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Welcome and congrats to that beautiful boy. Bluey is a stunner. I hope you'll gain your green collar soon. Will he be allowed to run free in enclosed areas, or are you in one the states where greyhounds hsve to be kept on lead all the time?

Completely normal behaviour. You got your princess a subject for Christmas and now she is making sure he knows who just turned queen of the parlor. They will settle in a few weeks. It's always a good sign when they lay the rules immediately (in my opinion). My new boy Abu thought he could climb the ladder of hierarchy in our pack the day before yesterday and growled at Paddy to move off the sofa.... Bad idea. Paddy showed him who is the leader of the pack (and hubby was there to supervise and to interrupt if it got out of hand) but it was over in a few seconds. The big blue ex-racer knows how to handle that little youngster.

Paddy What an exceptional hound he was. I always felt close to you guys over there because there were Andy and Paddy living in my home, too.

It says the same in German as it says in English. I thought you might like our traditional christmas and new year's greeting.

I'm glad it worked. And my card from camp greyhound is already decorating my dining room all next to all the other lovely cards. ❤ I'm going to take a pic of all of them on the 25th. 😁

There are different things. They choose to stay close to me, not only at home but on our walks, too. They are happy when I come home from work. And Colin even stopped going after a hare when I called him back. That was super special.

If you are on fb visit the group Your Greyhound's History. The girls are amazing. They find put everything there is to know about your greyt.

Mine came in a package with a card from the christmas card exchange some years ago 😍 We don't have them here in Germany and one super sweet greytalk person thought of me. ❤

Another beautiful card arrived today. Thank you, Monica and David. ❤

My cards are somewhere in a plane.... I guess. 😉 But the first of your beautiful cards arrived. Thank you Anne, Bill and Tricia and Burke.

I sent you a pm

Saoirse got startled easily by sudden sounds on our walks. She would panic and try to run either home or to the car. She started to dread walks and tried to avoid them at all costs. I started her on melatonine chews and after 4 weeks she was a different dog, happy, loves to go out. She can even walk off lead in some areas because she can't be bothered with anything but staying with one of us. I would have never thought that the change would be that completely. I got the melatonine chews from the UK.

Every day. They are thick as thieves. Abu would prefer some calm and quiet but Saoirse is like a tornado. Someone bred loads of stamina in that litter 😁

Poor little girl attacked by a roll of tissue paper evil hooman called mom places strategically in the middle of the room. 🤣

Should have named them Madness and Mayhem instead of Freedom (Saoirse) and Forever (Abu)... 🤣

Thank you. Everything arrived just fine, now. ❤

You forgot me 😢

So many great advices. I would suggest a night light, too. It helped Andy a lot when he got older. Plus I started feeding him hypericum and gingko as herbs on his food - hxpericum for all neurological issues and gingko to increase the blood flow in his brain. He also reacted very positively to cbd oil with dmso.

I don't have your adress. Please pm me so I can add you to my list.

I had a very reactive greyhound. His name was Andy. He even tried to kill a galgo in his first foster home. He was the attack first, ask questions later kind of dog. I walked him regularly and when we met other dogs I kept him behind me, turned him around so they didn't come up front. In canine behaviour it is very impolite towards a dog and look it in the eyes. I always say it is like jogging into a group of real mean bikers and tell them they are ugly as sh... Just not the best idea. A few weeks is nothing. Your new dog is getting used to everything around him. I would walk regularly always the same route for some weeks to increase his feeling of safety. The most important part is blocking his view of other dogs by keeping him behind or next to you or turn him around. And don't react verbally to him. He will think you are reacting to the other dog and increase his behaviour. And if you want to give him some Bach's flowers I would recommend Walnut in his drinking water. Walnut is to help with changes in your life.

I'm so sorry, Jan 💔 We have a saying here in Germany that we live by that lovely translated says... You can't add more days to life but you can add more life to the days. It seems like Cletus got the most of his life living in Camp Greyhound.

Sending positive vibes and lots of light and love all the way across the ocean. ❤

I'm in since I joined greytalk and there has never been a problem. It is my own responsibility if I give my adress to someone else.

There is still mayhem in your home. ❤

Petunia - you are my hero. Can you can come over here and look at next door's St. Bernhard pup? 😉