WillyWonka, your pups are a bit older so they are ok with one main meat meal of the day as long as they get their breakfast too.

PHEEEWW thought my food bill just doubled

Willy mate, everyone rears their dogs differently. Lilly rears her dogs the way she says and she is very happy with what she does. She is giving you advise on what she does and it sounds good to me.
I chose to give human vitamins to my race dog.I have no problem with that. He has been on those vitamins every day for 12 months now and his blood count is normal. If it were not, the count would tell me what he is lacking and I would ajust my feeding program. I have told the vet what I am feeding him and the vitamins that I give him before the blood count. After viewing the results of the count he told me to just keep doing what I'm doing. So I do.
But remember, he's racing. Thats the way I feed my dog. Other people may feed differently.

yeah starting to find that out COOPS feeding is different for just about everyone i think i emailed a man today and he put me back on track with some feeding advice coops!! i think we both know who im talking about Its more the worry of if im giving her enough and keeping her healthy, Im a sheep dog man, re education, training, and so on, but lost it all in the "big blaze" so decided on a change of scenery and it seems the hounds are just "so be careful with them" i get a bit worried! I do appreciate all advice its just a matter of finding the right mixture of advice thats gonna work for my pups i guess!

Yeah mate I know who your talking about, and yes he knows what he's talking about.
I myself listens to what he says too.

coops

Whippee go to the these links that i have added here: Greyhound Racing SA and download the policies and owner/trainer application forms you will require which will be the majority Greyhound Racing South Australia - Racing Policies and also Greyhound Racing South Australia - Application Forms
Then head over to this one Greyhound Racing Vic and download this material which you will definately need to get your head around and will be of great help to you http://www.grv.org.au/opencms/opencm...ck_Lvl1_v3.pdf and http://www.grv.org.au/opencms/opencm...ck_Lvl2_v3.pdf and also http://www.grv.org.au/opencms/export...ms/Unit_10.pdf.
Jeepers talk about going in head first! didn't anyone tell you that you have to learn how to crawl before you can walk??
Good luck pal it's a great ride that you are about to embark on all the best.

GALTY i also jumped into a shallow pool and the links you put up except S.A.. is where i "learnt" a bit but i guess we all started some where

Willy yes we all have to start somewhere as you said what i am saying is that ownership/training of a greyhound is'nt something that you should jump into because you enjoy haveing a punt on them and watching them run around a track.
I started my venture back in mid 2003 funnily enough for the exact reasons that i have just stated the difference being that i contacted GRSA and spoke to the stewards there, received all the important relative information that i needed in regards to setting up my own syndicate which i did and then going out to a few trainers kennels and finding a trainer who i felt comfortable with and would also be willing to house and train a greyhound that i purchased.
I found this way is a fantastic and practicle way of getting your feet wet in this industry, by doing this then you will definately get the behind the scenes experience and really find out if training a greyhound is what you really want to do and if you have the time to also put in to it.
My syndicate has had extremely good luck with the greyhounds we have purchased over the recent years with them all paying for themselves plus topping up our bank account and haveing some good wins including the 2004 Strathalbyn Cup and the 2005 South Australian Sprint Championship at Angle Park.
The syndicate that i started back in 2003 is still going now but nothing running around at present as last year we took the next step and got into breeding with our first litter of pups to Bombastic Shiraz now being 14 months and our brood has recently been inseminated again to Digital and due to whelp in 10 days time.
As for myself i have again taken another step and just completed all the paperwork and running around to aquire my Owner/Trainer Licence which i am greatly looking forward to my next venture in the industry.
Hope this all makes some practicle sense but this is a sure way that i would tell anyone to get into the industry with out as i said jumping in head first.

Galty

spot on GALTY! i wasnt a punter i actually trained and bred sheep/cattle dogs, which unfortunately i lost all that on a recent well known fire, including all dogs and pups right in front of me, I could not go back into that as you could imagine my reasons why, so a complete change was needed and being a dog lover i looked into greyhounds. I know that the 2 breeds and training styles are quite the opposite but they do have some similaritys (chase and run) also at the moment im only rearing my own pups to get the upper hand so to speak, and intend having them trained by someone else

Spot on! That is exactly what all new owners should do, start out getting their feet wet first without jumping headlong into purchasing a young puppy/racedog lol

Also, I've noticed that on Gdata sometimes overseas members offer feeding/training advice to Oz members, while it's all good, they have to remember that it's better for Oz members to listen to Oz trainers as there are different methods/practices which aren't suitable for Oz style racing dogs. Just my opinion, it's a free world and hey whatever suits/works for someone, stick to it!

Looking at how they rear pups over in Ireland/England for example and how they train dogs, they have completely different feeding methods. (They call kibble, "nuts" as well lol I wonder why?)