I’ll just post this and leave this thread; http://www.purina.com/dog/weight-and-exercise/bodycondition.aspx
Understanding your Dog’s Body Condition (think of these as a score of 1, a score of 2, etc)
Good luck with your dog. I hope you have a long and happy life together.
I don’t get this at all. The OP clearly takes care of the animal appropriately. The vet said as much.
Yeah? Well, anyone checked his ribs?
I’m sure your dog is beautiful and healthy and I’m glad you two have found each other. I love the look of sight hounds and someday I want a rescue that is a greyhound or similar. so gentle and sweet, besides those legs.
you rant all you want, that’s what this forum is for.
I guess it’s better than passers-by hating dogs and ignoring dogs that might really be malnourished? Your dog is unusual - it probably just takes a bit of education.
Maybe take some dog treats to the park and obsequiously offer them to him while you’re there.
Sight hounds is the term in English.
Yeah, but when I Wiki “greyhound” there’s a picture of a dog where you can barely see its ribs, and I know it’s normal to be able to see the ribs in a greyhound.
People are somewhat used to greyhounds looking underfed - they’re not, but they look it - but they’re not used to it with other breeds.
Still, I would also welcome a picture of said dog because, basically, I want to go “aww!”
“He only feeds on human carcasses…and you seem to be the right size for his next meal. Stay right here…I gotta go get some “tools”…”
You should go Vigilante on their ass 
That’s a show dog, and they are always at least a bit overweight. If you read that link, you’ll see that it speaks of the breed as naturally carrying little body fat. Show dogs ain’t natural.
It’s not in sighthounds.
You can’t go by what a dog food company says, since they want you to feed your dog too much. Most “general” dog and cat foods recommend that you feed more than the average pet needs. I don’t think that Purina makes anything other than general care foods.
I know you said you’re not coming back but someone else might still be here:
Here’s a picture from 2010 of a Pharaoh Hound that won Best in Group in a show in Karjaa.
Here are photos from a sighthound event from last fall.
This is what a conditioned greyhound looks like; this is already overweight. Not all dog breeds are built the same.
Sighthounds are skinny, man. That’s how they roll, that’s how they’re built.
It’s to their ignorance of what those dogs look like. A sight hound’s bones show; so do those of marathon runners. Hell, I’m overweight and my ribs and hipbone show!
Way back when, when I took a Veterinary Assistant course I was told that Greyhounds don’t have fat cells. It is impossible for them and other sight hounds to get fat.
It’s a problem when they need stitches over a joint because there is no fat under the skin to act as a cushion and the stitches tend to rip out.
I doubt that they have no fat cells but the percentage is a lot lower than other breeds.
When they are young and in shape muscle fills them out, as they get older and lose muscle tone they can look pretty bad.
It’s the nature of the breed.
Speaking of the Pit, this is similar to a problem we have with our pit bulls – people judging us based on their expectations. I am somewhat more inclined to forgive anyone who has the dogs’ interest at heart, though, probably because so many pit bulls ARE starved, abused, mistreated, and neglected. Frankly there are enough people mistreating pits that anyone worried about how we treat our girls may simply be playing the odds.
Simone, American Pit Bull Terrier, is pretty unmotivated by food. She was starving when she was rescued by my wife’s nephew, but she never developed an intense relationship with food. Most nights she leaves it sitting for a few hours before she gets around to working on it slowly. She’s not bony anymore – in fact, I’m starting to consider increasing her exercise – so she must be getting enough.
But she’s got scars on her head – three long seams visible under her thin fur. They’re from surgery for cysts – she had hair growing under the skin there. But sometimes I can see people mentally sizing us up when they meet her: “Pit bull – scars on head – dogfighting?”
While I hate to be thought ill of, and I get tired of patiently explaining the same issues over and over (“No, she does not kill babies”), I try to remind myself these people would be right to pursue the issue in some cases, and they can’t know if I’m one of those cases until they talk to me.
I feel the same about Pit Bulls and would rescue one if I weren’t so concerned they’ll ban the breed in my county and I’d have to give it up.
Pharaohs can get fat; I’ve seen one and it wasn’t pretty. He had a double chin.
Thats your dog? He looks fine. When people ask why he is thin, tell him you don’t feed him Big Macs, and walk away.
Oooh, cute! And yes, he looks very well cared for. Certainly got that supermodel svelteness going on, but the sleek skin and muscles look very healthy.
I’m inclined to agree with previous posters who suggested that some people are just so used to seeing overweight dogs that naturally thin breeds look emaciated to them.
I have the perfect solution for you!
Seriously, any girly-looking accessories on a dog, no matter how big and powerful the breed or rough-looking the individual, work like magic to defuse concerns about the dog’s treatment. People who exploit dogs to promote their badass self-image simply don’t deck the dogs out in pink collars with rhinestones on them.
Some people might still wonder if your scarred dog with the rainbow-butterfly-printed leash was abused before you rescued her, but I guarantee you that they will not suspect you of participating in dogfighting activities yourself.
I heard this same joke except she goes to his house, lays naked on the bed and he comes in with his two small kids. “See what happens when you don’t eat your vegetables!”.
But that doesn’t fit the thread, does it?
That is a gorgeous dog!
Most of the dogs in my family/neighborhood are hairy ones (german shepherds are about as short-haired as that group gets), so my brain’s first reaction to seeing something as short-haired as most sight hounds is “dog. what happened to dog-hair? no-hair breed, silly you!” But, having attended kindergarten, I don’t say it out loud (and if I did, it would be with correct grammar. Probably).
I can’t believe how much this made me literally LOL. It’s not even a joke really . . . I just . . . I just don’t know. But it made me laugh, and I am ashamed.
I wanna play with the cute doggie!!!
(I agree - tell 'em to fuck off. That really is a beautiful dog.)
