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Mali

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  1. I was concerned about this too before we adopted our grey last year, particularly as we have younger children. She has never shown any signs of sleep startle at all but we did, and constantly do, remind the children not to approach her if she's not completely awake. She also sleeps on her back with her eyes half open and her head hanging off the sofa with her tongue lolling out, which in itself is quite startling to see. A babysitter was quite alarmed and thought she died!
  2. Thanks! I was kind of hoping it might be that she was feeling more settled! Fortunately she marks less as a bitch than a dog would. I'm quite glad we don't have to stop at every tree!
  3. Hi - this is not a problem that needs advice, I'm just interested to know what it means. We've had our hound 10 months and just in the last couple of months she's started scratching the ground behind her after she's peed and pooped. I know that this is usually a scent- spreading thing but I just wondered why now after such a long time.
  4. Apologies if this is in the wrong place. Husband and kids are away next week up to MILs. They are not takinghound as MIL's dog is an old lab that she took on 6 months ago from a neighbour who died. She understandably doesn't relish the idea of two large dogs in a relatively small house. Last time she put him in kennels but the DC really want to meet him. Anyway, that's a ridiculously long and unnecessary backstory - sorry! I was going to be staying at home working from home as I always do, but I have to now go away for three days. My parents are having the hound but I'm taking her up to them on the train. Advice please - she doesn't lie down unless she is very comfortable and she's not exactly the size to put on your lap on the seat. The journey is about 1 hour 15 minutes. How can I make the journey comfortable for her and not a pain for other passengers?
  5. She last went yesterday. She's had a good run at lunchtime and her normal morning walk. I'm sure I'm worrying excessively. I seem obsessed with everyone's bowel movements in this house from kids to dogs - *sigh*
  6. Hi, I'm probably overthinking this but she's our first hound so I'm constantly asking questions! Mali-dog normally poohs 3 or 4 times a day. She's not gone at all today - do I need to be concerned? She's absolutely fine in herself. Thanks
  7. Thank you so much - greysmom particularly, that's really very helpful advice.
  8. We've had our retired racer coming up 5 months. She's settled brilliantly and has, until the last week or so, been a fabulous addition to the family. Over the last week or so she has started growling at the children. I haven't heard her do it, it's been when we're out of the room. The children are 6 and 8 and are respectful of her space. We've now said they can't sit with her when we're not in the room to try and avoid this. She's growled at me when I've taken a chew from her but I just ignored it and took it anyway. We've not punished or reacted to the growling, as I know this is a warning and don't want her to move straight to biting, but have told the children to move away from her as soon as she growls. How can we get past this? We all love her dearly now and I would hate for her to become intolerant to the children and for them to be afraid of her.
  9. I know this is a controversial subject but we've been working hard on recall and have a fully enclosed field behind our house (for which we are extremely fortunate). Anyway we let Mali off-lead today in the field (muzzled and there were no other dogs around). We've done it a couple of times before and she's come back brilliantly each time. This time, she had her burn up - for all of 90 seconds and then came back, we didn't call her - she just came of her own accord, so we gave her a treat. I was going to just let her potter on round the field off-lead but but when I went to walk away she came and nudged her lead. No idea whether she was wanting treats but it seemed like she wanted to be on the lead. It was lunch time and we had a limited time so I didn't want to look a gift dog in the mouth as it were and just leashed her back up again. Is that likely or am I anthropomorphising our hound here?
  10. Oooh lovely colour! He's very handsome indeed. Congratulations. When is he coming home with you?
  11. Glad to hear other greys on Field and Trial. Also yes to the firm poops, happy dog keen on exercise, cleans the bowl in one go, no nasty gas. Her coat is also looking well improved since we had her but that maybe down to the sprats that she's getting as treats and the mackerel she gets on top of the kibble once or twice a week. Perfect, we'll stick to what we've got then Thank you very much! But this: There is no blame in being a 'dog-food-crusader' and selecting one of the super-ethical foods, but it will do more for you emotionally and socially than it will for the dog. Where are the super-ethical foods? And yes, that would definitely be for me not the dog!
  12. Hi there We came home with a bag of Arkwright's food from the rescue centre which we started feeding our hound which our trainer told me was really poor quality. We were then given a bag of Skinners Field and Trial food. This has suited her better and her poohs have been much better. Shall I keep going with the Field and Trial (even though she's never?!) - we're coming to the end of the bag now. Thanks a lot
  13. Oh man, the sugar! That's horrible! We've been wise so far regarding food (apart from the fact there was a very close shave with resident guinea pig this weekend) but I'm just waiting for the next incident. I like the idea of drink cans.... maybe we'll try.
  14. It's such a lovely thing to do. We've had our new addition 6 weeks and she's settling amazingly. (We're UK based too). We had bowls (raised) and a crate with double duvets in when we first got her - she came with a lead, indoor collar and outdoor collar. The crate hardly gets used at all now as she sleeps on the sofa but it is still her safe place to go to when she's unsure. We also have children and it is a set-in-stone rule that they do not touch her when she's in her crate. It's also useful if there is a lot of coming and going at the front door (e.g. bringing in shopping) to be able to put her in her crate for 20 minutes. The other useful thing is a whistle - we are whistle training. There's a lot of feeling that greyhounds shouldn't be let off the lead but I have an inherrant fear that whether we let her go or not, one day she will escape and if she is whistle trained at least we have some sort of chance of getting her back. She LOVES dried spratts (bleurgh, the smell!). Get used to being hyper vigilant about the door. Oh - and dog pooh bags Have fun - I have not been as excited since childhood as I was the week before we went to the sanctuary - I couldn't keep still. (But then the following week I was completely "oh-my-word-what-on-earth-have-we-done" - that passed in about a week/10 days but it might be worth knowing apparently it's a normal thing!). I'm sure you'll love it - ours is just so lovely to have around the house.
  15. We still haven't learnt - she's just had half a load of home made bread off the side She's lying on the sofa like some Roman emperor digesting...
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