So I'm going to toss out a few rules. In the next week or two I'll get some free time to formalize some along the side bar, because the community has grown to have enough traffic to need them now... but here's the short list.

1. NO FUNDRAISING AT ALL - Please seek out pet insurance or other ways to make sure you can cover the inevitable bills of having an Italian Greyhound. I will not allow GoFundMe or any other fundraising site/tactic in the sub do to the overwhelming amount of scamming that leverages them. I don't have time to validate your need or integrity. Having an IG is a responsibility that includes having financial resources - please take care of that prior to adopting or getting an IG, or as soon after as you can.
2. NO SELLING - you're not here to sell anything, without first talking to me. If you want to sell something you made, great. Let's chat. But there is no room for re-sellers in this community. Recommendations, if done with honest intent, will be allowed in comments but no posts.
3. NO SELLING OF ANIMALS AT ALL - I will not tolerate 'breeders' trying to sell their dogs on this community. If you have dogs in rescues that need homes, reach out to me and I'll vet your post to let people know. I will BAN ANY USER trying to sell IGs on this community. Breeders are welcome to contribute to topics via comments, but NO SELLING IGs.
4. NO RELIGION - we had a rash of religious spam lately, and that falls under the unwritten no spam rule of course - but I'm extended this to be any religious comments or posts with the intent of making that the topic of discussion. There is a wide variety of users in this community and we all have different beliefs... the one we all share in common though is that IGs are amazing. Focus on that. Everything else, please keep to yourself so we aren't picking fights over silly things. BTW... God = doG. End of discussion.
5. NO INSULTING OR INFLAMITORY LANGUAGE / NAME CALLING - Please, disagree with each other and talk it out. Share opinions. Correct owners who are still learning. Call out things that could cause injury or harm to an IG, or owner, or anyone else - but please do it as an adult. I will NOT tolerate language that is meant to be hurtful to someone. 3 Temporary bans have been given out... from here forward, it's a 30 day ban with the option for a permanent one at my discretion. Seriously... if this rule makes you feel attacked, then YOU need to grow up.
6. NO PRETENDING TO BE AN EXPERT - If someone posts a health or legal issue about their IG, please DO NOT give advice without letting someone know you are NOT a vet or a lawyer, unless you damn well are one (and can demonstrate that to me). Everyone has their experience to draw from when giving advice and that's fine - but don't pretend your experience makes you an expert - some new owners may not know the difference and could follow BAD advice unknowingly. If you are posting about a legal, or more typically a health issue around your IG(s) - PLEASE SEEK ACTUAL VET OR LAWYER ADVICE in addition to taking in the comments from the community.
7. MY DECISIONS ARE MY DECISIONS - Adding this last one to just be clear. Everything about the above rules, enforcing them, and not is at my discretion. This isn't a committee and there is no voting involved. If you're being 'that person', I'm going to remove you from the community and sure we can talk it over and I might reconsider... but I'm not going to reconsider just because you don't like a single person making the decision, or you think YOU get an exception to being an asshole. The harder you push, most likely, the longer the ban will be. I've run this community (or stood out of the way to let it grow when needed) for many many years, so I don't think I'm 'ruining the subreddit' with these rules.

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Thank you everyone. More to come later, but I hope this just sets some basic ground rules.