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I don't know if this is possible for you but when we had the same issue some time ago I stayed up late and took them for a last walk around the neighbourhood - 20 minutes, just for some pee.
After that we went to bed and everyone slept until 9 o'clock.
Paddy likes to change his beds during the night. We just leave the doors open and he starts the night in our bedroom, goes for a nap into the guestroom or where ever he likes to stay for some time and arrives back in our bedroom in the wee hours of the morning to sleep in.
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yes but only because they have to sedate my boy to get it done. he torn out his dew claw and he yelps like he is dying when they try to touch it.
It was $70 for his vet check and re-bandage plus antibiotics..
It happened to Andy, too. Out regular vet was on holiday and we had to go to the local clinic - very expensive, very professional. And totlally baffled that Andy tried to bite them when they touched his foot (I told them) - he was in pain, they were strangers. What did they think? That's what they get for not listening to their patient's mom.
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You are doing great and in time you will see many little and not so little positive changes in your girl until her personality develops into the diamond she is hiding inside.
My oldest, Colin, used to follow me around for years. One day he decided to become a snob. He stays on his pillow tower and waits for me to come to him - little king that he is. You want something from the king - you get your a... over here and ask real nicely.
At first I thought he was ill, but he is just regal.
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I change bandages at home but buy the supplies at my vet's. Of course they charge when they do it in the offfice but not that excessively.
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You did greyt - both of you. Congrats
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Congrats to your new houndie. She is a sweet one but looks like she could wrap everyone around her paw. 😊
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I guess she starts to settle in and becomes less nervous. In Germany we have a saying "der Stress schlaegt mir auf den Magen" means stress effects the stomach and creates trouble with digestion.
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You write that you see changes in her behaviour and that you are willing to work with her on her fears. I would try short walks, always the same route to help her to feel secure.
I think the point are the changes.
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I'm nit here that long but I'm very sorry for loss.
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Oh and dogs often are nosy creatures. When I want one of mine to get interested in what I do I make a big secret of it. Turning my back to them, talking in my excited voice, let them look just a bit tan turning my back again. It's like a dance. I started this with a package of extra yummie treats. And it's a game now and everyone gets excited.
And the treats go to the boys in the end.
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Paddy shows the same behaviour, not quite the same but near enough when he gets bored. He is an extremely intelligent dog who loves exercises. We do some agility, detachieren ( a form of working in distance, like going right, left, stop off leash) and other little things to give his little brain enough workout.
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I don't know if it goes against your vet's orders but when Col got thinner and thinner (he is 12) I started adding
beef fat - is this the right translation? and rice bran oil to his diet. A very nice GTer gave the advice to feed scrambled eggs and that seemed to do the trick - I give an egg once a week now, raw as long as they can eat outside. Inside foot will be scrambeled eggs for everyone.
I feed raw in combination with cooked noodles, potatoes or rice, some vegetables.
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Time and patience - that what you need. If you don't have a yard take a short route walking her and stay with that one. Perhaps you can walk on times when there is less activity out there like in the early morning or later in the evening. This way she can learn the way home and slowly gets more comfortable.
Hand feeding is a good advice - I always take the super yummie treat with me when walking for the first times with a new grey.
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Did you have a vet look at him? I always get suspicious when my boys act out of the ordinary that they could have a health issue.
On the other hand 3 month is a very short time to be a new famimly member. I'm not a fan of letting dogs sleep in their own rooms in the beginning. I like to be able to react if anything happens at night. And sleeping together helps the bonding procedure immensly.
Our dogs sleep in the bedroom with us on their comfy dog beds. Only the oldest decided not do stairs anymore and stays in the living room at night - but he is kind of guard dog anyway and sleeps in front of the big sliding doors with the best look at the outside.
Your dog needs time and patience to feel safe in your home. Some of them need a whole year or longer. In this time you will see more and more of their beautiful personality. Think about it like someone taking you to a strange planet, dropping you off and telling you "do like the locals - they are nice. No problem."
But you are alone in an unknown surrounding, don't know what those creatures want you to do and you are absolutely not used to living in their environment.
It can be overwhelming at times. With time and patience you will come around - and so will he.
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It's cruelty and thank god those collars are banned here in Germany.
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Welcome from Germany.
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Welcome from Germany. Ziggy is a very handsome boy...
....and with quite the name...😉
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No problem. I'm glad I could explain it for you to understand. My English is lacking in some parts - like science, obviously.
It can be that your girl looses some of her eyesight due to her age, like older people do. Perhaps your vet has an idea what is happening. Good luck with finding the reason and hopefully some medical ways to help your little girl.
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No, to get the illness you need both copies of the recessive gene and not only one. You can look up Mendel and his experiments on plant hybridization.
He crosses a red with a white plant. All the plant babies are red. Crossed with one another he gets 3 red plants and one white.
The first red plant carries rr for red. The first white plant carries ww for white.
The plant babies are red but carry rw - one for red and one for white. But red is stronger than white, so white (recessive) doesn't show.
The next generation rw x rw (red plant x red plant, both carriers) happens to be 3 red plants (rr, rw, rw) and 1 white plant (ww).
When you cross two plants everyone gives half of the information. So in the first generation there are only carriers which sray red through their whole life but their children receive the possibility to be white when both recessive genes happen to be in the same plant.
It's like that with PRA, too. The word for it is autosomal recessive - google translater told me. I hope the translation is correct.
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It is normal to loose eyesight during older age, for dogs as for people. To develop an illness due to a recessive gene you have to carry both recessive copies, like that
Mother Father
XX Xx
Kids New Partner
Xx Xx
Grandkids
XX Xx Xx xx
XX - healthy
Xx - carries illness, is not ill just carrier
xx - ill
I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. I could explain quite well in German.... in English not so good, sorry.
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No helpful ideas here but I never heard of something like that before. Every vet in Germany would kick you out of his office and send animal control after you because of cruelty if you even considered such a deranged thing. What a strange world we live in.
Thank you for adopting Davis and giving him the love and the home he deserves.
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I use hydrogene peroxide 3% because it helps with the discolouration and is an antiseptic for small inflammation.
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The one in the left is a dead ringer for my Paddy.
He even has the white breast.
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There are so many greyt advices already given. I just like to add on thought. The greyhound you get today will mostly not be the grey you have 2 month later and after a year it will be different hound... but still be the same dog you adopted in the first place.
What I want to say is. Their personalities develop during their life with you. Their eyes will change, their whole mannerism. They are like diamonds which get their beauty through grinding. The more time our greys spend with us the more they shine.
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The trouble with some sedatives is that they seem to calm the dog down but eventually the poor thing is just to drowsy to express his fears and is trapped with them inside his uncooperative body. This makes a scary situation even more scarier.