AZGreyGirl

Good job, Henry! I am so glad you are at home!

Hello, fellow Chandlerite! Welcome and may your greyhound wish come true! As mentioned, every dog is different. Olivia lives for her walks. She goes crazy if she doesn't get one of them and has figured out ways of asking for a walk. She likes spinning more than running though. But overall she's pretty mellow. Chloe, on the other hand, loves running and needs a good zoom around the back yard to keep herself calm. She would probably not be a good apartment dog. And her racing record was not as good as Olivia's. But the groups around here foster and should be able to match you up with the best dog for your situation.

Beautiful crew! They lookalike they are having a blast! On Jan. 25 is the annual Greyt Gathering. It's a lot of fun and a place to meet other greyhounds and their people. The info is on the GPA website, http://gpa-az.org.

I am so sorry. Not Henry! Sending prayers your way.

It was a prescription from the vet - can't get that strength OTC. Diamondback Drugs, a compounding pharmacy, made it. It was about $30 and I have well over a life time supply for a few greyhounds. My vet had us put it on for a week, scrape off the affected layer ( didn't hurt her at all), off for a week, on for a week. As I mentioned, after the first few days, she was feeling much better. The corn has not reappeared, but I suspect it may at some point. It took several months after the first time for it to come back.

Welcome from Chandler, AZ! I am excited to meet another Arizonan on this forum! Your combination of girls sounds very familiar - the naughty one (that's my Chloe) who's so cute and full of energy who likes to steal my slippers and the sweetie pie (that's my Olivia) who is just a love bug-snuggle monster! Do you have pictures? Which group did you adopt from? (Just curious...mine came from GPA-AZ but we also do M&Gs with AAGI at a local Farmer's Market.)

She's beautiful! Welcome!

Something similar happened with Olivia. The corn actually ejected itself and her limp got worse, to the point of her carrying her leg up for a week even while wearing her TheraPaws. We went to the vet and did the x-Ray thing too, but it came back good. But there must have been some corn left or a new one was already forming because about the same time as she was starting to put her foot down the corn reappeared. Apparently the invisible or baby one was more irritating than the larger one. What ended up helping was applying a strong salycilic acid ointment (60%) and doing the duck tape thing. It softened it right up and made the corn disappear.

He's so handsome! I'm glad he's far away from me! I say let that handsome man dig all he wants! With that smile...oh, what a heart melter!

I sure hope that's love, because Chloe says "I love you, Mama!" (I think)like that all the time when she's excited. Thankfully her nips have more restraint than the accompanying body language suggest. When he body slams at the same time, you'll know his love knows no bounds. Good thing we love our nutjobs!

He's adorable! Congrats!

What a beautiful girl! May she find a sunny patch to snuggle in at the Bridge.

I'm so sorry. Run free, Joe T.

Being from the SW I feel obligated to say that if there is any chance your dog traveled or raced in the desert SW at any point make sure to have a Valley Fever blood test done if the limp doesn't disappear. It will attack legs, like it did my Livs.'

Welcome from Chandler, AZ! My girls are both GPA dogs well and raced in Tucson. Dane is beautiful! I look forward to seeing lots of pics of him.

Can't help much with the separation anxiety, but supposedly adding a dollop of yogurt to their food helps keep gas manageable.

She's beautiful! Not related to my own black beauty Olivia but she sounds a lot like her. Welcome to the wonderful world of being owned by greyhounds.

AzGreyGirl (Barbara) in Chandler AZ with girls Olivia & Chloe

I have two girls, Olivia and Chloe. I just started running with Olivia this spring during the cooler weather. She absolutely loves it. The longest we have gone is about a mile or mile and a half. I think she would go even a little farther if I allowed her and if I were up to it. Her sister, Chloe, enjoys it for about the first block and then she's done. She also has the same attitude about her walks, however! Chloe has never shown any interest in the furniture, but Olivia did. But she is a dog who really wants to please and when she learned that she was not allowed on the furniture she stopped trying to get on. We live in a 900 square-foot home and it is just fine with two dogs. More I think would be pushing it though. Good luck with your search. It is so much fun visiting the meet and greets and meeting all the dogs. The right one will find you!

I am wondering about this, too. Are the sardines whole?

Wish I had some good advice but all I can do is send good thoughts your way.

Welcome from Chandler, AZ! I love finding other Arizonans on here! I have only been owned by grays for about a year and remember your excitement well!

I like the treat idea, and I will try the single walk idea to see if it is a pace thing. A couple times when I have taken the collars out she has looked at me and then walked to her bed. But when I told her she would be left alone and then led Olivia to the door and opened it she came trotting over - did not want to be left behind. I have a feeling that, like Angel, she doesn't see the point except for taking care of potty issues. She p&ps right away quick unlike her sister who stretches it out as long as possible.

Olivia loves, loves, loves her walkies! She dances and prances when I show her the leash, she trots merrily along our routes. She equally loves our sniffy walks and our "walk" walks. Either way, she loves walks. This is my girl who is calm and quiet inside the house, isn't a bit toy nut, and generally isn't energetic otherwise. Chloe is my nutso dog who plays with toys with frantic energy, runs around the backyard several times a day, enjoys being outside in the backyard, and gets anyone she can to chase her - Olivia, me, my husband, she'll even ask The Cat to in a pinch. (Cat always says "no!" - smart cat.) Happy happy happy smiley - that's her. But put her leash on her and take her outside and she gets these big put-upon eyes and she drags her feet. She walks along and doesn't ever refuse to come, but she acts like she is so tired and is about to die. Does she just not enjoy walks? This does not fit her personality in any other way. She doesn't stop to sniff very often or to take in the view - this is the girl who is otherwise curious about everything! She doesn't have favorite places she likes to visit the way Olivia does. Is there a way I can help "teach" her to enjoy walks? I just find it surprising that she acts so put upon when she is always going and excited about so many other things. She's well behaved. Never had a bad experience that I know of. Could it be that it is less pleasant for her because she and Olivia have such different paces/speeds and interests and Olivia sets the pace? (Olivia walks at a pretty steady "trot" and Chloe does a drag, drag, gotta-catch up, drag, drag, drag, gotta-catch up). Can I teach her to like it more?

I'm betting that this has something to do with their abilities to "read" people which to us seem uncanny. I was watching The Science of Dogs on Netflix a couple weeks ago and apparently there are dogs who can detect cancer in patients by its smell and even microscopic traces of drugs that are hidden in multiple layers of luggage. Since they take in so much through their noses, it makes sense that they are picking up scents with people that equal danger. Likewise with body language since so much of their communication is non-verbal.