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Grace and Guinness have the same preference of which dog bed is the best with the sofa as number one choice followed by bed two being under the window and then the one next to it under the TV is the third choice. Who gets what is strictly on a first come first served basis which they both accept good naturedly with no squabbling, growling or bullying to get the other one to move.
Come biscuit time if Guinness is on a higher ranking bed he will get up and follow me to the treat cupboard and Grace will quickly jump onto the bed Guinness had occupied a moment before and wait with a "butter wouldn't melt" expression for the biscuit to come to her. Guinness gives Grace a "not again" look and settles onto a lower ranking bed.
As my father used to say "There's no point getting older if you don't get wiser"
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I wonder if the "it" refers to the trail and if you do take the trail with you will you get walkers following you home?
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14 hours ago, Lw27 said:
Can I ask what kennels or where you took him to? Be useful to get a contact of maybe a racing vet or knowledgeable greyhound physio?
I don't know which country you are in but I'm in the UK. He was taken by the Greyhound Trust to the physio before I adopted him. I was told about his shoulder because I had to wait for a couple of weeks as they had to get him signed off fit for adoption. The racing kennels are next to the Greyhound Trust Hall Green site at Shenstone, Lichfield. I don't know who the physio is or any contact details but perhaps you could enquire at your nearest track if they know of someone near you?
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Grace loves a pillow too.
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Before I adopted Guinness he had a limp which the previous adopter and adoption agency couldn't find the cause. He also has had a corn removed via flexor tenotomy which didn't solve the problem and an x-ray didn't throw any more light on it. In the end a visit to the physio attached to the next-door racing kennels sorted him out.
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17 hours ago, EllenEveBaz said:
You could make him even comfier by letting him get on the sofa.
I haven't not let him on the sofa. I just haven't encouraged him as that is Grace's privilege afforded to her because of her, I'll say it quietly, "seniority"
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It looks like Guinness is under the assumption that he's got his permanent residence permit and no longer has to try as hard
He's starting to sneak onto the sofa when I'm out or at night when I'm upstairs in bed but as soon as he hears me he's back onto his own bed. Unfortunately for him the webcam has grassed him up.
He had to be reminded once again that Grace doesn't need help in clearing her food bowl.
He's helping (?) with the upkeep of the lawn by attempting to remove the moss (and grass) by scratting post wee and is under the impression more zoomies keep the grass in good health.
Fortunately for him his assumption is correct
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2 hours ago, ParzivalWatts17 said:
Our grey came from Iowa Park track and spent most of his time there and at the end of his career had a race at Southland and few more at Wheeling.
Hes only 2.5 years old and adopted him a couple months ago. Any ideas if they use the same commands or if they did? I can’t get him to jump up into the car for anything.
He also doesn’t know how to sit, lie down, stay, and heel. He does seem to know leave it because we use that to not get into certain things and not try to eat our cat.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Are you trying to get him to jump on to the back seat or in to the boot/trunk? I can get both my greyhounds to jump into the boot/trunk by leading with the lead but the back seat is a no go as there isn't enough of a landing area and a smaller door aperture.
You need a lot of time and patience to teach a greyhound and just when you give up they get it
Keep the training sessions short so they think it's fun and don't get bored. A lot of greyhounds find it impossible to sit so perhaps cross that of the list.
Every time he's showing signs of laying down tell him to and when he's down give him a "Good boy" and a treat. There is another method of enticing him under your legs with a tasty morsel. Have a look on YouTube.
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I wonder if the kennels gave the dogs a walk late afternoon and she got used to that routine and wants it to continue? I have two greyhounds. Grace is fairly flexible in what and when things happen whereas Guinness is much less forgiving. Food and walks have to happen at fixed times.
Did the kennels feed her the food she's used to or their own? I'm just wondering if it was of a higher protein content and has given her a lot more energy. The recommended percentage of protein for retired or pet greyhounds is around 20%.
Guinness has a cheap stuffy with a squeak and when it gets too chewed and squeakless I replace it. Grace totally ignores toys.
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Another vote for nearly never.
I bathed Grace a couple of weeks after I had her to get rid of the smell from the flea/tick goo the adoption group had put on the back of her neck and Guinness had a dry shampoo to remove the smell from the kennels and ever since then it's as Houndtime says "A good rain, a big towel and you are done."
Unlike most dogs greyhounds don't produce waterproofing oil in their coats so the dirt and dust doesn't stick to it causing a doggy smell.
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Reading a recent news article it appears some people only wash their dog's bowls once a week and some leave it longer before washing them if at all
I wash Grace's and Guinness's food bowls twice a day i.e. after every meal and the water bowls once a day in the morning.
I just wonder how often everyone else washes their dog's bowls?
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In addition to the above by MerseyGrey, have you both been at home during the pandemic and now one or both gone back to work? There are a lot of dogs now suffering from separation anxiety as their owners have returned to working back in the office.
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13 hours ago, MerseyGrey said:
What are Peeps? We don’t have them here so my mind was definitely in the gutter
Or put another way. One and a half teaspoons of sugar per Peep to give your greyhound that much needed sugar rush
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Well done Facebook on keeping the same staff for 9 years
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Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Greyhound law is that greyhounds expand/contract to fit in the bed space available. Mark needs to brush up on the greyhound laws
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8 hours ago, macoduck said:
He's too shy to pop a pill in but will eat a hidden one.
Grace didn't used to like taking pills when I first had her so unless they were coated I used to crush them with a back of a spoon on a saucer and mix the powder into her food.
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Just thinking out loud:
How big is the van?
If it's a car derivative then secure him the same way as if it's a car.
If it's a larger van and it has to do an emergency manoeuvrer or stop what does Rumble slam into?
Can he be secured near the front with a harness?
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He's just not trying.
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I have two greyhounds. Grace has a low pry drive which has diminished as she's got older and now shows no interest in the local cat or squirrel population even when they move. She doesn't even glance at them but if they run then all bets are off. She has lost a nail chasing a rabbit and knocked a tooth out chasing a squirrel.
Guinness on the other hand will chase anything and if it's not moving he will bark and lunge at it to make it run. I wouldn't trust him off the lead in a dog park unless we were the only ones there.
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Tiffachu as you can see there is difference of opinion on where a dog should sleep depending more or less on which side of the Atlantic you are but the one thing everyone agrees on is that greyhounds should sleep inside. One of the reasons is that they have thin coats and no body fat to insulate them from the weather. Also historically were bred as hunting dogs that hunt independently so any small animal could become prey including cats. As she is a young greyhound in time she should accept your cats as part of the pack and they will be safe but that doesn't guarantee the safety of your neighbours cats.
You have come to this forum for help advice and are getting a lot of criticism from people who don't know your full circumstances only what you have told us. Only you can decide if the home you have given this hound is right for her.
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4 hours ago, tiffachu said:
The rescue did say they she had been cat tested and didn't seem to care for cats however our cats have seen her but they haven't met face to face as of yet they can just see each other through the door.
Just a word of caution. Guinness was tested as cat safe but had to be returned from his first foster home because he didn't get on with their cat. Some dogs lie on the cat testing exam and others tell the truth and some just don't like the particular cat they are homed with.
I'm also someone who doesn't want their pet in my bedroom, I don't even allow them upstairs. Try putting an old blanket or quilt on the bed she sleeps on in the day time so it starts to smell like her then put it on her nighttime bed. Don't put a coat on her, my two greyhounds sleep quite happily in a cool room and Grace won't wear a coat outside unless it's below freezing. Make sure your nighttime routine and waking routine is the same each day, even at weekends, so she knows what's going to happen and doesn't worry about being abandoned. Give her a few nights of whining, barking and going to see if she wants to go for a pee but don't make a fuss.
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7 hours ago, Houndtime said:
Glad you survived uninjured.
I was carry a small garbage can and holding the leash after walking Odin and a storm was coming. It was very windy and I was afraid the trash can would blow away. The side door to the garage, slammed into the back of my ankles and I tipped over tripping over Odin inside the garage. I didn't want to fall on him, so I dropped the leash, the garbage can (which is my outside can for bags of after-walk poop placement), and hit the floor. I tore my rotator cuff.
Big Ouch!!
Having done that myself a few years ago falling off a chair while adjusting a stage light...don't ask...I'm still getting the odd twinge
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You hear so many horror stories of what happens when you introduce another dog into a household I thought I'd tell you of my recent experience. I know you "intend" to foster without adopting but I thought I would tell you how I introduced Guinness to my existing greyhound Grace, who is a nervous girl, as I have just done the foster to adopt process in the UK through the Greyhound Trust to get her a toy boy
They insisted that I took Grace with me when I went to look at Guinness so the dogs could meet and have a walk around their paddock just to check they could tolerate each other. They walked together side by side totally ignoring the other one apart from an initial sniff. I picked Guinness up on my own a week later as I had no idea how he would behave in a strange car and didn't want to have Grace complicate things if there was a problem. I needn't have worried he slept most of the way.
Once home I walked Guinness on the lead around the garden so he could wee if he wanted then introduced him into his new home. He went straight into the crate before coming back out for a sniff round. Grace watched him from the sofa with disinterest. The rest of the day Guinness either lay in his crate or on the bed under the window, the two dogs ignoring each other. As neither dog had reacted to the other I decided to leave the crate door open that night. Grace slept on the sofa and Guinness in his crate while I kept an eye on them with a webcam.
Five weeks later and they still mostly ignore each other. Guinness is only using his crate if I'm at that end of the room and sleeping at night on the bed next to Grace's/my sofa so this morning the crate is being put away and a dog bed put in it's place.
Good luck and I hope the fostering goes as painlessly as mine.
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I'm glad you both survived relatively unscathed with only dented pride.
Are you sure there is no photographic evidence because if you ask me it's karma for laughing at your other half in post 4 of The Buddy Spam posting
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It's one of those new magnetic carpet collars. Grace and Guinness have one although Guinness's seems to have an intermittent fault