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Ohhh exciting, we will need photos now Thanks for the input! I will be patient, she might just be out

I have a little question for all of you. Who do you contact for pre-adoption? I was told by Donna Noble's trainer to contact Teddy Palmer who does the adoptions for Alvie Simons (her owner) yet, she hasn't responded to my e-mail. Should I call? Teddy or the owner? I don't want to be rude, I know those people must be really busy... Additionally, if you have ever had to deal with these people, I'll take any advice you may have Thanks for the advice

^This, what Chad said, very important! It is not a case of letting her have control over you or not (believe me I have been there!). She is just telling you things are moving way too fast for her at the moment and she is telling you by stopping and not moving an inch! All my problems stopped when I stopped pushing my dog out of his comfort zone. We would walk until he froze, then we would turn back and head home. The next day we walked a house further, the day after we walked by another house and so on (if he wanted to). They don’t need much walking in the beginning as everything is so new and they are already so overhelmed from learning so many things! If she is sleeping on her bed, chances are she doesn’t need to go. Rule of thumb in our house was : whenever he gets up from his bed - woosh outside! If you REALLY need her to go, put her collar on and clip the leash, sometimes that’s all they need to follow Good luck, and take it easy with your girl, she is still adjusting and she will keep changing, it won’t be like this forever!

Exciting news!!

Yes and the first thing he did was to destroy the bowl of water...Or flip it upside down in the first 30 minutes But that was his SA acting up. Always leave water available

And Donna is the name of our adoption coordinator! It'll make a tribute to all! She is I am not surprised they would breed her. Her mom has had 2 litters from Kiowa Mon Manny, and both performed very well, I'd keep those genes around if I was the owner! I am surprised they did not breed her sister as well. Good luck to War Diva!

Hey, I would like to join this thread, I didn't know I would one day join on here, but here it goes! We adopted Jack (Check my Spots, DOB 29-12-2011) in December 2014. And now we have just found and established contact with his sister Donna Noble. She is still racing, but taking a break (since October). She will hopefully return racing or she will be bred. Then...well depending on DH, we might have a second hound on our couch. Well, in the meantime, let's follow her career! There she is during turnout

This thread is a great idea! Problem #1 : I have to spend 5 minutes on the floor petting Jack (with him pushing my face in my chest) otherwise he follows me around while I cook and I end up tripping on him and almost falling over Every.Single.Time. Problem #2 : It's too cold outside now and he has to sleep in jimjams. Otherwise he wakes up in the middle of the night licking and shuffling and is restless. Problem #3 : His coat is dry due to being winter time, so I now add coconut oil to his meals (I mean, really, you have to take a spoon, get the jar out, take a spoonful, dump it in the dog's food) Problem #4 : They love routines. After his nighty walkie, Jack goes straight to bed. I am currently sitting alone in the computer room writing this post. He won't come if called. Problem #5 : I love him too much and he has too many collars

I can't help much, but I can share what we have done for the sniffing for pee vs walking for a purpose situation. We have designated area during the walks. He is not allowed to pee/snif at any other areas. It is usually a "no man's land" path of green grass or tree line by the forest. When I go out of the house I say "Let's walk" so he knows we need to WALK. Then upon reaching the designated area I say "Ok you can go!" And he has the freedom of going where he wants and sniffing how long he wants. When all is over I say "Let's walk!" and back to walking we go until we reach our next area and so on. He caught on pretty fast and now I don't really have to say anything much

You need to relax This forum is mainly for people who are having PROBLEMS, but there is plenty of other dogs that are fine, so we don't write about them I'll share my experience, maybe it will ease some of your fears When we got Jack, he was a BIG male, recently neutered, full of hormones and unsure of this new world. He was food possessive, toy possessive from DAY 1. He let us know he was inconfortable by being very still and if the inconfort was still present (i.e. we didn't leave) he would growl. We worked with him (feeding by hand, trading game for toy possessiveness) and now he rarely growls, unless he is playing. He will playbow to us and growl, go figure, but it is in no way a mean thing. He wasn't furniture/bed possessive and was ok with us coming up to him to pet him from day 1 and that never changed. If we saw he was unconfortable (standing very still, eyes looking away, lips licking) we left, but that happened only when a toy he had was close or something, so more toy possessiveness than bed possessiveness. He didn't develop possessiveness and now 1 year in, I don't think he will ever. It is important that she bounds with you and your mutual trust will increase each day You don't have to make YOU uncomfortable to do so. If you are not comfortable petting her when she is on her bed, don't. Instead, call her to you Or toss her a cookie and then pet her. She will get very positive associations from you. She seems like she is a very affectionate dog with no issues, so you might want to take a bunch of cookies and give them to her throughout the day, do some training, go for a walk just the 2 of you, that is all great ways to bond! Remember, not all dogs go through the same adaptation period, what you read on here were the worst cases. And also remember that a growl (if it ever happens) is a good thing, she is letting you know she is unconfortable, you back off, nothing is wrong with that That's the only way dogs can communicate. Maybe if someone has the link to the calming signals you could read through that and learn to recognize them. Definitely talk to your adoption group as they can come up with ideas and you could discuss the specific situations. Hope that helps

Beautiful tribute, this touched me. Run free Murray

Jack came to us with stains around his mouth and I didn't thought much of it, until one day I notice it was gone. We do brush his teeth everyday, but nothing else special. Does it leave of its own? I also know about some products that help clean the stains, if it really annoys you. Kind of like a shampoo. You might want to go shopping at your local pet store I wouldn't know how you would cut short hair like this on a hound's face to be honest Mine certainly wouldn't let you!

Oh dear, I know it is not easy to deal with SA... I know (but haven't needed them) that some meds can take a while to kick in. Have you given her time? Also what worked for us was routine routine routine. Alone training would work him up to barking even when we were still in the house. He became afraid when I got the kong out. But he knew that when I brush my hair then put on my coat and that DH wasn't there, that I was leaving and returning in a short while. So for WEEKS (even on the week-end, same routine ALWAYS) DH prepared himself, left, started the car and waited for me to do my morning routine. I walked the dog, brushed my hair, got the kong out, closed the crate and left saying always the same thing in a dull voice "bye bye Jack". DAP helped us a lot too, but I see you've tried it. All I can say is that NOTHING worked completely until routine kicked in around the 2 1/2- 3 month mark. In crate in was ripping everything, out of crate he was ramming the front door, and getting on everything, knocking things and such. So crated he was with minimal bedding (a fleece blanky that he didn't rip) until he became somewhat calm when leaving. Then things got worse and worse, the barking intensified, he started chewing his crate and his bedding again to no ends, so we tried him out of the crate (around 2 months in) The first time he paced paced paced ALL day. So we restricted his area to the kitchen with access to his crate in the living, but NOT to the whole living room. He paced for maybe an hour, then he figured out he couldn't go far and waited for us on his bed. Then we GRADUALLY increased his living space to more and more of the house. But it took time and routine. Always the same thing over and over again. Around 6 months in we had absolutely no problem leaving him uncrated for any lenght of time, but DH always had to leave before me, even if just 2 minutes, we couldn't leave at the same time, that created panic. I know it's hard and irritating and they just seem to NOT get it, but stick to one routine, and do it over and over and over again. Time will mostly settle things. Unless of course she really needs meds, at which point I would really advise you to consult with your vet, there are plenty options available, but again, you need to give it some time.

We have been doing that at first and it looked like a gigantic soup with pellets/mush at the bottom and we were like " ermmm not sure this is how it is supposed to look like"

No, but I guess it goes faster if it is. For us, we would prep the day before, in a yogurt pot, close the lid, shake and let sit until the morning. I cut down the water in half otherwise it was like a soup. I prefered when it was like oatmeal, much easier to separate

Hello nice to meet you! Post photos as soon as you have them!!!

It might not be the case for you, but I'll jump in with my experience. We got Jack wormed, then started feeding Kirkland lamb and rice. He had horrible gas, but that subsided once he got settled (2 months). He had formed, but soft stools, so we added in the Olewo carrot. Yipee! Superb poops! That worked for a few months, but then the gas came back, to a new level (7 months)! It kept getting worse and worse! So we decided to try Nature's Domain Salmon and potato. We had horrible diahrrea. So we put him on a bland diet, perfect poop! (8 months) A week later we started ND again, terrible diahrrea again! Stools sample negative, we decided to worm him anyway since he had lost so much weight and changed his food again to Kirkland's Chicken and Rice. He had diarrhea for a week, then one morning it was a perfect poo! We stayed giving him only kibble, then started adding other treats here and there. It stayed formed and good! (9months) we followed a worming protocol and since we started worming him, he hasn't had any gas, or any diahrrea. I wanted to tell you because your story is so similar to mine. Has she been checked for worms? If not, Iams did not worked at all for us (go figure) but Kirkland's brand is also a popular one among the Greys

Prayers for you and fusion!

Oh dear, she is so cute Look at her little nose

Yes, do it.

For some dogs it works better than others but you won't know unless you try it Good luck

We have used the adaptil DAP collar or diffuser with awesome results here. It is not magic and you should continue alone training (Are you doing it? If not, look into the threads here!) but for our pup, just plugging the diffuser was the difference between howling for HOURS at a time to howling every few minutes, then every few hours, then ...nothing Then the DAP ran out and he started freaking out again, broke out of his cage and then we decided to leave him uncrated and he was fine alone. When we tried uncrated before the 2 month mark, he would pace pace pace, whine/bark/howl, ram the door, get on top of the staircase ramp (eeeeeek!) and just wouldn't settle. Also what worked is leaving him EVERY DAY and doing the EXACT same routine even during the week-end. I would brush my hair, walk, leave at 6h30 AM even in the week-end. I went to the restaurant, had coffee, went shopping.... That made the Mondays much less scary as it was basically the same every day and we had a lot of positive development then. Also switch food yes When my boy came here, he held it for 12 hours during the night (his choice not mine!) and I had to push him outside for him to do his business...He just wouldn't go! A healthy dog should be able to hold it. Especially if you say that she is pooing during the first few hours.

Sorry for your loss You did the best for her

It took 2 weeks for us to be able to walk Jack like a normal dog And even more for me to walk it alone! (As a "pack" it was easier) For the stairs, we put on his harness, took a handful of treats, picked him up like a suitcase and did the stairs, then threw the handful on the floor for him to eat. In 3 days he was going up and down by himself Jack actually STOP wagging when really happy. Like he will look at me, wagging, nudging my hand for pets, but when I start petting him, he stops the wagging. He will wag his tail, anxiously waiting to eat, but no wagging when eating. They are not labs, they don't wag their tails much Don't worry, she is just adjusting

It took a couple of months for us. Jack bonded almost instantly to me, but bit DH twice. After I'd say 3 months, he was loving us both. By the 5 month mark, he was nudging our hands for pets. You must remember that they are not labs, their tails does not wag all the time! Jack wags right before a walk, while playing and right before feeding time. That's it . Sleep startle can go away as he gets more settle, but be very careful with it. You can do some desensitization you can do, but it might just be one of his trait. I am sure some will comment with more thorough advice or you can search the forum Congrats on your new addition, we love photos!!! What is his name?