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Sutra injured BOTH of his knees. I had to CARRY him into the vet's office for his first treatment. He trotted out on his own. I can't say enough good things about cold laser therapy.
We did what they call a 6 pack - 3 treatments one week, 2 the next, and one the following week. It was worth every penny.
I can also attest that Robaxin is great - I've used it for several of my dogs with good results. Miss Carrie needed prednisone instead of Rimadyl when she hurt her back, though. Rimadyl just wasn't helping but the prednisone had her up and at 'em overnight.
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I completely missed that part
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It's fair to point out that a dog's behavior in a kennel setting does not necessarily dictate how the dog will be in a home.
Case in point: my mom's boy Sunny. He peed and pooped in his kennel EVERY.DAY. When my mom decided on him, the adoption rep actually tried to discourage her from adopting him.
He has NEVER (and I mean never) had an accident in her house. Never not once. He was crated for about a week while he acclimated to the kitties, but he's had full run of their 1,600 square foot house ever since.
So while I will say that often, their adoption caretakers do know them well, they don't always know EVERYTHING.
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It just sounds like adjusting to me. Doesn't sound like he's freaking out or anything, and allowing him to do what makes him feel comfortable (retreating to his crate, a place of safety) is the best thing you can do.
My Ozzie is a friendly guy, but not much in the tail wagging/exuberance department. That's Clarice's job
They all have different personalities and it sounds like your guy will be just fine if you give him whatever love he's willing to take from you and don't push him too far out of his comfort zone. IMO if he's not having major SA when you leave him home alone, anything else will just change without you needing to do anything other than be patient with him as he gets to know you.
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Sounds like he is going to keep you on your toes!
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Wow, QUITE a feat with a front leg amp (in my experience the rear leg amps tend to get up and moving a little quicker than front legs).
GO ZANDER!!
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It's really about what is motivating for your dog, but, as Jen mentioned, it might be a good idea to step back and work on focusing on YOU with distractions.
I'd like to do agility with Clarice. She's fearless as far as jumping, climbing, etc. And she's highly food motivated. However, our training place wants dogs to pass intermediate obedience (which focuses on keeping the dog's focus through distractions) before they're allowed to take agility.
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Many of them just won't sit still, they're very determined after an amputation.
They sent Pinky home to me 24 hours after she woke up from surgery because she was angry about being in a big kennel and she wanted to be able to move around more!
That fighting spirit is coming through loud and clear from Mr. Zander. He'll be home soon and jump right back into the pack.
Which leg?
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My iggies were snuggled away snoozing in their bedtime kennel in my bedroom - Mom and I were moving some things around and I didn't want them to be underfoot.
Ozzie was laying on the couch, uninterested. He did, however, "help" me load the casino
When Clarice and I work on obedience, Ozzie has to be gated in the hallway because he will be looking for treats. Clarice gets gated in the hall while I work on things with Ozzie.
Clarice seems to understand plain English even though there are a ton of things I'll say to her that we've NEVER actually trained. She just seems to know what I mean. For instance, when she's being a bit hyper and "handsy" (pouncing on me when she wants me to get up in the morning), all I do is tell her to "cool it" and she will sphynx on the bed and wait for me to get up. I've never taught her any cues or anything, she just seems to know.
She's very special (in more ways than one!
)She and I need to take and graduate from intermediate obedience so she can take her CGC test and become a therapy dog at the hospital, and so she can try agility. She's fearless with her body. She will jump, climb, tunnel...I think it would be a good activity for us.
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My house is very small and Clarice is generally in whatever room I'm in. However, when we go to see my folks, I have to keep her close to me or she will wander off and pee. Their house is quite a bit larger than ours (over double the size).
I'd guess that factor, possibly coupled with a little bit of anxiety, is what's happening.
I'd try to keep her in whatever room you're in. My house is a system of gates so I can keep an eye on my iggies.
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Wow, where did you get it?
I bought it several years ago on Amazon. It's a Nina Ottoson puzzle.
I'll admit I was pretty bad with praising her at the right time during the video...she kept backing into my mom, who was attempting to fix the arm of my couch that SOMEONE (Ozzie) decided might be a stuffed toy the other day.
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Clarice tried the doggie casino today for the first time. This was the first time I filled all of the drawers. I worked with her twice on a couple of drawers and she picked up on what to do right away!
Smart cookie!I still need to teach her about the bone-shaped "locks" that go in the top that you need to remove before the drawer will open, but, I figure that's for another day. I'm really proud of how quickly she figured it out (I had a feeling she would pick it up quickly, but not THIS quickly).
I wish we had a nosework class around here in our area - I think she would do really well with it...she's got a really good sniffer -
Well you just explained why they get so excited to see their coats - coats = go for ride!
They also love their jammies and sweaters that they wear in the house. I feel it mostly has to do with the jammies reminding them of their racing shirts. My kiddos that were good racers are always the ones who love their jammies the most
Clarice just likes the attention she gets when she gets her jammies, and she's so easygoing about being handled, you can do anything to her -
Sutra had chronic pancreatitis but had an acute bout where he was very sick. Once I got him eating again (mashed potatoes mixed with vanilla Ensure, syringe-fed for a little while, then later added cottage cheese, plain oatmeal, turkey baby food once he would eat on his own) , the first kibble I put him on was Solid Gold Wolf King. Their Holistique Blendz is a good food too, but, the protein content in the Holistique Blendz is lower than the Wolf King. The Wolf King is low in fat without being low in protein. He needed the protein to gain his muscle back (he was skin and bones when I got him).
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I bought some, but have held off on using it until I know more. I share your concerns.
While I understand what you're saying, I don't think that a tablespoon/day is really going to have such an effect that lowered HDL is a worry.
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GeorgeofNE please tell me how you make them stand still? I know my dog needs tough love. He came to us with the habit of crying like we were killing him if you make him put his Martingale collar on, put a coat on or pretty much did anything he didn't want to do. He also will run away from us if he doesn't want to do something. He had a rash on hisg when we put the prescribed ointment on his leg initially he was fine after a few days he would cry or run from us. This rash was not open or draining so I don't think the ointment was causing him pain. Everyone has told us to be patient and we have been, but I also don't want to be feeding into these behaviors.
She means if you have his leash and collar on, just hang onto him and make him stand there while you put his coat on.
A greyhound that doesn't like his/her coat is an odd thought to me - I've had 7 greyhounds and 2 Italian greyhounds and they all will happily stand still to have their coats or jammies put on. Several of the greyhounds will shove their neck into the hole because they're so excited
That said, mine don't suit up just to go out to potty. They just run out and go and come back in. They really only wear their coats if we're going somewhere in the car when it's cold. They do wear pajamas in the house when it's chilly.
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We use "YES!" as well in our training.
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Sounds like the clicker scares him. Frankly the noise of it hurts MY ears, so, I can understand.
If you need him to get used to the clicker, pair the noise from it with some AMAZING treats (hot dogs or something VERY special that he REALLY REALLY REALLY likes).
Maybe find a way to muffle the noise of the clicker at first so it's not quite as disturbing?
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Dogs fresh off the farm or track often make me break out in hives. A good bath initially followed by regular brushing with a Furminator helps. I'd also start the pup on coconut oil once a day to begin (about a teaspoon, later go to twice a day), and put myself on whatever allergy med helps (for me it's Zyrtec daily and Benedryl as needed).
I have no issues with my own dogs but when I help haul dogs from the track or farm, I get itchy.
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One of my iggies needs his checked out every few months. Thankfully he's never had an infection or anything, but, he's also never shown any symptoms, it's just something our vet checks when he's in for a checkup.
Hopefully it's something simple and easily handled
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I always left the radio or TV on for them too. Since the radio or TV is nearly always on when I'm home, they seem to equate the noise of the TV or radio with me being somewhere close by and then they just nap like they do when I'm home.
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Agree he needs to be able to see the door you come and go through.
If he wasn't destructive, I'd just leave him loose
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My lupus pup had crumbly nails. If I clipped them they just crumbled. Dremeling was easy because they were so soft. I don't think your pup's nails look anything like hers did.
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One little thing that came to me immediately is that his crate is in the bedroom.
Any of my dogs that needed to be crated to begin with were crated in the living room. I tried bedroom crating with one (Fritz) and he would flip out. Crate in living room: fine.
Seems to have to do with them being able to see you leave through the door and come home through the door.
Not sure if you crate him at night too...out of all of the greys I've had here, only one needed to be crated at night too. Everyone else was able to sleep in my room with me on a dog bed without issue.
With the one who needed to be crated at night, I borrowed an additional crate so I had one in the living room for while I was at work, and one in my room for bedtime.
I also left the radio on while I was gone. Country seemed to be the most calming, not sure if there's a particular genre that's most commonly heard in racing kennels.
The DAP collar was a must have for us as well.
They all have different personalities and it sounds like your guy will be just fine if you give him whatever love he's willing to take from you and don't push him too far out of his comfort zone. 
Smart cookie!
Overwhelmed By Dog Food Options
in Food and dietary discussion
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I've fed many different foods over the years...
ProPlan Chicken and Rice
ProPlan Salmon and Rice
Avoderm
Blue Buffalo
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream
American Natural Premium Salmon
American Natural Premium Buffalo
Earthborn Holistic Primitive Natural
I have had 7 greyhounds of my own and never not once have I had one that could tolerate lamb. Diarrhea within 10 minutes, guaranteed. Apparently just odd luck of the draw as I know many that tolerate lamb well. All of the above foods worked great for us until one day they didn't. We were feeding Taste of the Wild for YEARS with fantastic results. Then suddenly everyone in my home was throwing up and having diarrhea. Turns out they changed the probiotics they were putting in the food. Apparently that change did not agree with the stomachs of my 4 current dogs. We did the American Natural Premium for a while until suddenly again the greyhounds were having trouble. The Earthborn Holistic Primitive Natural is what they're on now and they're doing FABULOUS on it. It is really high protein though, so maybe not for everyone, but, my young greyhound Clarice needs a performance diet as she burns SO many calories.
My folks have two greyhounds and they've eaten the Taste of the Wild, and the American Natural Premium. One of the boys constantly has less-than-ideal poop, while the other one seems to be able to eat anything and do fine. My mom started mixing in IAMS green bag for the one with the poo issues and it has helped him. Not all dogs do well on grain-free foods, and that's okay. I prefer them personally because I also eat grain-free, but, if my dogs weren't doing well on grain-free, I'd have to look into other options. It's all about what works best for your dog; however, the journey to find exactly WHAT works best can sometimes be maddening.