A day in the life of Olive the Greyhound

[@cmhanson]

Olive is a sweetheart! Absolutely love her videos. Having had 2 greys in my life I wish I could describe in 1 word or even 1000 words what it is like to live with a greyhound...Can't be done!

[@billgordon6489]

Gorgeous greyhound ❤

[@lovisadreyer9653]

Feels so fulfilling to watch this happy greyhound! And I just adored the dog sushi idea ☺️

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊🐾

[@kermitkever]

Olive has a fantastic life and fantastic Owners! Super, I like it very much, respect for animals!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

kermitkever thank you 😊 She is certainly one very spoiled hound!

[@anunnakhi5]

ADORABLE ANGEL ❤️❤️🤗

[@popkinson]

What a beautiful and gentle girl. I love hounds and own three whippets myself. Olive is a great ambassador for Greys.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Islam Tasty thank you 🙏🏼 I think she is a ‘greyt’ ambassador too. You have three whippets? That must be fun! They seem like dear little hounds.

[@homeiswheretheharpis.u.]

Aww what a great life! Love the spoon licking and seaweed chip eating! 😂😂

[@daisydoberman2011]

What a beautiful doggy just lost my beautiful doby always reminded me of a greyhound with her long snake tail and how fast she could run and wouldn't hurt a fly our postman would only stroke her and not dare touch the labrador always wanted to rescue a grey bless you shes beautiful could just do with a big cu6 right now from her xxxx

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

daisydoberman2011 oh! I’m sorry to hear you recently lost your beloved dog ❤️ Maybe when your heart has healed a little you might be ready to bring another into your life ❤️❤️❤️ wishing you all the best 🥰

[@georgiadickinson2349]

I love olive the greyhound!!!!

[@ellie.l6585]

Gorgeous girl and love the name. So love seeing these beautiful dogs in kind and loving homes, and who says they can't live with cats :-) She looks like a younger version of my girl, Meg. Adorable!!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Lesley Lawrence thank you 😊 I know of lots of Greyhounds who live with cats and other small animals. They are such sweet dogs!

[@donaldtysor9096]

Really enjoyed Olive's day.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

I’m glad 🙂 thank you 🙏🏼

[@tabbyramone3020]

Aww olive is super cute!! She doesn't seem to mind seaweed :)

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

She loves seaweed! It’s funny watching it get stuck to her doggy lips when she eats it though 😂

[@tabbyramone3020]

Aww well she is super cute!! I had a black greyhound/lab mix named Tucker who kinda looked like her, he was absolutely adorable and I miss him. She reminds me of him :)

[@alexhouse72]

Beautiful doggo

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Fredo’s brother thank you 😊

[@greyhoundowner]

A very nice little video that shows what a nice dog Olive is.

[@randyzabodyn4000]

Olive is a gentle soul ,how could you say no to this big love?

[@deenibeeniable]

I love this video.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Thanks 😊

[@dobi4714]

So much Love♥️♥️♥️

[@dyman9739]

a lucky and happy dog

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

dy man she is certainly a pampered pooch!

[@RassilonsArmy]

My God, she's beautiful!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Thank you 😊

[@meerathegreyhound1044]

What a beautiful dog

[@stephenmckinlay2618]

nice to see her in a loving home.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Stephen Mckinlay she sure gets spoilt rotten, that’s for sure!

[@daniellebrothers3688]

I love her long curlique tail! She is so pretty!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Danielle Brothers thank you 😊 I think she may have broken her tail some time before she came to me. Probably from too much enthusiastic wagging 😂

[@Patiboke]

Wonderful dog, funny ears! :-)

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

They are very expressive ears, that's for sure!

[@gelbsucht947]

What a babe. You gotta love a black greyhound.

[@pbear1952]

LOVE the nori eating!

[@rnbrineg]

Meat: YES Yogurt: MMMM yes Seaweed: Yeah! *skronch blek mlem pphhphhphphh* more please yes

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Rachael Brinegar she’ll try just about anything.

[@ewetomb]

😂 lolz

[@meerathegreyhound1044]

Oh my goodness the place you live is amazing.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

lovely me 😊 just little ol’ Perth in Western Australia.

[@TheRoadRager62]

Beautiful dog. How confident are you with her off leesh? Does she have high prey drive?

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Olive doesn’t seem to have a very strong prey drive, she will look mildly interested at moving things and will watch a cat across the street if she sees one, but doesn’t demonstrate any urgent need to run after them. However, I am always mindful that it’s in her blood to chase, so if I do see any small creature I always make sure she’s on lead. She always runs in a big circle or figure 8 around me if she’s off for a run, and either comes back to me to be put back on lead or waits for me to get to her. Some greys however, will run and not come back, and if there’s no fence to stop them you may lose them and it could end up badly. I certainly carefully pick the time and place for her to have a run.

[@kryswinton2910]

This is just so wonderful

[@ezrider4348]

Not made to race? My pal would rather be at the track than in the house, believe me that is what he lived for.

[@greenshp]

I worked with retired racing greys for a dozen years. I have owned three. They are NOT "made to race". Believe me. They love, love, love to race and run. Many owner, after the dog is retired, continue to enter them in lure coursing events so that they can race.

[@greyhoundlady3509]

Love her white tipped tail

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Greyhound Lady and it has a funny little kink in it too, maybe from wagging too much😂

[@Isingdabodyelectric]

Olive is drop dead Gorgeous

[@greendayenjoyer]

i love greyhounds im gonna get one soon 😍

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

They’re the best! You won’t regret it 😊🐾

[@greendayenjoyer]

@@NataliePowellAGreytLife 😁

[@sociopathicnarcissist8810]

I want to come back as your dog, she has a better life than me... :(

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Sociopathic Narcissist my kids complain that she is the favourite child 😂

[@sociopathicnarcissist8810]

I think they may be right. Many moons ago I was in the Army and when I was deployed on operations eating rations, I knew that my mothers dog was eating roast chicken every night.... I hated that dog...

[@fsaremi8745]

Sociopathic Narcissist c

[@flasheart3817]

She did well to last that long. My Whippet goes out for 1 hour and goes to bed with 'locked in syndrome' for the next 11 hours

[@dianedurocher978]

She is very pretty for sure

[@dawnpleasant2319]

Olive was wondering why you keep filming her. 😀 I'm so glad you rescued her. I've heard about the horrors of what happens to Greyhounds when they are "retired." She's probably happier now than she's ever been.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Dawn Pleasant she’s used to me sticking my iPhone in her face 😂 Yes, the stores of mass cruel disposal of finished Greyhounds is heartbreaking. Olive is such a loving pet, awful to think of others with the same potential being destroyed. Thanks for watching 😊

[@greenshp]

Huh? I volunteered with greyhound "retirement" for a dozen years. Most of them have great lives. The tiny percentage who suffer abuse have that BEFORE retirement. After that, they are placed in loving homes. So I have no idea what you think you are talking about. Maybe you misspoke? (And most love racing, by the way - I used to lure course with mine and could hardly hold them, they'd get so excited to run.) Let's give credit to the 95% of breeders, trainers and racetracks who treat them well, the thousands of volunteers like myself who work WITH racetracks and loving breeders to put them in a greyt home, and the many forever families who, like Olive's, have given them fantastic retirement years. I might add . . . I have myself fostered over 50, and have owned 3. All three were very happy racing, and were treated well while racing; in two cases the people who have owned them in the racing years called me regularly to check and make sure they were happy and thriving.

[@greenshp]

I replied to Dawn below, but I have to say - during the ten plus years I worked extensively with greyhounds as a volunteer, I really never encountered any "mass disposal" except in Spain, Portugal and the UK. In the U.S., where I was based, there were no mass killings by the time I was involved (the 1990s) but some emaciated, banged-up hounds came by truckloads out of Florida. Always Florida, for some reason. We got them from all over. A lot from Texas and New Mexico, and they were in good shape physically and emotionally. I fostered dozens through the years; the three I owned came from tracks in Iowa, Kansas, and Texas, and all were great. In the cases of Kansas and Texas, the breeders and racetrack called regularly through the years to say "hi" and check on the dog.

[@lakemichigan6598]

One happy hound.

[@ewetomb]

Lovely

[@steemdup]

love the white tip of her tail :)

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

steemdup and it has a bend in it too ❤️ I think she may have broken it some time during her racing days.

[@steemdup]

Aww, sorry to hear that. I've noticed that many greys have lost parts of their tails due to injuries. But she's a darling!

[@charlotteshanagher4816]

You so calmly let her off leash! I am still so scared my mindy would see something and bolt. She has a big fenced yard to zoom in,though.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Yes, it is a risk to let them off lead, and technically not allowed. However, I am very lucky that Olive just loves to do figure of 8 zoomies around me and has always returned - so far! I know many Greyhounds would bolt if given the chance. I really do feel that Olive is a very special Greyhound! Thanks for watching! :)

[@charlotteshanagher4816]

I use the same diet and dish, and have studied extensively. Cwas not a dig but just jealousy! Enjoy these sweet hounds!

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

That’s great

[@kaijuaceanimations83]

I know I’m late to the video but seeing your grey and cat together really surprised me in a good way, I wish my grey would be nice around cats but she would not hesitate to chase and kill one but she is a ex racer so it makes sense

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Some greys are excellent with cats and some aren’t. Olive is an ex racer too, but when I was looking to adopt one, I specifically asked for a cat friendly one. Perhaps yours has a stronger prey drive than Olive does. How is yours with small dogs? Olive loves them sometimes more than she likes bigger dogs.

[@kaijuaceanimations83]

@@NataliePowellAGreytLife, my grey is fine with small dogs, her best friend is a small dog but the small dog also hates cats so they’re both always looking for them, my dog is actually not so good with big dogs she likes being the biggest dog around, she usually ok when I’m walking her but my mother gets tense so that goes to the dog and makes her tense, so of the leash my dog would be fine with any dog really, my girl is actually very large for a female, she’s a little smaller than most males but every other female we see my grey dwarfs them

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

@@kaijuaceanimations83 it’s interesting that the dogs pick up on people’s energy and emotions, isn’t it! Sounds like your hound and her friend might get up to mischief together 😂🐾

[@gentlebrit]

What a life :)

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

As far as a dog's life goes, it's a pretty charmed one!

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

Awww

[@sc00b3rt]

Our greyhounds name is Olive, lol. We call her Ollie for short or Roo Roo.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

sc00b3rt aw 😊 I call my Olive Lollie-boll sometimes and sometimes just Loll.

[@guinefortCH]

What is that green stuff you feed her with at 02:15?

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

NarcizzCH it’s a sheet of nori seaweed, normally it’s what wraps around sushi. She loves it!

[@medievalgirl002]

Our boy likes fish too. Tuna and pilchards, just have to be careful with the little bones in them.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

medievalgirl002 yes, I always mash the fish up a bit before I give it to her when I give her tinned sardines at breakfast.

[@medievalgirl002]

To be honest, we prefer the tuna chunks, no bones. We do have to cut/break up food for him though, since he's inclined to gulp instead of chewing sometimes

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

What is that he is eating

[@gelbsucht947]

What grey doesn’t like a bit of sand!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

helen tucker she sure loves to dig in it!

[@lelandmcintyre283]

That is one spoiled little girl!

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Leland Mcintyre she sure is! 😂 It’s what happens when your real babies have grown up and become adults 😊 My kids are regularly jealous of Olive 😂

[@deenibeeniable]

I think that seaweed got stuck to her lip.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

Yes, she loves it but it does stick to her doggy lips 😂

[@deenibeeniable]

@@NataliePowellAGreytLife I love it when their lips get stuck to their teeth. lol. I was going to mention, what a great snack! crunchy & fishy & lots of vitamins.

[@michaeljulian4997]

OK, I am calling Animal Control. You are clearly abusing and neglecting that poor Greyhound! ;)

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

GalgoMoto yes, spoiled rotten!