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I'm so glad I found this topic. Bloomers shedding and flaking skin has been awful this spring. I was going to post my own topic, but thought i had better look through first......

Went to the vet, had more blood work, xrays ect don't and she is lookin good no signs of bladder stones. The vet was very happy with her over all health n condition. She believes since she's been on her pain pills, and antibiotic, and back to her ol puppy like self. She feels it was a bladder infecting brought on by her last heat. And recommends we have her fixed. Yes I'm a bad mommy for not having it done right away when we got her. Truth be told these past 2+ yrs have flown by. We raised her with our new born daughter.. who knew time could fly by so quickly....

Good news all her blood work came in. They are now leaning more towards bladder stones, we go in tomorrow for more tests.

Thanks for the info.

Due to the signs n symptoms she is having, they are lead to believe she had kidney stones. Sorry I guess I should of clarified that in my op. We were in a hurry when I wrote it. We are scheduled for xrays later this week.

No ultrasound yet. Our vet we go to is a small branch of a bigger clinic. So we need Togo to that clinic for all the high tech stuff lol.. love rural areas.

We found out today Bloomer has kidney stones. They have her some meds. Clavamox, and Deramaxx. They want us to visit another vet, get xrays done, and from there figure out if she'll need surgery..... I just want to hear other ppls opinions, and experiences of kidney stones in greyhound.

Thoughts n prayers to you n your family.

Beds?.... lol oh those pillow type thingies that lay on the floor.. i know now... my dogs want to use everything but their beds to sleep on. B4 bloomer i had 2 small beds for our doxie piper... our cat used them. piper likes my lap.

Hehe... this reminds me of my Betsy girl. She knew once we were asleep, we wouldnt make a big fuss to kick her off the bed. every noght at 2am she'd oh so quietly, like a feather get on are bed, then FLOP like a 2ton brick down between us. once she was down it was hard to move her..... so ee moved the lazy boy into the bedroom for her. lol. Dh would tuck her in with her blanket, id give her kisses, n we'd all sleep soundly. how i miss her.

Ok. so today we emptied out the laundry room of everything but the washer n dryer. there are two big dog beds, and a water bowl. that is her safe zone. and her night time bedroom. Piper will have her safe zone when we are not home, in her crate in our bedroom. (just to add, all laundry supplies are up in another room) Dh always has done am walks, n feedings. ive always done done afternoon walkes, and if weather is nice we do evening walks as a group, even naomi in the stroller. We are going to have ds (8) be the one doing the walker of bloomer when we go out. (yes i trust ds to walk her, he did great with betsy, and he shows young bulls at fairs, he is a tuff lil poop) if weather is bad dh does eve walks. from now on, we are going to try out where ds gives any treats. We are going to make these changes slowly as to not stress her more, but its time for us, and her to get into a groove here. as far as returning her. that will be Absolute last resort. I know the gal i got her from very well. ive chated with the last few days, and along with everyone here on GT she has also given me some Advice. i also had gotten Betsy from her. she is a greyt gal, and has reslly taught me a lot of hands on info about greys. she also feels like Bloomer is (lack of a better term) going thru the Terrable twos. wanting to be incontrole, but a bit too insecure to handle it. (if that makes any sense) so i guess one step at a time. im not giving up on her. THANKYOU all for being so understanding, and helpful. also i wanted to add. when i said scared in my OP i meant scared i wasnt doing something right, scared for blooomer. not scared of her.

i think its more of her trying to be the boss. she knows not to do it with me. she'll push it with my dh. and my son just ignores her now. (wich is sad, he so loved betsy, and was so excited when we got bloomer) Piper knows her place with bloomer, but you can see the confution in her when bloomer does strike oit. It mostly happeneds when we are all home. its her acting out wanting to be Alfa. so we have really stuck to our guns about making sure she doesnt get on beds, couches ect. we've made sure to leep dog beds/ areas apart, to keep piper safe. we've also diverted the feeding area away from the kitchen, so there is no reasons for the dogs to be there. and sheila, i understand where your coming from. when i say snappish from the start, i meant meaning more like sleep aggrestion. so we were very careful about that, and the kids. (sorry i suck at posting, pluss i type with a 9mo old in my lap) i know we have to be doing something wrong, or we just arent a good fit for her. she is a good dog other wise. sooooo loving with me. she can melt your heart, untill she gets pissy. ( arent all us ladys lol) we didnt get her from a group. she came from a breeder/ traoning track. .

sorry it was late when i wrote my OP. ok, so it started out with counter surfing. i added lil boobie traps, but that made it worse, that turned into a startled snap, if we cought her doing it, to snspping and barker at our lil dog if she went into the kitchen (bloomer would get up n go looking for piprr in there) then that all turned into being aggressive during times she'd find anything to tare up anything she could find. if shes on the couch (awake) if my dh goes to move her she snips n growleds. so no more couch. she sleeps next to our bed, she'll get snippy if piper gets down in the middle of the noght. and now shes been getting snippy during our morning routine. like shes worried piper, or any of the humans might get in the way of her treats. so no more treats in the morning.

Could really use some insights plz. Bloomer is almost 2. we've had her since October. she's always kind of been snap-ish. we make sure to give her her own space, during feedings, n rest times, my ds knows the rules with her. ect. but ive noticed here latly she is getting Aggressive. i took her in, had blood work done, all is normal there. ive increased our walk times, to burn off more energy. ive done everything short of making a dog only room, and putting her in there. she will snap, and bark at everyone, but me. im just at a loss on what todo. im starting to think maybe we are not the right family for her. (nobody flame me) im just thinking she isnt happy here. maybe she needs a multi dog home, or maybe a no kid home.. or who knows, but im not giving up without a fight!

Bloomer got into a can of baby formula. it was only a 1/4 full, and more got on the carpet then she ate, but now today she has the poops. she has also puked a few times.......

Bloomer is not cat/or Guinea pig safe. we have an outside cat, who likes to come into the kitchen to eat.. thimg went ok the first couple times, but our weiner dog hates the cat, so bloomer does too now. as far as our guinea pig goes, i saw bloomer clear a 4ft wall to get after it.

Bloomer is our 2nd grey. she is kinda funny abou how she shows her love. when we first got her, she'd rather be in the other room, laying on the floor. we'd go to bed, she'd sleep out in the livingroom. slowly she started to become part of the family. she started to want to be with us, then she started sleepind on the bedroom floor...... well now herw we are. she is next to me 24/7. i tell her daily, walking with her head up my butt wont make me move faster. i know she is always standing or laying behind me. if im in the bathroom, she is there, "hey mom your sitting down! pet me" and now i have my dh, my ds, my doxie, and now bloomer all sitting on the couch. and if bloomer has her way about it, she'll be next too me.

i have an 8yr old son who is 100% boy. he forgets that sometimes his "play" isnt always enjoyable to the animals. now that being said, i have been very lucky in that he has learned respect for animals at a very early age. we had our first grey when he was two. also lucky Betsy was a greyt first greyhound. very forgiving of children. when we went to adopt Bloomer. our gal had 5 greys picked out for us to meet. now for many who know me, i always have a crowd of kids/ppl around me. so i took the whole crew along. everyone from my 6mo old, to my18yr old niece. very quickly our choice was clear. Bloomer picked us. she was so Intrigued with my 8yr old while he was off balancing on a short wall, she was right behind him ss if she was sayin..."hey..what ya dooin?" i also lucked out she is very lite footed. she is very cautious of where she steps , how she lays down whenever around the baby. i agree with many here... work with your group, n let the grey pic you n your family.

good points made about outside being very different from the inside. for all animals. there have been many posts on here about accidents happening outside, between hounds who would normaly always get along otherwise, but being outside is such an overly stimulating environment. When we had our Betsy girl, piper our lil mini doxie. even tho they got along at all times, piper even slept ontop of betsy, they ate together ect. i'd of never let them both out to run loose together. i always knew it of took just one lil thing to set that prey drive off.

Bloomer has only barked once since adopting her. it was such a shock. it was all over a strange cat walking past our yard.

Bloomer found hersef very confused by the traps. not enought to keep her down. when she set the first off, it was a nice stack of lite weight of cookie sheets n mixing bowls. she hit our living room like a ton of bricks, looking at us like... Holy cr@p what was that?... now i keep just the cookie shhet up by the sink. the pop cans dont seem to bother her, but after reading the above reply, i just might tie something to the end so maybe when she goes for the "treat" there will be a BIG surprise at the end. thanks all. i just love GT!

Im so sorry hun. i'll never forget how you n honey were the ones who first opened my world to the possibilities of adopting, and because of you two Betsy girl was in my life. she was my first, and she is there with your honey. sending my love hun!...... Nikki

Bloomer finds herself very confused, by the pots n pans. cant understand why mommy has these things in her way. she hasnt set the traps off yet... my kitchen looks like i havnt done dishes for days... lol

I'm just lost. i'm sure this has been asked a million times, but i need help with this. Bloomer is awful about it. If i catch her at it. she looks at me, then the mess, then looks away. i think she thinks i cant see her. our house is set up funny. the best place for the dogs, is in the laundry room. but the only way in there is thru the kitchen. i hate to baby gate that area off, or keep them in their room. anyone have any ideas, tricks, ect to help curb this bad habbit of hers? we've cleared off everything in the kitchen. now she goes after anything, not just food. im just at a loss.

we use the screen door idea for our laundry room/dog rom. we needed a space for the dogs togo while we had ppl over (food out) we didnt need noses involved in, but we didnt want them stuffed in crates, or shut away. this way with the screan door, they still feel apart of things. but greyt idea for the baby room. im short, and i HATE climbong over baby gates. or forget to put it back up. this would be perfect for our house now that naomi os 6mo, n moving around more.