tiffachu

Hey @1Moregrey we got her a crate on Sunday and shes been going in it well, she has blankets over it and a big fluffy bed in it that she loves. I'm not sure how she grew up I believe she was a non chaser rescue didn't really tell me much information. Shes going well in the crate and I tested her with the door closed last night for a couple times like 15-20 minute periods and she was doing fine, Im trying to take everything slow so she can trust us and know we aren't going to leave her just in a crate. Once shes good overnight she will be crated with the door closed overnight. We are going to start introducing the cats to her on Friday very slowly again, with a muzzle. But for now the cats have just been watching her outside so everyone can get used to everyone

Thanks @HeyRunDog I appreciate your help, I've received a lot of cristism yet no one takes the time to help they just think I'm the worlds worst person. She will be sleeping inside when we get her used to everything, we are going to slowly start introducing her to the cats (they have seen each other everyday through the door) it's just I don't want them to meet straight away and have a bad experience either, we did the exact same thing with our kitten, which was much easier than with a dog. I'm doing my best to take everything slow which includes her coming in as well so she can get used to outside too. Other owners have said they would never trust their greyhounds and cats alone together, so even when they are comfortable they won't be alone together, and like others we have to work as well and are away from home. From opinions of people who know me and are actual vets as one who is a vet and a greyhound owner, they believe I am doing just fine and are 100% here if I need any advice. Not everyone wants a pet to sleep in their room with them either, which is something I can't understand. I want to thank you again, honestly. Your comment between everyones meant a lot.

Thankyou @HeyRunDog I felt like an alien almost not wanting pets in our bedroom, we have never ever let our cats sleep with us she would definitely be the same.

No I'm in Australia, currently night temps are 20 degrees, even in winter the lowest is usually about 5 degrees but winter is still a couple months away so hopefully she will settle by the and we can have her inside during the cold.

We have brought her inside today for some time, but we can't have her inside all the time due to the cats. We have an 11m L shaped patio thats cool and shaded that she is happy to stay under. It's more at night we aren't sure what to do and last night we put her outside because she seemed happy and was anxious in the room alone (which is fair) We can't have the spare room open because of the cats either The rescue did say they she had been cat tested and didn't seem to care for cats however our cats have seen her but they haven't met face to face as of yet they can just see each other through the door.

Thanks, for that. I just want her to be happy and content as well and if she seemed happy outside and content it seemed like a smart move?

Yeah we had the door shut because of the cats, when she went back and slept outside she was fine all night was the only thing.

Hi everyone, We adopted our first greyhound last night a 1yr old girl (this is also our first dog, we currently have 2 indoor cats) we went to bed and put her to bed in our spare room, down the hall from us with a comfy bed an her jacket incase she was cold (but may have been to hot because she was panting) after 30 mins she started barking so I got up thinking she may have needed the toilet, which she did so we put her back in the room and she just started barking again. We picked her up that afternoon and she was outside all afternoon and night until we went to bed. We have a large uncover patio area with a bed off the ground she was happily laying on. We haven't introduced the cats face to face yet because we are trying to do it slowly for everyone, however I had no idea what to do last night and she seemed more calmer outside when we went out again and just chilled out and went on her bed. The rescue said she slept inside at their house with the dogs that were downstairs and they were all upstairs, we only have a 1 storey house however. We don't want her sleeping in our room as we have never had any animal sleep in our room, plus we do run the air con quite low at 18 degrees and we want her to have her own space as well, I dont think that's an unreasonable thing? I'm guessing the first night at a new house inside and she was quite anxious? Is there any way I can ease her into this better, I'm thinking of getting a crate for the spare room so it's her own space (not shutting the door) and putting blankets over it etc, also wasnt sure if she was scared of how dark it was because we have 100% block out blinds so we tried opening the window but it didn't help. We just have the door shut because our cats have always free roamed our house at night when they sleep. I just want some help as I'm trying to do the best thing possible here as well. I did some searching this morning and a lot of places said don't get up and go to them when they bark as then they know they will get your attention, I don't want her barking inside all night and getting compliants as well. We didn't get a chance to walk her yesterday so I'm also wondering if that contributed to it she had some toys but she doesn't play with any.