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We found that a DAP diffuser/collar helps a lot to mellow them out! You might want to pop in around midday so he has a chance to "do his business". He might not be able to hold it all day just yet

Some hounds love their crates, some don't, before buying, maybe you can borrow one from your adoption group?

It took a solid 2 months and a half for Jack to stop barking and we are just now starting to experience the "no SA". He still gets up and whines sometimes, go look out the window, but always gets back on his bed and snooze away. That is normal, you can't expect them to be mute all day What help was a DAP collar and or diffuser. We started with the collar (closest thing available to us) and now we keep a diffuser at all time in the living room. Another thing is, he wanted to roam! So he broke out of his crate one day and walked and walked and walked until we arrived from work. So no more crate for the boy. At first, it was a solid hour of pacing back and forth to different windows (he would pull curtains to look behind) but after 3-4 days he began to relax for HOURS and HOURS. There doesn't seem to be any problem in what you are explaining, remember she is very new still (I know you must have heard it). She will adjust and eventually be ok Give her time! Edit to add : On Mondays Jack SA was always worst than the rest of the week. What we did is during 2 week-ends in a row, we kept him on the same schedule, we woke up, and we would leave for the day. Now we can pretty much leave whenever and he doesn't seem to mind and Mondays are not so bad anymore (it is the return of the KONG Yay!)

I think you will know. We did not have home visit in my case, but we were at the kennel and looked at multiple hounds and decided on which ones we wanted to see outside in the fenced yard. We knew right away for Jack because when he got out of his kennel he went right away for my hand for some pets and stayed there. Another one jumped on someone - we did not want a dog that was too energetic, another one didn't even looked at us when we passed her kennel, she just wasn't interested and so on. You will also see which one "fits" the most. I think you will just feel it. Good luck

She is stunning, glad you found her!

I uses 1/2 cup of water per tbsp of carrots otherwise I find it too soupy It looks like soup when freashly "brewed" but overnight it has time to absorbs all the water and it looks like baby food (with 1/2 cup). We started Jack with 1 tbsp of carrots because we did not know how much to give and also because his poo were just a little runny, so we did not wanted to have any...erm...adverse effects. He is now on 1 well rounded to 2 tbsp per meal and he does just fine. We could add more, but then again this is totally acceptable for now seeing as we only have had him for a few months and want to see how things evolves. We do not have runny poo anymore except if it is the second poo of the walk (rare). Good luck to the crew

How are things now?

We live in a very cold area, so we do 3x 20 to 30 minutes walks a day. But we are in a hilly area as well so it adds up a little. We have a 3 years old male 80 pounds. We also try to go to the doggie park once or twice a week.

For the zoomies post-walk, my hound turn into a happy playful puppy whenever we are back from a walk - even a good brisk paced 45 minutes walk going up and downhill. It is like he goes into a happy state coming back home and he picks up his toys, throw them, run after us and eventually settles down and sleeps. For a barking hound and boy do we have a barking hound! What I found really effective was teaching him that barking made us go away and being quiet (whining was acceptable at a certain level) made us come back. We started out by putting him in his crate - with toys, but no kong so he would be very aware of us leaving and coming back - then we would open the door, close it, and if he was quiet we gave him a cookie. Then once we felt confortable we stepped out and came back in RIGHT AWAY. Still quiet? cookie. If he barked during the time when I removed my boots and walked over for his cookie, he did not receive anything and we would step back out, wait 5 sec. and repeat. Or we would go back to the level below, opening and closing door. Our first session lasted maybe an hour and we reached 1 minute of alone quiet time. The important thing is that he doesn't reach his threshold. The next day we were up to 2 mins, then 5, then 10. It takes a few days but in 2 weeks we were able to leave for a few hours with minor barking. Stay constant and he will learn. A DAP collar helped us a lot as well. We were concerned at first as well because well we need to work right? And the first week with a grey was pretty much us crying and telling ourselves we would never make it. But we worked with him and it is MUCH MUCH better. At the moment I am watching Jack via webcam and he is snoozing away on his bed, nothing to worry about

They all have their little things in the begining, I swear be patient, it gets better We only have Jack for a little over 2 months and it is going much better. There is still the occasional growling because we are learning to live with each other but overall he is a very good dog. He doesn't know yet what is expected of him

We feed 5h30ish in the morning (yes it is early yikes!) and 5h15 in the evening. He poops on each of our walks which are 6h15am, 4h30pm and around 8pm. Sometimes he even poops twice on his walk (especially in the morning). We never have any surprise poop

Susan, we don't leave anything laying about, he found it when he broke out of his crate, it was in a closet, in a bag and the bag was suspended to a coat hanger. We are all wondering how he got it!!! About the Kong, I started handing it a bit beforehand as he started associating it with me leaving and was just running away. It is fixed now though so maybe I should be back to : as soon as I leave. Mercsmom : wow! Mine is internal to my laptop and I connect via Teamviewer so super easy! And it can also record, so added bonus! If the webcam stop working though..uh oh, I am in a bad position hahaha I am not that tech savy

Our Jack came to us at 75 lbs and now weight close to 80. We are feeding a little over 4 cups (we are filling the measuring cup not to the 2cup line but to the top of the cup) per day + a large milkbone, a kong filled with pb and training treats. He still needs to gain some weight, but we didn't want him to take too much weight. The adoption agency told us about 5 cups per day so I guess we would be close to that. 6 seems a bit much.. He poops once, sometimes twice (I suspect marking) during his morning walk, once during his afternoon walk and once before bedtime. Poot king here also! He would literaly come over to us to toot and head off, LIKE WE WANT TO SMELL IT!!!

Yes he does sleep in the same room as us One room plus bedroom would be all the living room (where his bed and crate is), the hallway and bedroom (plus another bed of course!). That mean blocking off the kitchen. We could try that tomorrow. We initially crated because he was ramming the front door. Thankfully we are over that! Thank you

The no crating was really what we thought, but seeing him howl an bark today while loose when he has been fine crated is somewhat of a surprise. To answer Batmom, he had a big plushy blanket an a polar blanket, but he was destructive sometimes so we held off on the bed. He did chose his crate over his dog bed sometimes when we were home though... Thanks Muddgirl We might just try limiting his space until he gets the routine change. Today he got a 30 minutes walk before me leaving, and we are living in a hilly area so that ads up as well. He usually get 3 20 to 40 minutes walks a day, depening on the weather + some training around 5-10 minutes twice a day. I watched the videos of today and most of the time he is standing on our couch (any ideas while we are at it to protect leather couch? hahaha - it is not a worry however, they are over 25 years old) or in our bedroom (I can't see on the camera). When I came home however, he had a big scratch inside his hind leg. I thought initially it was just blood from a scab but when I tried to clean it, he snapped at me. I have no idea for the life of me, how he got it...I had removed everything that could potentially hurt him. Could it be his muzzle? Also should we do some alone training while we are transitioning to a loose grey?

Hello all, it's me again! Our Jack has suffered separation anxiety since we got him, a little over 2 months ago. We tried the DAP collar and it has worked to some extent and we are quite happy with the results. However, he is acting so confusing to us. Here is our morning routine. DH leaves well before me, so I do the walking, then we come back home, I give him his Kong in his crate while I pick up my things (he gets in on his own), get dressed and leave (takes me between 5 to 10 mins). Sometimes he barks upon finishing his Kong then goes right back to sleep for up to 6 hours. After that all hell breaks loose and he barks and barks and barks, paws at the door of the crate, sometimes bites the bars, shreds blankets. He can lay down for 10 to 20 minutes then it all starts over again. He is crated for as long as 9 hours and twice per week it is less than that. He doesn't need a pee break as when we get home, he gets a walk and we sometimes walk for about a mile before he pees/poos. However, yesterday he managed to 1. Get his teeth stuck in the metal bars (for about a minute, EEEEK) and 2. Escape from his crate. Out of his crate he walked around, took his Kong and finished it, found a pig ear and ate it, then walked around some more. He did not settled. But he did not get into trouble either. We said fine, the crate is obviously getting dangerous, let’s try him out of it. Well since I left this morning it has been nothing but walking around and maybe settling for 10 minutes, walking around some more, barking and so on. So to crate or not to crate? I don’t want him to be miserable crated, but at the same time, he is obviously lost in our house. I would like to add that right now he is muzzled, left loose in the house with access to the living room and kitchen and our bedroom, but all other rooms are closed off. Thanks for the advice!

Thank you, we will do that

Is it something that must be looked at now or can it wait? I've read that hemangioma can sometimes be cancerous (aka hemangiosarcoma)?

Hello folks, A few weeks ago, we discovered a round scab on Jack (3 years old)'s rear leg. We left it at that, but after one week, as we were brushing, we accidentally picked at the scab and it fell and bled. No big deal, it can happen. The scab reformed. Then the following week it had grown. We removed it as it seemed quite healed (wanting to peel off). A little corner bled at first but then all of it started bleeding. Eventually the scab reformed. But then it doesn't stop growing as if blood keeps "feeding it". If we even just push on it, then blood starts coming out from it. When we remove it, it is flat on the skin as if the growth is only from the scab. What is this? Should we be worried? We don't want to go to the vet just for them to tell us to "let it be" but at the same time we don't want to overlook something potentially worrysome! On this picture it is quite big because it appeared to bled last night while asleep, there was a little bit of blood on his leg this morning. I did knot washed it as I didn't want to disturb it anymore. Apaarently Jack hasn't been licking either, since it still looks the same as this morning. He does not scratch or otherwise seem bothered by it.

My uncle had a great pyrenees that used to do that when we were lying on the floor or the grass. It seemed to be a protective behaviour since we were "vulnerable". He would get up to stand over us. Not ideal for tanning I must say!

Canadian houndie here! For QUICK (and I mean, we rush out and run) morning and post-feeding pee break, we just go without clothes or paws. We circle the yard and he pees near the tree line so Jack is safe from the winds. When we are out for longer, he wear paws (the balloon thingy) or boots, a fleece polar covering only his front legs, belly and with a snood attached and he wears on top of that a doubled coat (I swear it is as thick as mine). He never don't want to go on walks. He will in the extreme cold raise up a feet for me to take in my hand to warm up and then off we go. On a 20 minutes walk, we can stop maybe 2-3 times max for frozen paws and it only happens if we put on the Paws but it is too cold out.

Our Jack will stand while going where we need to, but he curls and sleeps on the way back. Sometimes he sits (!?) and usually he is just poking his nose in between the seats. We have a familial car so Jack just stands on the backseat. Sometimes on the back seat and on the floor to look better out the front window

Since we got our boy back in December, he has slept in our room, uncrated, with our bedroom door close. We don't leave any toys around and usually it is a very boring room for him to be in. We also make sure to walk him before sleeping so he is in a resting mood. The first night he got up to nose me to check if I was still there a few times (5) but I turned around without petting/talking to him. Each time he went back to his bed (remember the room is very boring!). The second night, he tried my husband, same results. He has been sleeping all night on his bed ever since. Now if Jack would have been pacing or showing signs he needed to go I would have taken him out. But really they should be fine all night. Could you try crating in your room for the night?

Hello all, First of all, this is more of a "please give me good ending stories" than a "please give me tips" thread. We have had Jack for almost a month and a half now. We have done a lot of work on alone training and have worked him up to an hour of him being quiet in his crate before going back to work. Then I returned to work progressively and he seemed fine with the occasional "I miss you guys" bark and whine. However this week, it is all out of the window! He would shred his blankets and bark all afternoon (the morning is time for a nap, mind you!), So back to alone training we were! We tried outside of the crate as he might have been tired of it. But he still would act up outside of it, jumping on the couch (he never does it) jumping in the windows and barking. He did settle twice on his bed and twice in his crate (about 10 seconds each). I forgot to mention, we went running to the doggie park beforehand so he should have been tired! So more alone training! He got a brand new DAP collar. He seemed to be sniffing a lot when we opened it, so hopefully it will have some effect on him. I am curious for those of you that are working full-time, how do you fit alone training in your schedule? We are nervous seeing our houndie so nervous, oh how I wish he could talk! Also, I am opened to all good SA stories, let them flow!