Toffeesdad

He was a big brindle boy, great track record.

Diagnosed with lymphoma the week of Thanksgiving, a few good days the week of Christmas. Went to the bridge, January 2. His passing was so peaceful and we loved him.

Not sure this is the right section but here goes. We lost out boy Toffee during the holidays to lymphoma. We miss him but glad he’s no longer suffering. My wife and I have really fallen for sight hounds but looking at the rescues in our area, (KY), ex racers are pretty scarce compared to when we adopted Toffee. I’ve looked at akc puppies but they’re expensive and at my advanced years I’m not sure about a puppy. Does anyone have experience with adopting galgos? Borzois? Sloughi? Saluki? This forum has always been such a resource for us, thanks to all.

Our brindle boy came to us with a flaky,dry coarse coat. Like others here have said we added oil to his food for about a year and continue to give a daily brush with a hounds glove. It took him about a year to year and a half to turn his coat over. His coat now, 4 years later, is soft and does have a shine when the sun hits it obliquely. He still has a ruff down each side of his neck which is just a little rough and his slight feathering on his tail. I call it his inner saluki coming out 😂

We started once a year for our hound but since the pandemic we’ve just brushed him daily and he is good. No smell or oily residue

Not that much experience here, but our grey is an ex racer. He has kind of a limited prey drive. Cats, squirrels, other dogs don’t seem to trigger him usually. However if a cat does certain things like climb a tree in front of him, or a rabbit runs across his path, he will fixate on them. Ears pricked, eyes focused tense stance. He has never attempted to chase but it would pay you to keep your attention on your dog around other animals. When they fixate their drive is engaged, in my experience. You’ll get great advice on the forum.

Our grey has never slept with us but he does indeed sleep on the floor across the room from us and has never even tried getting on the bed. I think you’ve taken a plunge into the deep end of the pool. Greys aren’t cats and they’re really not like golden retriever’s. Please don’t leave her outside at night alone.

I’m wondering if he’s regressed with lock down and getting use to being with someone a lot more. If that seems the case then I’d suggest revisiting alone training. They are such creatures of habit, our guy had SA for the first three or four months when we got him. Eventually we established a routine that prepared him to be alone and I’m guessing he knows when the country music comes on and he gets a Kong, he knows we’ll be home eventually. Good luck.

Our hound does this as well. It appears to be soothing behavior. He will even lick while asleep. He gets anxious rather easily and it appears to be linked to that. So far he’s not had any side effects from it.

Our last dental was $380 US without lab work. The lab work quote was $80 and optional because he’s under 10 years old.

Just to add my 2 cents. Our boy can find anything remotely edible on a walk and have it swallowed before I can react. I worry about it but he hates his muzzle, which is weird sense he was a successful racer. I avoid the garbage can storage areas in the neighborhood and keep an eye on the street gutter. It’s surprising how much food scraps get tossed on the street in a residential neighborhood.

Sorry I asked. 🤮

No suggestions as you’ve gotten some great ones. Question…what’s a meat farm?

Thanks for the responses. Toff is 8 and has been with us 3 years. He gets his teeth brushed 5 out of 7 days and like some of the above responses thinks it’s a treat so is down for it. He was pulling away from having his front teeth brushed and it turned out the two pulled were in front. I started brushing his teeth when his breath started reeking, and it improved almost immediately. We also use an additive to his food. Beyond the expense of cleaning, I’m more concerned about yearly anesthesia but guess I’ll see how it goes. Thanks again for your help.

Good afternoon, just looking for some advice. Toffee had his first dental since he came to us three years ago. He had two front teeth extracted, vet said he had seven others that he would’ve pulled if he didn’t know we do frequent followups and daily brushing. My question is the vet said he probably will need yearly dental cleanings. Is that something anyone else has experienced? Seems like a lot of anesthesia to me but what do I know? Toff is fine by the way, drunk but doing ok.