All racing greyhounds/young pups must be housed in proper enclosures, this is to safeguard against accidents and little kids slipping 'chocolate treats' to the racedogs etc.
Also to protect visitors from being bothered by unrestrained dogs in the house, the ruling body do not want to be sued by a citizen who claims that it was an unrestrained greyhound that caused injury to them etc.

It's fine and all to play with pups inside the house but they must learn to live in a safe enclosure most of the time, and only let out when you can spend some time playing with them and not leave them running around unsupervised, especially with young kids. Kids can unintentionally hurt/injury pups without you being aware of it so you never know.. better safe than sorry!

Racedogs can easily injure themselves in the house by bumping into tables etc bruising themselves.

And so easy for one to sneakily open a garbage lid the night before a race and gorge themselves on junk food lol then where would you be??

So, yes, before you can apply to become an owner/trainer, you must have a secure kennel/yard for the greyhound.


P.S With regards to exercising young pups on a lead before they're 10mths old, remember, don't overwork them on the lead (like this particular novice trainer I know, he walked his 4mth old puppy on a lead twice a day for about 2kms or more, then galloped her in a huge paddock, the poor puppy was totally exhausted from the walk so she really overdid it by the extra free galloping. Will end up with arthritis in the wrists and hip supports)
Aside from that, it's not a good idea to street walk the pup before it's 8-9mths old, as it's so easy for them to pick up nasty germs from domestic dogs, along with parvo, distemper, meningitis etc all hanging around in the dog social areas.

A good option could be to take the pup to a soccer/footy park to exercise (in the dark of course, can't have council rangers coming after you for using a public park lol make sure you carry a pooper bag with you to clean up after the dog) by driving there.


IMO pups under the age of 5mths don't really need to exercise overly much, as long as they get a free run 3 times a week they should be fine just playing about in the backyard.