2greys

To be fair, my dogs are well behaved but not very obedient, so I'm not sure the language matters We live in the countryside, in a small village. The dogs were born in Ireland and are ex-racers, although apparently Rosie (Scala Rossa) didn't like racing so never did much and Indy (Home Shona) did quite well but had a muscle injury and had to quit. I'm so glad I've found this site, there is a wealth of information. I've already found that I'm not the only one whose dog rips or breaks their dew claws, not the only one that has dogs with big sleep startles, ideas on how to get the sticky bandage off my dog's leg (following a dew claw incident).... This place is wonderful

Thanks I am from the UK, but I live in France (but still speak to my dogs in English). I would have put pics of the dogs up but they are all too big it seems and it won't let me join them

Thanks, that's what I thought, just thought I'd ask just in case Muzzles in the garden it is then - just wish the neighbourhood cats would learn not to come into the garden...

Hi I adopted 2 gorgeous greyhounds a couple of years ago and, in general, apart from the shoe stealing from one of them, things have been great except for one sticking point - their prey drive. The smaller female barks and goes mad around other dogs or cats or hedgehogs or squirrels or..... or..... and basically calls the big male who never barks, just straight out attacks. I always walk them with muzzles on (I live in the countryside, hedgehogs and other wild animals are quite frequent around here) and things are mostly ok, although if I miss the moment to redirect, passing other dogs can be difficult. However, my problem remains with the garden when they aren't on the lead and often not muzzled. They have already caught a cat, 3 hedgehogs, a sloe worm and 2 magpies. All the animals survived except the birds who were too stupid to fly away in time. Can they be trained out of this prey drive? I now muzzle them whenever they go out to play in the garden, but sometimes the children forget

Hi a quick introduction. I have 2 greys, a big black 36kg male (Indy) and a smaller brindle 26kg female (Rosie). So glad to have found this site