I'm not sure how this forum is used so I am just going to introde myself and Boyd (Boy Dog).
Here is mum was a greyhound (a farmer's breeding greyhound) and his dad was a stray foxhound (I always thought they were neutered...). There were 10 in the litter and Boyd was the most people friendly.
He was house trained in 4 hours - I basically sat with him in the kitchen and put him on a puppy mat everytime he weed. He did his first poop by himself. He has always stolen anything plastic or paper (ie remote controls, wii controllers, books, mail etc) but has never been bad with furniture.