See my furry companion up there? Fast asleep in his comfortable bed as a thunderstorm rages on the other side of the wall just inches from his head. How fabulous to have a fearless dog!  Unlike the Princess, Sid is completely unmoved by the rumbles and the flashes of lightning.  Poor Princess Renie couldn’t eat during a storm, but as you see, Sid sees no reason to go on a fast.
There he is, finishing a dog biscuit, and not under a desk or behind the couch, but right up against the front door!
He’s a fawn, by the way, a nice light golden colour with a white chest and white tips to his paws and tail.  Pirate Jack was a fawn too, officially a red fawn, though he too had the white detailing.
He wasn’t fearful of thunder, either. What Pirate would be? He was over twelve years old in this picture, so he’d almost lost his tuck* and his face had gone white, but on the whole he was still a fit and healthy dog.
One interesting thing about greyhounds is that despite their finely built frames, they eat more food than most other breeds of their weight.  This is because they have a very fast metabolism.  Even though they spend half their lives flat out and snoring …
And they sleep in some very funny positions, let me tell you -
They still seem to need quite a lot of fuel. Here’s Sid with one of his many little filler snacks. This time the remnants of our dinner in a foil tray.
Of course, Sid does work for his living. He attends Meet and Greets to allow the general public to fuss and fawn over him and feed him biscuits and so on, under the pretext of being an ambassador for the breed. The dogs who do this insist on a soft bed to fulfill their comfort requirements, and provision must be made for cold weather. Finicky? How could you suggest such a thing?
On one of his first forays into the Meet and Greet world, Sid shared a blanket with a fellow fawn.
That pink and blue rug is rather flattering to their colouring, don’t you think? It was freezing that day, so they really did need it.
The Meet and Greets are primarily to let people know what fantastic pets these dogs make, of course, and it’s a chance for newly retired dogs to get to know a little bit about their new world.
Yes, it’s easy to forget what these dogs did for a living when you see them flopped around the house on their fluffy beds, isn’t it? Hard to imagine them being fleet of foot? Just to remind us, let’s take a look at a video of one of Sid’s races.
It’s the official track video, so you’ll have to click the link and go and watch it on Greyhound Data. Don’t fret, this isn’t the race in which he fractured his leg. This one was fun for him – go take a look. He’s racing out of trap two, and wearing the blue jacket. And boy, he was fast!
*Tuck – this is the ‘waist’ of a dog. In a greyhound, it is supposed to be well defined, so that the underpart of the dog goes up in a sharp curve from the end of the ribcage toward the pelvis. In older dogs, when the stomach muscles are losing their tone, the tuck becomes rather less of a tuck, and more of a ‘sag’, just the same as with us.
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Great post for the F day and your dogs are beautiful! Hope your week is going well — and theirs, too!
Sylvia
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Your furry companion is fabulous : )
Love your post : )
And love your puppy!
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yay! more of your pups! I still love ‘em
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What a great and brave companion! What a wonderful home he has with you!
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Sid gives “fawn” new meaning – such a gorgeous animal! I watched the video – did Sid win or was that another “fawn?” He’s so lucky to have you!
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Wonderful post, – I really enjoyed it. The dogs are beautiful and the race very exciting.
Fine photos!
You never fail to amaze me with your words!
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That dog has a wonderful home for sure!
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furry and fabulous indeed!
F is for Fish, Food and Friend
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I love seeing these dog pictures. They are beautiful dogs, so sleek.
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Yes, I have lost my Tuck too. (:0)
Very interesting and fun choices of F words.
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They are very fortunate to have a friend like you!
Fantastic F post!
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I love some of those sleeping positions.
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I love these. I must take more fotos of foolish Lily. Sid is adorable. Wish I had his metabolism!
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Sylvia Kirkwood,, Jill, CarolynUSA, Hildred, Tumblewords, Jama, January, LeAnn and Troy – Thank you all for your lovely comments! 
Amy – Yes, that was Sid, hurtling around the track in the lead, and finally winning the trophy! Lovely to see – I don’t have race videos of any of my other dogs, and I know the Princess won races. I have one of her prizes and a picture of her on the winner’s podium!
Photowannabe – You too? It’s an epidemic!
Anthony North – Aren’t they cute?
Baino – Yes, you should! And yes, me too. I wish I had Sid’s metabolism, and that of all my other dogs! LOL!
That seems so uncomfortable, the way he is sleeping. I can hardly see what’s up and what’s down!
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They are so beautiful.
On behalf of the ABC team, thanks for participating this week.
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Fast furries! Look at that Sid go!
Your Greyhounds are FABULOUS canines to use for these posts.
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Jay,
Thank you For Featuring your Fabulous Feline Fetchers again. I love them.
Stop by I am hosting an exchange!
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Deborah
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My post includes the fabulous too!!
I love the positions your dog gets into!!
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Fantastic. You are doing fabulously well with all your posts being about your greyhounds. A x
So adorable. Dogs are such wonderful creatures. Greyhounds are such regal-looking puppers.
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One of favorite descriptions of greyhounds is “fastest couch potatoes in the world.”
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Whew….he won the race didn’t he….very handsome in his blue silk.
We have a video of one of our hounds, Mr. Shasta…called him Shasta, who won a lot of races, but in this particular race he got way ahead and stopped to wait for the other hounds. Once he got going again (after all the hounds had passed him), he ended up coming in second.
When the racing owner showed it to me I started laughing and then found that the racing owner was pretty ticked off that his dog did that. He sold Shasta to another owner, who raced him a bit more and then called and asked if I would home him. I did….he came to live with me because he was so very afraid of people. Took him a good year at my house before he would come be around other people. He was the sweetest boy!
Love seeing Sid…what a guy!
Thanks for sharing all of that Jay, I loved your post.
fantastically fabulous!
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Beautiful and loving, wonderful dogs!
Thanks for the comment over at mine
Have a wonderful week!
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Another fabulous post; enhancing our knowledge of your greyhounds. I love some of their poses.
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fine furry friend.
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Loved the sleeping position ie sleeping on nose, Freida does that too! Right now though on such a horrible wet day she is here next to me on the settee! She knows it is the best place to be!
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First and foremost fantastic and funny! Flawless, fearless fawns.
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Mara – I thought it looked uncomfortable when he first came home, but it seems to be very comfortable for him – he does it a lot! LOL!
Barb, Tuli and Kate – Thanks!
Fairfield House – What a good idea! Sounds fun!
Dragonfly Lady, SJ Anne and Lisa F – Thank you!
Secret Agent Woman – Yes! I was at a Meet’n'Greet with Sid this morning and I was telling someone that! So many people assume they need oodles of exercise, and yet they’re so lazy.
Sistertex – Oh, how funny! Shasta sounds like a real character! I’m glad you took him – he must have loved living with you.
Meleah, Serline, Gordon and Roger Green – Thank you!
Denise – I love it when they do that, don’t you? It’s so sweet.
Reader Wil – Well, you know your ‘F’s, that’s for sure! LOL!