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    Taking greyhound to the park

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    On 4/19/2024 at 3:10 PM, EllenEveBaz said:

     

    PS:  "Hypothetical" would be a good name for a greyhound.  You could call him or her Hype for short.  Just sayin'.  :)  

    :lol I wouldn’t trust a new greyhound off leash in a place with so many distractions but I think that once they get to know that you’re their human, taking them for long lazy afternoons watching the world go by sounds like bliss. They are intelligent enough to know you’re their source of food (so will probably come back to you eventually) but really have no common sense so won’t think twice about chasing a cat/squirrel/crisp packet into traffic. Like someone else said, it becomes second nature -like watching a toddler - and you’ll find plenty of other things which will displace the ‘are they going to escape’ worry.

    When we’d had Buddy for a few weeks, I let him into the back garden to do his business. A few minutes later, I couldn’t see or hear him, so wondered outside to find that someone had left our garden gate open. I ran out to the front to look for him to find him standing patiently at the front door, waiting to be let back in. It was tea time, after all (clever enough to wait at the front door, not clever enough to find his way back through the gate :rolleyes:)

    Foster update

    in Everything else Greyhound

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    39 minutes ago, FiveRoooooers said:

    It's been almost two months without an update from the House of FosterFail Consideration :lol 

    :rollin

    :lol Well, that’s because when we last volunteered ourselves we got a wonderful response…they didn’t have any dogs that they could give us for the weekend - they were all out to foster with a view to adoption! Merlin and Sammy both look like their adoptions will go ahead, which is great news. 
    You might remember that we had Ami with us for a weekend, who was perfect except for about 30 seconds where we feared for our lives. We got some more information about him and how he was treated, which wasn’t particularly nice, and the news about him is mixed. He is currently in long-term foster through the rescue’s vet, and they are going to spend time trying to work out what his triggers are for his ‘unfavourable’ behaviour, and they are going to try and see if they can iron out his issues. Him being with someone who has experience with dog behaviour is going to be essential, and they are going to assess him in a few months before possibly putting him back in the rotation for adoption. That is the good news. If they can’t work these things out, his future is a bit less certain. They can’t put him out for adoption if his behaviour can’t be changed - the rescue is quite small and they can’t risk him biting someone again. There was some talk of him becoming a sponsor dog, so they would keep him in kennels and raise funds for him. But it’s not much of a life for him - for any dog really. We will keep an ear out for him.

    We have a long weekend here due to Easter and we have a guest. I was advised to keep this quiet specifically from you Jan - I have it on good authority that the minute you know, you’ll be booking a flight to see our handsome brindle boy Brolly. This will be his first time in a home of any kind. I took him for a walk last week, and will probably do so again before he comes here on Friday. Here’s a link to his picture on Instagram. I’ll get the spare room ready ;)

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C4x1IG3I5_E/?igsh=ZGJvajQ2a3dkbW1q

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    Gracie Ripped A Toenail Out

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Ouch! Buddy was clumsy and broke one of his nails a couple of times. He limped a bit but once the nail came off properly it didn’t seem to bother him much although it must have hurt. The car looked like a crime scene when we took him to the vet. I hope Gracie isn’t too bothered by her impromptu manicure

    Is this resource guarding?

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    5 minutes ago, zimsmom said:

    NILIF and clicker training worked great for my sassy Zim who bit me twice.  She growled and bared her teeth till the day she passed but we managed to work it out.  Maybe suggest no small children in his next home.  Or is that with you??

    Oh and I always had a muzzle any time we traveled vet visits ect.  

    Thank you. Good tips for his management!

    Is this resource guarding?

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    I might be able to get to him after work for a walk from the kennels. Since we’ve been dogless, we’ve started to make plans and having a permanent foster, especially one that has the potential to adverse reactions like Ami, doesn’t necessarily fit in with those plans, which is why we have been having them for occasional weekends. We also both work full time and although Dan occasionally works from home it’s not guaranteed. I will speak to the charity owner again. We all want the best for the dogs we are involved with. We are still relatively inexperienced and will be guided heavily by advice from others.

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    Is this resource guarding?

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    The kennels know they will be keeping him there for a while as his needs are quite specific and finding a permanent home will be harder than with most. His previous owner already has a greyhound and the people at the kennels don’t think he had these issues before he went to her. We heard that he was becoming shut down in kennels so we wanted to offer him a break for a weekend and thought we might be able to help with seeing what his reactions are. But maybe we are doing more harm than good. 

    Is this resource guarding?

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    17 hours ago, EllenEveBaz said:

    I was thinking that at the kennel he is in a crate by himself so he would never feel a need to guard his bed as a resource?  So training as a weekend foster would be occasional rather than consistent.

    I see what you mean. I think he is in a kennel on his own, but they say that they don’t really go into his kennel, they open the door and make him come to them so I don’t think it’s been an issue. They did tell us yesterday that the behaviour we described - the snap and then following his victim rather than just letting it go - is what his previous owner had experienced, but they weren’t sure whether or not to believe her as she was a bit inconsistent. They said they would talk to a behaviourist to try and work him out. Sounds to me like he’s a grudge-bearer and that maybe he has found a home with kindred spirits!

    52 minutes ago, LBass said:

    For a creature who guards his own space zealously, he has absolutely no respect for anyone else's space. :D


     

    :lol Yes! Ami lures you in with a paw of more or whining for attention…then it’s like a shark attack!

    Is this resource guarding?

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I will talk to the kennel lead when we take him back and let her know what happened and what we’re doing. I don’t really know what goes on behind the scenes and how they interact with the dogs there. I think their policy of ‘let the dog come to you’ is a blanket one for all dogs. They said they hadn’t seen any of the behaviour that had been described by the owner but, like you @EllenEveBaz, they hadn’t let those situations develop. Maybe the home environment is the break in consistency so if we stick to the NILIF training, he will start to expect the same at home as he gets in kennels. I don’t know. We can only try!

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