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Just had a suggestion to splint the paw in its correct position. Has anyone else done this? He is still curling his paw under and on our last walk he scraped the top of his paw. We have tried to keep a sock on it to prevent the scraping, but have not been real successful. He loves his walks, and I feel guilty leaving him home, so we try.

I hope so. the vets are not very encouraging. Since this injury is such a rarity it is hard to guess the prognosis. Amputation is not on the table. He is such a sweet smart dog. He will make some one a great companion. We are getting attached to him, so hopefully he will get well and find a forever home soon before we CAN'T give him up.

My wife and I feel so bad. about the problem. Everyone says it is a freak thing and most have never had any reaction like this. Even the vets say the same thing.. We have used acupuncture, laser and acupressure on a prior dog and it helped. We are willing to try alternative treatments. Right after the Neurologist Vet follow up, we will give it a try. Thank you, The prognosis is not very encouraging, but we can't give up our hope. He is such a sweet smart dog. .

UPDATE; We have taken him to another vet, a specialist Neurological Vet. The vets says he can't feel his leg or paw. The reaction is very unusual. Nerve damage usually doesn't last very long, however the prognosis is not encouraging. Basically both vets have said he will improve in time OR NOT. It has been three weeks and practically no improvement. We are giving him GABABPENTIN. and it seems to help him being able to get around. He hops where ever we go. Today is the longest he has been able to go, almost 1 1/2 miles. He really loves his walks and we have been trying to extend his exercise and walks. I don't have the heart to leave him home when I take the others out.

Because she is 10 mostly.

We were at an adoption fair with our Greyhounds. A woman who breeds and raised whippets stopped by and told me that if any one wants a calm easy dog, get a greyhound.not a whippet. I have never had a whippet but after what she said, I will stick to Greyhouonds

We are hesitant to have our 10 year old Mimi put under unless absolutely necessary We have used a service that does it without anesthesia. They do recognize problems and have sent us to the vet for service before. We are going back to the vet and ask them not to put her under for cleaning. We do want the best for our Mimi but at her age we don't want to have her with any unnecessary procedures...

I have been taking Gabapention for years. I started with 100, then increased to 300 and now 600. I have not noticed any side effects at any of the dosages. NOW our foster who is 3 1/2 years old and 68 lbs has been prescribed 100 for a nerve problem. He has a damaged nerve and the vet says he can't feel his paw, and it may or may not get better.. I will look for any side effects, but there were no warnings from the vet. I hope this helps him. He was progressing so well up until now.

The shot was Imazol, for treatment of tick borne diseases.It was his 2nd injection, the 1st was when he was brought from the track two weeks ago. He has improved SLIGHTLY. We will be meeting with the group on Sunday and decide what to do next. Technically he is their dog and not ours. The guilt though is ours, we feel so bad. One of the guesses now is that he might have injured his leg in the spasm after the shot and not a direct result of the shot. No one has ever seen this type of reaction before, We are familiar with the great vets at SO CAL. We just brought a dog from Caliente Mexico with a broken leg to them.

Our male and male foster don't always lift the legs. Our boy pees in different directions but never on his foot. Almost hit mine a few times. I would not worry about it.

We have a 3 1/2 year old male foster who came from the track only 2 weeks ago. . We had to give him a shot. The guess is that we hit a nerve. He went in to a fit, ran around, kicked his legs. He had a shot of this stuff before with no reaction. Now he has tucked his paw under, and is walking on the top of his foot. No one has seen this type of reaction before, even the vet. It has been 4 days, and although it is slightly better, he is still has his paw tucked under a lot of the time. Has anyone scene this reaction before? We are so sad that this has happened, He such a sweet boy, really smart and we hoped to find him a great forever home, but look like this might not happen. Any suggestions or help?

Mimi barks for no apparent reason. It is usually in the evening. She has been on walks, fed, and has been out side, has a dog door. I wish we could figure out why.she barks. She is 91/2 years old but his is fairly recent behavior. I've read to her all the books that say greyhounds don't bark, but she is not impressed

Welcome to the greyhound world. They are such sweet loving animals.

We have always let our greys share our room. They each have their own bed, and sleep though the night. We do use baby gates to keep them out of areas they shouldn't be in (like the cats food, bed and potty area) we've never had a problem.

Threw me for a minute. I am from Ontario, but in California. Welcome from Warm and Sunny ONtario

I'm not sure what harness we have. Our male would pull to every tree, post, bush and what ever else to pee on. We got a harness. I don't know if he learned to walk or the harness helped. I keep him on the harness with a short leash. He seems to be doing better. He will still pull once in a while but is much better. With the short leash, I stop at special pee places. but make him wait until I say OK, .then loosen the leash to a longer lead and let him go. Otherwise with the short lead I keep walking until I reach the pee spot. He has never statued, but had pulled a lot.

We always are safe when bringing in a new dog. We keep it muzzled and introduce it to the cat repeatedly. Many dogs will show very quickly how they will get along. Then the risk is a cat that runs. A dog that will be calm with an indoor cat, but will chase an outdoor cat that runs. (We have an inside cat, but also have a feral cat that lives outside.)We have set up the gates with the small gates in the bottom for the cat. Our two now will be right next to each other on the floor, and will be nose to nose when the cat is in our laps. We have fostered dogs that are supposed to be "safe" but have tried to go after the cats. The tests at our home show right away if they are safe, and They go right back to the group to be reclassified as not cat safe

How can he "connect" ir. Would he have to shave the area? Even with stubble the pads don't stick well. I've got 3 tens machines, and don't have any dogs that need it now, but it would be nice to know if needed in the future.

Our Grey was fine for years,then all of a sudden she started "pooping" in the house. Her mate of many years had died recently. Do you have one or two greys? Once we go another grey, it stopped. It was separation anxiety and the problem stopped. Something is causing your greys distress, Injury? loud noise? Change in food? .

Our two greys and our cat sleep in our bedroom, without any problems. The one the wife wants to throw out for noise ( I snore) is me. Be thankful she doesn't want you sleeping elsewhere. She does use earplugs, which help some.

Our MIMI was hurt by a child. When we got her she was afraid of a lot. She would run around behind me a look between my legs, and would not allow her self to be petted by strangers. Our male was the opposite, he loved people and had at times as many as 10 kids petting him. It took time and reassurance, but today she is fine. When ever she hid, I would pet her and reassure her. Give love and patience.

Our Sam had spinal stenosis. We decided on holistic treatment. We found a Vet, who specializes in holistic care. She used manipulation and laser and it helped Sam a lot. We took him once a week to start, reduced it to once a month, then once every 3 months. You might try a holistic vet I've used tens myself for years. Tens really needs bare skin to stick the pads. I don't see how you could use tens on a hairy dog

Make sure you introduce them in neutral territory and see how they react. We take our current kids outside and let them sniff each other. We do this with fosters too. It is usually less than a few days to see how safe they are. With cats it a little more tricky. Keep the muzzle on until they get used to each other. We usually get a good reading withing a few days. Then to be sure, if you are not available to keep a check on them, keep them muzzled, We have also set up "baby gates" with a cat door for the cat to escape if necessary. We've had fosters suddenly jump up in our lap where the cat is, so best to be safe. Now the dogs and cats sleep on the floor together Seldom does it take more than a few days to find out.

What a variety of opinions. For us it is a moot point. The two groups I have been involved with REQUIRE keeping the Greys on a leash when out of a fenced area. they include that requirement in their adoption agreement Both also frown on dog parks as being a possible problem. I also have been on searches for "lost" greyhounds. It is not a fun chore. Many become afraid and care must be used to approach them. At the race track, people yell at them all the time during a race. . They pay no attention. The track is also fenced and handlers are always at the finish line to re-leash the dogs and walk them to the kennel after the race. It is better to be safe than sorry.

When we got our Mimi would NOT go except on actual grass. We live in the mountains and the closest grass was over a mile way. We kept the grass visits short, it was not a play time. gradually we started short walks around the neighborhood, and she started finding her spot, she figured out that walks were potty time. Now not a problem. She is fine with the dirt now but It takes time and patience, I am sure she will find her spot. Our male will use any post, tree, plant and has never had a problem. Our two are not afraid of other dogs. Greyhounds spend their whole life with other dogs, so I don't know why they would be afraid of other dogs. they want to smell and check them out. I let them approach other dogs . I know our twos personality, but I don't know what the other dogs are like. Ask the owner of any dog if they are "safe." then let them approach each other. My trouble is little yappy things especially the ones not on a leash..