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History
- Evidence of this dog dates back 2000 years from Turkey, Greece, and other areas around the Mediterranean. The breed came to England in the 1600s and became popular with nobility there as they had been in their Italian homeland. The toy Greyhound was almost wiped out during World War II. In the late 1800s the Italian Greyhound came to America.
Temperament
- It shares the Greyhound shares the same characteristics with its larger relative. It loves to run and chase, extremely gentle and sensitive. Often timid with strangers and devoted to family and good with children, other dogs and pets.
Upkeep - It loves a daily run in the park, but it hates the cold. It loves to sprint. Care of the hair is minimal and requires brushing on occasion, but needs its teeth brushed on a regular basis.
Size - 7-14 pounds in both male and female, 13-15 inches from the shoulder.
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Blackacre Paula Carroll Pelham, Alabama (205) 733-0937
Rohan Donna Powers 941 Humbert Schoolhouse Rd Westminster, Maryland 21158 (410) 346-6185
Poco's Judy Moser 780 Coral Ave.
Lakewood, New Jersey 0870l 732-905-9785
Tekoneva Eva Partida 8 Promenade Crt CherryHill, New Jersey 08034 (609) 354-0183
Tudor
New Jersey (201) 736-3979
Kismet Italian Greyhounds Kiesha T Crawmer 606 Duncan Rd Spring Lake, North Carolina 28390 (910) 436-1671 e-mail: Crawmerk@aol.com
Jutta Kulic Medina, Ohio (216) 723-3566
M&M Rolling Acres "Murph" Marvin Murphy 823 N Skyline Dr. Stillwater, Oklahoma 74075-5911
405-377-2852 e-mail: SMURPHIES@aol.com
Mancols Sharon Mango 16205 SE 15th Choctaw, Oklahoma 73020 (405) 390-3129
Pup-E-Luv Rt 3, Box 1134 Laurens, South Carolina 29306
(864) 861-2729
Beusoni Italian Greyhounds Bev Whiteman 2704 Ave G Bay City, Texas 77414 (409) 245-1867 or (409) 245-9963 e-mail: pdmoe@sat.net
Bevsoni Kennels Pat or Dennis Moe P O Box 1645 Bay City, Texas 77414 (409) 245-1867 e-mail: pdmoe@sat.net
Firefalls Richard Delfeld Rt 4, Box 332 M Wills Point, Texas 75169-9733 (214) 328-7807
Marchwind Lois March Richlands, Virginia
(540) 964-5538
EUROPE Gracija Livrete Latvia Riga, Cobas 22 - 30 tel: (+371) 2 432247
CANADA Diavolino Perm. Reg'd Karen Chant 3941 Painter Rd Campbell River, British Columbia Canada V9W 4Z4
(250) 286-0530
Sheridane Ruth Bucknell 620 4th Line Dogwood Acres Port Perry, Ontario Canada L9L 1B5 (905) 985-3866
Moriah
Robroy, Jillian & Hunter Robinz 1317 Summerville Ave Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Z 8G7 (613) 728-4882
Anvi Reg'd Ivan & Ellen Price PO Box 31
Glenburnie, Ontario Canada K0H 1S0 (613) 549-0087
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