Greydawg

Sending you heartfelt sympathy for your loss.

Sending him positive thoughts and best wishes from Florida.

With deep sympathy. RIP Eagle.

Flour? I will keep that in mind. Thanks for the tip.

OMG! How scary! Thank goodness you were right there and knew what to do. Whew!

Ditto. Sending her positive thoughts from Florida.

I dunno. In my household, one Grey sits on his own sometimes, but never for more than a couple of minutes. We have never seen our other Grey sit in the entire 3.5 years he has lived with us. I don't think Greys are physically built to sit comfortably and naturally like other dog breeds, yet I know Greys can be trained to sit. It is a personal choice, I suppose -- we just never felt the need to train ours to sit for us.

Ashley, Glider is a handsome hound, for sure! Welcome from Florida! And welcome to the wonderful Greyhound experience! It is very addictive!

Alex does this, especially when there are other dogs around. Bravado, perhaps? I can stop him most of the time, by making my ugly "Agh" sound before he starts it. If I miss doing that, well dirt and sod flies! Not great when we are in a neighbor's yard.

They are a stunning pair! I'll bet they get a lot of attention when you take them out in public. And welcome to the addictive World o' Grey!

So very sorry for your huge loss.

Yes! Both dogs started their "2nd Big Shed" of the year just the other day. One reason I asked Santa for a Roomba 780 Series. I just hope my two guys don't try to kill it!

Wonderful! Beautiful dogs. Congratulations!

So sorry for your loss.

With heartfelt sympathy.

I am sorry for your loss.

With heartfelt sympathy.

I always learn new stuff on Greytalk!

Sending Ace wishes, prayers and positive thoughts from Florida.

Ugh, what a belly-punch that was for all of you. I'm so sorry her next would-be chapter will never be written. RIP, Mindy.

We call it "happy stretching" in our household.

Hey, fellow Floridians! Telly... What a pretty little girl!

I understand what you are all saying about not invading their space in their beds. But I trim the dogs' nails with an electric Dremel while they are resting on one of the day beds in the family room. Though it hasn't always been this way, my guys are so relaxed that they both sleep through the nail-trimming process! To get to this no-big-deal-stage, I followed an effective conditioning technique I watched online - the video was by PediPaws (if interested, go to YouTube, search PediPaws Instructional Video). In less than a week, each dog went from being a total drama king about anything touching their nails, to acting like a cruise ship tourist in the day spa on a much-needed vacation. When I decided to try to do their nails myself, several years ago, and being a sissy about potentially ciutting the qwick with nail clippers, I bought the PediPaw. A nice beginner's tool (again, the online video was terrific), but I quickly realized it wasn't powerful enough to stand up to the tough nails at the end of eight Greyhound paws. I upgraded to a rechargeable Dremel knock-off that died within a year. Hubby bought a corded Dremel for me, which works fine, though it tethers me to an electrical outlet. If I were to buy another one, it would be the rechargeable Dremel. Reading these posts will certainly make me on-guard if I ever trim any other dog's nails, for sure. Thanks for the info, and I am glad everyone is going to be okay.

I am so sorry this happened. How awful!

Ditto. Shortly after our first foster came to stay with us, I tried to take a chewy out of his mouth. Not too smart on my part, yeah, I know. He bit my finger. Hard. Hit the bone and it hurt like heck. I remember how angry I was - at myself for being a big dumbbell. Anyway, more than two years later, that same dog is a permanent member of our family and I couldn't imagine our lives without him in it! (BTW, on the few occassions I have had to take items out of his mouth since then, and he has graciously obliged without issue.)