GENERAL APPEARANCE 
Shoulder height: 68-76cm (27”-30”).
Colour: White. Red, blue, black, brindle or fawn with or without white patches.
Coot: Fine and close.
Gait: Low reaching with long strides and strong hind propulsion with the ability to show great speed.
The Greyhound is a strongly built upstanding animal with a clean cut appearance of a racing machine. The skull is long and flat with only a slight stop and the jaws are powerful and long. The obliquely set eyes are oval and placed midway in the skull. The ears are high set and rose shaped. The elegantly arched neck must be strong and slope into well laid back shoulders.
The chest must be deep and capacious with a long ribcage before cutting up to the abdomen. Strong fore, and muscular well angulated hindquarter, assemblies finish with compact feet and well knuckled toes. The low set tail is long and carried low in movement.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Like other members of the sighthound family, Greyhounds are extremely good natured and gentle with both children and adults. As with all members of this group of dogs, Greyhounds have the intelligence to use their own initiative, however they are quite capable of ignoring what they believe are pointless-instructions. When this occurs people are incorrect in believing they are dumb. Gentle handling and persuasiveness will bring out the best in these beautiful dogs - harsh discipline will only make them withdraw.
HISTORY
The origins of Greyhounds can be traced back to 4000 BC where these dogs were depicted in early Egyptian carvings. It is believed the Greyhound arrived in Britain in pre-Christian times with the seafaring Phoenicians who included them as goods for bartering. Throughout their long history, the greyhound’s distinctive breed type has hardly changed. The word ‘greyhound’ is believed to be a corruption of ‘great hound’, ‘Greek hound’ or ‘gazehound’. One thing is certain, the name has nothing to do with colour.