AnnieKangaroo

If you're home a lot, a dog with a bit more of a velcro personality, or even a dog with a bit of anxiety might not be a bad fit since you're always going to be there for him/her. And this way you could give a chance to a hound that might otherwise struggle. We're a single dog household and our rescue told us from the start that our Annie was best by herself since she's excitable and can annoy other dogs. They also told us she was fostered with someone who worked full time so she was a good fit for us (also work full time, no kids). You could ask about the same things - how is the dog with other dogs, were they fostered alone, were they in a working home or a retired home etc. I find most rescues will try to find you a good fit if you give them plenty of info and a bit of time.

Thanks for that! Do you not find those collars too thin for a greyhound? I always thought we are meant to use the really wide ones so their necks don't get hurt. The Lupine ones look really good though! Love the colours and they seem padded and well made. Unfortunately stores won't take returns unless they've been unused. We even tried with the harness that's too big for her, which was fitted in store, but as soon as tags come off it's a no go. And my partner bought it and didn't know how to check fit 🤦 As for Annie's behaviour, she's really good on walkies, but we need adventure gear for times when she needs to be leashed but allowed to be excited. Beach, for example. She's also only 2 and I feel that if she were a husky or a lab people would think it's perfectly normal to have a bouncy dog at that age, but cos she's a greyhound she's a bit surprising with her energy. She's never been on collars though, but trained to walk well very quickly - she learns most things within a single day/session and walks on harness were no different. We've had her only a month and she already walks on a slack lead, knows to stop and sit at crossings and hardly ever stops to sniff if we're not doing a sniffy walk. Honestly were so proud of her but we go on many trips and definitely need good adventure gear for when she needs to be leashed, but can still be excited and enjoy herself, if that makes sense?

Thanks for your store recommendation! I'll check them out, as I said her adoption collar suuuuucks and we def need a new one. Annie is EXTREMELY well behaved during walkies, so much so that we'd probably be comfortable going off leash if we were more confident in her recall (working on it, but she's just a month in). Our issue is with big adventures, like beach or other exciting things. We don't want her to not enjoy herself and hopping about is just how she expresses her happiness...but many of these areas require a leash on, and during her jumps she just backs out of some things. The thing with her backing out also is how she hops about. It properly is like a kangaroo, she goes on her hind legs, front paws up, and up pretty much vertical. Doesn't bolt, just jumps circles around herself. Because there's no tension on the collar as she comes down, it slips off (collar stays up, dog goes down kinda thing). And with her comfy harnesses, the front paws up thing causes the backing out. Honestly it's pretty comical to watch but we're always worried what with her being a greyhound and such strict laws about them ☹️ she's not doing or done anything bad but we don't wanna be caught with a "naked" greyhound when there's already so much stigma.

Hey all, us again 🙃 Annie is settling in great. We figured her playtime roaching was just a sign for "give me bum scratches" and complied (not the actual butt, just the meaty part of the legs). Anyway, new issue! We are $250 deep in collars and harnesses that don't work for us 😬 We've tried a cotton martingale and it's not made well so the hardware twists on the fabric. But previous grey experience taught me that the synthetic woven styles rub off fur We've tried the following harnesses: EzyDog quickfit in XL - goodish but she's between sizes and can easily back out of it when she does her kangaroo leaps. L is a smidge short in the chest strap but somewhat more adjustable, but same backing out issue. El cheapo $2 store harness which is step through, and she's backed out of it. PupCrewPro Pathfinder in XL - great, excellent, well fitting, soft chest triangle...except she's now got a raw nipple from where the belly strap rubbed. And I'm fairly sure it's rubbed a bald patch on her belly too. We've only had it for less than a week. I'm at my wits' end! Soooo much money spent on these and not sure where to turn. We'd like a harness, and a good fitting martingale, ideally that won't rub her raw or rub her fur off (also a common occurrence with anything that goes onto this dog). Tips?? We're in Australia. Also open to ideas about how to diy them to be more comfortable! Ty

Thanks so much for the reassuring words everyone! Most of the time she seems happy enough doing it, but a couple times she got stuck and started barking. Glad to hear it's a puppy/hyperactive hound thing! Any good ideas for how to flip her over in those cases? She's a whole 32kg of wriggly puppy and easily my height on 2 legs 😳

Hi all! I'm new here 😁 We have just adopted a houndie by the name of Annie. She's 2.5 and a big puppy. She's also really clever and with a huge personality, we really love her! But she has this weird thing she does during play in the backyard only. She'll chase her rubber pig around and do some mad zoomies, then flop on her side and hyper-roach. She'll flip on her back and really twist and turn as if she's trying to get up but can't. We've seen her recover from it and get up, and tail's wagging but it's like she goes into overdrive, flips herself over and then gets stuck and panicked about it. She only does this in the backyard after big zoomies with her pig, never any other times, although it does sometimes take her a bit to get out of bed in the morning. When she's stuck out in the yard, she's also a bit more mouthy than other times...doesn't growl/snap/bite down but she's definitely grabbing things in her mouth. Is this just play? Compulsive behaviours? Remnants of race training? Something way more serious? Our previous greyhound never did this (but also didn't have Annie's endless energy levels). Thanks in advance for your input!