Hi! my mum and I have recently adopted a greyhound called Ringo! He was bred to race but never raced, he is 1 and a half and we have had him for 10days. He seems to have settled into our home quite well however there are a few things we are a bit worried about and I would be beyond grateful if anyone could offer any sort to advice/recommendations!
The first week we had him he sept in his crate in the kitchen and I had brought a camp bed down to stay with him as he would whine if he was left alone, after some googling on where is best for him to sleep we bought a new bed for him to stay in the bedroom. However, at night he is very restless and will switch between my bedroom and my mums, need out up to 4 times throughout the night and be pacing quite a lot . He pants throughout the night and just seems uncomfortable, I'm not sure if this is normal or maybe he is still settling in we have had him for 10 days now. it is probably worth mentioning as well that the past few days is has been very hot where we live. We would usually take him for a walk about an hour or 2 before bed tottery and tire him a bit and give him plenty of opportunities to go to the toilet before bed, although is does not seem to be helping.
In general he has settles into the house quite well, he has only had 2 accidents but he has recently started trying to chew things such as table legs, door frames etc. we have plenty of chew toys for him which he does use as well.
Our main concern is settling him at night and making him comfortable, just worried we have got off on the wrong foot, I researched a lot before getting Ringo though there is a lot of mixed advice!! Any advice from similar experiences would be hugely appreciated, thank you