As the owner of 2 greyhounds I feel I should second the comments on how lazy they are. They’re fantastic lap dogs, great around people and children (our litle girl has beaten the **** out of ours with no repercussions from the dogs).
But they’re not what you’re after unfortunately.
As mentioned earlier, minimal exercise required…..they’re sprinters not distance runners. Watching them run is magical though. Ours have 15 mins on a morning, a dog walker takes them out 30 mins while we’re at work, they get 30-40 mins walk on a night. You can apparently build their stamina for longer walks but from what I’ve seen over the past 3 years they prefer the couch.
You mentioned being in the park etc and not chasing squirrels. They’d chase squirrels. They’d chase rabbits, cats, deer, carrier bags, shadows…..they’re bred to chase, it’s what they do. They tend to be seen on leads for a reason lol. Also, they struggle with stiles, they’re too long. They’re large dogs that are lumped in the category medium because of weight (still a bugger to lift 2 of them over a stile in a muddy field, trust me on that).
Oh, and recall isn’t something greyhounds excel at, it can be trained, but they’re happy to ignore it when it suits. mine are at about 50/50 unless i’m in the kitchen. Shouting from the kitchen gets an instant response.
All that said, I love mine, they truly are the perfect lazy mans dog and have wonderful personalities.
If you like the ‘look’ of them then I’d suggest finding a lurcher that was greyhound crossed with something trainable like collie perhaps. My other thought was poodle, not the girly looking ones though lol.
Good luck finding your new friend 🙂