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Excellent advice above! I'd only add that it may help you feel more comfortable, while you're working with him on these things, if he's muzzled.

Sounds like Terrier Daisy. She has CHF and it's a struggle getting her to eat most days. She missed all four meals over the weekend (and harassed me all day every day because she was so hungry but couldn't bring herself to eat anything) and this morning and finally ate her evening meal this afternoon. I gave her a chunk of hamburger as an appetizer and that seemed to spur things on. If you're hesitant to switch up his food every day (I would be too, especially if he's prone to having a sensitive tummy), have you tried adding in tasty things? An all canned food diet? Good luck!

I'm so sorry - I was hoping for a different diagnosis, something easy to cure! Hugs for you and Zuri from me and Daisy.

I talked to a couple of our really experienced volunteers today and they suggested either meds to help the anxiety or melatonin to help calm her. Does she get a good long exercise walk in the morning? If she doesn't, you may try adding one to the routine. A fast-paced walk more than half an hour, or even a jog if you're a jogger (I'm not! It's walks for me). That'll help tire her out. Also give her plenty of potty opportunity before you leave for the day - make sure she pees enough to empty her bladder, and be sure she poops. If you're leaving water down for her, stop for a while and see if that helps. If you're putting water in her food and giving her access while you're home, she'll be getting enough water so restricting access while you're gone isn't bad.

Aww, cool! Are you a member of the group on Facebook? You can also post this there and probably get even more good advice There are links on our homepage for the page and the group (if you want to post questions, you should join the group, not the page).

Sending good thoughts for good X-rays...

Not a greyhound, but Daisy the terrier has the same problem. Her right eye is worse than her left and the pupil is almost totally silvered out. The vet said it was totally normal for her age (she's 12) and that she's not blind, per se, but that she can't see close up and can see far away. My experience has supported this - she can spot a person or squirrel far down the road, but can't see a peanut drop in front of her

I don't have much experience with SA, but you could be dealing with that if she's perfect while you're home and not so perfect when you're gone. Have you worked on alone training? It can take a while but once you acclimate a pup to being alone, they typically do alright. There are some individuals who just have to have company, but you won't know until you give alone training some time to work. Start small. Make the crate a happy place (a tasty treat whenever she goes in, awesome treats that she only gets in the crate, some in-crate relaxing time when you're home, etc). What's her daily schedule like? If she's alone for too long during the day, that may also be the problem. Can you have someone stop by midday to take her out? As an aside, you didn't adopt Lucie from PRH, did you? We adopted out a pup named Lucie (and her favorite Snoopy toy) not too long ago, so the name caught my eye

We always say to not let them jump (into the car, out of the car, onto beds or sofas) or full-out run for a week or so after a spay. You'll want to keep an eye on the incision for any redness or swelling, and make sure she's not licking at it, but other than that...it's not much different than adopting one who was spayed a while ago.

I'm glad Kira is doing well! And I love the new name. Was never fond of Olay and always figured it should actually be spelled "Olé!" because she's so enthusiastic about everything Also, I'm really impressed that she now walks on a leash instead of bounces like Tigger. I wish I had a video of it, though! I agree with the suggestion to just walk her. Walk her around the yard, take her on a walk, just keep her on a leash. Eventually she'll have to go so bad she'll just do it. I feel your pain in the meantime, though - when she first came back, she was "Leash walk only" because of her tendency to hop fences when unattended (and since it was turnout, she was out there alone). I spent half an hour holding her leash while she vertically bounced around the biggest run without doing any potty at all. Let her off and she went immediately... It'll probably take some time, but she'll likely get the hang of it eventually. If that won't work (for her or you!), a potty-only section of the yard could also work. If it's boring and just for potty (try using sand, since that's what she got used to pottying on) maybe she'll be more inclined to go instead of stalk fuzzies!

Someone videoed how we cat test at PRH. If I can find it, I'll post it for you! It's different than a lot of the suggestions because the cat is being held initially, but the person is sitting so the cat is eye-level and the dog can just sniff without jumping up. But this is a very experienced cat - he knows the drill! I hope I can find it for you...

There's a great article out there about calming a prey drive, but I don't have a link. Hopefully someone will post it for you!

My senior terrier will do this. It took me forever to find something she'd eat more often than not (turned out to be canned Nutro, the lamb and turkey varieties), but she'll still skip meals here and there. Some days she'll skip breakfast then pick at dinner. Some days she'll skip breakfast and pretend to have no interest in dinner, but will go back and eat it if I just leave it down. I don't give her anything special in her meals because she learned that if she held off, I'd put something in to entice her. I stopped that and now she'll hold off, realize nothing's coming, then eat. The only addition I give her is a little yogurt. I think either she just doesn't need as much as I'm offering or she just gets bored with the same food every day (but if I switch foods, she gets really weird - she can't have chicken, and I think the non-chicken foods I tried are higher in sodium because she gets ravenously thirsty and will not rest until she drains her bowl). Barring any dental or tummy issues that would make it uncomfortable for her to eat, perhaps she's bored with the food, she doesn't need as much as you think she does, or she's holding out for something better.

Or if you must put her in the tub, put a towel down on the floor of the tub and lift her in all at once, gently. Then give a treat, then wash, then treat!

I know it's not for raised feeders, but I used this one for our ravenous houndie and it worked pretty well (she never had a problem eating out of the bowl on the floor instead of on a raised feeder). There's also this on Amazon. Glad to hear they're already behaving like siblings!

I never did, actually - the pup in question needed a second dog (for a variety of reasons ) so he went to a new home with another grey and is totally content now. But before that, we were working on it, mostly just by standing on the hardwood with me next to him, feeding him chunks of hotdog, until he relaxed a little. Were I you, I'd start one paw at a time. If he voluntarily steps off the carpet with one tootsie, reward him. If he lets you lead him to the point where one paw if off the rug, reward him. Baby steps! If you can get the traction aid recommended above, that'll help a lot. That way, when you lead him gently off his safe place and his paw doesn't slip out from under him AND he gets a treat, it'll all be good.

How certain are you that he's terrified at all times because of the rug? I ask because I had one who would act positively terrified on any shiny floors - hardwoods, tile, etc. He'd go into full-on Bambi-on-ice the second his paw touched it, no matter how much positive reinforcement with hotdogs I did with him. And then one day I was in the kitchen and I heard the tapping of toenails and a nose snuffling in his food bin. The only way for him to get to the food bin was across hardwood floors that didn't have rugs (I made a noise and he turned and trotted away from the food bin and across the shiny floors, totally fearless, back to his bed). Turns out his fear wasn't the floor - his fear was the floor if I was with him I can only assume that I was with him the first time he slipped, and from then on he thought that I'd pushed him and therefore wouldn't walk on shiny floors around me in case I "pushed him" again. Will Wyatt do floors if you're not there? Easy way to check - put a hotdog in the middle of your kitchen floor (or living room floor if that's easier) and leave the room. Wait and listen for scarfing sounds.

Put down rugs and/or runners so that he's able to move around. Once he's moving through the house, you can start working on training him that the hardwoods aren't something to be afraid of. Take up one runner that's in a heavily traveled area, but leave the surrounding runners down. Offer hotdog. It's important that he's able to move about the house without freaking out on the hardwoods - that'll go a long way to helping him feel more confident in the house. Have you tried super high-value treats? Something like cheese or hot dog? It might be worth a try if you haven't. A lot of dogs who don't seem food motivated suddenly become food motivated when you offer them things like hotdog or cheese or meat. The things you say he's afraid of are all fairly normal things for new pups to look at and go "Whoa, no way". I had one who was terrified of me opening the mailbox I just stood next to the mailbox and opened, and closed, and opened, and closed, and eventually he realized that it was totally harmless. You might try this with the trashcans. On trash day, pick a trashcan (yours, probably, because it would look less strange to camp out next to your own can than it would a neighbor's!) and just stand there, or pace back and forth, passing it. When he loses interest (or seems not as afraid) take a few steps closer. Try giving him the super special treat. Repeat this until you can walk by the trashcan without him reacting. If you're using a collar, you might consider a harness. It's also important to not baby him too much when he's nervous. When he panics, just ignore it, or give a gentle scritch behind an ear and say "You're fine, let's go" in a normal voice. Just go about whatever you're doing (getting him to the back door for a walk, passing a car or trashcan, etc) - don't make a big deal out of it, and try to just act like he's a "normal" dog who isn't freaked by stuff. Be gentle, but try not to baby too much (it's tempting, I know!). I'm working on this with my terrier - she's afraid of the world. When she panics, I just keep walking and murmuring "It's not gonna get you, you'll be fine. Let's go!" She's coming around. Slowly, but she's getting there. As for a friend, it's not a bad idea (it almost never is! They're like chips ) but it won't solve every problem, or won't solve them all completely. Still, it would be worth a try... If you're concerned about fitting two greys in your little house, can you ask about fostering? Or maybe there's another grey-parent in your area who needs a petsitter for a week (summer and vacation time is coming up, after all) and you can offer - that way you'll get an idea about how two greys will fit in your house and about if a confident buddy would help Wyatt. Others will probably have better advice. Just remember it's all new to him. He came from a track surrounded by 50 of his buddies and is now the only grey in a little house with a strange (but nice and food-providing) human. It'll take time for him to adjust. They all adjust differently - it just sounds like your pup is a little more nervous than others. Time and patience, and some positive reinforcement, and he'll come around

We can chat for sure! But Tracey knows the dogs really well (even better than me..haha) so she'd probably have more info for you. How far from he kennel are you? We do offer boarding, so if you did want to adopt but didn't want to board somewhere that might freak out the new pup, we could be an option. Kimberly is actually on vacation now so if you're emailing, you're already chatting with Tracey. I think Olay is great. She was adopted then returned - she started jumping the fence. She doesn't do it at the kennel (not anymore, at least). She just likes to be with others (people and dogs) and if she's alone, I think she thinks "Hey, I'll just hop over there and see who's around!" She's a sweetie for sure.

We have a couple who have the potential to snuggle! Was it you who asked on Facebook? If not, both Emily and Olay seem to be cuddly. I like them both very much - Olay is playful and sweet and Emily is just adorable. She likes to sunbathe during turnout The newbies all seem lovely as well (there are a couple who seem like they'll be snuggly!), though they're technically not available yet (it'll be a couple weeks).

I'm glad he seems better! Do you know when you'll be looking again? We're getting a haul of 20 tomorrow and will have a full kennel, so now's a good time Plenty to choose from!

Pizza Joint's owner texted me!! She had her puppies on April 1 (3 girls and a boy). He said it'll be a couple years but he'll get in touch with me when she's ready for a home! I'm planning to text occasionally (to stay on his radar...I know how busy they are!) but I am so excited. I may have burst into happy tears as soon as I got the text

Thank you! I can't wait to follow her pups...

Not sure if this is the right place to ask or not, but my googling has turned up nothing! The nga put up a new breeding report and Pizza Joint is listed! Says the sire is Flying Coal City. Anyway, I was wondering what FS and AI mean? I would assume it has to do with the method, but my tired brain couldn't get past Artificial Intelligence and I know that's wrong I couldn't find a 'glossary' anywhere and this is all new to me!

Constant licking and butt-scooting across the floor are the main symptoms. My terrier has anal gland problems and a few days into every month like clockwork she starts scooting and licking and acting generally uncomfortable. But mostly scooting.