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Also make sure you read labels carefully. There are several foods out there that are called "bison formula" or "chicken formula" and while they WILL have bison or chicken, there will also be lamb somewhere in the ingredients. Sneaky.

I'd try a different protein source. I've had 9 dogs in my life and only ONE can eat lamb. The rest have horrible diarrhea and ridiculous gas.

Here is SO easy to teach! 1) hold a treat in open palm down at your side and kind of out, palm facing the dog. When dog comes to get the treat, say "Yes!" and give the treat. 2) When dog is reliably coming to the lure, when they touch their nose say "Here" then "yes!" when they get the treat. 3) Hide the treat in other hand or pocket and just offer the open hand and say "here." When dog touches nose to hand, say, "YES!" and give treat. Both Ozzie AND Clarice did this this morning too - I straight up offered my empty hand and both would touch their noses! Of course as soon as they touch their nose and I say "yes!" they are looking at me for that treat

May just be a lipoma...angel Carrie had a pretty big one on her neck. But, best to have it looked at to be sure

This My guess is the food you are feeding is not agreeing with him. It's tough to find the right food!

Our beginner obedience class started last night. First night was humans only/orientation, but, we had homework to work on with our pups. 1) Name - get the dog to look at you when you say their name. 2) Here - get the dog to touch their nose to your hand when you say, "here." 3) Sit - self explanatory Tonight was our first night of working on the homework. I'm so proud of Clarice! She's very good with looking at me when I say her name. She does it all the time. The one thing I thought she would be AWESOME at but that we have NEVER EVER worked on here before was Here. She is SO good at it! I don't even have to give her a treat every single time and she will do it. It's a game for her and it's adorable. She's so excited to do it! She came to me already sitting naturally, so, we have been working on getting her to do it on command anyway...with mixed results. After tonight we are now to the point where she will sit IF she can see the treat. If she can't see the treat, she isn't consistently doing it. It's only day 1. We will work on it. For most of the Name work, she had her buns plopped down on the floor. She offers a sit a lot even if I haven't asked. I still think that's good. She seems to be teaching herself new things because while I was waiting for her to look AWAY from me so I could get her to look AT me again, she moved into a down. I have NEVER seen her do that before. She did it a couple of times. Hilarious. I can't really take credit for any of the "big" tricks she does She came to me naturally sitting, and now she's laying down before I've lured her into the position So Ozzie wouldn't feel left out, when Clarice was done, I did the Name and Here exercises with Ozzie. He is SO excited over food, so the Name exercise didn't go super awesome, but he did okay. The entire time his eyes are SUPER WIDE and darting around looking for the food "Here" was a fabulous succcess with him as well and he seemed to really enjoy the "game" too I'm not going to push sit with him - he only has 3 toes on one back foot and he broke that hock when he was racing. Sitting is not a natural position for him. We will work on getting him to sphynx, but, he doesn't do that much naturally either.

If I want Ozzie to move, I can't physically move him or he gets crabby. I started by luring him with a treat. Now, all I have to do is get up and say "come with me, Ozzie" and he will follow me. Of course I reward him with a tiny treat for listening to me. It works for us and our household situation, and he listens EVERY time.

My Fritz had no issues and was easy peasy after a week of learning to be nice to my kitties. Never did any sort of training with him - his manners were always impeccable. Never jumped on anyone, never ever heard a growl from him toward anyone. Nothing bothered him at all. He would, on occasion, do a little counter surfing, but, that just taught me to keep the counter clear To be honest, everyone else that has lived here has been easy too. Ace (Fritz's sister) was easy too...she just didn't love other dogs bothering her while she was resting and would get into the kitchen trash if I didn't put the gate up. Pinky was easy too other than the first week or so when she wanted to put her feet on everything. Sutra and Carrie were both bounces who had been in homes before and they were absolutely perfectly mannered from the moment they walked into my house. Ozzie has been no problem other than the fact that he gets so excited when my parents come over that he wants to jump on them. He just loves them SO much! Clarice is my first dog that has really had some behavioral challenges, but we are working through those and she's making great progress. No issues with PEOPLE, just with other dogs. She LOVES every human she meets. In the grand scheme of things, I'd say a vast majority of greyhounds are very easy keepers, with the occasional "quirk" or "bad habit"...but they are usually not hard things to deal with. Today I've been watching basketball for most of the day, but, I took Ozzie and Clarice for a walk earlier, and then took my iggies for a walk while Ozzie and Clarice took a nap. After I walked the iggies, I ran some errands and came home and now I'm back in my chair watching basketball. Ozzie and Clarice are asleep on their couches and they MIGHT wake up here in a bit to eat dinner, but after that they'll be right back on the couches snoozing while I watch more basketball They let me know when they need to go outside or when they want something.

I'd also ask someone from your group that is experienced with things like this to come over and observe this interaction in order to give you some suggestions. Very often if the cat ACTS LIKE PREY it will be viewed as prey by the dog. Cats who stand their ground and will swat the dog earn the respect of the dog. I have two cats, Rose and Violet. Rose is small (about 8 lbs) and she rules the roost here. She will stand her ground with any dog that she has determined will not eat her on the spot. She has a sense about dogs and we've often used her to cat-test adoptable dogs. Violet is larger but starts out running away from everyone. If she would just turn around and swat them, they wouldn't follow her. She finally stood her ground with Clarice and now Clarice is afraid of her But Violet continues to run from one of my iggies, so, he chases her. (He would never hurt her - she is bigger than he is! ). He finds this exciting and it is now a game for him. Your situation is likely workable but will take some time, patience, and diligence for safety. Be vigilant and careful, and have someone experienced come observe and offer suggestions. Good luck

I'm not sure an alarmist approach is really the way to go... Obviously this walker was not someone your dog trusts and was okay with. Have your dog evaluated medically - have thyroid tests run and complete blood work, as well as a full checkup to see if he is hurting anywhere (especially his neck!). Some dogs do not like to be leaned over and will react. Maybe your dog could sense something about this guy that you could not.

Henry! How is Seka doing? Did you remove the patch?

Maybe dehydrate it in sort of a "fruit roll-up" type form? You'd need the special inserts for the trays but I think it would work

Seriously Steve...anytime I need a smile and a giggle, Sadie's videos help. Especially after we lost Ace and it was just Miss Carrie here. Her spirit was infectious and I can't thank you enough for sharing both of your beautiful girls (as well as the other furry members of your household) with all of us here.

I'm so, so sorry, Steve. I am constantly showing people the video of Sadie playing leapfrog with her beds and the short one where she briefly stalks you They show people how funny greyhounds can be. Sadie really was an extreme case of fun, though She really was one in a million.

I'm so sorry

Very glad to hear that you had a good experience and that your sweetie is feeling good!

Such a sweet and beautiful girl, Jay. I'm so sorry that she had to go

Haven't tried it but it is enthusiastically recommended on Dog Food Advisor: http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/victor-grain-free/ Not sure what it costs...

Great to hear! Some of them just need the time to feel comfortable with the people around them. Trading up is an excellent exercise that I've needed with Ozzie, just for high-value items like turkey necks. I'd given him one and he had taken it to the couch where I had a sheet to protect the couch. His heavy jump rumpled the sheet and he was chewing over an unprotected surface. All I was doing was moving the sheet so it'd be UNDER him but he got growly. He knows the treat cabinet and it only opens if he is getting a treat, so, even though the turkey neck was of higher value, he let me have it to get a cookie. Once he finished the cookie and I had fixed the sheet, I gave him back the turkey neck. All of that to say - those that are very food motivated are sometimes more excited by the constants in their life (cookies, kibble) than special "every now and then" things. Or maybe Ozzie is just weird

Angel Carrie could not keep herself standing after she hurt her back. I'd stand her up and if I let go of her, she would fall. Robaxin 100mg every 8 hours along with tramadol 100mg every 8 hours and gabapentin 100mg every 8 hours (every 12 hours is too long between doses and won't help) plus 20 mg prednisone (with Pepcod given 30 minutes prior) plus an acupuncture treatment and 12 hours later not only was she able to keep herself standing if I stood her up, she was able to get up out of her bed herself and sass me. I live alone, it's just me here. Yes, it is stressful, but you can do this. If you've ever hurt your back you know it doesn't get better overnight. Sometimes it takes time. He's not able to tell you, "well it still hurts but it's a little bit better than yesterday." Give him some time and take a few deep breaths for yourself.

Clarice had dogs constantly interested in sniffing her intently. While she WAS recently spayed, it was more than that. She has a bit of extra skin around her vulva that caused fluids to get trapped and caused some sores. I think it's worth a trip to the vet just to be sure there's not something medical going on. We used to go to the dog park, but after Fritz was picked on by a dog whose owner would not control his dog, we stopped going because it stopped being enjoyable. My parents fenced in their entire acre, so, we just go there to let the dogs run. It's like having our own private dog park

Have you tried Pepcid? Have you tested for chronic pancreatitis? In most cases I'd think at some point he would get REALLY bad, but, I've heard of some who have a low grade of it, where basically they eat, but that inflames the pancreas just enough to where they dont want to eat for a few days. The not eating helps the pancreas calm just enough to make them feel like eating again, only to have it hurt again. The first day he refuses food after eating a whole bunch, wouldn't hurt to run a PCL. It's a long shot but the test is not expensive.

The year the original thread was started (in July), my Sutra had been diagnosed April 15th. I lost him that October. 6 Months together

The 8th thread. Wow. Can't believe it's been so long already.

I have used both in different circumstances, with good results with both. In a case of injury I go for acupuncture instead of chiropractic. Massage is also wonderful!