Since my dog, Ben, died some months ago, I've been thinking of rehoming a retired racing greyhound, via one of the branches of the Retired Greyhound Trust. By all accounts they make great pets, and rehoming is a far more humane alternative to their usual fate. IE., killing them with a steel ball through the head as soon as they're too old to earn their owner any winnings. They can reach this stage at anything from about 3 upwards.

The problem is that, being working dogs, they have seldom been house or obedience trained. I have a fair bit of experience of training puppies, but none whatsoever with adult dogs.

From what I have seen and been told, greyhounds are highly intelligent, very affectionate and very owner oriented. In other words, training an adult should be a doddle.

However, I would like to reassure myself that I'm not letting myself in for a nightmare of great, thick loveable mutt who just can't get the hang of 'sit', 'stay', down etc.

Has anyone been down this path, and if so, how did you fare?

Many thanks.