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Poland - Polska. Home Find a pet Dog Breed library. It looks like something is wrong. Please try again or come back a little later. Try again. Maybe later. Thinking about getting a puppy? Thank you! Dog suitable for owners with some experience Basic training required Generally healthy breed Enjoys active walks Needs under an hour of walking a day. Small dog Minimum drool Requires grooming once a week Quiet dog Welcomes everyone happily. Generally friendly with other dogs Gets along with other pets with training May need additional supervision to live with children Needs a small garden Can happily live in the city.
Can be left occasionally with training. Key Facts. Key Facts Lifespan: 14—15 years Weight: 3. Personality This is a clean, shy, gentle dog that loves to snuggle, partly out of affection and partly due to their need to keep warm! History and Origins Country of Origin: Italy The Italian Greyhound is virtually a complete miniature of the full-sized Greyhounds — and originally was of great value as a high-status symbol in the poshest of households. Health and Common Issues. Exercise Needs.
Space Requirements. Nutrition and Feeding. Grooming Italian Greyhounds. Training Italian Greyhounds. Luckily, Italian greyhounds do remarkably well with other dogs, so if there is a companion in the house, everything should be wine and roses.
But for single-dog homes, a lot of it will come down to conditioning. So working with them to see that kennel as a safe spot. Then building up that familiarity with the kennel so they don't get upset when you walk away.
Italian greyhounds are hunting dogs at their heart , and come blessed with incredibly high prey drives. If something their size or smaller makes any sudden moves, it will get chased. For this reason, cats as roommates are almost certainly going to be a non-starter for most Italian greyhounds, even with early socialization , as it's just going to be too easy for them to trigger that chase instinct.
Also, yards without a fence or walks without a leash are strongly advised against, because this pup is a dog who's going to take off after every squirrel it sees. And once she gets a head of steam up which happens very quickly , you're not going to be able to catch up to her again until she stops.
Italian greyhounds are fairly easy to train and enjoy learning tricks or going on runs with you , but because of that high natural high prey drive , they make poor choices for agility or flyball competitions because of their high potential for distraction. However, lure competitions were literally made for sighthounds and, even better, require no training on your part.
Just find a competition and let nature take its course. So they're active for very short periods of time, but otherwise, they're lazy.
So if you're looking for an active-all-the-time dog, that's probably not the right dog for you, because they're sprinters and not endurance runners. These dogs are so easy! Italian greyhounds are an excellent choice for the first-time or novice owner because they have so few demands that can't be met with a little spare time and some love. They're excellent for small children , and while they are capable of being athletic dogs , they are small enough to be able to get all their exercise needs met on the living room floor, which means that even seniors can keep them active relatively easily.
Again, if you're going to have your Italian greyhound in the yard, a secure fence or leash is going to be imperative, because they will take off after anything that catches their eye. Their small size and short single coat do mean that if you live in a colder climate, you're going to have to take some extra precautions with them in the wintertime. Say hello to Instagram-worthy tiny dog clothes and boots!
They will, however, do well in warmer weather if you keep any outdoor exercise limited to the morning or evening when the sun isn't quite as hot to prevent heat exhaustion. Once again, this is an area where the Italian greyhound shines for new owners and people living in smaller spaces. The Italian greyhound is a wonderfully low-maintenance dog: Baths will really only have to happen if they get something on their fur you can't just brush out.
Jogging partner Yes. The Italian Greyhound is a perfect miniature of his very much larger, hunting, and racing sight hound cousin, with the same fine, short, glossy coat that needs little grooming to look sleek and shiny. The Graceful Italian Greyhound is believed to have originated in or around Egypt, its ancestors having been found buried alongside the Pharaohs.
Later the breed was depicted in Renaissance paintings as a sign of its increasing popularity with the aristocracy. African King Lobengula of the Matabele fell in love with the Italian Greyhound so much that he exchanged head of cattle for one.
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