Thanks for your kind words, I truly appreciate it!

Thank you so much for your kind comment! I was quite nervous about creating this video as dog owners can be a judgmental lot. But yes, you are correct- my intention was to inform and not to acquire clout. I truly love the breed and it does take a patient individual to own one. I’m happy to say that Luca is pretty much house trained and now we have Teddy the Boston Terrier pup and they are quite a pair. Believe it or not, the Bostie was harder to potty train than the IGlet! But he has also come around.

Congratulations! We just trained Luca on the dog door and he’s been going out to do his business on his own. I just watch from the window and reward him after. I will probably do more content. If you have any questions, feel free to post them.

Hi I am thinking of getting an Italian greyhound in a few months time, doing research at the moment, I absolutely love these dogs. Do you think they will get along with a friendly cat.

I do not see why not. I've known many that had both cats and IGlets. Our breeder had a few house cats as well as her pack and there no problems.

Congratulations! I’m very glad you enjoyed the video and that the information was helpful. Luca is now 16 weeks and pretty much fully house trained. Actually only took maybe ten days after he arrived to get him mostly there. He’s been with us six weeks and I’ll keep watching him when he uses the dog door on his own and rewarding him if does his business.

@@pastagreyhound So happy to hear that! We were a bit worried about potty training, but we believe that as long as we'll watch him almost non-stop and take him out every couple of hours that we'll slowly get there. Regarding our breeder, if you're curious, it's 'Stupor Mundi Italian Greyhounds' from Poland (you can find them on google). Our puppy is from litter Q. Regards

@@pastagreyhound Sadly we didn't find a rescue dog in Romania, cause we would've given him a second home. Almost no iggy's here. But we'll recomend to anybody who asks where they can get one, the website you've recomended, we do believe in saving foster dogs.

Don’t worry! Some are aloof around strangers and others love every person upon meeting them. Luca loves all people and dogs. I suggest start out at a hardware store such as Lowe’s or Home Depot as they accept dogs in their establishments. People will automatically gravitate to your dog. Let them hold the dog and fawn over it. Also, there are a lot of beeps and noises that are good for the dog to get acclimated to. Luca loved Home Depot and it’s the perfect environment for leash training and socialization. Don’t worry and I understand about your shyness, but you’ll have to adapt to socialize your IGlet. Bring lots of treats for people to give him/her. Try and be confident because your dog will pick up on your anxiety. I know that sounds hard, but you can do it! People will ask “is that a whippet?” Or miniature greyhound. Then you can school them on the breed and Catherine the Great.

I have 3 IGs. My youngest is 1.5 yrs now and she is extremely shy with strangers. I’ve been working with her since 4 months, when she would hide behind my legs and look out at new people while growling. I now have her cautiously sniffing people when they’re not looking at her. She will even allow a couple of her IG playmate parents let her for a few seconds. One training trick I use is to give other people small treats to give her when she comes close and/or let them touch her. The idea is good things happen with new people.

Haha! NO!

Thank you for your comment! I believe it all depends on your situation and your level of patience regarding walking your dog. I know lots of people with apartment dogs and they do just fine. But I've also known people that couldn't handle it and had to give up their dogs. It's good that you have a dog park that you can trust, but I don't trust neither one of the parks near me. And ironically, after I made this video and we brought home our Boston Terrier pup, I had to fence off a portion of the yard to make a dog run because the puppies became obsessed with eating the cicadas. I was chasing those two from end to end! It has also made house training much easier with a smaller area. I will eventually take down the temporary fencing and go back to the full yard, but for now they have plenty of room to exercise and run.