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Unfortunately, that's why I only have a single hound. I know that I could not afford the Vet bills for more.
Me too. I yearn to have another Greyhound but realistically it would be more than I can, or want to, afford. I'm thankful that Annie B likes being an only dog.
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Welcome. Can't wait to see pics of your kids.
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Yeah!!! Yah, it does feel like Christmas. The group sounds terrific in that they could see a different dog would be better for your household. Can't wait until your girl/boy arrives and we get to see pictures.
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Annie gets 1 cup of Nutro venison and 1/2 cup of Iams green bag for breakfast and the same for supper. Mixed in with each meal are a couple of tablespoons of dried beet pulp and a couple of squirts of fish oil. Her coat is soft and has a nice sheen to it. Annie has never had smelly gas, and in the 15 months I've had her, she's been on a few different brands. Adding the beet pulp has given her better poos, though by the time she does her 3rd poo of the day (which is how many she has every day), it's softer than the morning poo.
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This topic has a few posts. Here's what I wrote back in March about what worked for me. I've had Annie Bella over a year now and she so seldom plants herself that I don't even think about it any more.
The below info is at this link: http://forum.greytal...ng#entry5283679
If you decide he is done with his walk, that is he has P&Pd but is just not wanting to go home but you want to go home, here are some suggestions to get him moving that I wrote somewhere else on the forum (the link appears below).
When I first got Annie Bella (July last year), she planted herself more than walking, I swear. She still plants occasionally, but I have many ways to get her moving.
The first thing I recommend, which sometimes stops the planting, is to not slow down just 'cause your boy does, if indeed you ever do that. Walk along with the expectation he'll come along and don't slow or stop, even if he falls back a few feet. Without realizing it, we often pace ourselves to our dog's pace, and it should be the other way around. Don't let him stop and sniff just 'cause you think it's his right if he's one to stop and plant.
Try walking him in a circle. Hold him close to your thigh, walk around pressing on his shoulder with that thigh and as you come out, keep on walking. I don't use this any more because my Annie Bella is beyond that but it always worked for me, if not the first circle on the second.
Give him a gentle push on a shoulder with your knee or a hand. I don't know about other Greyhounds, but Annie Bella does not like that at all. Talk about giving me stinky eye. The push should be firm enough to make his feet move and that movement starts them walking again.
Using two hands, give a gentle, but firm, push on his side. If the push on the shoulder doesn't work with Annie Bella, I do the side push, firm enough so that all four feet have to move, and again, that movement gets her going.
The above two pushing/touching moves work the best. Once their feet are unplanted you get going and going quickly.
What also works for me, and I tried it out of frustration one time when I was really really really irritated with her, is to stand in front of her, bend down (I bend down so close that often her nose is touching mine), look her straight in the eyes and say with great firmness and aggravation, "Move!" or "Annie come." That always gets her going, because if I've reached that point, she knows I am pissed!
(There are some dogs with whom this wouldn't work because of space issues. Annie has no problem with it.)Often, especially when we're in the driveway heading to the door, she'll plant, or go slowwwwwwly, and I use my shame-on-you voice, and say something like, "Shame on you Annie Bella. Shame on you," my voice just dripping with disappointment and I tug. It took a few months of bonding before that worked.
You can always use treats. I never walk Annie Bella without treats in my pocket. They're good for training, if the opportunity comes up, and they're good to get her going. Gotta toss them, though, so your dog has to move. Once he's moving, you start out at a good pace with expectation in every step that he will follow.
The final way to get Annie moving - which I've had to use only twice because she refused to walk through a doorway -- is to hold her collar by the loop on the Martingale, which has her touching my thigh, and walk, tugging on the loop at the same time.
The thing is to get their feet moving again so don't be afraid to give that firm push, either on a shoulder or on the entire side. He may not like it but he will soon know that it will be done each time he stops. Annie Bella still occasionally pulls the planting thing and all I have to do is move my hands toward her body and she starts moving.
Good luck. I used to feel so foolish on a public street practically begging Annie Bella to move but those days are long gone, thankfully.
http://forum.greytal..._1#entry5145374
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Just want to say to Kaila that I have enjoyed reading your posts and not just for their content. They are very well written, and it's a pleasure to read them. You're a dog food snob. I'm an English language snob. :--)
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Did you use old-fashioned cooked oatmeal or instant?
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Oh, we can go on forever and ever about our lovelies, can't we?
Here are another two that I don't remember if we covered:Jayne's zoomie video shows something important that may not be noticed unless someone calls it out, so let me do the honors. If you find yourself in a big yard with a greyhound zooming around you, STAND STILL. They like to run at you and then veer off at the last second. If you try to move out of the way, you may accidentally move the same way they veer and collide. Even though it looks like the dog is about to run you over, they rarely will. (Unless they happened to be named Capri - ahem. But she learned a lesson after the first time. It hurt both of us.
)And did anybody mention rooing? I don't remember.
Don't ya just love the way they do this? Annie B, at an all-out run, heads right for me, ears back, big smile on her face and then... whooshes off to one side or the other. She is soooo happy when she does this.
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Annie B was living with me for just about a year before she started chattering fairly regularly. Now she chatters almost every time she approaches me for some love. It makes me pet her twice as long as I otherwise might have.
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Thanks all, we'll start implementing my rules more. Just to clarify when i say lawns I mean the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street...I just consider it people's lawns because they generally take care of them although it is city property.
Although I'm pretty strict about where to walk (he only goes between me and the street and not on peoples actual lawns, shrubs, bushes) Luke can be a stubborn one at times. If he's sniffin something good, a pull and tug isn't good enough to get him going. So I wind up choking him if I pull too much and when you have to do that a lot, the walk becomes unenjoyable and I wind up getting fed up and pulling him home in frustration.
Also I think the way I walk him is different from my wife who is often frustrated by him on walks and probably not as strict as I am. We'll have to get on the same page in term of walk rules and hopefully it will alleviate some of the frustration in time.
With an uncooperative dog who doesn't want to move along, giving a gentle nudge on his shoulder or his rump with your thigh, hard enough to make his feet move, often helps. Usually, Greyhounds will start moving again if their feet are moving, even if it's a forced move by being gently pushed.
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I have the same issue with Capri. For Capri the issue seems to be the temperature. If it's over 75 degrees, she's a wilting lilly and drags her butt along behind me at the extreme end of the leash with her head down looking all pathetic. I don't buy that a dog that raced for 3 years in Daytona can't handle Virginia temps.
For you, perhaps you can shorten the lure pole playtimes on days when you really want to walk. She may be tuckered out.
Yah, Florida is really hot but I've read that the kennels are A/Cd so in actuality, the dogs don't spend that much time outside in high temps. I suspect when they're turned out for play and P&P, they don't do a lot of playing in the hot hot weather.
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Garwood, thanks! I had to chuckle.
We are usually up by 5:30.....so hopefully he can learn to sleep at least that late.
Zoomies are not a problem, I'm looking forward to seeing them! We do not fuss about our yard....back or front.
Gas?
Does that depend on the food?? (And I have a husband soooooooo I can probably handle it)Our berner clears our coffee table from time to time....and her tail hurts too! Can I use that tail on the kids?
Hmmmmm buckets of soapy water. Not sure I have had one of those in the house for a while. I use a floor steamer. But good to know. Stealing things I have read about here and that's great! The kids will have someone else to blame that can't say "It wasn't me!"
We get really hot weather in summer....but he will be indoors so shouldn't be an issue. Kiddie pool both dogs will like!
They are not gentle with treats? My berner I have trained to not take anything from my hand until I say "take it". She is very gentle with her mouth. Our pug will take a finger with the treat. Not in a mean way. Just excited to get the treat. Guess I'll have to see how my grey responds.
I LOVE chatting with people about dogs. I hope to be able to participate in some meet and greets in the future.
Thanks! Sounds like so much fun.
As many people who have Greyhounds who do the above is probably as many people whose Greyhounds don't do the above. It's like a new topic that started this morning about walking. Some Greyhounds can walk forever it seems (mine is one of them) and others want to give it up after 10 minutes.
Also, Annie Bella has never been a dog who got up earlier than 6 AM unless there was an issue, and with the onset of fewer daylight hours, she's likely to sleep until 7 AM. I can count on one hand the number of times Annie B has had gas, or at least gas I could hear or smell. I don't worry about Happy Tail and the chance of breakage because so far (after 15 months), she only gently sways her tail back and forth. I can't begin to imagine she'd stick her head in a bucket of anything weird. She doesn't even smell the garbage can let alone take a look.
I think the best thing you can take from all these posts is ya just don't know what you're gonna get until you got it, though if your houndie has been fostered, you will get some head's up about her/his personality from the foster parents.
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My suggestion is keep him on a very short leash and if possible, you walk nearer the grass so he's walking in the middle of the sidewalk. Correct him every time he tries to mark with whatever word works for you and pull him away. Obviously he'll have to pee at some point, but it's been my experience that dogs have a certain behavior when they have to go, so keep an eye open for what he does just before a real long pee. :--)
One other thing, and I don't mean this in a dominant way, remind yourself that you are in charge of the walk. The walk is for exercise and fun for both of you, but Luke needs direction. It took me a few weeks after I adopted Annie Bella in July 2011 to realize that I was letting her set the tone for the walk. I was letting her walk on this side or that side; letting her pull me just because she wanted to go smell that tree; letting her plant herself just because she .. well who really knows they they plant! LOL Once I started managing the walk, it took only a few days for Annie B to get it -- that we walk nicely, that we aren't rude by pulling, and that heeling is a necessity most of the time. I say most of the time because every dog needs to smell pee mail but it's not a high percentage of the walk.
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This question goes along with: why are some Greys stuffie-playing fools and some don't care? Or.. why do some Greys climb on furniture and others don't?
Every dog has a different personality, and assuming there is nothing physically or medically wrong with the dog, I put differences down to variations in personalities, even eating habits.
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I'd be a bit more than disappointed but giving the benefit of the doubt, such as an emergency, is the way to go. I know that while my group is run by volunteers, an email with questions or an on-line application for adoption is responded to within 24 hours, unless the president of our group is at a Greyhound event such as Dewey Beach. Even though most (all?) adoption group are run by volunteers (and I am one), I think there is an obligation and responsibility to treat a prospective adopter with respect. After all, getting the Greys into a forever home is the goal and if volunteers don't have time to do the job within a reasonable time, then perhaps they should take a break.
I don't remember if you mentioned it, but did you ask the group to which you applied the time frame from initial inquiry to placement, if approved and they have a suitable dog? I fell in lotsa like with my Annie B on a Saturday and I had been approved to adopt her by Monday night and picked her up the following Saturday. That may have been a quicker than average, but if we find an appropriate family for an appropriate dog, most adoptions are complete in a couple of weeks.
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Ruby loves ya, but you're not you right at the moment. Just about the time she gets used to the new you, you'll be back to the former you and she'll be confused again! Hope the pain diminishes quickly, Karen.
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Yah, I'd be concerned about her being hurt too. I take it she's not on a leash cause you're fenced in. How about if, as you walk toward the vehicle, you take hold of her collar and keep her close to you?
Nope, she does this leashed. Guess I should just grab a hold even closer to her collar.
That's the answer. Short short leash until she's learned not to jump without permission. I automatically put Annie on a short leash if I think she's gonna do something of which I disapprove, such as when we approach people or other dogs. She doesn't jump on people, or dogs, but she gets soooo happy that she wants to run to them for attention. A dog her size can be pretty intimidating, even though I know she won't jump, so my hand is right at her collar.
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Yah, I'd be concerned about her being hurt too. I take it she's not on a leash cause you're fenced in. How about if, as you walk toward the vehicle, you take hold of her collar and keep her close to you?
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Annie Bella hates the rain, and it was and is pouring here, but at 6:30 AM whe has to pee bad enough that she grudgingly did her thing and then immediately pulled to come back inside (no fenced yard so on a leash). She also always has to poo at first morning P&P, but wanted no part of it. Too bad for her. I shamed her into walking toward the back where she did her thing and then let her drag me back to the house. She's giving me stinky eye for not taking a walk this morning, but I've tried twice to get her to walk and both times she's turned tail to come back in. I also hate walking in the rain so will not shame/force her to walk in it. I knowwwww, there are many who walk rain, shine, snow or ice, and good for you. My self worth doesn't rest on a walk in the rain.
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I adopted Annie Bella 15 months ago. It took quite a few months to find a combination of food that produced poos that were decent consistency, and now, her first-morning poo (about 6 AM) is good but the poos deteriorate a little bit in softness with ensuing ones. Even when going through soft serve poo in the beginning, she never went more than 3 times a day. Pretty much that's her usual schedule: 3 times a day and usually the same time every day unless I'm not at home.
Yogurt, pumpkin, pro biotics, etc., never worked to help firm up Annie B's poos. She now gets a couple of tablespoons of beet pulp in her bowl with breakfast and again with supper, as well as a couple of squirts of fish oil. The beet pulp helped a lot -- that and mixing half a cup of Iams in the green bag with the 1 cup of Nutro Venison she gets with each meal.
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Finn is a beautiful color, but then I'm a bit prejudiced.
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I like Zeke but I prefer two-syllable names such as Darby (I'm not fond of the name Wally).
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What a beautiful boy. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Beautiful Grey. Do you think your pup could be cold? My girl doesn't come to my bed or vocalize when she's cold, but she wanders around the bedroom, flops down on her bed, gets up and wanders some more, flops down again, etc., until I wake up and cover her.
I know nothing about resource guarding a toy, or anything else 'cause Annie B doesn't care what I do, so I have no suggestions, but you'll read good ideas from those who have had experience.
Here are another two that I don't remember if we covered:
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Does that depend on the food?? (And I have a husband soooooooo I can probably handle it)
End Of Tail Severed In The Door
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I can only imagine how sick you must feel. Things happen, though, no matter how much we try to protect. You are so right about there being more to dog ownership than what can be read in a book. I hope your boy heals thoroughly.