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I thought it sounded really similar! It's so frustrating, but eventually you will find what works. I hope that our regiment works for you! FWIW, we go to a vet in Holliston that is really familiar with former racing greyhounds and their deworming needs after the track. I didn't realize this! It sounds like great advice. Your method sounds like a great idea, we will definitely look into Sentinel if Padfoot has another recurrence.

Your experience sounds really similar to ours (minus the poop-eating), so I would say it's likely that the one round here and there didn't get the hookworms completely out. When we adopted our boy he had been treated for hookworm with one 3 day dose of panacur. He never really had good solid poops until about 3 months later, when we switched him to a lower fat content food with beef. Since he had several negative fecals despite runny poops the vet thought it could be related to diet or poultry protein. His poops were always hit-or-miss and would be solid for a while then every so often it would be soft. And always negative fecals. Fast forward to about 8 months after we adopted him. We moved, switched vets, and one day he had a little bit of blood in one stool and it was mucous-y, so we sent in another fecal and it was positive for hookworm AND whipworm. We treated him one 3 day dose of panacur, then again 21 days later for 3 days, then again 3 months later for 3 days. That finally knocked it out and he has had solid poops since. Our new vet thinks that they were there the whole time but because we never caught the fecal at the right time with shed eggs in the poop, they weren't detected. Good luck! Worms are a pain to deal with, but hopefully with rigorous treatment Fusion (and you) will get some relief!

Hi Rotifera (as an aside- is your name referencing the Phylum? if so, that is awesome!) We have a greyhound that is definitely not dog park material. I realize that for some greyhounds it works, but ours will do the same as your dog. If the dog is only running away from him, he "flips a switch" so to speak and will essentially run them down. It only took one time of him doing that for us to realize we needed to keep him out of that environment. It only takes one time for something to happen, and after all we want to set our dogs up to succeed. 2 months isn't very long to be used to playing with toys, etc. so I would keep trying and he may get the hang of it. It took a few months but now our GH likes to play fetch with large stuffy toys. The other thing I will recommend, if you haven't tried already, is a flirt pole. It's essentially a large cat-toy that has a toy or other item tied on the end of a piece of rope or bungee (something with some give) and that is attached to a stick. We made ours by taking a small diameter piece of PVC and threading a nylon rope with some give through it to make a length of about 5 feet on the end and then tied a toy with no stuffing to it. Hopefully that makes sense. Our boy will chase that like no-ones business even though he will not run all out with just us or a toy alone. We take that into an empty dog park and he will go to town. Just a suggestion if you want to get him to exercise sans other dogs

Sounds like you are doing a great job so far!

Hi there! Congratulations on finally getting Dobby home! Sounds like things are going well so far. Give him some time to acclimate to a new life. Even though was fostered and lived in a home before, this is a whole new family, house, schedule to get used to. Give him some time, lots of patience and understanding, and he will settle in time. Also, I would second putting the bed in your bedroom if the crate doesn't fit. We use a crate for the daytime but have never done so for the nighttime. Padfoot wouldn't be able to settle without being in the same room sleeping as us at night. We closed off the door so that he couldn't explore/pee on things but he settled on his bed and (mostly) slept through the night. I would say for that first week we had a moderate amount of whining and then that was it.

Welcome! Finnegan is a handsome boy!! And I love his raincoat <3

Our greyhound was my first dog and my husband's first dog as an adult. We didn't expect to adopt one, we didn't go through a specific Greyhound rescue, and it was fine. Use common sense and look up stuff here or in the excellent books recommended above if you have questions. When we were ready to adopt another dog (about 8 months later) we went through a specific Galgo rescue, had done a lot of research on the dogs and knew what to expect. Don't overthink it. There is a lot of information to get wrapped up in. We still use crates for our boys when we are gone for work days. It keeps them safe when we aren't home and they settle down well in them (better than when they are left out). Some dogs like them some don't, so you may end up getting a crate and not needing it. You can try to borrow one. We knew we would crate initially when we were gone for work so we wanted our first greyhound to stay out of the crate for the evening. We got a bed for him and he has slept there every night since we adopted him over a year ago. Our second sleeps on another bed on the other side of our bed. The crate is usually best placed in a central area of the living space if possible. That can help with them knowing you are really gone and not just in another area of the house. I would be worried about leaving access to the basement at all times just in case he is not the best stair climber. If you can manage it, don't just leave him alone for a full work day all at once, try going out and doing a few errands on that time that you have off to help him adjust to the setup you will have when he is gone and a routine for when you leave. You may want to get a dog walker at first if you are gone for a full work day. Like I said, there is a lot of information to get wrapped up in. There isn't really one answer for everything, each dog is a little unique in their own way and they will develop more personality the longer you have them. Our boy loved stuffies to begin with (first thing he did when we brought him home was run into our bedroom and grab a stuffed animal) but didn't learn to fetch until several months in. They are smart. Now he loves to run after stuffed animals and he will bring them back to you and push it towards you to throw again. Enjoy the trial and error process at the beginning and congratulations on wanting to take the plunge!

Lots of good thoughts for your doodles <3

Welcome from the East Coast! And Happy gotcha day this month

So glad to see you on here! Maybe some time after you have settled in with your new dog we will see you on a walk or we could get together for a play date. I always love to see other Harry Potter named hounds, though I'm sure the other 6 names you have will be perfect too Christine, the trainer, is great with greyhounds. She is also a huge proponent of getting them to be therapy dogs (if they have the right personality, of course).

Love this thread! Welcome to GT and I love seeing all of the pictures of staghounds! They are on our wish list of dog breeds for once we have more space

Welcome! Everything will be fine, you sound really prepared! Enjoy your time of getting to know your pup and all the excitement leading up to it!! Just another note to add...If you are interested in doing training, there is a great Greyhounds Only obedience class through Especially for Pets in Westborough. We love the trainer and she was actually one of our references when we adopted our galgo. Are you by chance the couple that we met on the walk at Worlds End?

So sorry about Kingsley. Padfoot and Lupin send hugs and licks and for a fellow member of the Order.

So sorry for your loss

Good thoughts for Toby