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    New Greyhound- Freezes And Refuses To Walk

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I have one of these hounds too. We have had Fanny for over a year the freezing has much improved with a 2nd grey however, this time of yr with the thunderstorms, fireworks and I live in a neighborhood where there is always noise. For Fanny night time is the absolute worst. She is a mamas girl so... I circle her back around to get her to walk. I also have my husband walk her while I walk our other dogs which seems to also help. Continue repeation and working with gaining her confidence is what you need to do.

    Fluoxetine

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I know it was one of the side effects which is why I started pushing to decrease it. But ive never seen a case where worsening of aniexty has happened causing aggression in any patient we have on it. Now alpraazolam is a different story. Ive personally never used either in any of my dogs until now. Im kind of sad I did.

    Fluoxetine

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    I wanted to see of anyone else has experienced this with there grey or any other breed of dog. So I used fluoxetine on my grey for separation aniexty and for those who have not used it the medication is given daily. THe medication takes 3-4weeks to reach is potential. At week 3 my hound developed complete behavior changes including fearfullness of other dogs, depression. So the vet I work for recommend decreasing the dose to every other day and her personality ìn one day is almost improved instantly. She is much happier. The doctor and I have never seen the medication change or make fearful behavior worst. Anyone else experience this? Anyone seen this as a side effect of this medication?

    Foster Greyhound With High Prey Drive

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    :( I actually called this rescue this evening. I just feel like a horrible person. I mean I know there is never given when you when you foster that this will not happen. I feel bad this is my first foster experience and this happened. Plus this is only day 3. His behavior just continues and continues. It seemed to get better some from the first day. But he stalks the cats and looks for the all the time when they are around.

    Foster Greyhound With High Prey Drive

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    So im currently Fostering a greyhound that has a super high prey drive and I was told he was cat friendly. Go figure I have 2 cats that he is constantly interested in. He muzzled all the time when in the house with the cats because he chases, snaps and looks for them all the time. He is never left unsupervised with the cats. Ive only experienced 2 times with the past 6 greys ive owned. He gets corrected with "no or leave it" and the water bottle has to be used from time to time if hes not listening. Im willing to work with him until he finds his forever home. It seems to be working. However im open to any suggestions that anyone has that may help more? Or any thoughts that may help others dealing with this?

    Ikaris Was Diagnosed W Cancer Today

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I'am so...sorry to hear the news. Im personally pro-amputation For a younger hound ages 10yr and under. I had 2 diagnosed with osteo one had it in 2 legs which comfort care or chemo but I very anti chemo with my previous experiences. So there for comfort care is what we did 2month was the most time we had with him. My other hound had it in the front leg and amputation was done and successful. The dog lived 1.5 yrs with no chemo. Its a really hard decision to make. Im sorry you have to through this :(

    Iams Only

    in Food and dietary discussion

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    Has anyone had a hound that the only food you can feed with out soft stool is iams in the green bag? Even mixing other food to change things up she gets loose stool. I mixed in new food for 3 weeks an soft stool continued. Went back to iams only the next day formed stool :( treats are not a problem its strictly the food change. I do not give a lot of treats but I found one she likes and that's all I feed.

    Thunderstorms And Eat Habits

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    Is anyone having issues getting their greyhound to eat in the evening with all the storms?? I feel like every evening around dinner time mine will not eat. Now we've had a lot of evening storms recently. This just started this week. I just had bloodwork done for and laceration repair the week prior and everything was normal. The thunder shirt is on. She will only eat if I'm next to her at the bowl.

    Soft Stool

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    We use Iams in the green bag. I used to be a dog food snob and wouldn't feed "supermarket" brands. My dogs starting having problems and we tried the Iams and they have been doing great. We also used to add pumpkin and or yogurt every day. Now we do a probiotic in the morning. Sometimes if there is an issue, I will cook them oatmeal for a few days. It works better in this house than rice. I also give about an inch olof Fresh Pet Select sliced in with their meals. It is fresh cooked chicken and vegetables that comes in a roll.

    Is the Iams green bag the large breed formula??

    Soft Stool

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    We she should weight 55-56 At least that was her racing weight. She weighs 53.0. I had her up to 55 but she lost it again. But also her stool has been loose. When I had her on purina one she had horrible diarrhea and was down to 52 right after we adopted her. So that's when I tried other food more high quality because I was concerned that she needed better quality food. My other dogs did great on Purina one. I did not try iams.

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