think that offering the quinella on horse races like some tracks already do, would be one way to improve racing. Finally, the best thing they could do to improve racing would be to lower the takeouts. Between the takeout and breakage, we are being bled too much. Give the fans a break financially and they will replay you with their attendance, otherwise, horse racing is going to suffer the same fate the auto industry has met.

The most consistent horse racing systems have to have the basics and a handicapper must understand the basics. I have been around horse racing for 50 years including as an owner. Without the basics the rest is not going to do any good. If you want to learn how a horse owner and insider handicaps just go to http://williewins.homestead.com/truecb.html and get the truth.

Bill Peterson is a former horse race owner and professional handicapper. He comes from a horse race handicapping family and as he puts it, “Horse Racing is in my blood.” To see all Bill’s horse racing material go to http://williewins.homestead.com/handicappingstore.html , Bill’s handicapping store.

Is There Really a Perfect Automatic Greyhound Handicapping System

By on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The argument has been going on between dog racing fans for ages. Is it possible for a system to pick dogs automatically, with no handicapping? Many have claimed to have one, but so far as I know, no one has offered definitive proof that their system works. Even the giants of greyhound handicapping like Brenner and Fink and Herter admitted that their handicapping methods didn’t work all the time. Fink’s spot plays, while often paying well because they were longshots, didn’t pay off over the long run.

Brenner was adamant that there was no such thing as a system that didn’t include handicapping, money management and good judgment on the handicapper’s part. His articles in Greyhound Racing Record also made it clear that even the best method of handicapping dog races couldn’t always predict the winner.

Herter was even more firm about how dog racing could pay off. His methods involved statistics, lots of poring over past performances and paying attention to the odds. Nothing mechanical about that approach and lots of work involved. However, as a former military man, he knew that discipline and attention to detail beat pie in the sky any day. Anyone who read his books and the books he sold out of his Colorado home base came away with a much better understanding of the dynamics of dog racing.

Of course, anyone can claim that they have an automatic system for winning at the dog track and even show you programs where it worked, if they cherry-pick the programs to fit their claims. I’ve seen this on greyhound forums and from friends who made the mistake of falling for these systems – some to the tune of a thousand dollars or more. They’re still wondering why the systems don’t work and wishing they’d spent the money on something more substantial.

Before you plunk down your money for a system or method of picking winners at the dog track, you would be well advised to make certain that it’s not being touted as an automatic system. If it is, give it a miss and save yourself some money and some grief. Though there are systems and methods that can help anyone be a better handicapper, there’s no such thing as one that picks the dogs for you.

In order to make money at the track, you have to invest time and maybe some money, but not thousands of dollars in dubious systems. Let’s face it. If these systems worked with no effort or handicapping skill, wouldn’t the guys who sell them keep them to themselves? Why would anybody sell the goose that lays the golden eggs? Be smart. Do your homework.

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Get Ahead With Betfair

By on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | No Comments

I am sure all of us could do with some extra money, an amount that would enable us to pay off a few debts or take a much needed break. Well This is possible with lay betting, where you actually lay a bet on something that won’t win. Lay betting began some time ago but has only gained popularity over the last few years because of the growth of betting exchanges.

You can lay a bet using betfair, a site that has won the “operator of the year” award and is licensed and regulated by the gambling commission. Betfair has very simple instructions that make it very easy for the user, especially if you are new to the whole concept of betting. To become a member all you need to do is understand the whole concept and then sign up to the website, a very simple approach which helps you earn more.

Being customer centric, betfair ensures that every person who joins and begins betting is able to know what is happening using the advances in technology. Even if you are always on the go, you can receive updates and be connected by setting up and using your mobile. This website provides an insight into further developments and also offers other methods of earning such as refer and earn! Live updates are also available which makes betting simpler and more profitable. Added features such as the betfair calendar and betfair solution ensure that you are regularly updated on any major sporting event.

Betfair also has higher backing prices and more liquidity in the market, which in turn helps users to gain more from the whole betting process. The team at betfair welcome suggestions and ideas warmly, a concept that helps them improve the betting process and gives customers an opportunity to voice their opinions.

With this site you will find that the prices are a lot higher than conventional bookmakers, even with the 5% commission. Also huge prices are available with in running betting. If you want to take a chance with your selection, all you have to do is click on the back odds after the off and in the window put in your stake and the odds you want and submit. Quite often the horse that wins has a large spike in its graph of the odds. If you have left your bet on and the horses odds reach it then it is taken on. Nearly all horses except the winner end up at 999/1 but as there odds go out, if they finish late then you can take advantage of these large odds.

For laying purposes again the changing odds can be used to your advantage. Sometimes in running a horse in the lead can trade at odds on even at three furlongs out. As I write this a horse called steel city boy traded at 1.05 and was beaten by a horse called grazeon gold blend in a 6 furlong sprint. As you can imagine in a sprint there are horses that shoot off in the lead and there are hold up horses that come late. These are the sort of races that change rapidly at the end.

The Betfair Odds Key to Success

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If you want to someday become a good online gambler you first need to understand how to use the Betfair odds for your own interest. Then you will be experiencing the thrill of online betting and if you become really good you make some good money, sums that could eventually become a nice second income that you could make use of in your personal life.

Most bettors bet to win. I’m not saying that they want to win, which is only obvious, I’m saying that betting to win is a method that is used by a lot of people. The idea is you bet on the probability that a certain event will or will not happen, and if it does you make profit. The amount you win depends on the odds of the event. Those odds are set in relation to the chances that event has of happening. That means that if the odds are low, it is quite probable that the event will happen.

The classic way of placing bets is the one that you do without the help of the internet, using a bookmaker. He will establish the odds for the events, and the choice you have as a gambler is whether to accept it or not, and then place your bet. But with Betfair things are different. The Betfair odds are not like the old ones, because here it can be you the one who sets the odds.

I’m sure you know what I ‘m talking about. Many have heard about it, it’s no secret. You can just bet on the possibility of one event happening or not. For instance, you can bet whether Andy Roddick will not win the Wimbledon, and this is a procedure called laying. Lay betting allows you to do the bookmaker’s work, and you let other people to back that specific event (backing is the normal style betting to which you are familiar with, betting that an event will happen).

The use of decimal odds, which are better than the old fractional odds, is another Betfair advantage. Even if the company is British and fractional odds are specific to the UK, Betfair chose decimal odds, which are the standard throughout the rest of Europe.

The difference between decimal odds and fractional odds is that they include your initial stake as an integral part of your total return. Imagine you decide to place a £10 bet on an event with decimal odds 5.0. You get £50 if you win, and that includes your initial stake. But with fractional odds, this would be known as 4/1, and the amount you get is only £40 which represents the profit and £10 which is your initial stake. Sure, the profit is the same, but fact is decimal odds are preferred by a lot of bettors because they are not as complicated.

Giving bettors the possibility of playing the bookmaker is Betfair’s key to success. And trust me, you play your Betfair odds right, and you might just be in for the surprise of your life.

Betfair has became so successful because of the new things it implemented into the world of online betting, amongst which we find the great Betfair odds system.

Football Betting Tips a Football Betting Guide to Lay Betting Secrets

By on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | No Comments

To be ultra successful at football lay betting you must fully understand the concept of how bookmakers make their money. The following football betting tips are all about giving you the necessary profitable football betting advice to help you become a football lay betting winner.

Online betting exchanges such as Betfair now offer you the facility to lay bets (take bets) in much the same way as the bookmakers have always done to make their vast yearly profits. With the help of the football betting tips contained within this football betting guide, you can learn valuable lay betting information that will enable you to play the role of bookmaker on the Betfair betting exchange.

One of the key factors in this football betting guide is to try and help with your understanding of how bookmakers think and operate on a daily basis. Lay betting (taking bets) is their core business helping them to make their millions of pounds profit each year.

This football betting guide will give you a basic understanding of lay betting and help you to make money by becoming a football lay betting winner. Take this football betting advice and understand this one football betting tip and you will be able to improve your football betting profits in the most explosive way. This is not difficult, just a different way of thinking.

Learn everything that you possibly can about football lay betting by grabbing this valuable football betting advice with both hands. Don’t miss out on this lay betting opportunity. I promise you that it will be highly rewarding financially, if you just take the necessary time to allow yourself to fully understand this important football betting tip.

Bookmakers lay bets (take bets) from individuals, this makes all bookmakers ‘layers’ by default. If the bet loses then the bookmaker will keep your stake money, if the bet wins then the bookmaker will pay out your winnings.

Profitable football betting tips don’t come along everyday. Think about these football betting tips as an incomplete puzzle, all of the pieces need to be put together before you can visualise football lay betting as a profitable online football betting opportunity. You already know the expected outcome of the puzzle but it’s incomplete until you have put together all of the relevant pieces. Use this football betting guide to help you.

Learn everything that you possibly can about football lay betting and the world of football losers. It is very important for you to acquire every piece of profitable information available about lay betting. Therefore, if you want to become ultra successful at football lay betting then please make full use of this football betting guide and take on board these football betting tips.

The excellent free information provided within the ‘help’ section of Betfair is certainly a good place to start for general football lay betting advice and information, this is a really excellent source of free football betting advice. Remember this and remain focussed – “a person who gives up will never win” but “a winner will never give up”.

You don’t see a poor bookmaker very often, so if lay betting is good enough for the bookies, then lay betting should most certainly be good enough for you, but you need to take action now. Armed with this football betting guide and advice, learn all you can about the world of football losers and football lay betting in general and use these football betting tips wisely.

Remember, when you start lay betting you will not be looking for winners, you should be looking for losers because lay betting is how the bookies make their money. Obviously, it’s much easier to select a loser than it is to select a winner. Make sure that you use this football betting tip wisely. Your aim should be to look for a win rate of around 9 times out of 10, as you are lay betting and looking for losers, this should be realistically achievable.

By combining this football betting guide together with the free and extremely helpful information provided by the Betfair betting exchange, you too can profit from the fascinating world of football losers. Take this opportunity today and learn all you possibly can about football lay betting. I do hope your enthusiasm has been fuelled and you have enjoyed reading these football betting tips.

-Lawrence Taylor-

About the author: Lawrence Taylor develops unique and powerful betting systems to help real people succeed and win. Discover the Football Betting Tips behind his unique Football Lay Betting System. Learn more about the fascinating world of lay betting today for free results and information, visit: => http://www.topbettingsystems.com

How to Take Advantage on Betfair Markets Amazing “betfair in Action” Review

By on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 | No Comments

When it comes to making money from betting and in particularly betfair sporting events, you need to make sure wining stakes should be at the maximum and losses is at the minimum. As such, the difference between the winning and the losing will yield positive outcome. This is the whole scenario of betting world. If you play sensibly, either by laying or backing on any events in betfair, you can’t win all the time, neither you can lose all the time.

This has been well explained in the guide book “ Befair In Action” It provide a step by step with many graphical snapshots, which illustrate how you to lay or back a bet on any types of sporting events. It stress the importance of the concept of both laying and backing, and how you could derive the odds on backing and laying equivalent. With a simple tutorial, you will get to know how the whole betfair odds system, and you can make it to your advantage. It also provide clues on when is the best time to queue for a better odds. By jumping into the system and place a bet, it may cause your dearly. This ebook also guide you on how to spot for value bet, by “ fishing” for a better odds. Indeed, it is a testing your “patient” method. And if you could get the value odds all the time, you will get a better edge, hence, would be to succeed in this business for a long time .

The manual also taught you how to compare the odds with the general bookmakers, and by knowing their profit margin, you will then understand the winning margin of you games. One of the things many punters overlook when they are placing on the sporting event, event such as a game or winning tournament, it is in fact betting the same market So punters must be smart enough to choose one that is work towards your advantage. This guide also go on and explain the psychological effect of a gambler, who is normally risk adverse, especially when the game has turn in play. A smart punter should take the opportunity and make a killing whenever there are unexpected happening on the field. The game in play is indeed a sleeping gold mine for all to explore and make some good money from it.

The money management is to keep your money on your wallet, and do not place them all in the table. It explain the needs of opening an ewallet account, so that you would not risk all your winning profit on one single match, especially when you are too emotional involved in the game when turn in play, especially the heated mind has got better of you, and you’ve lost your cool. If you are on winning form, remember to transfer it into your bank account.

This guide book is designed especially for the beginner and intermediate players who want to gain an edge over your exchanges’ opponents. And it is on offer at a affordable price. Grab one copy while it is still available. As a sensible punters, you should be betting money that you can afford to lose, and don’t let emotional get involved in your games.

About Eric Smith :

The author Eric Smith is a betfair enthusiast specialising in how to generate income from the world largest betting exchange. He has taught many friends and peers to make money on betting exchange, particularly on betfair. He is a small bettor, but the amount he makes over time has been snow ball.

He cares very much about his readers who are reading this. Click to visit his website http://www.winningbetfair.com to find what he can do for you. The Effective Techniques he used and has made him $10,391 in 47 days with small stakes. More information that would help you succeed in your betfair exchanges can also be found at http://www.betfairinaction.com

About Eric Smith :
The author Eric Smith is a betfair enthusiast specialising in how to generate income from the world largest betting exchange. He has taught many friends and peers to make money on betting exchange, particularly on betfair. He is a small bettor, but the amount he makes over time has been snow ball. He cares very much about his readers who are reading this. Click to visit his website http://www.winningbetfair.com to find what he can do for you. The Effective Techniques he used and has made him $10,391 in 47 days with small stakes. More information that would help you succeed in your betfair exchanges can also be found at http://www.betfairinaction.com

The Care and Joy of Owning a Retired Racing Greyhound

By on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Most of my life there was always a German Shepherd in the house.They were my favorite breed and when I bought my own house I swore I would get one. A few months before my wife and I bought our first house I saw a video about the industry of Greyhound racing. It really disturbed me to find out what horrible things happen to these dogs when they are finished racing. I did some follow up research and knew from that day I would always have a retired greyhound in my house.

At the time we lived in New Jersey and found an adoption group called NJGAP. I filled out all of the proper paperwork and adopted the most beautiful red brindle female greyhound I ever saw about two months after we bought the house. At the track they spend most of their time in a small crate so when you adopt one you must have an appropriate sized crate for your dog to move around in. In general they like to sleep in the crate and will just lay in there because this is their safe house and you really should not bother them while they are in there. You can either close the door to the crate or leave it open which depends on your greyhounds personality, the choice will be yours.

They have somewhat sensitive stomachs so you should only feed them the recommended food and treats because they can become ill. We used Pro Plan because it was recommended and it comes in a few different flavors so you can change it up a little. After they eat it is not a good idea to let them run around for about 1 hour due to a condition called bloat. This can happen because they have a large chest cavity and if the gasses build up, their insides can twist and they can die so special attention should be paid here. They are very fast runners so when they are outside you should always keep them on a leash or a completely fenced in area.They absolutely love to lay with you and are described as 45mph couch potatoes and act like they are lap dogs. You can not treat them the same way as a Shepherd or a Lab because they are a little more delicate but make awesome pets.

Our dog was only 2 years old when we got her and regardless of what happened to her at the track she was just full of love and playfulness. When anyone came into the house she would “smile” by raising her upper lip and dance around until you payed attention to her. They are smart, intelligent animals and will use their wit to play and just have fun with you. They are sight hounds and will zero in on a squirrel up to a half mile away and if not on a leash or in a fenced area they run after it.

In the winter when it is cold outside, you must put a coat on your greyhound because they have less than 15% body fat and can freeze to death if left out for a long time. In the summer they can get heat stroke just like people so do not leave them in the heat very long. After about a year we adopted another greyhound which was the most beautiful somewhat rare male blue brindle. Together they would play and brighten up even the worst day and you will almost forget about it and just enjoy the best companion dog in the world.

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