ZiggysMama

Thank you ALL for your contributions to this forum. The exact same thing happened to me today with my grey at the dog park. A younger man with a beagle puppy turns her loose in the large dog side of the park, she immediately starts screaming in fright with all of the big dogs running up, and next thing I know, my retired racer has the puppy in its mouth and is shaking it. Everyone in the park starts screaming and trying to get the dogs to separate. I see a nightmare happening right in front of me - and MY dog is the lead villain! Once I get my hands on my dog’s collar, I clip on his lead and march him straight out of the park, a few paces behind the man walking out with his beagle tucked under his arm. I was so angry at my dog, mad at myself, and just devastated by what I had seen him do. Once I got my dog back into my car, I found the owner of the beagle, apologised profusely, gave him my number and told him to call me should he take his dog to the vet and I would pay the bill. (He later texted me with a sweet picture of his puppy, saying she was fine.) Yes, this is my first greyhound, and I regret putting him in a situation that triggered such a prey drive reaction. I did not having him muzzled - I was lucky that my boy didn’t do more damage. So...three HUGE lessons learned through your forum: 1) it doesn’t have to be a squirrel or rabbit to trigger his prey drive; 2) keep my lovely grey muzzled; and 3) no more dog parks. I am so glad I found this forum! Thank you all!