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Did you take her to a vet to make sure she is not hurting? Sometimes dogs react to hurt the way you describe her behaviour.

Paddy acts in a simliar manner when I fail with his exercises, not only walks but things for his very active brain, too. He loves to search for some treaties which I hide in the house or in cardboard boxes with lots of newspaper pages crunched into small balls - the treaties are in some of these balls but not in every. It's a bit messy because it looks like a paper volcano erupted in our living-room but the dog is happy and tired. On walks we practise things like "change" - changing from my left to my right side, and back, "look" - he walks next to me and looks into my face, "wait" - when arriving at a street. It helps to make him tired.

That's it. She is not comfortable with being alone. Two of my three greys sleep in the bedroom and one decided he was done with the stairs and sleeps in the living room downstairs. But he was always a strange one - he is a greyt guard dog with a beautiful deep voice and loves to watch his property at night.

Can it be a scar? Scar tissue sometimes sets off strange feelings in the nerve endings. It can be treated with a soft laser therapy. Your spot seems to be on one of those meridians for acupuncture. A laser acupuncture session might help.

Wow, what a sweet boy. I guess he just needs some time to get used to his playmate.

You wrote a wonderful tribute to a wonderful hound. No not just a dog, to a friend. I am so very sorry for your loss.

Thank you, I'll try the scrambeled eggs. He already gets lamb and sheep. A friend of mine has a big flock and we get our raw meat from her whenever they butcher one or two sheep. Lamb of course only in spring and early summer. And he loves cottage cheese with mashed potatoes.

His bloodworks came back today. He is as healthy as he can be. But now I have the strangest problem ever. Doc says Col is healthy but needs to gain some weight. That's not strange. But Col puts everything he can eat into motion. More food - more action. Running, digging in the yard, playing with his stuffies, zoomies in the house... He is not overly active in a hyper way, just his bouncy happy go lucky self. And he won't gain any weight because of this. What can I do?

I am so very sorry for your loss.

Congratulations to your beautiful puppy.

We recieved good news. The vet wanted to know Col's exact weight before he did ultrasound or x-rays. And what had happened? Col has gained 1,6 pounds in the last two weeks. He has now 27,3 kg (54,6 pounds). Vet was happy, said everything looks just great. We didn't do x-rays and ultrasound but took some blood for a geriatric blood profile. Results will be there on Monday. Let's wait.

Am I the only one around whose greys won't get up before 9 am? If I suggested a walk before this time I had to go alone or turn the beds over for them to roll out. Walking your dog in the yard should do the trick. He will get the idea. But I also know a dog or two which never pee or poop in their on yard. Sometimes they are just strange fellows.

Colin has turned 11 in July (actually July 4th) and is doing great for his age but he lost nearly 3 pounds weight in the last year. His vet says that's to much. I hoped for worms but no of course not, bacterias in his intestine are good, too. Tomorrow he is going to do some x-rays and ultrasound. I don't get the problem. Colin shows no signs of being uncomfortable. He has a great shiney fur, clear eyes, alert and very active... running in the yard, digging holes, taking long walks. But is still losing weight. Let's hope it's just old age.

This is a wonderful tribute. I am so very sorry for your loss.

It's good to read that Bernie is doing so well.

Yeah, Col does the same thing when we are at the sighthound park. And when there is nothing to do for him he sneaks up on the other dogs' owners and tries to get some cake, pie, biscuits or whatever we have. We meet every saturday and sell cake, coffee, some dog stuff like selfmade collars. The money goes to an adoption group that brings galgos from Spain to Germany.

In a case of diarrhea. I do not feed for the first day, only give water. The next day I start with little portions of mashed potatoes (no milk or butter, just water) and cottage cheese. After that it gets back to normal food. Some nux vomica might also help. In your case I think it could be stress because of the new home and the many changes in her life.

Can it be some kind of cyanosis? The red bloodcells can't transport enough oxygen and therefor turn blue or purple. The colour shimmers through the skin. But I guess your vet would have seen something in the bloodworks. And it doesn't explain the orange poop.

You can also use one of those plastic curlers over the bandage. They are very useful for tail injuries.

She is one sweet girl. Congrats to your new houndie and welcome to the crazy greyhound people.

I am very sorry for your loss.

Of course I do. Her name is Iris Rutschmann-Wittig and she is with Greyhoundhilfe Deutschland. We keep in touch over the phone and meet once or twice a year. She is the one I call whenever I have a question or need an advice. And I am the one she sends to look at eventual greyhound parents and their homes in this area because she trusts my judgement.

What a beautiful tribute.

Colin had a simliar adventure with a pheasant. I let him off lead in an enclosed field and he started to have a little run. A pheasant sat on the field and Colin nearly stepped on it. The bird went up with a loud squawking sound. Col came back at a full run because of that scary monster. Some days later we were walking in the woods shortly after dark and another pheasant fell off a tree directly behind Col. It made the same sound. That did it. Whenever we encounter these mostly walking birds Colin looks the other way. When I don't see them - they don't see me. I am safe.

After reading your posts I came to realise how incredible my organisation choose my first dog, Colin, for me. I had never seen a greyhound before, only on TV but I read about them and decided that I wanted to try my hands on such a dog. I called this organisation and a woman talked to me and invited me to come over to a walk to get to know greyhounds. I made the 4 hour drive, walked with the hounds, interacted with them. There were several nice ones to adopt. At the end of the walk the woman told me that she was sorry but she didn't have the right dog for me. I was stunned. There were several and they were all nice, friendly, typical grey. I drove home again. After some weeks I got a call. It was that woman and she asked me if I was still interested, she had the perfect dog for me. Of course I was, went for the 4 hour drive (one way) again and met Colin. She was absolut right. He is the perfect grey for me. We still are in touch and chose Andy and Paddy in a simliar way. I later foud out that they are related. This woman walks her 15 greys, her own and fosters, always off leash and they stick together. Anyone would wander off or just run away without looking back. I can't describe it but there is such a relaxed feeling as if it is as it always had to be this way, a security. It has to be the training and the personality of this woman.