A Matter of Deception...

Everything is a matter of perception, how one sees things.  Views always look different from different angles, from up close or at a distance, from the right or from the left...  It all depends and, not too long ago, when I was discussing animal rights activities with a political candidate, he thanked me for reminding him that one's view depends upon that to which they are exposed.

Deception, on the other hand, employs beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, bad faith, and subterfuge to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, and well as distraction, camouflage or concealment." This is how Grey2k USA plays their game.

Jean Krupa in Kennel Crate

What Grey2k USA says: "While at the racetrack, dogs are confined in small cages barely large enough for them to stand up or turn around".

Really?  Well, they say that a picture is worth a thousand words.  So, please look at the picture of Jean Krupa in her kennel crate.

Hopefully, after seeing this and other similar pictures of different dogs, you will realize that Grey2k USA uses the term "tiny cages", for maximum, negative connotation. Now then, ask yourself, WHY do they want to keep the truth from their followers?

To me, it certainly looks like they have room to "turn around". Also, please notice the carpeting in the crate. Grey2k USA likes to call these "carpet remnants".  Again, "remnants" implies discarded trash which it is not. These "remnants" are purchased and cut to size for the crates. They are not plucked out of some dumpster.

Sarah Kettlewell & Racing Fool aka "Foo Foo"

The way that I look at is if you have a 3' x 4' piece of carpet in a 3' x 4' room it becomes "wall to wall" carpeting.  The dogs' crates are 3' x 4' rooms for them.

Anyway, who cares if it's a remnant.  What is important is that the dogs have a softer surface to lay upon, a surface that protects their skin & coat.  I am wondering though, if the "remnant" would be more acceptable if it was edged & finished like a 3x4 area rug?  If so, who knew that fabric edging would make such a difference!  Especially since area rugs are remnants that have a finished edge!

Grey2K also uses photographs with their incendiary verbage to deceive the public.  Here's a for instance...

Missy - photo courtesy of Vicky Gates

Above is a picture of a black greyhound behind bars.  It's obvious that the dog is in a crate.

One can see metal bars, the head leaning on a metal background and some kind of bedding, probably a carpet remnant, underneath the dog.  Obviously, the crate is much too small.  After all, if it wasn't too small, the dog would not be forced to rest its head on the cold, metal crate wall.

And the eyes....  The dog's eyes have such a pitiful look to them...  a pleading, haunting look...  One can feel the misery of its existence... forced to lay in a too small cage, behind metal bars, like an animal in a Victorian zoo.   Oh that poor, put upon, ABUSED greyhound!

Below, is a different picture of the same dog in the same crate....  See what I mean?  In the first picture, the subject filled the lens as it had been zoomed in on.  In the 2nd picture, the zoom feature was not applied, giving one the overall, true perspective of the crate size in comparison to the dog. Big difference, huh?

Missy - photo courtesy of Vicky Gates

Its all about perception.  The two photos above exhibit dichotomy, for all intents and purposes, they are contradictory!  We have found that with dogs, but especially greyhounds, you can have a happy look one minute, and a forlorn one the next minute.  Grey2K USA loves to grab onto a "sad look" and then package that as how the dog is 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.  Yet, we all know that, if you were to take another picture a minute later, you would have had a happy-smiley face, licking their nose and tail wagging.   It's sad but true, people "fall" for the sad look all the time.

Those of us who really know greyhounds call the look in the first picture, the professionally pathetic look.  Greyhounds can turn that look on and off like a light switch, especially if they think they can get what they want with it.   As Joan Belle Isle has stated, "It takes a while before WE figure out
Grey2K is very good at using peoples' perception to promote their deception!


Yours in greyhounds....