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A transcript of the comments of Mrs. Florence Nagle at an Irish Wolfhound breed seminar from 1971.

" . . . how does one design a course plan to simulate a rabbit run? It is easy: 1. Use the longest possible initial straight; 2. Follow it by a series of turns (5 to 8); and 3. Follow those with another long straight to test endurance."

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A certain historical paradox is that the cultivation of grain in the Neolithic epoch (in various places in the period 8 to 5 thousand years B.C.) contributed critically to the development and increasing specialization of hunting dogs, which gave rise to hunting culture and the multitude of groups and subsequently breeds of hunting dogs, It led to...

The history of greyhounds as hunting dogs is longer than the history of most breeds in the world. Greyhounds have lived and hunted together with humans in the vast steppes of Europe, Asia and Africa since ancient times. Hunting hares and other prey by chasing with the help of greyhounds is one of the oldest and most natural hunting methods...

An individual's genetic profile can play a role in defining their natural skills and talents. The canine species presents an excellent system in which to find such associative genes. The purebred dog has a long history of selective breeding, which has produced specific breeds of extraordinary strength, intelligence, and speed. We have discovered a...

Owing to the development of Greyhounds as racing sighthounds, these dogs have acquired unique physiologic adaptations that distinguish them from other breeds. Reference intervals for many analytes in retired racing Greyhounds (RRGs) differ from those of other breeds; most of the hematologic differences have also been described in other sighthounds....

I was asked a question why Irish greyhound breeding has the best reputation in the world. My answer: free breeding and park coursing are the main reasons!

Using microbiological criteria (the number of CFU in nose prints on agar medium), it has been shown that the proportion of individuals with a high CFU count is significantly higher among brown hares caught by sighthounds or exposed to immobilization stress than among shot hares. A hypothesis is proposed that metabolites of the body surface...