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Ha Pee Birfday Aiden. Wags frum Chancey and Nutmeg in Reel England. Scritches from Mum.

Although it was a rough way to learn it, at least now the adoption group know that Sadie Rose needs to be an only dog or may be OK with a male companion. Hoping Petunia heals quickly and forgets the incident soon.

I have had Chancey 7 years now and for the first year or so I used the RGT food and she always did huge sloppy poops, then I changed her to Burns Fish & Brown Rice I think it was. I found that was an improvement but I couldn’t use too much water on it or everything got sloppy again. After quite a few years on that she seemed to start getting loose again despite being wormed etc. Then someone on here mentioned the Gain * greyhound food for retired dogs and I tried that and things seem to be OK now but I’m still careful about how much water I use, especially as she seems to have a big drink once she knows I am getting their meal ready. I use one tin or one packet ( something like Forthglade) of wet food per day mixed in with the girls’ kibble i.e. a quarter of tin on each meal for each dog - two meals per day. This way the majority of their main food stays the same but the addition makes it smell and taste different to add variety. *The Gain dog food seems to be available from only a few on line suppliers and I think it may have been the food that came with her but I couldn’t find it available on line at that time so I went for the RGT one. I find some treats will produce a runny tum so she doesn’t get too many of those, just something when I go out and leave them.

My whippet Chester would ‘bury’ his chew in the middle of the living room carpet then sit on the settee or a dog bed and watch to make sure nobody went near it. If one of the other whippets so much as moved (they all received one at the same time) then he would be up and grabbing it and take it off to bury somewhere else. It gave the family hours of harmless fun because you just had to say “I’m going to get....” and he was up like a shot and rescuing the chew just to go and hide it in full view again. He was one for hiding chews behind cushions too!

Welkum Sadie Rose, yu gotta speshul sista there and grate nyoo Mum and Dad. Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg in Reel Engaland.

Petunia, we hav ownlee jusst red abowt Kate having to leeve yu and Missr. Don and Miss. Chris. We know she hadda wunderfull howme wiv yu and yu ar gonna miss hur a lot but we xpekt she iz gonna be sharing storees wiv Rocket and kleening playtes atta Rainbow Bridge. Likky kissis frum Chancey and Nutmeg and gud wishis frum Mum.

We had that in the local area last year - a week of fire brigades from all over fighting a fire that ravaged heathland and killed countless numbers of rare and protected wildlife.

Make the most of the sunshine and lifting of restrictions Peggy. Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg.

Hi Adam, we ar shur yu will mayke yur Mum reel happee. Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg in Reel Engaland.

When I first took Chancey to the vet, when she was straight off the track, he commented on the size of her thigh muscles and how much bigger and stronger they were than "The other greyhounds we see here". Now, seven years later, she has become a rather wobbly old lady whose thigh muscles seem almost non existent compared to when she arrived here. She keeps trundling on, though, and loves her daily walks. She is still capable of taking up the whole length of the settee!

You made the difficult but right decision for what was best for your girl and no houndee can ask for more from a loving owner! Run fast and free Sophie.

I do my best to make sure cats have fair warning I am letting my two out into the garden but the stupid things still come in after the mice. I warn any neighbours with cats that if their cat comes into my garden then I cannot be responsible for its safety. Often I am more worried that a cornered cat will turn and scratch my dog’s eyes. I have found dead birds and a live hedgehog in Chancey’s cage where she’s brought them indoors. Thankfully she’s not brought in any of the Slow Worms that inhabit the compost heaps. She was a nightmare around other dogs for several years after she came to me and always wore a muzzle when out walking. I read somewhere that it took 18 months for a dog to calm down after they finished racing and a good 2 years for a bitch. It took the 2 years and after that time, attending training classes (still wearing a muzzle), for her to relax when out. Seven years after joining my family and age twelve she is quite a staid old lady but if she sees a cat outside on our walk I have to hang on to her.

Elspeth Rose has several hound/mixed breeds colouring books available, I have a couple of them.

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!

I have found young children seem to accept and get over death pretty quickly even of loved pets. Like the animals they tend to "live in the day" and although they miss them they get on with their lives more rapidly than we do.

Yu’re inna ryte plase Sid. Wagz and Likky kissis frum Chancey (an Irish gal) and Nutmeg.

I think my whippet lurcher runs slower than my pure bred whippets ran because her conformation makes her neither a whippet or (probably) a greyhound.

You can have “red fawn” and “blue fawn” colour coats when registering dogs. “Blue” is actually grey! I have had red fawn and blue fawn dogs, the red fawn is a darker red/brown while the blue fawn is a lighter cream/ grey. Red brindle dogs have a darker background and black markings while blue brindles have grey markings and possibly lighter colour background.

Thinking of all of you.

Nigel yu wer a and awl them kidlets and owld fowks that yu helped and luvved ar gonna miss yu. Mam, yu know we finking ov yu and the fambilee. Likky kissis frum Chancey and Nutmeg. Luv frum Mum.

Ha Pee Birfday Merc. Looks lyke yu having a Greyt day! Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg.

Lucy, I know people think I am hard but as far as my animals are concerned making and taking that decision can never be too early but can so easily be too late. I don’t want my pets to have to tell me they have had enough, I want them to go while still enjoying their life, not struggling with it. Whenever I have been thinking it is coming up to that time I have usually taken the snap decision and contacted the vet, asking them to come to the house that day. It is easy to double think things and put them off but you have the Christmas period to contend with too and possible difficulties with access to a vet urgently if needed. I think that says it all from my point of view. Posted with a loving heart. Carol.

Greyhounds ARE big dogs and if they are straight off the track they are extremely strong and Jack sounds as though he was extra large, which for a first time (petite) owner would make life rather more difficult. I had owned whippets for twenty years before I adopted Chancey and knew about sighthounds. I didn’t choose her, she was delivered to my door and even I swallowed a bit when I saw her in the house for the first time and realised how tall she was and she’s not enormous. Even now, seven years later, I look at her and it suddenly hits me at just how big she is, and she’s getting to be a little old lady! No matter how gentle they are under normal circumstances, it is always wise to remember that they have sharp teeth and strong jaws but then any size dog can do a lot of damage if they have a mind to. At 5ft7ins. I could handle Chancey although even I had a problem when she got excited at seeing small fluffy dogs and leapt, screaming, into the air. My hand tight against her collar was my shoulder height and I had to stand really firm so that I didn’t get pulled over. At the same time I had a whippet on another lead. Sadly, you had to return Jack, which was probably the best thing for both of you under the circumstances but I hope the experience hasn’t put you off adopting another greyhound when you are in the right frame of mind to do so. Did you use RGT or another adoption group? Sometimes a specialist rehoming group is better than a more general charity as they are more likely to know the foibles of their breed but RGT cannot take them all off the tracks so I know they turn up in smaller rescues with alarming regularity. Good luck with your next foray into adoption no matter what breed you decide upon.

Ha Pee Birfday Annie, havva Greyt day! Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg.

We gots rowst chikkin fower ower suppa! Wagz frum Chancey and Nutmeg.