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    New Owner - Aggression Question

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    You are correct, dogs aren't that complex, they don't understand the complexity of the situation, except that this stranger who is yelling at them is now walking toward them with an object that they don't recognize. What do you do when someone goes at you with a bat? Fight or flight. If the dog is cornered, there is no flight. Personally I think this suggestion could get the hound or the person holding the object harmed. JMO.

     

    What they do understand is that a confident, in control person is telling them to give up that space. That is something they know and understand told to them in as close to dog language as we can get. The dog wants it.

     

    I've never used a broom or a tennis racket on a dog of any breed. I use positive training techniques to encourage positive behavior and build the bond with the dog. When a dog trusts and respects you, force isn't necessary. It won't matter one bit how confident you are when you use force on a dog that isn't hesitant to use his teeth.

     

    I agree, positive training techniques encourage positive behavior and greyhounds are a gentle breed, no intimidation tactics needed. Glad to hear that he is doing better :)

    Disc Surgery On A 10 1/2 Yr Old, Now Other Issues

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    So glad to hear that Max is drinking the ensure, praying he continues to do well and starts eating solids soon. I give meds in cheese to my boy Max and it is the only way he eats them. I give 2 seperate pieces 1st w/out meds and then the 3rd w/the meds. When Sara was on prednisone and antibiotics and chemo, she was on carafate and pepcid and I would make meat balls out of canned food rolled in lunch meats, roast beef or ham and stick her pills in those, she did not like the pill pockets.

    Ezri Had A Dental

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Wow, all I can say is I feel so bad for Ezri and you having to experience this! I have had dentals on both of mine and one of my cats recently and they were all calm after the procedure. I would be horrified to pick up my pet in worse condition than when she was dropped off. I guess I am outspoken too and I would be extremely upset w/them for allowing this to happen. Prayers for Ezri that she heals quickly from this.

    Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis (Gme)

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. It was truly an awful, awful week. I will never really be able to explain how horrendous and traumatic it was for us, or how hideous the waiting was. The good news is that he is improving every day. Today we find out if we can reduce his steroids. He seems to have made a remarkable improvement - he is hardly wobbly any more, constantly rolling over, eating like a beast and walking around the house and garden with some vigour. However, as you can imagine, we are very cautious and taking it one step at a time.

     

    3greys2cats - I can't believe you've experienced this too. I've hardly found any breeds, apart from toy dogs as you say, that have experienced this. I'm sure we can both appreciate how truly horrendous it is. It is so wonderful to hear your successful tale of Sara. Really touched me this morning - my eyes were welling up in work when I read your post. When I have more time later on in the week I will email you if that is OK as some advise would be greatly appreciated.

     

    Glad to hear that he is doing so well, "eating like a beast" yeah the prednisone will do that and constant peeing too! Yes, you most certainly can email me, it was the most traumatic thing I have been through w/my greys and sounds like it was the same for you.

    Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis (Gme)

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    My heart just dropped when I read the title of this topic as I unfortunately have been through this nightmare myself. I am so glad to hear that Paco is responding to the treatment for GME, it is a scary, debilitating disease that is so rare in greyhounds, it affects mostly small toy breeds. I joined GT 3 yrs ago this coming March when my Sara was diagnosed w/multifocal GME, she had it in several areas of her brain and her spinal column. I found only a few on this forum that were familiar w/this disease but was amazed @ the support of everyone. My Sara had 10 months of prednisone, phenabarbitol, and also needed cytarabine(cytasar)chemo injections, and pepcid for her stomach, metranizidole for the big d. She had seizures and severe ataxia, could not stand without falling over and needed to be in ICU for a week before it turned around for her. I sincerely hope that Paco continues to put this into remission as Sara has, she is coming up on 3 yrs since her diagnosis, if you read anything about this disease online, you will see that Sara and your Paco are walking miracles :) Please feel free to email me if you need to chat about this, it is so scary! robertaac@comcast.net

     

    :grouphug to you and Paco

     

    Roberta

    Pearl

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    Your tribute was beautiful, thank you for sharing Pearl's story w/us, it brought tears to my eyes. I am so sorry such a precious soul had to leave this earth, my deepest condolences to you. :f_pink:f_pink

    Max Has A Boo Boo

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    My "Bubby" Max was running w/Sara in the backyard yesterday and tore his dew claw. My poor baby is a complete drama queen when anything happens to him, he was holding his paw up when he came running in w/blood dripping. I soaked a paper towel w/cold water and tried to stop the blood and he lunged @ me :o scared the crap out of me but I know this is his reaction when he feels pain. The bleeding stopped pretty quickly but I could tell that it was cracked and hanging on so I brought him to the vet who ended up giving him an injection of lidacaine and then removing the nail that was hanging. He bandaged it high up and so far he seemes to be leaving it alone. He is not puting any weight on this leg and is hopping @, I am hoping tomorrow is a better day for him :( We have stairs to get in the house, stairs to get out into the fenced yard and long stairs to get to the bedrooms! Well the good news is that he is really loving all the xtra treats and extra attention.

    Scratching After Eliminating

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted · Edited by 3greys2cats

    nuri does this, too. sometime me making a funny noise as he's doing it distracts him enough to stop it. one day we were walking around my somewhat rough neighborhood and he kicked the biggest clump of mud on the door of a parked car. it just stuck there. :blush i didn't know what to do, because the neighbors would probably have thought that i was trying to break into the car, rather than be a good neighbor. :eek pathetically, we hightailed it out of there and i have vowed never to let him kick when it is muddy again!!! :rolleyes:

     

    :lol:lol, I can picture this in my mind, neighbor coming out later to see mud stuck to the door, glad nothing bad came of it. I can identify and unfortunately, when Max does this, Sara walks so close to him that she ends up w/grass, mud, and now, snow in her face, she has not learned yet to stay out of his way when he flinging stuff :lol

    Foster Having Trouble Post-Spay

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Emma, is this the same vet that did Abe's neuter surgery? This sounds horrible to me, pale gums, vomiting,low temp, sounds like she had a reaction to the anesthesia. Poor Juliette, she will be in my prayers, I hope she pulls through this, can she be seen by a specialist?

     

    Nope, different vet, different practice... heck, different part of the state entirely!

     

     

    Any news on Juliette, can't stop thinking about her

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