What are the breed characteristics of the Italian Greyhound?
The Italian Greyhound are very slim and graceful four-legged friends with a square-shaped torso. Italian Greyhound puppies and adult dogs are complete miniature versions of a sighthound. They captivate you with their grace and elegance and conquer all hearts by storm due to their exclusive behaviour.
The head is long and the striking frontally set eyes are dark and bright. Even though Italian Greyhounds are nowadays often kept as family dogs, this breed is an excellent sprinter and sight hunter.
Appearance and coat of the Italian Greyhound
The coat of the Italian Greyhound must always be short, silky and fine. The Italian Greyhound's colour variations are always solid and the coat must not have any fringes according to the standard. The dogs are available in the colours black, grey, slate grey, light yellow and beige.
What is the average size of the Italian Greyhound?
Italian Greyhounds reach a withers height of 32 cm to 38 cm. Usually bitches are slightly smaller and also lighter than males.
How much does an Italian Greyhound weigh?
Italian Greyhounds can weigh a maximum of 5 kg. Nowadays, these dogs are often bred to be extra small and extra light. However, a competent Italian Greyhound breeder aims for their animals to reach these 5 kg. Too light and too small bred animals are exactly those which you see constantly trembling around. This is of course not necessarily positive for the health and life expectancy of these dogs.
What is the life expectancy of an Italian Greyhound?
Italian Greyhounds have a life expectancy of 12 to 15 years. If you adopt one of these four-legged friends into your home, you should be aware of the responsibility this brings with it. The life expectancy of course also depends on appropriate keeping. This consists of sufficient exercise and a diet appropriate for the species. In addition, genetically caused hereditary diseases should be excluded. Your breeder can give you detailed information on this.