Greyhounds Vs Glass: The Importance Of Visibility

Something  prospective hound adopters are often unaware of is that greyhounds were  not bred for, or known for, their intelligence…unless it refers to  food, in particular toast or cheese…or cheese on toast!  This selective  intelligence quite often comes with a level of accident-proneness, which  any existing hound owners will attest to.

Additionally,  selective intelligence aside, most greyhounds have never been in a home  before being adopted and there are countless things in which they will  be encountering, learning, bumping into or falling over for the first  time.  One of which is glass, and without the proper preventative  measures you could find your less than intelligent greyhound running  headlong into, or crashing through, your French doors.  Not only will  this knock out their last remaining brain cell, but it can also cause  serious injury or, in some cases, death.

Greyhounds,  like all dogs, cannot see glass and when they are doing the zoomies or  running around playing, they aren’t paying attention to whether there is  an invisible barrier in their way as they try to run inside in the  height of their excitement.

As  part of the home check process, responsible rehoming centres will insist  that any applicants that have properties with floor length glass,  install one simple safety feature: window decals or frosting.  The  applicant will not be approved for adoption until this has been done.

This  applies to french doors, patio doors, floor length windows, glass  balconies, or any other arrangement that could see a dog run into it.

Window decals and frosting is very cheap, easy to place and ensures that the glass is obviously visible to the resident hounds.

It  may sound silly, and some may see it as unnecessary having always had  dogs of which have never run into the glass before…but is it worth the  risk?

The risk doesn’t just apply  to newly adopted hounds.  There have been fatal incidents involving  dogs that have been in residence for years.  Making it all the more  devastating for the families involved.

There are numerous pretty and patterned window frostings and decals  available online these days, or if you want to get creative and save  some money, we’ve seen people utilise attractive wrapping papers taped  to the bottom half of the doors to fit in with the décor or just a  simple A4 bit of paper at dog-eye height!

It is very easy for any dog to briefly forget that the glass is there, even us silly humans do it from time to time!

So,  whether you already have your hound, are adopting a hound or are moving  house with your hound, to ensure everyone’s safety and put your mind at  ease, follow this simple preventative step to keep everyone safe!