Lauren

Our two-year-old female followed a similar pattern. She was great on walks at first, then got really stubborn after her first few weeks with us. Then she would statue and refuse to move. I was also surprised at how frustrating it was for walks to take much longer than expected without getting anywhere! She didn't lay down, so that wasn't as much of an issue. We did have some success walking a circle around her to break her line of sight and get her to lose focus on whatever was distracting. The good news is that over time, it's become less and less of a problem. Now, she rarely statues unless she's tracking a squirrel. But even that is something we've been working on with her and it's getting easier and easier to move her along. Good luck and keep up the good work!

Thanks for the suggestion. It's very helpful and we will try something that's much more tempting!

Thanks, Bizeebee! Great to hear we're not alone and that this is pretty standard greyhound puppy behavior. There are huge upsides to getting her so young. But we also realized there were challenge as well and have tried to be patient as she acclimates to her new environment and rules. She was just in one race and was recovering from an injury when we picked her up (not sure if the two were related). And to answer your other question about the treats. Indeed she has grabbed a treat without letting the stolen item go. But most of the time, we offer her a treat for the trade and it isn't interesting enough to her to give up the item. So we sometimes up the ante by offering something even better on top of that (a higher value treat or piece of hot dog or something). So she ends up needing multiple treats to compel her to give up whatever she has. It sounds like we do need to focus on trading up and finding better ways to motivate her. Toys aren't a good trade for her. She just doesn't seem to care. And we haven't tried to take her out for a walk as a distraction before, but that's something we can try! My suspicion would be that she'd eat whatever she had before we could get her outside though.

Hi, there! I've also been experiencing resource guarding issues with our 2-year-old female greyhound, who we adopted 5 months ago. First of all, she is extremely curious and bold. She meanders through the areas of our house that are accessible to her and looks for things to steal. We've already limited her access to the main floor where we keep things out of reach and keep an eye on her when we're home. But even so, she manages to find things to take - mail, books, socks, towels, aluminum foil off the counter tops- and when we try to take them away, she growls and snaps and threatens to bite. The other problem is that she will actually eat these things. For example, I took her to a playdate with some other greyhounds and she found a tissue to steal and ate the entire thing before I could react. Because of her guarding, I didn't want the other owner to try to take the tissue out of her mouth because she gets aggressive quickly. Instead, I chased her around the whole night, trading her treats so she would give up toys and other items she wanted to tear apart and devour. We've had to ban plush toys in our home because she can saw off pieces in seconds and will gulp them down. She will give things up for treats, but sometimes it takes a lot of treats to get her to give something up on her own. We've been told by other greyhound owners that her behavior is not typical for the breed and that she is one of the most naughty/bold greys they've ever seen. There are lots of things she's great at - doesn't have any issues being pet or touched, doesn't statue anymore on walks, doesn't bark or have any aggression toward other dogs, isn't aggressive toward other people. She's been to the vet twice, once for her spray and blood work and another time for a thorough checkup from our regular vet. We told them about her behavior and they seemed more less concerned about the aggression/eating and more impressed that she doesn't seem to suffer any digestive distress as a result of her behavior. We signed her up for dog obedience courses starting next week to try to learn how to correct this reaction, but would love any suggestions if other adopters have experienced similar behavior and corrected it in their pups. Thanks, Lauren Also, she is very cute. This is her with her corgi friend.