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We’ve had our greyhound for nearly three months. Per the kennels advice we feed him a mixture of dry food and a tin in jelly per day. He didn’t finish his meals in the morning so we’ve split his feeding between three meals spread out throughout the day. Half a cup of dry food in the morning and then 3 cups of dry food and a tin split between lunch and dinner. But he still gets so hungry about an hour before his dinner, which we feed at 4pm. He will whine and walk to and fro between us and where he is fed, sometimes barks too. He went to the vet a few weeks ago and he weighs 40kg. He is a big chap anyway but we don’t want him to get overweight if we feed him more! Does any one have any advice whether we should change his food, give him more at lunch and less at dinner etc? Or is it something he will settle into with time? Thanks in advance!

We adopted our ex racer greyhound 9 weeks ago and he has settled in really well. We have established a good routine and have found the advice on previous threads extremely helpful, especially regarding sleep startle. Last week we purchase a fleece for him to sleep him as our house gets very cold at night. We managed to get his front legs in but could see he was not comfortable so left the back legs out. When trying to take it off in the morning he growled and proceeded to bite. It was not a severe wound, it was more like his teeth got caught and scraped down their forehead. It was just quite scary as it was on the face area. We allowed him to settle before putting his muzzle on and cutting him out of the fleece. Since then the dog has continued to growl towards this person. For example we always hold his blanket out for him to sniff before putting it over him, however last night he growled again and so we left it off. We are sticking with a kennel fleece for now as the dog is comfortable with it. We would be grateful if anyone has advice on how to rebuild the trust between the dog and the person who was bitten. He accepts that it was his fault as he should of moved away immediately when he growled. We have got some treats that only he will give the dog and we are also thinking of giving the dog a piece of clothing that smells like him so he is more familiar. Although he walks the dog at the weekends, he works and so isn’t around to help with feeding time. We are on a steep learning curve and would appreciate any advice!