HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Maybe but it doesn't make it right. They're not just using rabbits either. I suspect the greyhound industry is about to undergo an overhaul.
Sharks2010's greyhounds
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I don't think it's justified either HB. I was just surprised that people didn't know about it.
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
I didn't but I don't know much about the industry. I guess it's not surprising.
sharks2010
Dribbler
ive never heard of other animals being used but I can understand why they use rabbits, not that I agree with it
Littleshark
Great White
I find it amazing that top trainers don't have the facilities necessary to need live animals. I would have thought this is the kind of things amateurs did.
sharks2010
Dribbler
its got nothing to do with the facilities, it's about what's best for the dog
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Yep, a dog will obviously chase something living a lot harder.
The entire NSW greyhound board stepped down overnight.
sharks2010
Dribbler
correct, it gets the dog itching for the taste of blood so that when its in a race it runs harder thinking it is actually chasing a real rabbit
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Do they still have the Kempsey dogs mate or am I getting it confused with another town?
sharks2010
Dribbler
yeh mate, it's non tab so nothing big
The guy two doors up from mum and dads has been training them all his life, even more so now since his wife passed away
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Ahh right, so do they have bookies on course? Wouldn't be any point going I suppose if you couldn't have a bet. Good fun at the dishlickers, used to go every now and then at Wenty Park, haven't been for a long time now though.
sharks2010
Dribbler
never been tbh mate but I dare say they would have at least one bookie there
I wonder if this works for horse racing too, might buy a cheap nag from out the back of the glue factory and give it a go
no cause horses dont chase a rabbit about a track.