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  1. Annie is 8-1/2. I've had her almost 5 years. I am widowed so it's Annie, Penny-the-cat and me. In the winter, we go for days and not see another person so we're often very solitary. She still loves going in the car and settles in when we visit other people. We average a 3-4 hour car ride to visit family every 2 months or so. She's not happy at my son's because they live in an apartment building and there's no back door to open to go P&P, and she's not crazy about the elevator and then a long walk to the grass site. She does settle in and they always make room for her on their couch, which does make her happy. Nonetheless, I feel bad for her, but it is what it is and I'm not going to not visit my son and his family because of it. I hope she never gets to the point, other than a medical reason not related to emotions, that she doesn't want to visit anyone because, frankly, she'll have to suck it up.
  2. He's gorgeous, but then I am rather biased about fawns.
  3. Almost anything a Greyhound does who is new to a household is normal, IMO, even if they've been fostered. Cushy things haven't been a part of his life so he doesn't know -- yet -- how wonderful they will feel on his body. My girl Annie, who I've had almost 5 years, likes softness but overly soft. If I put too much stuffing in any of her beds when it's time to restuff, she avoids it like the plague.
  4. Healthy Paws here also. The service is terrific. I submit monthly invoices for the meds Annie is on and 7-10 days later, I have a check in my mailbox.
  5. He sounds uncertain and afraid of his new environment. Poor guy went from the track, to surgery to your house. That's a lot of changes in a short time. It can weeks, even months, for a Greyhound to settle in and be himself. Give him lots of love, patience and time.
  6. When you say "outside," do you mean outdoors? Also, as said above, you need to get rugs or something he can walk on other than a smooth floor. Overall, I think his reactions are because he's new to being a pet. Some people find reading this helpful. http://www.gpa-az.com/gilley.html
  7. Annie also always contemplates the idea before going up. She'll walk up to them and if she gets there on what I assume is the wrong foot to start the trip up, she turns around, walks around the room and goes at it again. It might take her three or four times to get the right rhythm, and if I'm watching her from upstairs, all bets are off. She has to have privacy. Crazy dog.
  8. Be as confident as you can be. Exude confidence because as said above, your girl will sense if you are timid about the entire process. Annie learned to do stairs in 4 tries and I know it was because I had it in my mind that she had to do them or else she'd be sleeping downstairs by herself because momma sleeps in her bed, not on the couch. I did the paw paw/paw paw thing as above while mostly standing behind her and giving shoves on her bottom. Coming down the stairs, I stood beside her head, so my feet were always ahead of hers, and held her collar so she wouldn't fall. I did the paw paw thing going down. It worked. You can do it because it has to be done and go into it with that attitude. Do not ever carry her up or down. If she thinks she can get a free ride, she will expect it every time.
  9. This is terrific. Mary and Fencetop were bestest friends. How is Fencetop doing without his sleeping pal?
  10. What time is "before bed"? What time does she have breakfast in the morning? I say she's hungry. You could give her more than a few pieces of kibble at night or give her a biscuit at 5:30 AM and maybe that will satisfy her until breakfast. She may be a dog that can't go from supper to breakfast without a decent amount of food in her tummy.
  11. This is so cute. I thought every dog loved PB. My girl won't go near veggies. Annie LOVES PB. She gets about a tablespoon each morning into which I squish a pill she takes every day. She'd take the pill even if it were just dipped in PB, that's how much she loves the stuff. I use the PB I buy for myself and over the course of the jar, she eats more than I do.
  12. Just curious: What time is her last out before going to bed? I assume it's late enough that as others above say, she can hold it. She's seeking attention. A dog new to a household, especially a Greyhound recently off the track not used to his/her own humans, is like a child: they'll do anything for attention. Don't train her to expect she'll get it whenever she acts up. Good luck!
  13. This as well as I've seen a dog choke on a piece and words can't describe how scary that was. I don't give rawhide to Annie, even if I'm in the same room.
  14. Oh wowwww. What a good video of a beautiful, energetic Pod.
  15. I'm still confused. I live in Upstate New York also -- though probably more upstate than you -- and each house has property associated with it, even if there are no visible lines. I own my house and therefore a certain amount of property (in this case 1/3 acre) around it. If I rented my house, I would also be renting this 1/3 acre and therefore anybody or animal who came on it without permission would be trespassing. Ask your landlord where the property line is. There must be a property line. You don't just walk out your back door and immediately step onto community property, right? Once that line is determined, inform the Pom parents that if their dogs come on your property again, you will report them to the local AC. It sounds mean, but you can't think that way. What *they* are doing is wrong and you have a right, an obligation, to protect yourself and your girl. Also, though the Pom "only" bit your pant legs, what happens when you have on shorts and it bites your leg? This is totally unacceptable behavior and the Pom parents need to be told and be held responsible.
  16. I have no advice about the incident, but I know I wouldn't hesitate to adopt a dog with an injury, whether limp or amputated leg, if I fell for him.
  17. Just an FYI: FortiFlora, mentioned above, can be purchased from Amazon. Also FYI: It did nothing for Annie. No probiotic ever did. I know experienced Greyhound people who will introduce a new food over the course of a week and feel that if poos aren't better within a week after being weaned, the food isn't going to work. I also know experienced Greyhound people who change food with no weaning off the old and onto the new. They just do it. My Annie has no issues with her food, but if I give her treats she's not used to, the results are evident the next day or two with loose stools. So to me, it stands to reason that you don't need weeks to determine if a new food is going to work if an adverse reaction to a treat changes the output.
  18. We never forget them. We always love them.
  19. Annie doesn't like her ears touched. She doesn't yelp or get snarky, but she turns her head away or ducks and if someone does get an ear to rub, she tries to flatten them. She did have an ear infection 3 years ago which drops cured and the vet checks her ears thoroughly every time we visit. I think that not liking her ears touched is just one of those things just as some dogs don't like their feet touched.
  20. My condolences on Zeke's passing. Your words are beautiful.
  21. This is sad and we're all sorry to hear this. I was discussing this just the other day with a Greyhound friend who has 5 Greys and we both agreed that we would not put our hounds through intensive treatment, such as amputation and chemo, especially if the dog was elderly. Everybody can chime in, but in the end, it's what works for you and Tilly.
  22. Welcome. Falling in love with them is a good fall.
  23. Your girl is beautiful. Annie's nose drips sometimes and there is not one thing I can associate with it. She drips when she is happy, or so I assume because she's acting like it. It might drip in the house or on walks. It might drip just .. whenever. I know that there is a lot of advice about the signals dogs give and what they mean, but I have always wondered how *people* know? Granted, a growl is pretty obvious, as well as the tail between the legs, but a dripping nose? Lips quivering? Ears back or up? Except for growling, which Annie has never done, and the tail, which she does very seldom, I don't know a consistent reason for the other three. Her lips quiver a lot, even when it seems to me she shouldn't be excited or happy. Her nose drips for no apparent reason. Her ears are back most of the time, going into fox-ear mode only when something catches her eye.
  24. Planting themselves is one thing Greyhounds are very good at. My girl did it when I first adopted her over 4 years ago, and it brought me to tears. I was given a couple of tips from a trainer to get her moving again. One is to hold her close to your thigh and pushing firmly but gently on her neck/shoulder area, walk in a circle. When you come out of the circle, keep on walking. Oftentimes getting the feet moving is all that's needed. The other suggestion is to gently but firmly give a shove on her shoulder and then start walking. Again, often when the feet are forced to move, your girl may come out of her daydream. As I said, I've had Annie for over 4 years and she still occasionally plants herself and gazes into the sky. I do call her a stubborn Greyhound because when I get her attention, she just looks at me like "Huh? You want me to do what?" She'll usually move by me using my mom voice and saying, "Annie, come now." If that doesn't work, I give the shove on the shoulder. That always works. Your girl (name and picture??) sounds much like my girl. She was almost perfect from the very beginning, with one difference being she loved to walk, though planting once in a while. The problem was getting her to want to go home. I had to cross a busy road to get to the driveway, and she liked to plant herself in the middle of the highway. ETA: I'm on the fence about how much a Greyhound can take regarding a new home and new situations. Many of my Greyhound friends are of the opinion that they are dogs and should pretty much be treated as a dog, without much coddling. I believe that every dog, Greyhound or otherwise, has to be assessed as to what will be too much. The one bit of advice I will give is not to be afraid. I remember thinking that Annie was soooo special because she was a Greyhound, that I had to be extremely careful about handling her, walking her, feeding her, etc. It took me a couple of weeks to realize that there were some things to be careful about (to this day she doesn't like small spaces and avoids them) but that overall, she is a dog.
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