cleptogrey

let your pup settle down in his new home. take him for walks(remember his pads might be tender living only on sand), shopping if you can(we took ours to antique stores and boutiques- she became a shopaholic), rides in the car, and just around. let him become accustomed to new sights, sound and smells and your routine. stick w/ a routine which needs to be established. after a month or so, he might be ready for classes. shop for a good obedience class. do look into clicker-training. it is positive and the pups responds really well to it and since you don't know his past experiences w/ people. it will also be a good opportunity to bond and train and introduce him to many different breeds of dogs. clicker does a good job opening them up and introducing new skills. remember that he may not have been taught how to sit, who wants a dog sitting in a starting box? be gentle, kind, firm and loving and have lots of yummie cheese or dehydrated liver or hot dogs for praise.YES, HE NEEDS TO EARN EACH MORSEL! watch those pounds....they really inhale treats during training and HAVE FUN!

try soaking his paw in epsom's salts. if it's a corn who edge has been ground down by walking it will be difficult to recognize.

i use organic french gray sea salt as well as epsom's salts(health food stores carry it). it have excellent healing properties. the solution should be just a tad salty to taste and luke warm.

i use musher's secret for the paws. it is a non-toxic waxy tub of ointment that protects the pads, good for your hands as well.

the chinese herbs could be upsetting her. i know, i have used acupuncture and chinese herbs for years. start w/ a much smaller dosage and slowly add more as she tolerates them. for a duck based food, i use eagle pack duck and oatmeal. i know in chinese medicine, barley is considered a cool grains. i wonder if the oatmeal is o.k. you herbologist is trying to keep the wind/heat down. check out cool foods on an acupuncture site, that might help. good luck.

amy-bee, sounds a lot like what i am currently going thru w/ emily. we did a tic panel, titers came back 0 for everything.but we have her on doxycycline anyway since the tests are false negaitives and false positives. the 2nd time i put her on metacam, very little imporvement, msm and asprins did bupkahs. checking in w/ my vet on wednesday to report her progress.

all of the above and be prepared for,"oh, god bless you for saving those beautiful creatures." also, lots of people asking you questions.....the books are worthwhile and go on line and read what many of the adoption groups say.

beautiful ramp, greyt gift from a kind heart. how about putting the ramp next to the house so you can walk her down on the outside at the edge of the steps. remember to have a fantastic treat to reward her and lure her going up and down. she deserves it and the handyman deserves one as well. sweets say it all!

if the shorts don't work, i'm pretty sure a bite-not collar will. he will not be able to bend his neck to get around to lick. somewhere is a thread where i described how to make one out of corrugated cardboard, a washcloth and duct tape. pm me if you can't find it and are interested.

i soak the kibble since my greyhound rep. (who is a vet) told me to- to avoid bloat. these are the first pups i have ever owned whose food is moist. i remember boarding my saluki years ago, who wouldn't eat unless the kibble was dry. once i informed them, he was gave him dry and he inhaled it. all of my other pups have had dry kibble and fantastic teeth to the very end. the moist food most likely is attributing to the plaque and tarter build up.

the mystery limp we have had in the past has been attributed to lyme! my vet treats the symptoms...he doesn't test. 2xs emily has cleared up w/ doxycycline. currently we are dealing w/ another bout of mystery limp.... this time it's her shoulder. she has responded well to a week's worth of metcam, but it's back in nearly 3 weeks. off for a consult this week..i guess we have free membership to the same club!! oh, i have started my gal on msm. the glucosamine has given her really bad gas. she is 60lbs and the dosage of gluc/chro is 1500 mg, 1000mg of msm.

the fort- stuff is really good...go for it!!!! glad to hear he is eating away. my poor guy, maybe since he was just a pup was a mess. my vet attributes it to the run off in the pristine looking- and the county tests the water (obviously no so pristine) steams in the preserve when i walk. it was from drinking from the stream, quite common as i have read. i didn't have any problems w/ my other dog picking it up. the bleach should do the job.

we used flagyl on felix when he was a pup. it took a couple of rounds of it. he was also on a bland, bland, diet of rice and boiled turkey or beef. once he started to feel better he was eating huge salad bowls of the rice mixture, 3xs a day. we very slowly weaned him back onto kibble. that flagyl is fantastic stuff, just remember the probiotics. re: sueG210 -i thought the stomach pain he had was from the giardia, it ceased once we started him on flagly.

"You can't predict longevity....pick the hound that fits you best, deal with anything that comes up along the way and treasure every day, because they are all a gift." kennel mom "My choice, go with the dog that you think would fit best in your life, the hound that you have a connection with, the personality that matches what you want."greysandmoregreys emily was adopted at 4.5 yrs after 168 races, a pleasure to have around all the time, any day, any place!!!! i got exactly what i was looking for, sweet, mild mannered and gets along well with ALL dogs. health is a matter of luck...one can never tell.

my vet seems to be in love w/ desintin and YES it works! just watch out, it doesn't clean up off of upholstery. i have a big white mark on my car seat when felix leans. bag balm might be good for our hands, promotes bacterial growth on the dogs, as told by my vet.

i think i have the only greyhound who lost their therapaw on the horse trails i frequent. it was on nice and tight, otherwise their toes rub, the bootie was the exact size of her paw, go know. well, a fox or coyote out there at rockerfeller state park preserve is running around in comfort w/ a therapaw on...somewhere deep in the woods! not buying another one soon ......

worried sick seems to be the main hazards of owning a grey. i know exactly how you feel. my 8.5 year old hopefully is just sore of rough housing, every time she limps my hear goes into my throat. 2xs it was lyme, she responded so beautifully to antibiotics.corns, small thorn in the pad(soaking w/ epsom's salt helped clean it right up), knicked pad(a tad of licking did wonders), the begining of crepida in her wrist joint and so on...... this time it's in the shoulder. waiting and resting it and using an anti-inflamatory hopefully we won't have to go for the dreaded xray. we all know exactly how you feel. think positively...be proactive and keep on trucking!

emily has eaten an entire pound of trader joe's chocolate cat cookies.....chocolate poops and that was it. also, light years ago....like 35+ a room mate's borzoi stripped the christmas treee of chocolate foil wraped ornaments....unwrapped them and binged. no problems....guess it was cheap chocolate!

nice corn!

there aren't enough probiotics in yogurt. purina make a good one, i usually use the mega probiotics from the vitamin shoppe. entercoc....what ever is the important one for dogs along w/ all the other goodies in probiotics. i checked out the purina formula and went for something as close as possible. someone passed on this recipe for loose poops, it does wonders boil white & sweet potatoes, turnips in chicken soup(i usually go w/ water and a bullion to keep it simple). then mash it when cooked. the dogs love it and it seems to firm things up. also i over cook white rice, i triple the water and make it into almost congee consistency and add the potato recipe to it. what did your vet say about the flagyl?

call your vet, maybe he needs some flagyl to clean him up. when i run into a cycle like that flagyl seems to come to the rescue. is it just loose stool or real runny diarreah? one of my pups has loose stools when he over eats...that is when he gains enough weight to cover his ribs...mmmmm....also do you keep him on probiotics?

feel your dog. if it is cold to touch, then a coat is needed. as long as they are moving they should be warm, but they need to be walking and moving around. it depends upon the wind, time of day/night and humidity, the same way you decide that you need a light jacket or a wool coat or a down parker. remember to feel them once they are moving and watch their perspiration- tongues hanging out. i have witness too many dogs overdressed who were really hot on walks. i use a variety of coats: single layered tummy warmer by voyager, i have double layered fleece coats that i made, windproof lined (gortex type material w/ fleece) coat w. snood or a warm hudson bay blanket coat. needless to say, i have even more coats for myself. the winter is long and a new coat is like a cheap vacation, i always feel revived in a new jacket...and then make or buy something to match for the hounds. also many a walk i have taken my dog's coat off as i unzipped mine.

when a dog shaking/slapping their ears it usually means that something is brewing. have your vet check it to see if there is an infection. don't let an infection go untreated, they clear up quickly if you catch them immediately.

kennel mom said it all. we don't do any since they stay on interceptor.

with diligent care the fungus will clear up. my dogs have had it in their webbing and it looked awful, but once diagnosed and treated it cleared right up. mites also take a while but clean up nicely...glad it was not an autoimmune syndrome....