Ragsysmum

That must be a nightmare! How much walking does she get? All my hounds and fosters walk 3-4 miles over a day on rough hard surfaces and the only claws I ever need to worry about are dew claws. Does make life a lot easier!

Not sure about other greys but I do think they empathise with people they are close to. When I broke a toe and could only hobble along when taking the dogs for a walk, both mine and the kennel hounds all walked slowly beside me without any pulling, weaving or anything. Once I was walking normally again they all reverted to doing whatever they had done before and the pullers and weavers continued to try doing that.

I would say these are maggots and I've seen plenty of those as my OH is an angler. The pale brown one top left is what they call a 'caster' when the maggot has turned into a chrysalis before hatching out into a fly/bluebottle or whatever.

I've always swopped to a chain lead for a while with any dogs that like to mouth a lead and they usually give up pretty fast and forget about doing it when you revert to a fabric lead.

Been 'nipped' enough to break the skin by two different kennel dogs but I got a really bad bite ten years back from a kennel crazy hound who broke out of his kennel determined to get something and it just happened to be me. I got nerve and tendon damage to both hands and a broken wrist as he just held on and used my hand like a tuggy toy. In hospital for three days with two ops and still got residual damage and some loss of use in my right hand.

Surprised they let you take litter sisters as litter siblings can often be difficult especially females. Might be better and safer long term to let her go back and find a compatible male for your shy girl.

Sounds just like a corn even if you cant' see anything there yet and he doesn't even react when you press his pads on that foot.

What did she slip on and can you avoid the situation in the future? Hope she makes a good recovery and is soon pain-free.

So glad he has come through the surgery and is doing well. Hope he continues with a smooth recovery and has many happy times to spend with you still.

Sounds like he's just hungry. I feed at 6.30am and 5.30pm with a few small biscuitas or a handful of normal kibble right at bedtime, 10.30pm. For years now this has been the routine with all our own dogs an many fosters and we never have problems with night time disturbance, except for turning round and settling back down again. Mine also have access to water 24/7 and I would never deprive them except on vets advice, but it has never caused a problem with sleeping through the night.

This often happens if a dog eats too fast which new dogs often do until they get used to a routine and being fed at regular times usually twice a day. If any of my new hounds or fosters do this, I just let them eat what they have throw up again as this is not true vomit and will not harm them.

We feed at 6.30am and around 5.30pm so at bedtime they have a few small biscuit treats or a handful of their normal kibble. I'm sure this stops the empty-tummy-syndrome which otherwise often results in dogs throwing up bile in the early morning because the gut has nothing to work on with the tummy being empty.

Has it gone colder recently where you live? Maybe he wakes up cold and moves about so triggering off the need to pee. We have had a couple of cold nights here recently and this has made one of mine who feels the cold a lot, more restless than usual and asking to go out. Maybe an extra blanket or PJ's would keep him warmer so he sleeps through again. Always worth checking for a UTI of course anyway.

Poor lad can't seem to get a decent break can he? Hope the vet can make some slight adjustment to meds maybe that will sort him out.

What a handsome hound he is! So very pleased that the news isn't so bad after all. May he have many more happy healhy years to enjoy with you.

I'd agree with the above post regarding her using the guest room. She needs to learn this is part of the house and not an alternative potty area. With all our new dogs and fosters I leave all the rooms open (except the bathroom where they never go) right from the start and walk them round everywhere so I can stop any signs of toiletting before they really get going. After the first day of being ask 'Do you need to go out' and being taken into the garden roughly every hour regardless, I have never had any problems at all with dogs going anywhere in the house and they all have full free run when we are out.....no crates, no baby gates, no muzzles.

She just doesn't sound like the right fit for your situation and requirements to me. Maybe it would be better to return her so she can find a home which suits her better. Seems like you would be better with a more mature hound perhaps a return or one which has lived in a foster home and I'm sure there will be several out there just waiting to be a lovely addition to your family and a good pal for Dutch.

Thanks all for your helpful info. Seems like the risk is very low so poor 'corny' Ellie should be OK to be rehomed with other hounds.

I know many folk on here are experienced in dealing with corns and I think seem to see them more than we do over here in the UK, so I'm sure someone will know if corns are in any way contagious? If I bring an old grey girl with a bad corn problem into our fully carpeted home, what is the likelihood of it being transmitted to my own dogs? She has just been returned to kennels and will be seen by the vet and probably treated but I know corns usually seem to return so there is no guarantee she will be cured before being rehomed wherever she ends up. Just wondering if she needs to be an only dog for the sake of other hounds.

I would think she hasn't fully understood that the dog door is to be used during the evenings when you are there just as through the day when you are not. I'd agree with Batmom on this one and try her suggestion till the 'light goes on' for your girl!

I'd agree with 'Jillys' post on this one. If it is yellow bile, probably frothy, he brings up then it is mostly likely empty tummy syndrome. A few biscuits or a small handful of his normal kibble right at bed time may be all he needs to cure it and that is certainly the easy option I would try first.

Why not take out a small sheet of newspaper and pop it under her butt when she squats to poop. Easy then to pop it into a plastic bag and dispose of and nothing left on the drive to wash away. Eventually she will learn to go where you want and you can stop doing this but meanwhile she is probably getting stressed about it all and that will not help her learn what you want. Once she learns to go on command you can just delay the command until you are in a more suitable place.

Walking on the left is traditional over here too. However, as we drive on the left and should walk facing oncoming traffic, this means the dog is on the 'traffic-side' of the walker when walking along country roads etc. without pavement. I quickly teach all mine to walk on either side, whichever I put them on so their walking position can easily be changed depending on the situation.

I would think she does not see this as part of her den (the rest of your house) as you don't spend much time down there. I would be down there with her for varying periods every day, initially keeping her tethered so you can stop her toiletting and then free but closely supervised until she understands this is not a toiletting area. Whenever we get a new dog or foster, they have the run of the house going in and out of every room (except the bathroom where they are never allowed)from Day 1, and they learn very quickly that the whole inside is out of bounds for toiletting and only go outside within a couple of days.

Sorry for what happened but I can't see this was in any way the dogs fault. You already knew how he reacted when being disturbed whilst sleeping, yet still your husband put his face near enough to get bitten. Our foster hound has very strong space and sleep aggression so we make sure our other dogs do not go within a few feet of him when he is lying down and we call his name and make sure he is awake before we touch him. It isn't so difficult when you know about the problem. When we cannot supervise, we just separate.