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Everything about the Greyhound contributes to his speed. The bone structure is lightweight, the spine is extremely flexible, the muscles are well-developed, and the chest cavity is large enough to contain the largest heart of any breed. The muscles of a dog are divided into fast-twitch fibers and slow-twitch fibers, and Greyhounds have a higher percentage of the fast-twitch variety than any other breed. This makes them good sprinters, but not great marathoners. They can, however, maintain speeds up to 30 miles an hour for as long as a mile. His long powerful legs move in a motion described as a "double-suspension rotary gallop." All four feet are off the ground at the same time, with the legs first contracting and then extending before the feet hit the ground again. With this stride, this fastest of all dogs can reach speeds of nearly 45 miles per hour. Therefore, for this reason, you would probably get it to do many sprint exercises every day over a long period of time, so that the muscle memory builds up and that will be trained. Every, week or so, you could get it to do some extra core work to improve all it's sprinting aspects including agility, speed, stamina, jumping and maybe even strength.
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What is the fastest brees of dog?
The fastest breed of dog is probably the greyhound but poodles love to run and are very fast.
Is the Italian Greyhound popular in Canada?
Yes, the Italian Greyhound is a very popular breed in Canada.
Is it easy to train an Italian Greyhound?
Yes, the Italian Greyhound dog breed is very easy to train.
Do Italian Greyhound dogs bark a lot?
No, the Italian Greyhound dog breed doesn't bark very much.
What does ocean greyhound mean?
A very fast ship, or liner, is sometimes called an ocean greyhound.
What is the physical description of a greyhound?
The greyhound is a sleek, slim dog with powerful legs. They are very fast runners.
What are Greyhound's special traits?
They are very very fast, sometimes very nervous dogs. Also very thin.
How old is the greyhound?
The greyhound became a recognized breed in 1886. However, there is some evidence that very similar breeds go back at least 2,000 years.
What is a a greyhound?
A greyhound is a breed of Dog. These dogs are mostly bred for racing. They are the fastest breed of dogs and are sutable to be used as house pets. They have long skinny legs and a slim shaped body, a pointy head and is overall very light for its size. These features give the greyhound a huge advantage to being able to run extremly fast. Due to their delicate shape they are often miishandled and easily become lame. Otherwise they are incredibly intelligent dogs, very loyal and make great racing or house pets.
What is greyhound racing?
Greyhound racing is where they take greyhounds and they race each other, because greyhounds are the fastest dog breed in the world. They have very long legs and a thin body wich makes them go fast. At one point, all their legs are off the ground for about 5 seconds at a time when they leap while running.
Where are miniature greyhounds from?
well it depends on what kind of 'WHIPPET' it is . A whippet is a miniature greyhound and is a very fast dogs as the greyhound is its great grandma of the dog family tree it is very complex visit another website with more info as i were to explain i would be here fro ever... Hope i helped lol ...x...
From what country does the breed of dog known as a Whippet originate?
I believe they are the result from breeding together a greyhound and a Foxy.
