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After every meal I wash them either in the dishwasher or hot soapy water. I might add that I very rarely have any loose stool or digestive system issues either. Can you imagine the proliferation of microorganisms on unwashed food bowls? And if I am not going to wash them right away I usually spray a quick lite squirt of Chlorox Clean-Up in them. I believe that pathogens can get inside the cracks and crevices in plastic/ceramic bowls. I mostly use stainless steel. Suffice to say my dogs bowls are perfectly safe for anyone human or animal.

You keep having faith in a positive outcome. Miracles DO STILL happen. It certainly would not be the first time that a cancer has mysteriously "disappeared". Praying for Future and you.

I am so sorry. My deepest sympathy.

Thats one of my favorite pictures of Rocket! Got to go with the Rocket man Yes I still have some of Miss Donna's creations. She is greatly missed. She had a special gift. Its like she knew the personality of the hound she was making it for.

My heart is breaking for you. My deepest sympathy. Clearly Buffy was the goodest girl.

My deepest sympathy. Snap sounds like an awesome guy. He will be with you always. Be openminded as he might send you a sign to let you know he arrived at the bridge safely and is now well. Until we meet again.. You say that all you have left are memories but this is not so. You see, when I took leave of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't touch it, hold it or examine it, for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for confinement. I left in your tender care a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is quite fitting as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you too much to have left you with nothing but memories that tend to fade and grow cloudy as the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life. I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for me and I am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared - remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. When you need me I will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture me in your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what you think death is and give me a chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of me, I am a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't memorialize the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life for it is eternal and forever as is my love for you. Until we meet again... (Only part of a very long heart felt poem by Terri Oronato)

Normal IMO. In fact he is being a gentlemen by trying to get them to leave first. When they don't listen he has no recourse but to escalate. I don't see it as a problem. IMO he is doing nothing wrong. I don't blame him a bit for getting testy with the unwanted intuders. I wouldn't want them interfering with me on my walk either!

My deepest sympathy.

Personally I would never deliberately expose my houndie to a known dangerous neurotoxin-which is how it kills the fleas etc. There are over 32,000 members in this one FB group that reports deaths and adverse reactions https://www.facebook.com/groups/fb.comgroupsnexguardbravecto When I first got involved with greyhounds I was told that even ordinary flea collars were not to be used on hounds. That they have almost no fat in their bodies to dissipate the poison. I am by training a chemist and it has made me very suspicious of putting any foreign substances/chemicals in bodies-especially poisons- especially when I see so many legitimate and documented adverse effects. My bottom line is that if it is your dog do what you want and that is fine with me. However I will not expose any of my dogs to such 'treatments'. I remember when they first introduced a 6 month heartworm 'treatment' that has since been taken off the market because of its high mortality. What I remember most- besides the tragedy of the dogs dying- was the fact that many owners had to WATCH their dogs get sicker and sicker and then die a slow horrible death knowing it was because they had treated them. They were not 'sick enough' to euthanize outright-there was a modicom of hope-but the survival rate was so low most owners knew they wouldn't be spared. You see once you put poison in you can't just magically take it out again if they have a bad reaction- much like for e.g with antifreeze or neurotoxin rat poison-bromethalin. There are many toxins that have no antidote-all you can do is supportive treatment. I know I wouldn't be able to stand going through that so I don't put them, or me, at risk of such a horrible experience by using it. The manufacturer of these products are known to give vets rebates on them so the more of the they can sell the more money they make so no doubt some vets are inclined to recommend them because of this. In fact soem vets put a "permission clause" into the fine print that you sign at the vets office allowing treatment and other ROUTINE procedures. They don't tell you that it is in there and many people have had their dogs treated with various insecticidal products against the owners wishes because the owner didn't realize they had started putting such things in the small print releases they sign. But the rebate money is lucrative enough it has even gone that far. So be sure you read the fine print regardless. This is true. It almost happened to me and my hound. I just happened to read the fine print when I went to get a teeth cleaning done and I could hardly believe that they were trying to be that sneaky to treat your dog with things you did not ever even want.

I have fed RAW beef heart to many different dogs for many years. They love it and there has never been a single incidence of any issues or anything. The only thing I could suggest is not to just suddenly give a non raw fed dog their whole food ration in raw. You can actually switch quickly but just to be on the safe side I would give it about a week gradually. It doesn't hurt to feed them raw along with their regular ration. You can put a few pieces of cut up heart etc. on top of the regular ration to see how she likes it. They also love raw green tripe and it is very good for them. It has the optimum Ca:P ratio. This might sound weird but be careful with grocery store meat(and also I personally never feed raw chicken because that can carry things other raw doesn't). The raw that I feed my dogs is IMO higher quality and safer than what you can get at a grocery. My dogs' raw comes from carefully raised non-drugged wholesome farm raised animals (MyPetCarnivore). Grocery stores, not so much, hence the phrase "meat cow."

She sounds WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Lady Lavida! She sounds like she is a real lady to arriving all decked out as she did

The vets are correct! Neutered male dogs are more likely to show aggression and fear-related behavior. There have been new studies done that show this. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201805/neutering-causes-behavior-problems-in-male-dogs No way would I risk doing that to him either surgically or especially not chemically. It is not his fault he is reactive. As you said he was the one victimized. This is what sometimes happens to perfectly social and well adjusted dogs once they are attacked/aggressed on by other aggressive dogs. It is why people that do not control their aggressive dogs and then allow them to aggress on an innocent dog-like your innocent hound was- are my pet peeve. As far as I am concerned it is always tragic but do you know that sometimes it is exacerbated because if this happens to a $10,000 working dog e.g. an independence dog or seeing eye dog or even some search & rescue dogs it will ruin the dog for life. So you have what used to be valuable service dog contributing to society that can no longer do his job, is out of a home, and nobody even wants to home him/her because of the management issues that they now have with them. I wish I had better news for you. Probably your best bet is just be vigilant with his management. He can't help it they did that to him and he certainly can't be blamed for it. I have 3 dogs and 2 of them have to wear muzzles all the time even in my house. I had a very special and supremely empathetic greyhound male named Minny-large like yours- that had to wear a muzzle 24/7 because he had a brain disorder and would just randomly go off and violently attack people or dogs. Fortunately it did not happen often but it had to be prevented at all cost because it was dangerous violent and bloody if it did happen and he wasn't muzzled. But this in no way diminished his relation with me or others. He was such a loving dog. After an episode you could tell he knew something had happened but he didn't know what and sometimes other dogs would look at him kind of weird like they knew something wasn't 100% to. But he did not mind wearing his muzzle at all and was perfectly safe and happy to go to greyhound picnics and thnigs just like any other dog. He even learned to play ball with his muzzle on! I got him a kong biscuit ball- with the holes in it that are supposed to have treats stuffed in- and he would easily pick it up and run and play ball with it WITH his basket muzzle on. So don't worry. It will NOT in any way take away from the great times and relationship he can have with his family-and others- as long as you properly manage him and just give him a little extra attention to meet his needs. This just came in my mail today. I think it is a pretty good article and may help you. https://blog.healthypawspetinsurance.com/leash-reactivity-in-dogs-a-trainer-explains-what-to-do

The vets are correct! Neutered male dogs are more likely to show aggression and fear-related behavior. There have been new studies done that show this. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201805/neutering-causes-behavior-problems-in-male-dogs No way would I risk doing that to him either surgically or especially not chemically. It is not his fault he is reactive. As you said he was the one victimized. This is what sometimes happens to perfectly social and well adjusted dogs once they are attacked/aggressed on by other aggressive dogs. It is why people that do not control their aggressive dogs and then allow them to aggress on an innocent dog-like your innocent hound was- are my pet peeve. As far as I am concerned it is always tragic but do you know that sometimes it is exacerbated because if this happens to a $10,000 working dog e.g. an independence dog or seeing eye dog or even some search & rescue dogs it will ruin the dog for life. So you have what used to be valuable service dog contributing to society that can no longer do his job, is out of a home, and nobody even wants to home him/her because of the management issues that they now have with them. I wish I had better news for you. Probably your best bet is just be vigilant with his management. He can't help it they did that to him and he certainly can't be blamed for it. I have 3 dogs and 2 of them have to wear muzzles all the time even in my house. I had a very special and supremely empathetic greyhound male named Minny-large like yours- that had to wear a muzzle 24/7 because he had a brain disorder and would just randomly go off and violently attack people or dogs. Fortunately it did not happen often but it had to be prevented at all cost because it was dangerous violent and bloody if it did happen and he wasn't muzzled. But this in no way diminished his relation with me or others. He was such a loving dog. After an episode you could tell he knew something had happened but he didn't know what and sometimes other dogs would look at him kind of weird like they knew something wasn't 100% to. But he did not mind wearing his muzzle at all and was perfectly safe and happy to go to greyhound picnics and thnigs just like any other dog. He even learned to play ball with his muzzle on! I got him a kong biscuit ball- with the holes in it that are supposed to have treats stuffed in- and he would easily pick it up and run and play ball with it WITH his basket muzzle on. So don't worry. It will NOT in any way take away from the great times and relationship he can have with his family-and others- as long as you properly manage him and just give him a little extra attention to meet his needs.

Of course! I know the one and only Paddy Meyhem ! He is and always will be a GT regular. So glad he touched base again . Love you Paddy! I hope you keep visiting. It always brightens my day when the "old timers" drop by.

Great action shots of some fearsome hunters!

Its kind of amazing but it tends to be true!

Yes I have. And one thing I noticed is that black greyhounds can be little furnaces. Is your boy black by chance?

Sending love and positive energy sweet Sweep

My heart is breaking for you. I don't know what to say. I just keep marveling at all the love. Those pictures are very moving and tell such a wonderful story. God bless you all.

My heart is breaking for you. My deepest sympathy. Perhaps he will send you a sign to comfort you.

My heart is breaking for you. Perhaps Gus will send a sign to help reassure you that he is alright.... "For love is as strong as death.... Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised." -Song of Solomon 8:6-7 "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." "What we have enjoyed we can never lose…All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."-Helen Keller