Feisty49

I'm so sorry.

My first thought is a UTI. Try to catch some urine to take to the vet tomorrow.

The first "D" stands for Darling (unless it stands for damn.. LOL) but almost always darling. So you get DH is for Darling Husband. DS for Darlinkg Son. DDIL stands for Darling Daughter-in-Law. DD would stand for Darling Daughter.

Each group is different. I adopted from Forever Home Greyhounds in Upstate New York. I met Annie on a Saturday in July 2011 at the group's M&G. I had gone just to check out the group and the dogs, but was chosen by Annie within 10 minutes. I'll never forget all the dogs sort of rushing at me (on leashes of course) to get the attention they love. When I oo'd and ahh'd and petted all of them, they moved on to the next pushover human, all except Annie. She stayed at my thighs, leaaaannnning. I was afraid to move for fear she'd fall over. I was smitten. I stayed 2 hours, walking her around the store, taking her out for potty, talking with the volunteers and checking out the other dogs. There was no doubt, though, that Annie was meant to be with me. [if I had any doubts after she practically velcroed herself to me, her name alone would have cemented the deal because my first dog as a child was named Annie.] So I went home, filled in the on-line application and sent a deposit through PayPal. Two days later, on Monday, I got a call asking me to let my vet know the group would be calling for a reference. That night, just over 48 hours after meeting Annie, I got the call she was mine! I picked her up on Saturday, one week after meeting her. It was really meant to be. In addition to her taking to me (something the volunteers said hadn't happened with any other potential adopter) and her name being Annie, she was also small-prey tolerant (I have a cat) and was fine being an only dog. My Annie is not high maintenance at all. She makes almost no demands. Being alone for an hour or 8 hours doesn't bother her (I'm sure she doesn't like it, but she just sleeps through my absence and since I'm retired she's not often alone for long). She ignores the cat. She even ignores rabbits in the backyard to such an extent they don't even run away when she's outside. She doesn't go in the garbage or surf counters. The only piece of furniture she goes on is the sofa at my DS/DDIL's house. It did take a couple of months to get her poo straightened out -- or hardened up -- but after I got over the "Gotta give her a high-end food" idea and switching to Iams Proactive Health in the green bag, she's been fine. Good luck! I hope you quickly find the hound with whom you can fall in love.

Dammit dammit dammit. When will we stop losing our beloved Greyhounds? I am so sorry for his passing and your loss.

As recommended by my vet, I use Dasuqin with MSM Soft Chews, and even though it's an OTC med, Annie's health insurance company pays 90% of its cost, after I've reached my annual deductible. I can't say that I've noticed any difference in her, but she does have arthritis in her spine and the vet was hoping that this would help keep Annie healthier for a longer period of time.

What did he step in? I'm confused.

Hugs from my Annie to yours and my sympathy to you.

You are describing Annie to a T, except she doesn't follow me from room to room, though she does like to be on the same floor in the house I'm on. The *only* time she shows an interest in a stuffy, and it has to be a stuffy-less, flat stuffy, is if I'm taking too long getting ready for a walk and then she'll grab one and chew on it for... ohhh.. maybe 30 seconds. I too used to think she was bored so tried my best to liven up her life. She wants nothing to do with anything involving moving, unless it's a walk and as she aged, and with the hot summer, she's not so happy with walking anymore. Sometimes I feel like I'm forcing her around the block. Zoomies? Ha! Maybe... every once in a while.. like every 4 months.. she'll do a zoomie around the back yard. In her opinion the back yard is a big toilet and wasn't mommy nice to make it so big I don't have to P&P in the same spot all the time. Annie doesn't roach. She barks maybe twice a year (last time was November last year). She doesn't much care for other dogs, Greyhound or not. She's not mean. She just ignores. We have a lurcher on our street (3/4 Grey, 1/4 lab) who thinks Annie is her BFF. Daisy goes nuts when she sees Annie. She zooms. She wiggles. She gives Annie kisses. Annie stands there, looking bored. Annie does lean. She does seek out what I call kisses, which means kisses as well as lots and lots of petting and loving. But overall, Annie's a laid-back, downright boring, dog...LOL.. and I love her!!

My Annie pants hard after she's run around, no matter the temperature (thankfully she's not a dog to exert herself AT ALL when it's hot). Even after she's done panting with the typical open mouth, her breathing remains rapid for another 15 or 20 minutes. It's just the way she is.

Love the eyebrows! He is wonderful. I'm in the Albany area of New York State and occasionally visit a friend who lives in Kingston. Hope you enjoy your new location.

She's a beautiful girl... and so is your daughter.

The food topic comes up often. A lot of us use and recommend Iams Proactive in the green bag. Yah, I know, not exactly "high end" but a lot of us don't think high end is the best thing to give a dog, especially when it causes loose stools. We do know that Iams in the green bag often, if not usually, makes poos firm and manageable, so to speak. Do a search for Iams on here and you'll get a lot of hits.

This. He's terrific.

I don't think anybody addressed this. Many Greyhounds play very little if at all with stuffies. Probably just as many play with them a lot. The only time my girl goes after a stuffy is when I'm taking too long to get ready for our walk. She shows her displeasure by attacking one of her toys. Each hound is different. I personally don't know of any Greyhound that chases a ball or goes after a frisbee. There are people on GT whose dogs chase balls. I don't think it's common. My grown son used to get frustrated when he visited because Annie would not play. She wouldn't get a ball. She wouldn't grab a stuffy he tempted her with. She wouldn't run around the backyard with him. She was very clear that retirement is for sleeping, laying on a comfy bed, getting treats and meals and getting lots of love. She is now almost 7 years old, and she's even more retired than ever. Keep on working on a routine. Maybe your girl won't like it, but there has to be compromise, and she'll get used to it. We all love our Greyhounds, but we are people and they are dogs (really.. LOL). Annie would sleep until 8+ in the morning if I let her. That doesn't work for me so I insist she get her skinny butt out of bed and come downstairs no later than 7:15. (Note: She has a final pee about 7 PM and goes right to bed, so by 7 AM the next morning, she's been sleeping for 12 hours. She is not missing out on sleep. :-) Once up, she's fine. As far as eating breakfast: When I first got Annie 3 years ago, she wanted to eat as early as 6 AM. Now she often lets breakfast sit there until after 9, though it's there for her at 7:30. What she does like is an early supper. She gets that at 3:30 PM -- very early -- but it works for her and the household, and she doesn't get hungry until the next morning, if then.

I'm so sorry for your loss. He was a special guy here and will be a special guy up there.

She is gorgeous. Just gorgeous. And, IMO, she's also just not interested in learning what her humans want her to learn. Sounds like my Annie. She does a few things, thankfully one of them being "kennel up" into the SUV, but she would rather stand and stare into space, even being tempted with the most tempting foods possible, rather than do something she doesn't want to do. She just has no interest.

You're a nice adoption group. As an adopter, I didn't expect anything from my Greyhound -- and pretty much was told not to by my group, other than she was healthy, house broken and ready for adoption. Annie could not sit nor would she wait. She still doesn't sit or go down but she does wait. She could do the short flight of steps that led from the driveway to the second level of the terrace, but she had to be taught to do the 14 steps leading to the second floor of the house.

Though my Annie (almost 7 years old, adopted 3 years ago) is on Iams Green Bag, which does a good job compared to anything else, her poos aren't the most solid I've seen coming out of a dog. They are very well formed in the morning but still not solid enough to pick up without them squishing. That's why I place a small paper plate on the grass under her butt on our walks. It catches the poo, there's no mess and the plate fits into the poo bag with no problem. As the day progresses, her poos are usually still formed but are always softer. And like your dog, often the last to come out will be a liquid drop. She's healthy. She doesn't have worms, etc. After all this time, I've decided it's just the way her innards work and I don't worry/think about it any more.

If I haven't thanked you before, a_daerr, for the recommendation, I'm thanking you now because the bully flakes work. Annie didn't have a serious not-eating problem, such as some of the above examples, but she was skipping breakfast entirely and eating 3/4 of her supper (she gets 1.5 cups of kibble a day). She didn't lose much weight according to the scale, but she looked so skinny for a couple of weeks that even Greyhound-savvy people asked if she was ill. I ordered the bully flakes after reading your previous post about them and just a scant teaspoon sprinkled on top of her food has made her want to eat again. Annie goes after her food now as she hasn't done in a long time, and is licking the bowl! It's not expensive so IMO, it's worth trying.

The only words I have are to keep on trying (as if you have a choice, huh). As was said above, very often the thing that makes them quake in their shoes can disappear overnight. An example: Three times in the past 10 months my girl has run into the sliding screen door that leads outside at the French doors in the family room. Thankfully it went over easily and quickly, but the first time it scared her so much that she refused to go into the family room for days, let alone walk out the door. I had to leash her up, go out the front door and walk around to the fenced back yard. (In all honesty, it was my fault she ran into the screen because I had forgotten to push it aside before allowing her near the door. The screen is so fine, she couldn't see it.) Within a week, she graduated to going out this door directly into the backyard if I had her on the leash. Then two days later, she would run out the door with no problem. Anyway, long story short, last week, when she ran into it for the third time, knocking it out because I stupidly called her to go out before I had the screen open, it didn't faze her at all. She barely noticed (smart or stupid??) and never hesitated to use the door. I think continuing to have your boy go up and down with your daughter's encouragement will do the trick. Have confidence and faith that it will work and it will.

Thanks for the suggestions. Annie has been off her kibble for a few weeks, eating only about half the usual amount. It might be caused by the summer weather but I think she's getting tired of <gasp> Iams in the Green Bag because when I add a little of something else, she'll eat more of what's in the bowl. It never hurts to have something like this around. ETA: Amazon carries the above brand name slightly cheaper than the home site of the company, and it's Prime so shipping is free if a member. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bully%20flakes&sprefix=bully+fla%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Abully%20flakes

Every Greyhound is different but I think most have some sort of nervousness when they first get to their forever home. You have to remember that Greyhounds are not raised like other dogs. They don't usually have the personality of, for instance, a Lab or a Golden Retriever. I've had Annie for 3 years and she has never run to me with joy and exuberance when I walk in the door as would be shown by another breed of dog. Your girl's personality will blossom and change for a very long time -- over months and sometimes into years. You can help the process of her adjusting to her forever home by paying a lot of attention to her; perhaps hand feeding her part of a meal; and walking her. Walking is a great way to get to know your hound and vice versa. Floors: It's not unusual for a Greyhound to not like slippery flooors. (My girl **hates** wooden floors and only in an emergency would she walk on one. Funny thing is she doesn't mind the slippery floors at the pet stores we go to.) You'll need to put down runners or throw rugs that don't move so she has one safe spot to another to walk to. Don't get discouraged. For all you know, your girl may think this is yet another temporary place to live, until the truck comes to take her to another track. BTW, what is her name and do you have a picture to share? ETA: There are certain rooms in my house that Annie won't go into, even after three years. She has never been in a bathroom, and I've got a good-size bathroom. She won't go into the kitchen. She's fed in the family room. I moved into this house a year ago tomorrow and it was months before she'd come into the bedroom I use as an office. They're just weird like that sometimes. :-)