cleptogrey

he will get used to it, felix did. wait until you take it off and look at how much hair has grown on his neck!! felix got used to his, so will your pup. wait until you take the collar off - a full neck of hair.

just do it. eventually both you and your pup will feel comfortable and settle down on the road trip. i always leash my dogs and hold on to the leash before i open the car door at a rest area. then once all of us are back in the car i remove the leash.do keep the car really cold for the dog- summer as well as winter, they will be much more comfortable. i did 12 hrs from nyc to bloomington, in w/ a 9 month old grey pup- my older female taught him how to behave. i also had a welsh terrier at one time who had non-stop car sickness from the day i got him until i took him on a long trip to vermont-7 hrs( he was around 7 months old at the time). he finally stopped barfing after 5 hrs. and was a champ in the car from then on. my female grey who was only off the track a couple of months did the 12hr trip to the oakrocoke ferry and was FANTASTIC- jumped out of the jump seat of the truck, peed, pooped and went right back in. when we made it to the camp site- she jumped right back into the bed of the truck and roached. some dogs LOVE being hauled around...be positive.

he is eating,but not finishing,,,,right???? it's darn hot out and most likely shedding some #s to get to his summer weight. if stools are o.k., not vomiting and just eating less, feed him less- he will finish. i always reduce food during the summer, they are not burning calories staying warm.

sounds like you have a live one! i love the frisky,spunky,young,crazy pups...but that's me. lots of exercise, activites to keep him busy and lots of looooong walks. remember the entire world is NEW and exciting!!!! any yes, it sounds like he has some prey drive as well. it takes a while, as you know for them to acclimate to the new life style and new routines of exercise. remember he was used to really exercising and owning a grey that i adopted at 7 weeks i know he is really in his physical prime. between 2 &3 the power and energy is remarkable, their energy could lite up an entire city if that power could be harnessed. i would start looking into a good training school, he has lots of energy which can be directed.when you find a school you like talk to the owner and ask for some pointers. i have used a plant spray and shaker can and found it effective,but not on all pups- some love the water and bark back at the can. one needs to know how to use it and work on redirecting the energy into a positive behavior. it's not brain surgery but it needs to be done correctly. it's best to work w/ an experienced person who can give you support and direction.

nerves, be patient and cook up some white rice. benign, cheap and add it to his food. you most likely will be going for a well check-up with in 2 weeks, so try to wait a little, let him calm down and remember to bring a stool sample in just to check for worms. that's standard proocedure with a new dog. congrats!

i feed 2xs a day, but my times seem to really vary. if the pups are not running in the morning(soccer and fetch) then it's somewhere around 7-8am. if they run it's more like 10 am or so, depending upon how long it takes them to cool down. at night....we eat anywhere from 6:30-10pm. during the summer it's after an evening walk, thus our 10 pm dinner and their late night chow down. your dogs will get used to what ever you want them to, our dogs lack of schedule reflect our erratic eating pattern. i usually give them a bisket or 2 when i go out. that seems to hold them over.

it took annie, who has been a tad skittish at times, a full year to learn how to get into our car or truck. i tried throwing the high valued treat in first, having our male go in first(he jumps into ANY open car door), on lead, lifting head up and in and luring w/ treat...NADA! so i resorted to the knee behind the butt and a gentle push. after many, many months of kneeing her in, she finally did it on her own. i am usually surgically inserting the two into a 2 door civic or a 2 door tacoma pickup(they get the jump seat). she often forgets how to get into the tacoma, which is a jump up and in, but i just put her 2 front feet on the floorboard and push up w/ my knee. some days she will fly in,some days she still freezes and has the look of a deer looking into headlights, but it's praise no matter what once she is in.

sounds like your girl would get along w/ bill from dinner w/ bill(my favorite )very well. but i have been there w/ a stubborn eater. one of my salukis used to turn his nose up to food and would wait what seemed like an eternity to chow down. aside from talking to your vet and asking if he recommends some testing or worming(is she on a heart worm preventative that also worms?) i would stand firm and maybe try feeding her once a day. maybe a large dog bisket in the morning and an earlier dinner? make the food more tempting by soaking it w/ some good quality canned food or boiled chopmeat w/ lots of broth and a potato(sweet or white) mashed in. the carbs help w/ weight gain and you are avoiding fats. i leave a food bowl down for 5 minutes and pick it up. if they are going to eat, they eat.

better than an e collar is a "bite not collar". the dog can not turn his head to get to the wound. i used it on felix when he had 14 staples after a nasty tear. the best part was he grew lots of hair on his naked neck. i like the idea of neosporin spray. i make my bite not collars out of correguated cardboard, line the cardboard w/ a hand towel and use duct tape to secure it. once you see a picture of the collar you will understand what i am describing.

felix just had another good scrape(he's totally dingged up and i got him w/o a scratch- he looks like a car that has been parking on the street in the city) which during the healing process was driving him nuts-o,the itchy-itchy-itchy stage. i use hydrocoritzone w/ aloe when it's itchy. it taste awful and they finally stop biting it the voile..it has a chance to heal. i buy generic packages of it at costco, very cheap and really lather it in. excellent for hot spots as well. generally it's one application of AB ointment and that's it. it's a matter of not letting them chew it.

this is really normal for dogs just off the track. they need to blow their track coats and it seems as if when they are shedding(especially the blacks you cqan really seet on them) the dandruff is profuse. with the change to a better kibble and a suppliement for the skin/coat in 6-10 weeks there should be a marked improvement. i use laske kronche cold pressed salmon oil, my dogs be they 60# or 76#s get 4 squirts on their food daily. i tried everything out there, the president of the adoption group suggested it and it really does work. start off w/ one squirt per day and work your way up, as w/ any suppliment, start off slow. your dog is going thru major changes in his life and tummies get upset very easliy. a damp rag/washcloth/microfiber towel is good for a wipe down to catch some of the dandruff.

both of my greys have had athletic's feet! yes fungus...emily's was scraped off and i kept the webbing dry w/ desitin/balmex type baby ointment. felix had it on the toes and into the nail bed, regular athletic's foot cream. have your vet give a look. fungus or yeast infections can be cleared up and boy do they itch.it's possible that he may have this as a result of his dips in the pond. from what i remember this occured in the fall shortly after a trip to the beach and camping. now i try to keep feet dry, especially after crazy beach runs w/ medicated foot powder, ammen's or gold bond. both have worked and knock on wood, the webbing has been fungus free.

unless it's the gentle leader harness, a harness will encourage pulling and for a quick fix the head/halti will give YOU immediate gratification. what type of leashes are you using?? being a horse person you know leather is most comfortable, next in line and cheap are COTTON web leashes. they are easier to fold up in your hand and grip for a good correction. halti has a video online to show one how to fit theier head/lead/collar. it's pretty informative, don't even try to fit it w/ out watching. the crazy lab pup (9-12 months of age, but a rejected guiding eyes dog w/ fantastic temperment and confirmation)that i walked did well w/ the halti. her owner- a cancer surviver- could only use that on the sweetie and would not put the time in for training, i am no longer waking her- my choice. terriers/terrors/+ lots of obedience work = a wonderful companion.....BUT NO ONE EVER PUTS THE TIME or money IN!!

if the neighbor isn't going to put the time in training, and yes terriers can pull- big time, then a halti- head harness will solve the problem for you. i used to walk and do some training w/ a black lab who was young. the owner refused to use a prong collar but not the halti-lead so that's how she walked her and training was therefore minimal. the halti- doesn't help w/ training but it keeps them at your side. and yes a terrier will go strong for many many miles. my welsh terrier and scottie were always ready for a walk even after a 4 mile walk to town and back, that's a terrier.

up and over...they are on schedule! when i read the comment about the lineolum i remembered that i had a huge peice of material, similar to oil cloth but synthetic down under the x-pen which was attached w/ clips to a crate and a wee pad in the corner. we dissasembled our dining room table and stored it and had puppy central for a while. i don't even attempt housebreaking until the pup has lost all or at least most of it's baby teeth. generally i find that somewhere around 16 weeks this happens,yet i have read that greyhounds can be really slow in loosing those needle teeth. batmom's answer(as usual) sounds like it's right on the money...it's a natural urge smelling the pee, they mark out of instinct. if you can catch the pup chewing on the crate say "no chew" and give him a marrow bone.they are at prime age for needing lots of things to teeth on, those dental ropes are pretty satisfying as well as the hoofs and marrow bones. felix's canine teeth are worn from that stupid habit and he loves his crate and i can still catch him licking then gnawing on the crate, it's just a bad habbit that some develop.

our group's vet recommended the female spaying before their first heat since, since reports have claimed it reduces incidents of cancer.yes, bone growth is very very slow and i fully intended on waiting until felix was at least 2. well, dealing w/ raging hormones and training and still really wanting to wait but living w/ a sex crazed dog was very difficult. even my trusty friend/trainer with many, many years of experience said, "put that boy out of his misery, you are not going to breed him." each owner is different and each dog is differernt. i do agree whole heartily that the longer you can wait, the better. i never neutered my male salukis, they never displayed that type of craziness. my scottie was neutered at 9 months- the horney bugger was no longer a pet and willie wonka, my welsh terrier, went thru a crazy episode at 6.5 years and started marking(w/ urine and anal glands) walls, furniture and was totally out of control. we looked for a tumor which could cause the hormonal upset, tried hormones, sedatives, you name it- he was neuterd at 6.5 years.

i adopted felix at 7 weeks. by 8 weeks he was out of the 48"x pen- up and over. when he had all of his basic shots we started puppy class and continued, sometimes repeating a class and did around 64+ weeks of FUN FUN FUN training. this included agility which he couldn't do until he was close to 2. i start leash training as soon as a collar is put on. be it 2 or 3 minutes of training and praise, we start w/ lots of love, positive reinforcement and treats. felix caught his first bird around 11 weeks, it was really a lot of fun watching those running legs develop. everyday you will see lots of growth in coordination and massive joints sprout legs in no time what so ever. also, those long noses take forever to grow...bodies, legs, heads do not match for quite some time. toys, good things to chew on- marrow bones w/o marrow, hoofs frozen w/ baby food meat are really necessary. you need to teach them what to chew on. as to the older dogs, the pups do not have any sense what so ever. both felix and my friend's male achillies(that she got as a pup) learned the hard way not to bother the sleeping older girls. they both survived even though it was pretty scarey. i used a muzzle on my older dog since i needed to protect felix. their brains take a looooong time to catch up. crate training is the answer, zoomies every time they wake up, exercise them before a walk or training, have a kiddie pool, teach fetch, love them to death and always have some rice on hand. i started long walks as soon as his shots were up to date. i can remember a friend carrying felix since he used to poop out, he would catch a 2nd wind and then join the other greys. it was lots of fun, brain function ceases to exist for a while. i think it was about the same as my saluki pups, somewhere between 7 and 11 months the bright, cleaver pup who excelled at everything goes blank. but everything you put in returns after their first birthday. as to neutering- the females should be spay before their first heat, as close to 6 months as possible. w/ the males wait as long as you can for bone development. i was going to shoot myself when he was 9 months old. i donated his crown jewels to the rescue group's vet- man does she have a collection !! i will say bringing up a greyhound pup was soooo much easier than a saluki. maybe it's experience, maybe it's the nature of each breed. but have fun w/ your puppies. vinegar and water will be your best friend for clean-ups.

LUCKY YOU! i have to wash w/ laundry detergent after gardening, and i even wear gloves. if i don't wash my entire arms and legs or what ever is exposed....posion ivy. i've caught it numerous times from the dogs.

never heard of a dog or cat getting poison ivy, oak or sumac. i did have the worst case in the world when velcro, my scottie transfered the oils to my legs, arms, neck and face after playing in a reciently mowed yard...in the bushes...in the cut posion ivy. i was on steroids for 2 weeks and had what looked like 2nd degree burns at the contact points.i now deligiently spray for posion ivy/oak since i really react.

it's two weeks healing w/stitches or with-out. unless you can get it stitched within a couple of hours the healing has begun. i learned that when i cut my finger to the bone. i called my insurance comany's nurse since it was still bleeding the next morning. just wash it w/ saline solution, it souldn't be salty- just a faint taste of salt and keep it clean. remember NOT to bandage it too tight. when i bandage a paw i stick my index finger in while i am wrapping it. and remember to leave a border of gauze sticking out(maybe 1/4") so the vet wrap doesn't irritate the leg. after a couple of days it will look much better and you won't need to irrigate it w/ saline. my pups have had the edges of pads cut off, stop pads cut in half dangeling, slices from ice deep into the pad, you name it. it all heals within 2 weeks. i personally do not like emt gel and will give the cut one treatment w/ a triple antibiotic ointment when it's fresh. the vaseline in the ointment prevents healing.

felix had it as a puppy, it seemed to take forever to clear up. greyhound pups are skinny, but one with giardia...YIKES ah...flagyl the wonder drug! and talk about cooking rice

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annie is always picking up ticks, felix- rarely and they walk side by side...i agree w/ you it must be the body chemistry.i haven't tried adding brewer's yeast to annie's food, but often vit b complex helps in not attracting insects...so they say.

our greyhound group used to participate in a teaching session for vets who were learning new techniques using the ultasound, it was led by dr. petri(sp) who is a well know and respected cardio.who does lots of teaching nationally. as it turn out 3 out of 4 of the older retired racers had cario-myothopy(sp)- leakage at the muscle of one of the ventricals, they were 6-8 years old.(sorry about the spelling- boy is it off). they sent all of us on our merry way and said NOT to worry.initially my vet heard it as an extra heart beat when i first brought her in after adoption, but it did not phase him- it takes a lot to phase my vet.

ask your pharmacist at costco about their drug plan for the uninsured. it's a simple form and then you should be able to recieve a greater discount. i always ask first then fill a script. but compared to what a vet charges $10 is not that bad.