Zoomies

What an adorable dark brindle boy. Congratulations!

I am so sorry to hear the news about Nell. She was obviously so loved and couldn't have had better guardians. Run with the wind now sweet Nell.

Sorry to hear about your kitty. We had to put our labrador to sleep a few months ago (hemangiosarcoma) and I would say Jess definitely mourned him. She was very mopey for quite a while, lost all interest in walks and also lost a lot of confidence (Murphy was always the one to lead the way and check out any new dogs first to make sure they were 'safe' for Jess to approach). It has taken her probably about 2 months to start to get back to her usual happy, goofy self and she and Murphy only lived together about 10 months before he died. So, yes, it does sound like totally normal behavior to me. I think keeping up the usually routine is important and just giving her time to adapt to the change in her pack. And Jess hates water too, always jumps back if a wave at the beach touches one of her dainty toes!

What a lovely update and photo. You go, Nell!

No criticism here PipDG, you have to do what is right for you and your resident animals. Donny is so beautiful I think he will be highly sought after and will hopefully go to a more suitable situation - whether that is back with his trainer or not.

Just chiming in as another New Zealander who didn't have the easiest transition with her GAP dog either. Some dogs seem to settle right in with no hassles (jealous!) but others do take a little longer. Our Jess was much the same as Donny the first few weeks (and she came in to a home with another dog too). We found what helped most was making sure she was exhausted - lots and lots of walks and obedience classes to tire her brain when she had been with us a bit longer. She also had relatively bad sleep startle which certainly freaked us out the first few times it happened. Anyway, fast forward almost a year and the sleep startle has almost completely disappeared and she is a totally different dog, she can barely be bothered with one walk a day now! She is still a talker and will do a fair bit of whining at times but this has also subsided - the first few weeks she would stand at the front door panting and whining continuously. Like you, we just ignored this behaviour or tried to redirect. We persevered with a crate at night for a couple of weeks (as our other dog was crate trained) but soon realised she was a lot more settled on her bed in our room at night. We did leave her in the crate during the day when we were out as we weren't entirely sure how she would go with our other dog (or with potentially destroying the house) but once we did leave her out to free range there were no problems. We set up a camera though so we could keep an eye on her and slowly extended the time alone (she never did anything but sleep when we checked the camera). No experience with cats sorry - Jess is definitely not one of those cat trainable greyhounds! Anyway, as you say it is obviously too early to say how Donny will turn out but he has had his whole world turned upside down so it is no wonder he is very unsettled - that is a lot of travelling and a lot of new situations for him to adapt to. I'm sure he'll be a very different dog in a month's time. And he is gorgeous by the way - have been stalking him on the GAP website for a while! He and Emmie must turn a lot of heads when they're out together.

I am so sorry for your loss. RIP sweet Dylan.

Aww, beautiful girl and you guys have just done so amazingly well with her. So glad to hear she is making such great progress.

My labrador did exactly the same sort of vomiting on and off over a year or so and the vet also had problems diagnosing (thought a food allergy so we tried many different types of novel protein etc). His first ultrasound showed nothing too much (bit of extra fluid and delayed gastric emptying). Bloods and urine were all fine. Fast forward almost a year and another ultrasound showed up hemangiosarcoma in his spleen and liver. It had also spread to his heart and lungs by then. So, yes, cancer can be one possibility but vomiting can result from so many things that I wouldn't rush to that conclusion just yet. We don't even really know if the initial vomiting was an early sign of the cancer or something unrelated. Unfortunately, hemangiosarcoma spreads very quickly so even regular ultrasounds and blood tests might not pick it up in time. I really hope that's not what you're dealing with.

Love the videos, both your hounds are gorgeous girls. Thanks for sharing :-).

Yay, so glad she is home - both you and her must be feeling so much happier. Hope the recovery continues well and thank you for the continued updates.

That's great news, I'm sure she'll feel so much better once she's back at home too. Those photos are gorgeous - I must try harder on the photography front obviously!

Thanks for the update and photos, what a brave and beautiful girl. I hope her recovery continues well and she will be home with you soon.

No suggestions sorry, but I'm following any suggestions with interest as Jess does almost exactly the same thing - right down to the strange growling/rooing noises that accompany the barking. Maybe it's not such unusual behavior for greyhounds?

Welcome Jenna and Stan from New Zealand. I love the photo, Stan has such a happy expression in his eyes and an awesome big grin!