Hello everyone! First thank you for taking the time to read this post and give your feedback! Me and my partner adopted a 4 year old Spanish greyhound/Galgo! She used to live in a kennel in a farm where she was used for hunting.
Although knowing only 5 days have passed since the adoption I wouldlike some advices since here in Portugal is not very easy to find expertise in greys.
I have tried to get her used to a strict schedule in order to train her to go to toilet outside (we live in an apartment). It is very hard to get her out of bed in the morning (around 7 am), we tried with many treats but nothing seems to interest her. What kind of treats do you give your dogs?
We live in the city and she still gets very frightened to go outside due to cars etc and since Portugal is in lockdown it is very hard to get her on the car and go to other places. We have reduced the time of walks (and more frequency) to see if she gets use to it but sometimes it is hard, she just freezes. She reacts best when walking with my husband, maybe because I am more anxious.
Finally, we feed her after walking (7.30 am and then 7pm after walk at 6pm) and she normally does potty and pee in these walks but after eating, after around 5 min potty again (inside the house unfortunately). Should they poop twice in each walk? Is the rule? Heard someone saying we should wait for the 2 poops but sometimes I wait 1.30/2h and nothing. Should I feed her before and then walk? It is not intense exercise, just walk. Do any of you feed immediately before walking? I’ve read scary things on internet related to this. Also think it would be easier to get her out of bed if it was for her to eat because she loves her food!
Any advise is welcome, have had labradors all my life and I am absolutely in love with our grey but they are very different from other breeds.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
best
