How to cat-train a retiered Greyhound! 

I'm adopting a Greyhound tomorrow. My adoption day has finally come. I've been vetted and have moved up the list at the adoption center. I'm so excited to meet my new friend for life. My boy is coming off the track in South Florida. I love your channel.

I love this video-

I enjoyed your efforts and explanations!!

This video over-simplifies the process. Retired greyhounds tend to fall into one of three categories where cats are concerned: cat safe, (meaning they can likely live in a household with a cat having been safely introduced to them, cat-trainable (meaning they will have to be gradually introduced to them over a period of time - often weeks or months), not cat-trainable (regardless as to however much conditioning you do with the greyhound, they are not likely to ever tolerate a cat). My greyhound is the last category. He would never be able to live with a cat. Even those that are classified as cat-safe or cat-trainable will often given chase to their own family cat if it is running in the garden. Certainly those that are trainable often continue to consider all other cats outside of the household as prey. You should expand on your video to include this information otherwise it doesn't give a balanced view to people. Also, please desist from punishing greyhounds with spraying water on them. This is not rewarding for positive behaviour.

Please don't use punishment such as water bottles, it may not seem like a harsh punishment but if the dog doesn't like it, it's punishment to them. Chasing cats might be unwanted but its natural to the dog and he may assume the cats presence itself brings the nasty water spray, more reason to chase them away. Also watching a cat eat is frustrating so don't do that either, if I'm hungry watching someone else eat it won't make me respect them even though I'm a human and also live in social groups..... pack mentality isn't about this. Pack members decide who eats first and this new family isn't a natural pack. Keep your dog and cat separate you can only achieve cat training once the dog has bonded to you and that could take 4 weeks....so for at least 4 weeks, keep your cat and new greyhound completely out of the way of each other and your greyhound on the lead in the garden to protect your neighbours cats. if you want to hear more about packs search "Alpha" Wolf? Dr. L. David Mech in RU-vid a human, a cat and a dog aren't a pack.