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I'm so sorry. I lost my Jack one year ago today. It is definitely a sad day.
My thoughts are with you.I am so sorry for your Jack, too....
Robin, he will always be with you.
I don't think we ever "get over" the loss of one of our companions and it is only other true dog lovers that would understand how you feel on the anniversary of Jack's leaving. Thank doG there is GT - just like you I was a lurker for a long time before I joined. It was actually the outpouring of love, support and compassion when another Jack left that moved me to join. There is no place like this GT community.
I know your totem is the moose, but remember that other totems will appear when you need them. Native lore says that if you see a wolf in your dream it is guiding you to return to your pack to serve as a teacher, guide and healer. I think Jack was sending you a message that he is fine, and that there are others that need your guidance.
That really is an amazing interpretation, given how once Jack was no longer in the dream, the wolf moved to my side and kept looking up at me as a dog does when he is communicating with you.....I do believe that he would want me to lavish my boys with love and attention and to show them the wonderful world of retirement.
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Wonderful news! Hoping for continued good news.
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So sorry for the loss of your beautiful boy.....
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No swimming advice...but boy is he cute.
By the way, my boy at the bridge, Jack, fell into a pool once (pool cover and all) and my friend and I had to dive in and save him. He completely paniced. However, when I would take him to the ocean, he would just lay on the sand and let the water come up and lapp over him.
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They are beautiful!!!!
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Two years ago today, after an 18 hour battle to survive post-surgical complications, I lost my Jack. Many of you have heard his story.....
He was a troubled soul who had finally begun to relax and enjoy life - and understand what true happiness really was. Perhaps that's what makes me most sad - that he didn't have more time to enjoy that feeling.
So many of you here on GT were so good to me when it happened. In fact, that was when I first joined....I had read in passing, but never participated...and I was so overwhelmed by the caring and compassion, that I never left....THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS HERE!!!!
Not a day goes by that he does go through my mind and heart.
Just recently I had a dream about him. I kept trying to let him out in some yard (in the dream it seemed like it was where I lived, but it doesn't look like my real yard)....but each time I let him out a wolf was there....just watching. And each time, the wolf had actually moved closer. By the end of the dream, Jack was nowhere to be seen and the wolf was walking by my side like he was my dog. And when I looked down at him, he looked up at me with the same expression that our hounds use when they give us that loving/bonded look. It was if the wolf was now mine.....
I posted this dream in another thread and received such beautiful responses and thoughts as to meaning.....perhaps my boy was sending me a message that the wolf came and took him physically, but that spiritually, he is always with me.
The link below is a collection of pics by a photographer friend that I hired when I wanted to get a large photo of Jack and me to give to DH. I purchased several of these...and probably will eventually get a few more.
http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf3c84bb15c8&re=slideshow
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Marc...what a lovely tribute for an even more lovely girl. She was just stunning.
Your song choice really touched me....as when my Chip passed away after 25 years of a partnership, this song kept going through my head.
"The box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you"......
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Not seen anything like that. Sending good thoughts for an 'easy-fix" diagnosis.
I, too, would be concerned with bloody clots - and "fleshy" bits.
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Many well wishes.....
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Not sure where you are located - but I believe they also do FAX consults, etc....I used Dr. Nicholas Doddman at Tufts University for my Jack. He is a veterinary behavioralist and does not have a "Milan" approach on many things.
He does believe in pharmacology where he deems it necessary.....but the consult (and even when I went for an on-site appointment) is far less expensive than what you are talking about. There are others on his staff as well with different areas of expertes.
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Marc...your tribute clearly shows that she arrived in and departed from your life on her own extremely dignified terms..... My thoughts are with you at this awful time. No word can make this better....but know that we are all here with heavy hearts along side you.
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Deb...I'm so sorry for you and John. She was a beautiful girl who was so lucky to have found you.
Thoughts and prayers are with you....
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As far as the Husky helping the Grey...he just might. When we got EZ, we had our Beagle. She caught on right away as to what we were trying to teach him, and she kept running back and forth up and down the stairs pausing at the top to make a comment to him! It was adorable.
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The muzzle question, you are being bamboozled. They have worn muzzles ALL THEIR LIFE! They love to rub on walls, hit men in the groin, and generally act like they have never even seen a muzzle. Believe me, they are fine. Keep the questions coming.
I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that they don't "like" the muzzle! It amazes me how quickly they figure out what suckers we really are!!! Don't feel bad....they all play us like fiddles - I'm actually pretty entertained by it!
JJ still rubs his around when I put it on..... Dustin used to crawl under the seat in the bedroom looking like I was going to beat him everytime I approached him with it. Susan (Georg of NOO England's mom) gave me the suggestion of smearing peanut butter on the inside and putting them on just as I'm about to leave. It does help because they get distracted with that.....JJ will still follow me to the door (licking all the while and rubbing it) but at least looking happy that he has something tasty....and Dustin doesn't cower like I'm about to hurt him when he sees it.
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I brought in my current two males at the same time.....JJ is more boisterous, but I neither really asserts dominance....
As far as stairs...some learn faster than others. We did it just by lifting front legs up two steps, then back legs up one step, then front legs again, and back legs, etc. As they get confidence and try, they may scramble a bit - so always be there ready to support them if they start stumbling backwards.
We play with ours together - but you always need to be aware of potential for quibbling over the same toys, etc., so you have to make sure they each get something to play with.
We don't do formal training, so I can't answer your crate question - but I'm sure others can...
Mine are shadows...and I'm good with that. Given that they have each other, the separation anxiety may be less of an issue anyway.
You may consider muzzling when you are not home.....we use basket muzzles for their own protection as well as the cat's!!!
Best of luck to you.....they will bring you immense joy!
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So sorry for your loss.
What a magnificent picuture to remember those beauties by..........
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Godspeed Lucy! May your memory bring smiles to all of those who had the pleasure of knowing you through the years.....
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I am so sorry for your loss. Losing one young just ate through my soul......
Take comfort in the fact that you had three wonderful years together - and that she opened your world to these beautiful hounds.
Additionally, as hard as it is to have them pass the way she did (.....my Jack died in my arms convulsing from fever) I desperately tried to remind myself - and still do....that the last faces he saw were DH's and mine.....(and DH's grey, EZ)....so like Jack, your Dreamer passed to the bridge seeing only faces of love around her.
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Jason...my thoughts and prayers are with you.....losing two so close.....How lucky Toby was that his journey that began here in Rhode Island ended up in your wonderful loving home.
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Thoughts are with you......
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No insight.....but glad to hear that overall he's doing great! It is so wonderful when the shy/nervous ones settle into their new, wonderful lives.
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I'm so sorry for the loss of your young baby. May you take comfort in the wonderful memories that you have.
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Thoughts are with you on this difficult day.
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Good luck to you. I don't have Galgos....however, my Grey, Jack, spent the first several days that I had him not wanting to leave the kitchen. I would drag him into the bedroom and he would run right back into the kitchen. I spent a few nights on the kitchen floor with him, just so he could feel bonded. Eventually, he came out of it.....
And once they do come out of it....you will be amazed at how much personality is in there!
There are a lot of threads here on dealing w/Separation anxiety...worth poking through for sure.
My thoughts are with you.
Bringing Home My First Greyhound; Tips And Advice, Please?
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On the topic of "losing" them....I think the best investment is a harness. I use a harness AND martingale collar to walk them. If she's relatively calm, i.e. not going to pull hard and yank the leash out of your hand, you can use a single leash with a splitter....This allows you to have the martingale for control and the harness in the event that she slips the collar. (This happened with one of mine - and I was extremely lucky. He had gotten scared of a dog that ran up to him.) I use the two with my other hound with two separate leashes - one tethered to me, the other in my hand...but he's a bit of a handful!
Best wishes...enjoy your hound!!!
Our first greyhound, EZ, was just like that! The perfect first hound.....