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Just a few shots from Logan's walk this afternoon. We went along a bike trail following the Rocky River. Most of it was shady, but the trail just ahead was in the sun... Logan does not like walking in the sun. After a bit over one mile, we reached a shady spot across the road from the trail. Logan decided it was time for a rest A shot of the golf course we were going around, taken while Logan was resting. He was tired, so we headed back, since that was into the sun I did not take any shots on the way back. But, this last one was from earlier in the walk, just as we reached the edge of the golf course. Can you find the easter egg in it? (Hint, I'm posting it larger size, you will probably need to zoom in). Thanks for looking...

Second picture = synchronized sleeping, new olympic event. (If they can have curling...)

Max loved peanut butter, would stand drooling in the kitchen whenever I made a PB&J sandwich. Logan, on the other hand, can take it or leave it. Mostlly leave it.

Thanks for the comments. He does still have a furry butt, and as he walks ahead most of the time that ends up being his most-photographed end :-)

I brought Logan home six years ago from Saturday (May 18, 2013). He was just over three then, now just over nine. He spent almost 3 1/2 of those years with Max, been an only dog the last year and a half (almost). Since it fell on a Saturday, we took several walks this weekend. Here are some shots from the Saturday morning walk, down in the Carlisle Reservation of the Lorain County Metroparks. Starting off by sniffing a tree, of course. Doing some grazing (because I don't feed him enough :-) Over the bridge along the Duck Pond Trail... Gratuitous shot of the woodland. Some rain lately, so rather damp... Checking out a rhubarb (he does not eat that, fortunately). Going around a small pond... They have a few wooden buildings, I think they use them for special events, Logan went to check this building out... He skipped then next building up ahead, but finally posed for a side shot Heading back across the bridge on the Duck Pond Trail. ...and back in the car. A 1 1/2 mile walk in all. Finishing up with a couple shots of Logan crashed back at home. Thanks for looking...

Dunno, if she likes it that much I would cut the top (with the plastic hardware) off when you finish off a carton and let her go at it :-)

Thanks again for the info. I got two packs of *white* ground turkey last night, Honeysuckle brand, labels say no additives, Seems that Logan likes that brand too :-) I see the suggestions above to try giving it to him raw. Are there any issues there? I just get nervous about salmonella or other bacteria or such.

Thanks for the comments. I did not check the label of the package I bought other than to see "ground turkey" as I was expecting it to be a one-off, but will check the next one for additives. It looked pretty lean, I did not add oil and there was not much liquid in the pan after cooking. I did not think about white versus dark meat, unless they label it not sure how well that can be determined visually with ground turkey. But Logan liked it soooo much, I figure I will at least mix it up and switch between the tuna and turkey as additives.

Quick question, apologies if it has already been asked but did not see it in a forum search. I have been giving Logan the Trader Joe's no salt added tuna for probably a couple years now as an additive to his Taste of the Wild kibble. I have been moving toward cooking my own dinner of late, so on a whim picked up a package of ground turkey for Logan. Cooked up in a frypan in less than 5 minutes, and he loved it. The package had a enough for three nights (last night, Monday night, and Sunday night). I add it to the kibble with some of that Honest Kitchen chicken bone broth for dogs to ensure it is cooled. The bone broth also seems to make Logan eat the kibble. (Skipped the bone broth the first night and he seemed to be able to pick out the ground turkey while avoiding a lot of kibble :-) So my question is, any issues with using ground turkey cooked in a frypan like this on a regular basis? The one possible issue I can think of is sodium, one website I found says 3 ounces of cooked ground turkey has about 360 mg of sodium, but I don't recall the weight of the package I bought (got three dinners out of it though). If it is an issue, not sure if there is a "low sodium" version of ground turkey available anywhere. Thanks in advance for any comments...

Happy birthday, Andy! Looks like you still haven't gone gray (little bit in the face, but just enough to be a distinguished gentleman :-)

Penny was my last dog before Logan. She had the ball she is holding in the picture, which has as single small hole in one place, just big enough to insert a piece of pupperoni stick. I would break up pupperoni sticks and put the pieces into that hole. She totally mastered that one - she would flip the ball around until that single hole was facing down toward the ground, then push the ball along just hard enough to get it to bump along without actually rolling over, and the pupperoni pieces would come out one by one. Never did understand how she knew which orientation of the ball put the hole facing down, but she got it right every time.

Trying the Media button: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mej85glA10&feature=youtu.be ETA: Yep, looks like it worked. Thanks!

We have had the polar vortex here in Cleveland the last two days, so Logan was not getting his usual am/pm walks. So he kept busy last night playing the muffin tin game: https://youtu.be/-Mej85glA10 BTW, this is my first try with a Youtube video upload. Is there any way to embed the video so it shows up in the post, rather than as a hyperlink?

Logan is 8.5 years old, and still does two walks a day, am and pm, usually 30-40 min in the am and about 50 min many evenings. On weekends can even get to 1.5 hours or longer on a single walk.

Also watch temperature. I find that when it gets below about 20 deg. F (-7 Celsius) my dog starts holding his feet up, which I take as a sign the ground is too cold and cut the walk short. (But there are a lot of Canadians here on Greytalk who seem to take their hounds out in much colder weather so maybe I'm being overly cautious here). Surprisingly, greyhounds are very sensitive to hot weather. You would think not given the lack of fat and undercoat, but mine starts to slow down even in the 70's Fahrenheit (20's Celsius) and certainly when it is high 80s (27 C) walks need to be way shorter. I got Logan in May 2013, and on some of our first walks I thought something was wrong as he would just stop during a walk and lay down for 5-10 minutes at a time - it was the heat.

Sounds pretty normal to me. My Logan drops up to 5 BMs in a long walk, front-loaded to the beginning of the walk, though 2-4 is more common on shorter walks (under 2 miles). Six or more probably is getting high, but if the later ones are diarrhea-like it can happen. As for urinating, keep in mind a male dog (any breed) uses urination to mark the trail, that is, to say "I was here!". So they will "mark" in this way many times. You may notice he will smell a spot for a while, then mark-urinate it and immediately leave. As far as I can tell, he is first reading the other dog's messages and then leaving his own at the end. (And BTW, you may not notice in Georgia, but if you live where we have snow you will discover that every time he sniffs around hunting down a scent, it ends up at a spot of yellow snow :-) Another behavior I have observed, back when I had Max he would follow Logan around in the yard, and as soon as Logan would urinate Max would head over and go on the same spot. Pretty sure Max was trying to cover up Logan's scent with his own, so that it is clear from a dog's point of view that it is his (Max') yard.

I go with the no-salt-added tuna from Trader Joe's most nights on Logan's dinner food. For breakfast he gets a cup of TOTW, half cup of Bil-Jac, and sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top.Sometimes add some bone broth to his dinner as well. On the weekend, we often stop off at Panera's Bread on the way home from a walk in the park, I order a bagel/cream cheese and the salad with chicken, and ask to have the chicken on the side. The bagel and salad is my lunch, and the chicken goes on Logan's food. He loves that, though it is probably pretty salty it is only once or twice on a weekend.

I think they also need to learn precisely the boundaries. I had a similar thing with Logan, two or three weeks after I got him I recall he was heading toward the back sliding door, stopped on the carpet in the great room just before the door (it is carpeted up to the door then has bare flooring in the kitchen and in front of the sliding door) squatted and went, looking at me as he was going as if to ask: "Close enough?" I told him "NO" and opened the sliding door and he went out. I think after that he understood that just outside the sliding door is ok, just inside the sliding door is not. Of course I could be over-anthromorphising here :-)

Sorry to read this, my condolences. I recall when I posted Logan's intro here on GT back in 2013, you posted a picture of Rocket asking if they were twins.

Max had it done once, when I took him to a specialist vet for weakening rear end. Did not seem to help, but I also did not follow up with subsequent treatments (and Max was pretty strong anyway, had back-end weakness but never seemed to be in pain though maybe he hid it well). Looked like they were using a red laser, and besides not seeing an obvious improvement I could not get past the idea that I could not see how that red light was providing therapy. I'm not sure what the mechanism underlying laser treatment is, whether it is heating or some sort of photo effect. If it is heating then seems like a heating pad would work as well, and at much lower cost. If it is some sort of photo effect, not sure how non-ionizing red light could really do anything therapeutic. I kind of wonder whether part of the effect is simply the dog going for a fun trip and getting a massage as the laser is moved over his/her body. Not saying it doesn't work, I understand some folks have indeed seen beneficial effects, but would like to better understand how it works.

Logan gets Credelio now, was on Simparica previously. No ill effects that I have seen. Frontline Plus stopped working so that is out, he was then switched to Comfortis briefly, which took care of the flea infestation. But for some reason vet switched to Simpicarica then to Credelio, both of which have been working as far as I can tell (no fleas/ticks anyway). my thinking is to stick with the Credelio unless my vet advises otherwise. Any thoughts on what might be a suggested alternative med, since the FDA alert seems to include most of the current flea/tick meds? Is Comfortis still available?

Update, I took Logan up to the vet on Saturday. Looks like it is probably allergies, vet did a swab test and doesn't look like fungus. I had taken Logan down the park just before going to the vet, and she said she could see he had pollen on his feet, so I suppose that is a hint. He is on an antibiotic and some sort of itch relief pill (I'm at work right now and don't recall the meds) and an antibacterial/antifungal shampoo, supposed to soak his feet in it for 10 min twice weekly. Did a soak session Sunday, so tonight would be about due again. I was able to keep Logan in the tub for a 10 min soak on Sunday, but now that he knows the drill I suspect it will be tougher to do it again tonight. I think the feet are getting better, he is licking only very occasionally now and I think the redness is decreasing (though hard to tell because the appearance varies greatly depending on lighting). Oh, and yes, baby wipes to clean his feet after walks. Logan actually enjoys that :-)

Thanks for the suggestions. That pollen.com site indicates moderate, including Ragweed, in my area. We just finally dropped from the low 90's to our normal September temperatures. Vet is closed tomorrow, but if it does not clear up by next week will have it checked...

Per title, Logan has been having problems with what looks like red, irritated skin on his feet. Pictures below. Started on the back feet but now has hit his front feet as well. I have not yet taken him to the vet for this, as it has not seemed to bother him much though he does lick the back feet occasionally. Just on his feet, nowhere else. Any thoughts on what it is, or any topical agent I could use? Thanks in advance for any ID/suggested treatment. - Rob

Dunno, 9-10 hours seems to be getting a bit long to me, though I know some hounds do just fine with that. If you can get a sitter or make a quick trip home that might be good. It is difficult to ensure that a younger greyhound (say, 4 yo or younger) will never bolt. Thing is, they are just off the track, everything is so new and different for them, they can get startled and bolt in response to many things, car horns, a bag blowing in the wind, whatever. One thought, would you be willing to consider an older greyhound? Two options come to mind: a return, which can occur through no fault of the dog (owner moves into an apartment that bars dogs, or simply passes away), or a brood mother that may become available at 6 yo or even older. Benefit of an older hound is that they are less energetic (not so much residual puppy in them), and also the adoption group might have a better handle on the dog's personality. Of course, some people don't want an older dog, the time with it will usually be shorter than with a dog just off the track, but just a thought. I don't know much about whippets so can't provide input there.