MerseyGrey

I second the suggestion to walk before bedtime. Ours used to wake us up as regular as clockwork at 5am, then he stopped waking us up and starting to poop in the house more. We started taking him for a walk at 9ish, just before bedtime, and now he sleeps later, he rarely wakes us up to toilet and he only poops in the house if he has an upset tummy. The late walk has made a positive difference (and it’s only a 5-10 minute walk most nights)

Wiki! You don’t need to see her, as long as she can see you

This will become your Infamous Christmas Incident…ours involves a Terry’s chocolate orange which we had to try and trade up (aka bribe him) with some turkey to distract him long enough to retrieve the chocolate. I did actually fear for my life (well, at least some of my fingers) during this incident

Happy birthday Annie! I hope you had. Lovely day

I love his sandy snoot! Happy forever home Mooney

Run free Georgie Girl. Take care of your friend Hada

I’m so sorry that you had to lose your special girl; I’m even more sorry that you have said goodbye to two so closely together. to you.

Happy thanksgiving!

A double rainbow. These are eye-catching even when you get to see them quite often! I have the day off work today and have every intention of spoiling The Budster, until he’s had enough and takes himself off to a quiet corner to get away from it all

Happy birthday Punkin! What an adventure you went on!

My Annie, what big teeth you have! Punkin is not amused…

Nibbling the pumpkins is the autumnal equivalent of taking a moment to smell the flowers

I don’t know if this will help you. Buddy has a nail that must have broken in the past which grows upwards. It is fractured into a larger piece and a smaller piece just at the side. Because of its angle it is vulnerable to being knocked and to breaking again, which it has done once since we’ve had him, which made him limp. We took him to the vet on a Friday, who identified that it had become partially detached, and booked us in to have it removed on the following Monday as he would need to be sedated to do it - it was still too attached to just pull off. Over the weekend, he detached it himself - probably when he was doing one of his post-wee floor scratches - there was no blood, no scream and no more limp. We were told to keep an eye on it to make sure it didn’t get infected but we didn’t have any more issues with it then or since, and it has grown back upwards

Great news! It’s all about quality of life and Fiona sounds like she’s enjoying hers!

I’m sorry, it worked for me so I will describe for you: a photo of Buddy next to me at he kitchen counter, caught in a wink. The caption is ‘hello ladies’

Buddy’s reaction was ‘take me for a walk now!’

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Thank you! He’s had more cake today and I can confirm that his response is the same

Thank you all! I will pass on your greetings to the man himself. We’ve had a long but chilly walk this morning and he’s managed to find some scraps of food amongst the detritus from last nights’ revelries. I think his eyesight is failing slightly but there’s nothing wrong with his nose since he can still smell a fragment of a crisp or cracker from 20 feet away

Our boy has reached the grand old age of 12! We have been a little worried about him this year as he has (understandably) slowed down quite a lot. We’ve been setting milestones and when each one is reached, we do a little celebration that he’s still here, keeping an eye on us. You may remember that I posted in late September that I was worried about an intermittent limp; since then he has had two Librela injections for the arthritis in his spine and it has made such a big difference! Our walks are longer and faster, and they are bookended by zoomies in the garden. This coincided with a drop in the temperature, which we thought might be responsible, but since he’s perked up again after his second injection I’m optimistic that we have found a long term treatment for him. It’s like having Buddy aged 8 back Better still, since having the injections he is much more tolerant of other dogs, even approaching them for sniffs! I’m still cautious of him around other dogs because of his past reactions, but again, I’m optimistic about this change, although I’m also chiding myself for not realising sooner that his reactions might have been because he was in discomfort or pain. Anyway, he is currently lying at my feet listening to Pet Classics on Classic FM as it’s Bonfire Night here in the UK. Here is yet another reason that I am grateful to have him as my first/gateway greyhound because he is not really bothered about the fireworks unless they are very loud or they are close by and make a whizzing sound. Here is a little video of him in his new t-shirt that we really couldn’t wait to give to him (hopefully you will hear the music it is set to, and please excuse the mess behind him!) as well as some photos of him demolishing his birthday cake - smaller slices this year as he nearly choked last year trying to swallow the whole piece. As you will see, he didn’t learn . Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj-lwbLqkui/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.instagram.com/p/CklOZ_tq_DL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

My heart has just melted