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I highly suggest searching for articles written by Dennis McKeon (I don't have time right now to post links). You can read lots of books, but this man was a trainer and is really knowledgable and articulate. He will explain how greyhounds are not raised as pets and give lots of insights about the major changes in their life and how to help them adjust. Sometimes patience is helpful too and you mentioned you are not very patient in another thread (I think). Greyhounds make wonderful pets but some need more time to adjust than others, so you may want to keep this in mind.

Mary, I'm so sorry Jeff got this dx. I was really hoping nothing serious was wrong with him. Sending lots of white light and hope that this is treatable.

poor guy, glad he's feeling better and thank you for sharing

no idea what this could be but sending hugs because I know how worried you must be

Brooke had a happy tail incident and it eventually healed without problems. Recently, I learned something new from our vet. When Ben had his leg bandaged our vet put some tape above the wound fairly loosely touching his fur only. Then he took a surgical stocking and cut a section of it into a 6" length and put tape along the top edge of it and onto Ben's pre-taped leg. This way, when we changed the bandage, we only had to remove the tape from the tape so it never touched the wound. I also learned that I didn't have to tape the bottom of it because Ben did not pull the top of the stocking up, it just hung on his leg. I can post a pic if this is unclear, but I wish I knew about this with Brooke's injury. I would have applied the tape to her tail abovethe wound so it touched fur only. Then I would have taken an piece of the stocking and taped the top edge to the tape on her tail, so I would only have to remove the tape from the other piece of tape which is sooooooooooo much easier. Plus a few times the blood soaked through the gauze and the tape stuck to it, which caused the scab to come off.

pretty girl

Ben is just getting over an anal gland absess and it did look very similar. Hopefully, this is something easy to fix.

I am so sorry...my thoughts are with you today.

The "firsts" can be really tough.

sending good thoughts

Jan, I saw this on fb. I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am...again

congratulations!

Where do you purchase them from?

Welcome, I agree, Max is very handsome. it's so interesting to hear from people all over the world because we all have different circumstances.

welcome

Welcome. I really hope more Irish greyhounds get adopted.

I`m so sorry for your loss.

Someone mentioned on fb that they use human baby diapers, they just cut a hole for the tail and said it's a lot cheaper.

I don't crate. I set it up with the door open but my current 3 never used it, although 2 of them came from foster homes where they spent lots of time in a crate and the foster families told me how much they loved their crates. Once they got here, the never went near the crate, much preferred pillows. We've also not had a problem with SA. When new pup comes into our home, we generally don't fuss with them too much during the first week, rather we let them follow our other greyhounds and stick to a routine 24/7. I'm not sure if we're just lucky, but this has always worked for us. Secondly, when we adopted our first greyhound, we waited 8 months to adopt our second and I always thought it would have been better if we adopted 2 together. However, I'm glad now that we waited because we wouldn't have adopted Ben. IMO, I find multiples easier in terms of training, you do it together and they know what's expected and it's all over with. The greyhounds have mates which they are used to and I know mine would not be happy as the "only" greyhound. Perhaps that's because they have never been the only greyhound in the house. Ben was for 10 days, and although he wasn't cuddly with our first greyhound, he missed her when she was pts. All of us will have differing opinions based on our experiences. I did crate our first greyhound because she was extremely timid and her crate was the only space she felt safe for a few months. But once we started closing the door and forcing her to use a pillow, it wasn't long before she abandoned her crate for the pillow. Please note the door of her crate was always left open, so it wasn't really crating here, rather offering her a space where she felt comfortable, but still had free range of the house. All of our greyhounds came to us house-trained so they had free run of our entire home right from day one. I may be in the minority here though, but I figure they are dogs, there's nothing dangerous they can get into in our home and I was willing to risk it and it's been fine for us.

I'm so sorry for your loss

how wonderful to adopt a senior too!

Our pups get a handful of kibble before bedtime...it seems to be enough to ward off the bile throw up the next morning. I'm very sure this is hunger related, not crate related.

I think your partner might be undoing your attempts to undo this behaviour. What's really sad is it's confusing for your greyhound and he doesn't know what the expectations are if he's allowed to jump at times and not other times. It sounds like he's trying to get you to play when your back is turned. I'd suggest talking to your partner and see if he could find another way to play that doesn't involve jumping up and explain how confusing this is to your pup. I saw a guy hit his dog on his butt one time because the dog wouldn't sit for him. I told him negative reinforcement isn't going to work, rather it may make his dog more afraid of him. He said his dog is frustrating. I wish i thought at the time to tell him it's not the dog's fault that you haven't trained him properly. The point I'm trying to make is that it's not your dogs fault. Training won't work if it's so inconsistent. You have a better chance with positive reinforcement when all 4 paws are on the ground. Be careful not to praise and/or treat though if he's just about to lift his front paws off the floor because he may think he's getting rewarded for jumping. Timing is key. Good luck!

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Congratulations...a heart healer for sure. I met Wanda and Dennis in Abilene in June this year and they are such a nice couple. You are so lucky to adopt one of their pups. Cocoa is also very lucky. Plus she's a crackercrumb. wwo hoo