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Hormones in greyhounds
My just adopted retired racer is really big for a female greyhound, 28
inches tall and a muscular 75 pounds. I know that the racing greyhound kennels give hormones to bitches to keep them from coming into season. I am curious, might racing kennels also administer growth hormones or steroids to grow them bigger? Or does my Amazon just have "big" genes? |
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Floor to the top of her shoulders...
"sighthounds etc." wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 14:36:46 GMT, maple70 wrote: My just adopted retired racer is really big for a female greyhound, 28 inches tall and a muscular 75 pounds. I know that the racing greyhound kennels give hormones to bitches to keep them from coming into season. I am curious, might racing kennels also administer growth hormones or steroids to grow them bigger? Or does my Amazon just have "big" genes? No, kennels do not give steroids to make Greyhounds bigger. Racing Greyhounds are randomly tested for steroids, which are prohibited. Also, "big" racers have no inherent advantage over small dogs. NGA Greyhounds are bred for racing ability, rather than size, conformation, color, etc., and therefore there is a lot of variability in those attributes. All that being said, 28" is a bit tall for a female; how are you measuring her? Sally Hennessey |
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Floor to the top of her shoulders...
"sighthounds etc." wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 14:36:46 GMT, maple70 wrote: My just adopted retired racer is really big for a female greyhound, 28 inches tall and a muscular 75 pounds. I know that the racing greyhound kennels give hormones to bitches to keep them from coming into season. I am curious, might racing kennels also administer growth hormones or steroids to grow them bigger? Or does my Amazon just have "big" genes? No, kennels do not give steroids to make Greyhounds bigger. Racing Greyhounds are randomly tested for steroids, which are prohibited. Also, "big" racers have no inherent advantage over small dogs. NGA Greyhounds are bred for racing ability, rather than size, conformation, color, etc., and therefore there is a lot of variability in those attributes. All that being said, 28" is a bit tall for a female; how are you measuring her? Sally Hennessey |
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Floor to the top of her shoulders...
"sighthounds etc." wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 14:36:46 GMT, maple70 wrote: My just adopted retired racer is really big for a female greyhound, 28 inches tall and a muscular 75 pounds. I know that the racing greyhound kennels give hormones to bitches to keep them from coming into season. I am curious, might racing kennels also administer growth hormones or steroids to grow them bigger? Or does my Amazon just have "big" genes? No, kennels do not give steroids to make Greyhounds bigger. Racing Greyhounds are randomly tested for steroids, which are prohibited. Also, "big" racers have no inherent advantage over small dogs. NGA Greyhounds are bred for racing ability, rather than size, conformation, color, etc., and therefore there is a lot of variability in those attributes. All that being said, 28" is a bit tall for a female; how are you measuring her? Sally Hennessey |
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