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Scoutsmom

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    Ruth Curtis

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    Portland, OR
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    Greyhounds, gardening, hiking, reading.

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  1. Go WIlla! Losing an ear is HORRIBLE!
  2. If you use just a collar or a harness where the leash clips to the back (top), the dog will instinctively lean into the harness and pull. Get a harness with the clip in the front on the dog's chest. When the dog pulls, he will get pulled to the side, defeating his purpose in pulling. This has worked wonders with my pit bull mix who is a VERY strong puller. Now I can walk her and be in control.
  3. Congratulations on your new grey!!! What is her name? It is a whole new world that she is being introduced to and she is finding it terrifying. Do you need to go on walks? If you have a yard, let her out into it and forget about walks until she is more comfortable in this new world she has found herself in. If you have to go on walks, forget about treats--she is too terrified to be interested in treats. The best thing to try is to have another dog show her that walks can be fun. Is there another greyhound or a friendly dog that could join her on your walks? If not, you will need to be very patient. Let her wear her harness around the house so she doesn't associate it with being forced out of the house. Then it will be easy to clip her leash on and you can cheerfully tell her it is time for walks. When you need to take her out, praise her like everything if she goes a few steps. She will likely freeze as she is overwhelmed. Other threads here will tell you what to do in that case. Basically you can try to wait her out, try turning around and going another way, or give her a nudge in the rump with your legs to get her moving. Once she is moving, praise her as if she is the most wonderful dog in the world (which of course she is).
  4. I think she needs a few more toys! I agree brood mamas are the best.
  5. Well, someone has to hold down the leaves or else they would all blow away!
  6. I would like to point out that when the GS became nervous, that made him seem like prey to the pack of greyhounds (2 hounds can be a pack). At that point I would have stopped the play and removed one of the dogs -- it doesn't matter which one. Without doing that, it could easily have escalated, and someone ended up with a traumatized dog and costly vet bills to pay. It doesn't matter what breed the nervous dog is: I have seen a nervous grey turn into prey for a "pack" of greyhounds.
  7. No, the tear will not reattach itself. The loose part will come off either thru wear or you dog nibbling on it. If your dog will let you, you could try trimming it with some sharp scissors.
  8. I've ordered the spook harness and a few other things from Hound Safe. Thanks for all your suggestions.
  9. My late and very much missed Mindy always walked behind me on our walks. While she loved her walks, I think she felt more protected that way--if a bigfoot should attack, it would get me first giving her more of a chance of getting away! Her sister had to always be out in front, leading the way. With her in front and Mindy in back leashes rarely got tangled!
  10. I recently adopted a beautiful, sweet boy I've named Reggie. He is very timid, not quite a spook, but almost. He is fine in the house and back yard but is terrified out in the big scary world. Unfortunately there are times when I need to take him places, such as the vet and maybe play group. I am terrified that he is going to slip out of his harness and be gone. I have seen pictures of hounds with a special harness that cannot be slipped out of--there is an extra strap around the tuck. Does any one know where I can purchase one?
  11. She has never in her life slept by herself. It is perfectly natural that she is scared and whining. You need to let her sleep near you either upstairs or you move downstairs. After a week or two she should be comfortable enough in her new home to sleep by herself. Congratulations on your new dog. In a few months you will think she is the most wonderful dog in the world.
  12. No advice, just a memory. Back in the early years of the Iraq war, a man posted that he had spent months in Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction and found none. Then he came home and found weapons of mass destruction in his home courtesy of his new greyhound!
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