It is
a toy sighthound breed, tall for a toy breed but within the weight standards.
Breed Type The Italian Greyhound is
a toy sighthound breed.
Not exact matches
Even though other breeds had specific occupations in the service of man, they are not known as working breeds:
sighthounds running down prey or predators, gundogs flushing food for the table, terriers and
toys terrorizing vermin — these were more or less doing what they would do without human ownership, anyway, so their jobs were considered less like «work.»
«Mental exercise» — interesting activities that keep the mind stimulated, such as the
sighthound sport of lure coursing; challenging dog
toys; a homemade obstacle course
[3] They are in the
toy group in the UK and US but in the
sighthound group in the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI).