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greyhoundrick

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  • Birthday 09/12/1954

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    Phoenix, AZ
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    photography, poker and of course greyhounds!

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  1. Thanks so much. I agree! We love all animals, but I would be lying if I said that greyhounds were not at the very top of our list. While I hope all needy animals find forever homes, I believe it is our calling to stick with the greyhounds who need a family. We are beginning to find out what so many others have discovered......It is very, very difficult to find homes for the type of dog we are now fostering. Pit Bull mixes who must be in a single pet home are a real challenge, but, we will never give up. In the interim we are doing everything we can to keep everyone happy by doing some strategic dog rotating. Thanks again!
  2. Thank you so much for your input. Very helpful. We are going to try as hard as we can to find her a home. So sad because she is wonderful but we can't do that to our 2 senior greyhounds. Take care, Rick
  3. Thank you so much greysmom, cleptogrey and racindog. I appreciate your help very much! We have adopted 14 greyhounds over the years and have been involved with greyhound adoption groups as well. We love the breed very much and feel like we know a bit about them, however, we are not familiar with other breeds in terms of having them as pets. This particular situation that we are in is a new challenge for us. We have hired a trainer and are working with Gracie everyday in order to try to get her into a position where she might be able to increase her available potential base of adopters. We can now take her on a walk with our oldest greyhound, Lulu, who is 12 1/2 and also with Misty, our 8 1/2 year old who is more aggressive than Lulu and is the one Gracie has altercations with. Im hoping we can find her a foster/forever home soon as Im sure you know how difficult it is to try to keep dogs separated, happy and not disrupt their daily routine. I really enjoy and benefit hearing from you and again, appreciate your help. best to you, Rick
  4. Hello everyone, Thank you in advance for any input you can give me regarding our dog situation :-) We have 2 older greyhounds, Lulu is 12.5 and Misty is 8.5. We recently adopted a 4 year old Pit Bull Mix from our shelter as we previously had a Pit Bull who passed away. The house felt empty and we wanted to get another Pitty Mix in honor of our previous one. To make a long story short, our new Pit Bull was not feeling well (unbeknownst to us) and we had to have her hospitalized for a week. After her release she was a completely different dog. Much more energy and affection. Unfortunately, along with her new found health came a lot more aggressive behavior and although she gets along well with Lulu (our older greyhound), her and Misty do not get along. They have already been in a bad fight but luckily I was able to separate them fairly quickly. We have tried to keep them separated yet still allow them to see each other. There has been some growing thru the barriers. We have been able to walk them together and also have had a little bit of luck allowing them to be in the back yard on leashes. Our newly adopted Pit Bull, Gracie, has had a rough time as she had been on the streets, in the shelter for a while, in the hospital for a week and then having confrontations with our Misty. Any suggestions, input or comments would be greatly appreciated. We are willing to put in the work to make this a lot better. best to you all, Rick
  5. DustysMom, Xtrawld, Remolacha, Time4ANAP and smurfette, thank you all so much for the great information! We will get to work on this asap and will keep in touch! I see some of you folks are in Phoenix. I have done a lot some animal photography and of course, greyhounds are my favorite! . Here is my link on flickr that has some of my images: www.flickr.com/photos/greyhoundrick/ thanks again and looking forward to interacting with you again soon! best, Rick
  6. Hello everyone, Its great to be a part of this wonderful forum! I was wondering if you might have some suggestions on what can help greyhounds with less than ideal teeth other than taking them to the vet for a full dental under anesthesia. I know a vet is the best solution, but with older greyhounds I worry about the procedure and don't want to have them put under. Any input and expertise you can give us would be so much appreciated. thanks so much, Rick
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