GreytHoundPoet

I used to live in a pretty bad neighborhood and having a house full of Greyhounds, a Dalmatian, and a Galgo Espanol scared people away from my fence. They crossed the street to avoid the big dogs. Houses routinely got broken into in that neighborhood but ours was never touched until a week after we moved. Our old neighbor told us as soon as the dogs were for sure gone people broke in. Of course, we didn't leave anything behind so that was pretty pointless. My sister-in-law lives on my road and has a high tech alarm system. She got broken into. We haven't. Of course, we also have nothing of value. Our tv is 16-years-old, furniture and electronics are all old, and I wear artsy, but not expensive, jewelry so really it would be a waste of a burglar's time and the entire neighborhood would know thanks to 4 loudmouth Ibizan Hounds and a loudmouth "Wannabeezer" Greyhound.

How sad! She was still so young. I'll keep her family in my thoughts.

I paid $45 for it today at the vet.

Welcome! I lost a Dalmatian to DCM. She lived with it for several years. Greyhounds can do agility. I know several. You would just need to let the adoption group or breeder know your intent so that they could find you a good match.

He's handsome. Welcome!

I've had defective Greyhounds because they've all barked and had much more energy than most. My fosters even barked here. I think that I have had barkers because through the years I have had a Dalmatian, a Galgo, and a pack of Ibizan Hounds living with my Greyhounds. I found that most people don't know anything about dogs and the size alone scares some people, especially with the darker colored hounds. Personally, I'd be honest with your adoption group about what you are looking for and let them match you up. Sometimes dogs surprise you too. I have a very mild-mannered, constantly happy, marshmallow sweet Ibizan who does an excellent movie-worthy guard dog impression when we're alone and he senses trouble (people coming to the door/in the driveway/when we're traveling in the evenings/etc). He switches from *life is YAY mode* to *protection mode: enabled* quickly.

I am so, so sorry. She always reminded me so much of my Galgo (coloring, really) and I loved seeing her pictures. Condolences to your family

We feed twice a day. Sometimes they skip meals. It isn't a big deal if they skip a meal here and there but still maintain good weight and condition. In fact, three of my hounds will skip a meal if they don't get enough exercise in a day.

My yard is completely wildlife free thanks to four Ibizan Hounds that spend their outside time actively hunting prey and dispatching it. It makes me sad for the animal but the hounds are proving that they are functional, well-bred animals by doing the job that they have been specially bred and developed for. There is no concern about her now being a killer or anything like that.

We have been using Seresto Collars for 3 years because they are the only thing that works where we live (lots of ticks and fleas in my area). I consulted 4 different sighthound vets to make sure they were safe.

Contact the national breed club for reputable breeder recommendations and go from there. There is also a national rescue group. Let them know if you are looking for an adult that needs to be re-homed and/or retired adult or a puppy. Be open and honest when talking to the breeder. They want to be sure that people are a good match for their dogs and visa versa. For Borzoi, make sure that your breeder can provide results for you from the following genetic health tests: ophthalmologist evaluation, thyroid evaluation, cardiac exam, and a degenerative myelopathy DNA test. Also, talk to your breeder about temperament. I have personally met, interacted with, and/or had in my home more than a few sharp Borzoi. The breed is not supposed to be sharp so be sure that the breeder has information and is willing to openly discuss their lines.

Some like toys, some don't. Sometimes it takes them a while to settle in and figure out that they do. One of mine is tennis ball obsessed and will play fetch until she drops of exhaustion(usually into her pool), my angel boys both loved toys and zoomed around with them all the time. All you had to do was throw one and they went wild. My oldest girl only picks up toys and moves them to whatever spot she has designated as the place where they go. Basically, she cleans them up after the wild Ibizan-play parties.

Oh no! I remember her. I am so sorry.

My Galgo could hike for hours.

I introduce puppies to my leashed adults (one at a time) outside of the house and fenced yard. Some of my adults love puppies, some have no use for them until they are old enough to rough house with, and some tolerate them but don't like them. Young puppies tend to get a puppy license with stable temperament adults because they seem to know that irritating puppies are young and don't know how to behave and communicate effectively yet. I do ensure that puppies are put up some throughout the day to give the adults some peace and to get the puppy comfortable with confinement so that I can avoid crate and x-pen anxiety issues. Most stable adults will correct puppies appropriately but it is always important to keep an eye on interactions anyways. To properly raise, train, and socialize a puppy it will inevitably end up getting more attention than your current dog but just make sure that Ruby gets quality attention because quantity might not be a reasonable expectation while trying to mold and shape the next generation if you work outside of the home. Also, what are you getting?

Thank you!

To be completely honest with you, I don't go by weight. A conditioned dog at 60lbs can look different at a less-conditioned 60lbs. I go by body condition and adjust accordingly. If my healthy, sound dogs don't look like they could chase a bunny (or plastic bag) and come off the field still sound and ready to go again I adjust their diet and exercise. Of course I take any health changes into consideration so my seniors with health issues are kept trim but not as conditioned. As an example, she is right around 52lbs in each one of these pictures. She has some recurring bones and ligament issues that result in her not staying sound so she's obviously retired from the field and has gone a bit soft since she's not being conditioned as a performance dog anymore. She's also a young "senior" according to veterinary standards.

She is very cute. Congrats!

He was probably in fitter condition when racing and his muscle could have easily made up the extra weight. Every retired hound that I've had was at their healthiest weight at or under their racing weight, depending on fitness level and age. It isn't uncommon for them to be at their healthiest weight under racing weight if they are leading normal pet lives and not performance lives.

This is a very devastating diagnosis. I am so, so sorry. I wish that I could give advice but both of my dogs that I lost to Osteo were gone in less than a week. The vet gave us a longer prognosis on both. Lucius fell the day after diagnosis (where the vet said it wasn't actually that bad yet) and shattered his shoulder and had to be put down at the emergency vet from that night. I'm still devastated Timmy developed Osteo in the front leg of the same side that he had a very badly healed and crooked broken leg from the track. He literally only had 2 decent legs left on the same side of his body. I spent a couple days with him, saw that his quality of life was diminishing, and let him go earlier than planned. I couldn't let him hurt. He was my heart dog and a year and a half later I still can't think of him without pain. I lost both boys within 5 months of each other, starting about 6 months after losing my Galgo to mast cell cancer. Lucius' sister, that we fostered and hound sat when needed, developed Osteo in between my boys getting it. She got the amputation and chemo and outlived both boys. She passed last year from congestive heart failure but made it a good year or so post-diagnosis. She was 11 so her activity level was already lower and healing seemed to be easier than on a younger, more active dog.

All of my Greyhounds have enjoyed hiking. Some required a bit more conditioning than others to be able to handle long hikes but all would do it happily. The same dogs were pretty chill at home. There is an energy spectrum in Greyhounds so I'm sure that you can find what you both are looking for.

I've taken my dogs to chiropractors before. They've always helped. One of my beezers actually threw himself out of alignment at a lure coursing trial and a chiro vet who was there running her dogs adjusted him. He was good as new by the next day and able to compete (and did really well). I was going to just pull him but he was sound, moved comfortably, and was clearly feeling awesome.

Greyhound puppies are no different from any other puppies when it comes to puppy behaviors. I truly believe they get the bad reputation because people are used to retired racers and are shocked that Greyhound puppies act like normal dogs. They're a bit more independent minded than labs and other biddable dogs but I found training Greyhound pups to be fairly easy. Like with any large breed puppy the trick is to keep them (safely) physically and mentally worn out. A tired puppy is a happy puppy. The youngest we've raised was from 8-weeks-old but we've run the gamut of puppy ages here. Proper, positive socialization is time consuming (I'm a lifetime socialization person but puppyhood is super important). Puppies raised in homes are not quite like retired racers so that is a consideration. If we get more Greyhounds in the future we wouldn't hesitate to raise another puppy. We like energy and spunk here.

I have a house full of females (intact and spayed) and males and they don't smell any different. I'd ask your vet for peace of mind.

It took us almost 10 months to housebreak a legit rescue dog once, and we have a dog door so she had access all the time to a turnout area (with an 8' fence). It turns out that she had far too much freedom. She had serious crate anxiety so crate training wasn't an option at first without medical bills due to injury. In the end we had to get her ok with crates and treat her like a puppy - no freedom unless we have our eyes on her and many scheduled outs/praise/reward. It eventually paid off and we got her house trained (unless it is storming, but that's a story for another day). My advice would to be limit where she can go, make sure she's only free in areas you can see her, and treat her like a puppy. Keep her pretty much attached to you or put up. If she goes out and doesn't potty, put her up and give her a chance to go back out in a little bit. Repeat until she goes. I realize jobs will make that more difficult (ours did!) but it should work.