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I've had Annie Bella for just over 4 months. She would love to stop and sniff a lot, but our walks are for exercise for the both of us so I don't let her stop often. I tend to walk briskly and with the expectation that there will be no stopping along the way, unless she has to go P&P. If she slows down, I don't and say either "Come," or "Heel," and she usually responds. If she decides to plant herself and doesn't respond to the two commands above, I gently hold her mouth/snout in one hand, look her straight in the eyes and say very firmly, "Come now," and turn and walk. 99% of the time she starts trotting again. If we're on a meandering walk through the woods (I have 11 acres), then she can sniff and snuffle all she wants, and we do that almost every day.
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I'm not an expert, but there are so many opinions is anybody an expert?
Common sense tells me that taking a walk so Ginger can find her place to P&P is not exercise to an extreme. If she's gotta go, she's gotta go. If you took her to a dog park and let her run zoomies for 15 minutes, that, IMO, would be extreme exercise if indeed extreme exercise is a negative thing soon after eating.
I totally agree. I actually specifically point out that it's just walking, not strenuous excersize, but I have read some people claim walks should wait an hour as well as excersize. That's basically my question.
I did read that you said it's just walking and IMO, just walking is OK immediately after eating. Yes, some people claim walking should wait an hour and just as many will say walking can occur immediately. Not everything in life is black and white, including Greyhounds. Just go with your common sense and gut feeling, and consider your own personal schedule and preference.
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I'm not an expert, but there are so many opinions is anybody an expert?
Common sense tells me that taking a walk so Ginger can find her place to P&P is not exercise to an extreme. If she's gotta go, she's gotta go. If you took her to a dog park and let her run zoomies for 15 minutes, that, IMO, would be extreme exercise if indeed extreme exercise is a negative thing soon after eating.
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She looks like my girl, so to me, she's extra special. A lovely dog who will thrive in your home. Hugs to her.
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I wish we could talk to our dogs to know exactly why they do and say what they do and say. Annie Bella whines a tiny bit when she realizes I'm going out and she's not going. She whines more in the morning when I get up 'cause she has to go out, or maybe she's really glad to see me (I suspect it's the first). Other than that, she's not vocal, including almost never barking.
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I don't think it's punishment to your cats by protecting your dog.
I have one cat for whom I leave dry food out 24/7. I discovered very quickly that Annie Bella, who **hates** the wooden floors in my house, would walk on them to get to the cat food. The diarrhea started with her eating dry cat food in late July and it took a couple of months to get it under control. So that the raid-of-the-Greyhound wouldn't happen again, I put the cat's food up high and Annie no longer has access to it. If I couldn't have put it up high, I would have fed the cat twice a day and she would have learned to eat while she can. While neither animal has special privileges, I don't want either of them sick so did, and would do, what had to be done to keep Annie Bella well.
Annie Bella never tells me she has to go out in words, so to speak. If she gets out of her bed, stretches and doesn't lay back down but looks at me instead, I know it's time. If I'm in the kitchen and she stands in the doorway staring at me, it's time. But if I miss the signal or just can't at that moment take her out, she kinda shrugs and goes back to her bed. She can hold it for 11+ hours and sometimes does because she often refuses to go out for a last pee any time past 6:30 PM. It's like she thinks she has to be home because the street lights on are.
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Hurley looks great! I think tripods are particularly special Greyhounds. Good luck with continuing treatment. Hugs from Annie Bella.
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If I really want to keep hr off the couch, I strategically place remotes, books, or other hard things all over the sofa. She avoids anything that isn't soft and cuddly.
This is also my suggestion. I use it to keep my cat off the couch when it's necessary, for instance, I just cleaned, company is coming and I don't want to share cat hair with them.
Annie Bella has shown no interest in any furniture. I've had her for 4 months and her bed is the only place she sleeps. While we can never say never when it comes to our Greys, I suspect she'll never be a furniture person because she doesn't like small places or being crunched up and confined and always sleeps stretched out, taking up as much room as possible without touching anything. She never even roaches.
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Sometimes having dogs is like having kids: Ya gotta pick your battles and what you worry over. Seems to me that if the dogs are happy with the way they work out the crate situation, it's no big deal.
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Greyhound and Goat. They're both G words and they both eat things that aren't good for them. Annie Bella ate part of a rubber shoe a couple of weeks ago as well as the rawhide lace. Yuck. Vet said to watch her. If she starts to vomit excessively, bring her in. If she doesn't poop, bring her in. Both could indicate an obstruction. Thankfully she vomited everything up in one good upchuck.
About a month ago Annie Bella got into my granddaughter's doll house and pulled out a few things, just to taste, ya know?
She ate the feet off the "mommy" doll and my granddaughter (5-1/2 years old) is not happy with this event. Those little feet also came up. -
Albany, New York
Albany County Veterinary Hospital
1506 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
518-456-6333
www.albanycountyvet.com
Dr. Virginia R. Jarvis
Dr. Danielle P. Pokorny
Dr. Pokorny owns a Greyhound and a couple of the staff members do also.
I've been there only once with Anna Bella, her first check-up after adoption, and admired Dr. Pokorny's calm, quiet way of examining Annie. I was more stressed about it than Annie Bella. I've called the practice on the phone plenty of times with questions and have always gotten a call back within an hour or so if the question couldn't be immediately answered.
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Annie Bella always stretches when she wakes from a long nap, just as we humans stretch to release the tension in our muscles. And the shaking.. cracks me up. It's almost violent, with hair flying and tail flopping around. Yah, she loves to shake and "get it all out" whatever "it" is.
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Annie Bella quickly puts her butt down, in a sideways motion, and then flops. BAM Sounds like an animal twice her size is hitting the floor.
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I give treats but in small pieces. I buy natural biscuits for small dogs and dole them out one at a time. Just one crunch but Annie Bella likes them. Very small pieces of sharp cheese (or American or Provolone) are much loved. Occasionally I'll give her a couple of Wheat Thins with just a touch of peanut butter on them. She loves PB (which I also use to give her pills). Annie Bella never begs for treats, and there is no "schedule," so when I pull one out, it's a big surprise.
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Gosh, he's beautiful. Congrats!
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Wonderful outcome!
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Good luck, Lena. Don't be afraid. You'll be just fine. She's a beautiful girl and laying down so nicely at work. Can you lay down too?
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I'm trying to figure this out, too. It sounds like healthy adult greyhounds can wait up to 8 hours before they absolutely have to go. So, let's say if you take them out every 6 or so hours, they'll be ready to go but not feeling uncomfortable.
Here's what I've been trying: I feed Sofia at 6am, she'll be ready to go at noon. I give her lunch at noon and she's ready to go again at 6pm. I give her dinner at 6pm and she's ready to go at midnight. At 6am the next day she doesn't need to go, she just wants breakfast.
The only problem with this is... I'm falling asleep by 10. So that means around 1am she wakes me up to go out... which throws my sleep off. So, I'm trying to figure out some kind of compromise. It doesn't make sense to feed her at 4pm since that's would mean not eating again until 14 hours later. Not sure what to try.
This is interesting. I take it you work and come home on lunch to take her out? I too am falling asleep by 10, if not sooner, or at least I'm all cozied up and under a throw reading or watching TV.
Annie Bella usually goes 11 hours overnight without peeing. She goes out about 5:30 AM (on a leash because I don't have a fenced yard), then gets breakfast. We take a walk about 8 AM, and she always does something (usually both P&P). I take her out about noon into the woods (I have 11 acres) to stretch her legs, and while there, she pees (I've told her a woman never passes up the opportunity...
). We take another long walk about 2, and she usually manages to tinkle a little something to announce she was there. She has supper at 4:30 and then goes out for a final P&P at 6:30. Any later than 6:30, and she does not want to go out. So she goes from 6:30 PM to 5:30 AM (sometimes 6 AM) without going. She's real happy to see me in the morning.. but she patiently waits while I do "my thing" and put on shoes and a jacket. -
I voted 5 but that includes the walks we take each day, which we do at least twice a day and sometimes there's a 3rd if the stars line up and I'm in the mood.
(There was always a 3rd walk when it was warmer and not dark at 5 PM.)I feel for your concern and need. I live alone but since I'm retired, I don't have obligations that require me to go away for any length of time. I take Annie with me when I visit friends and family for a few days. They know we're a pair and that I don't leave her for more than 5 hours.
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Annie is, on her racing information, red, but I identify her as fawn, with white on her muzzle. There's a link to a picture of her in my signature. Yours is fawn also?
YUP~ ozark's pearl on the web/greyhound-data.org - excellent pic of her.
The link doesn't work. ;(
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Annie is, on her racing information, red, but I identify her as fawn, with white on her muzzle. There's a link to a picture of her in my signature. Yours is fawn also?
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Hmmm... I'm both a cat person and a Greyhound person. My cat wants to cuddle with Annie Bella but though tolerant, Annie Bella doesn't want that close of a relationship.
I'm thinking that since the cat is the one freakin' out, how about you confine the cat (in his cat carrier?) and let Magic sniff to his heart's content. Magic needs to satisfy his curiosity so I'd let him have a chance.
You have a beautiful family. Kids and dogs...what's better than that?
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I went looking for the clicker a few minutes ago. It was no where to be found. Hmmm... I know I left it right here on the end table. Then the light bulb moment hit. I bet Annie took it. Yepper...it was in her bed and she was laying on it, looking very innocent.
It's hardly a stuffie but she also takes furniture and people from my granddaughter's doll house and sleeps with 'em. Apparently she likes weird things in bed with her. 
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Like so many others, Annie Bella is not afraid of much. Thunder & lightning, snow, cats, dogs, people, 18-wheeler trucks with loud brakes, etc., don't bother her at all. But the second I open a certain type of plastic container that has a loud "pop" to it (unless I'm real careful how I open it, which doesn't always work anyway), she freaks and runs to her bed with her back to me. It's interesting that this container has some treats in it for her and she knows it. The minute I call her for the treat, she's fine, but she takes it and runs not wanting to be in the same room when I snap the top closed.
She ate the feet off the "mommy" doll and my granddaughter (5-1/2 years old) is not happy with this event. Those little feet also came up.
All the love you have for him will help him heal that much quicker.
(There was always a 3rd walk when it was warmer and not dark at 5 PM.)
It's hardly a stuffie but she also takes furniture and people from my granddaughter's doll house and sleeps with 'em. Apparently she likes weird things in bed with her. 
Collars In The House
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I would not leave a leash on a dog in the house unless I was holding the other end.
I also was concerned about leaving the Martindale collar on Annie Bella because once, when scratching her neck, she got a toe caught in the ring. I didn't want her to have no ID, even in the house, in case she ever got out the door. On another thread it was recommended to buy a collar from this site: http://www.daveengraves.com/ They engrave desired info right into the leather (I have her name and my name, town I live in and my phone number). I requested that no D ring be put on it to avoid a toe-catching problem, so it can't be used as a walking collar. It always stays on her, though, even when using the Martindale for walking. It's narrow, and I keep it very loose. If she ever got it caught on something, she could easily pull out of it.