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I just remembered I even have a picture of angel Sadi doing it....her legs were moving so fast the camera couldn't keep up

Unfortunately it is a thing which can happen with dogs when one of them appears to be, or is hurt. As far as I am aware it is an instinctive behaviour that happens because they can't have a weak or injured member in the pack so the others dogs will finish it off. Sounds dreadful but it happens a lot. I had my first two greyhounds from pups, they were litter brothers but when one of them had a seizure the other one tried to attack him, we screamed blue murder at him (out of shock mostly) and he stopped, and fortunately never did it again although his brother had further seizures. I really don't know what to suggest you do if a similar situation arose, apart from scolding the perpetrator...but as the behaviour seems to be instinctive I could not guarantee it wouldn't happen again. Others may have more sage advice.

Niles does this too, I have learned to stand out of the way . Thankfully Johnny hasn't done it yet.

Bye, bye sweet girl with the smiling face....don't forget to send your Mommy a rainbow. I am so sorry

Any sign of it yet?

What a truly special boy, I'm so sorry he had to leave you, it is always too soon.

I have had my black boy for 4 months, he had a very fine baby soft coat was virtually bald on high thighs and tummy and then lost all the fur under his neck where his collar goes. He shed that soft fluffy coat and now has an equally soft but smooth and shiny coat and the fur has grown back on his belly, thighs and neck.

Well I've heard some feeble excuses for not doing your training......seriously, I too hope it passes without incident.

That is so good to hear. Never give up, my angel Sadi had terrible fear aggression and was virtually agoraphobic when I adopted her, it took about a year but she turned out just fine in the end. When I told people who didn't know her in her first year what she was like they never believed me

Despite you saying that it isn't very hot where you are I would wonder if the humidity level may be a factor, I am in the South East of England and I know it has been incredibly humid here at times in the past few weeks. It is harder to lose excess body heat when it is humid, particularly as dogs don't sweat like we do. Having said that there probably is an element of pain related to the panting, I know that there are many others here who have been in your situation and will share their advice and experience. I lost my last Greyhound at 14 last June, she had spinal arthritis and her hindquarters were very weak, she deteriorated quite rapidly in the last six months of her life, but fortunately did not seem to really be in pain. In some ways this made it harder because although her spirit was always willing her poor old body just kept getting weaker. Her appetite, which had always been very good, decreased probably not least because she spent most of her life asleep as she could no longer walk very far. In the end she started having digestive problems as I took this as a sign that something else was starting to go wrong. I didn't get a definitive diagnosis as I felt that even if I fixed that it would not dramatically improve her quality of life and decided it was time to let her go. I am sorry that you too are having to go through this, I know how hard it is. All the best to you both.

That does indeed sound great

Any news?

Does it look like the lump in the pics in this link? http://www.prestonthepuggle.com

Johnny did his first proper off leash walk on Sunday and he spends a bit of time off leash each day now (when I deem it safe to do so) .....it's making me feel really tired mentally because I have to concentrate soo hard! He is being really good, I am very proud of him after just under four months. At this rate we will be able to take him for a run on the beach at the end of the summer (when all the tourists have gone)

a wise person once told me "The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask"......never be afraid to ask, whether it be at your vets or here, we all feel like other people know much more than us, and many of them do which is why you should milk them for as much info as possible! . ( you can also be sure that somebody else will also learn something knew when you are learning)

Congratulations, you are going to have so much fun, keep us posted

Welcome to the site. It's good to hear that your girl has been working hard to convert your family to be greyhound/dog/animal lovers

When I first had Sadi she used to have a problem in her shoulder, right side if I remember, she would be hopping lame. X-rays were not done but it was assumed it was related to her time racing (she was six years old and had done 66 races) as she was not doing any running off leash at that time. Funny thing was it went away and never caused her any more trouble even when she got very old and had arthritis just about everywhere else. I do hope that Houston's lameness will clear up with rest and medication. It may be something that reoccurs or it may go away like Sadi's did.

I am so sorry. Run fast and free Aston

I honestly do think there is a element of this with Niles.....Sarah, the baby's Mum adores Niles and has said that she is quite happy for little Evelyn to have Niles as a "Dogfather" . I just worry that others Mums might not be so understanding when a very large Greyhound approaches them and their offspring!

It is rather endearing...except that Niles is a bit of a "mule" and when he digs his toes in there is no moving him, and that is exactly what he does with babes in prams

He's never been into stuffies...he used to play with a ball or frisbee when he was younger.

My friend Ben's boy Niles has recently become completely besotted with babies in prams. He is nearly nine years old and he has been with Ben since he was two. He was terrified of children of all ages when Ben first got him (despite the kennels saying that he loved them), I can vividly remember him standing in the middle of the road blocking traffic from both directions because there was a group of rather noisy schoolchildren walking down the pavement (sidewalk). It started recently when a young woman that lives in the next street had her first baby, she also happens to own a cute little JRT who was one of Niles best buddies when he was younger, but she moved away for a while and we didn't see her or the little dog for a while. When she had the little one I would stop to chat to her while I was walking Niles and Chrissie for Ben and that was when Niles started to show an interest in the baby. Now when he sees her he rushes up and just stands looking into the pram all googly eyed! He doesn't do anything, just can't take his eyes of her. There doesn't seem to be anything predatory about it and he doesn't do a lot of sniffing like he's loving a scent associated with her. He has even started to be interested in other babies in prams and in slightly older, toddler aged kids. We passed a little girl with her Mum the other day and he was wagging his tail and looking really pleased to see her and to my knowledge they had never met before....it was so cute, the little girl was waving to Niles and his tail was wagging so I told her he was waving back with his tail :wub So has anyone ever come across anything similar, a dog that has gone from being downright scared of children to being almost obsessed with them? As neither Ben nor I have kids he hasn't ever really had to deal with them much and we have avoided mostly letting kids want to pet him in the past (why do they always want to pet the biggest dogs?) so it's not like he's become socialised to them.