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Cletus, the honorable greyhound. ❤❤❤

Thank you guys. I feel way better today. I even accompanied hubby, Andy, Paddy and Saoirse in their morning walk. I thought I'll take Andy because a) he walks off lead and b) he is old and due to his illness not that fast anymore. What happened? Today the old man decided to do zoomies on the soccer field. Poor me had to walk 2/3 of the way all by myself 😭😭😭 😁 I'm so happy he felt well enough for a little running.

I'm at home after stomach surgery. Sleeping on the sofa when my big lump of bones called Paddy decided that the best way for me to heal properly is him climbing on me, plopp down and instantly fall asleep. Greyt idea. I appreciate that you tried to make me feel better but.... that was not the most stellar idea of the big blue. No worries. Everything is still fine. Picture just because Paddy is my sweet babybear.

I feed beef heart regularly. But I don't cook it since I always feed raw meat. There has never been an issue for the last 12 years since I started feeding raw.

Cletus - you are one real cool honorary greythound. And your name always reminds of old wild west movies.

What a cutie. Welcome home, Cletus. I love your name.

You can imagine how terrified I was when hubby called me at work. My little girl gone missing and a severe storm starting to brew. She came home just as the first drops of rain started to fall. I can't imagine what triggered her behaviour but she went into the woods behind our house where we always walk. Good thing that she stays away from roads because she is a little afraid of moving cars.

Yesterday saw the most surreal greyhound experience in the last 12 years of greyhound ownership. Saoirse was fast asleep in her bed in the living room. Suddenly she jumped up, raced into the yard, jumped the gate and was gone. All that happened in the blink of an eye. 2 hours later (after calling the police, Tasso...) my husband went out for one last time before it got to dark and she just appeared next to him looking for a treat and than went home with him. She is a little scraped and bruised from jumping a gate that is way to big for a dog that can't jump into the car. But otherwise she is fine. Picture of little Miss Houndini.

He left a big hole even in our hearts here on the other side of the ocean where the other Paddy lives.

Some years ago a mantrailer (a dog that follows the scentof a person zo gind him) was awarded as best msnteailer in Germany. It was a borzoi.

You can turn the conversation from greyhounds in general to you grey. Something like Yes, she is a greyhound. Her name is xy. Does she look aggressive to you? Or I'm sorry, we scared you. Being a petite woman can be your advantage. Who will admit that he or she is scared by a small person. And your English is greyt. As a fellow non-native speaker I am impressed.

Congrats to both of you.

This is Andy. He is 13 years old and suffers from laryngeal paralysis and lumbosacral stenosis. He was diagnosed with both one year ago. He was barely able to walk and had a horrible raspy breath. This picture was taken 2 weeks ago.To keep him going he is on a strict plan that includes pain meds, homeopathy, herbs, oils, acupuncture, reiki and physiotherapy. Andy gets onsior 40mg every morning with his food. I also add gelsemium and alumina. In the evening he gets St. Johns Wort, melissa and gingko as herbs in his meal and again gelsemium and alumina. I also add rice bran oil to keep his muscles. He also gets keltican which is a vitamin b complex for spine issues, neuralgia etc. Every 2 weeks he has an appointment with his physio and reiki lady. I bought a laser to do acupuncture once a week. He takes his walks for at least 30 minutes (on bad days) and up to 1,5 hours on good days - slowly but steadily. He mostly walks off lead due to the lp. Every once in a while he gets nux vomica to increase his nerve cells' ability to transport information. Talk to a holistic vet, too. Mine was able to help Andy way more than his regular one. But I combine both methods.

I second the super duper high value treat method. Hot dogs or cheese worked for us. But I have to say all of mine love their special adventure time with mom or dad when the others have to stay home.

In the meantime you can put a baby sock on his foot and secure it with a hair tie (those soft ones). Here is Saoirse when she hurt her paws in the infamous hot air balloon incident last year.

All fingers and paws are crossed for a good outcome.

Normally the walk would have been approximately 1,5 hours but Andy walks a lot slower these days and we made some stops for him. He loves to walk, sniff every blade of gras and oh, the trees. So we adjust to his way of walking.

Mosquitos? Oh yes. They will eat you alive. We only walk there when it is to cold for them.

It was a perfect day for a long walk, cloudy and a little cool. The soft ground in the swamps makes it possible for Andy to join us. I thought you might like some impressions from our 2,5 hours walk.

Happy birthday, gorgeous Ruby. I hope you had a nice day with loads of cake and ice cream.

Happy birthday. Have a greyt party and many many more years of living the greyt life.

Have you tried laser therapy? The nerves may be sending wrong information to the brain (it's the best I can describe in english) and even a light touch can feel like pain. I had this problrm myself after cancer surgery. My doc did 1 session of laser therapy to debug the nerves and it worked. In addition I took hypericum as homeopathic remedy which is known to be able zo even heal damaged nerve cells. With my older dogs I just add hypericum (St. Johns Wort) as tea leaves to their food. You can add melissa, too which acts anti-inflammatory.

Beautiful. I love the black background. But that is no wonder since I am a fan of Paul Croes' work.

I just saw your post. Congrats to your beautiful new friend and Welcome to the world of crazy greyhound lovers.

She is so stinkin cute.