Running Catch Dogs

WayOut/Blackstreak...both of you make good sense to me...

I also new of a man who was my uncles neighbor who ran greyhounds back in the 1960's...I don't know what he ran but they were used for hunting...coursing jack rabbits is what I believe his dogs caught...his dogs were sturdy looking fairly muscled...

but I did not know about the finer bone and thin skin until I read that here on this site...so as usual I have to develop my own theories as to the possibilities of why this is so...it is very possible that this has come about due to the racing of the greyhounds...the competition is fierce and it comes down to splitting hairs as to who wins day in and day out...splitting hairs for the racing greyhound in my mind probably involves thinner coat for better movement and less weight...finer bones for the same reason...so racing against a thicker coated dog of the same size will have more weight especially if the bones are more dense as well...so if the finer boned and thinner coat dogs consistently win then those are the ones that get bred to produce more racing champions...and this could be happening without anyone realizing this issue or maybe it is a known fact...pure speculation on my part without any research whatsoever...

they greyhound is more like the cheetah...one of the fastest dogs around but only for a short distance...the cheetah is the fastest animal known to man but he is also short ranged...

does anyone have any theories or facts as to why?