Josie

run free Heart

Otis is adapting to his new life in our home for nearly 2 weeks now, his personnality is coming out each day and he his quite a outgoing greyhound (DH is happy to have a "dog" ) and he is vocal. Barks when excited and when he plays... barks at squirrels, cats, small dogs... For now we found this intriging and kind of "fun"... be we want to keep this in control... good thing we are owners and not tennants. what's you experiences with vocal greys?

some updates Otis is a little less excited during is window watching. He pass his first night alone with Elliot on the first floor yesterday (our bedroom is downstairs and DH was bringning Otis down each nights, the staircase is incline and dangerous). It went well, Otis wake up 2 times (midnight and 2am), got up and walk around, a little whinning (30secs) and got back to his bed... but i,M still crating during the day. This morning I gived him a kong in his crate before leaving for work... he never saw that I had close the crate door and left...too accupied with the kong next week-end we will start letting him out of the crate during the day (leaving a little and come back). I'll install my video camera to see what he does...

thanks for your advices! yes smart and high energy I will say I have kind of a hand full well DH is really happy having a grey that acts more like a dog I tried shutting the blinds but it did nothing, Otis put his head beetween 2... tried putting something infront will be difficult.. something high enought he wont pass over it and around it... I started the water spray 2 times this after-noon and it works, he got distracted and return to his bed... yes I'm planning to take long walks with him when the temperatures will be more tolerable (105F today). Otis loves food so I think he will be easy to train with treats.. we are working on learning his name and sit. Tuffy learn the sit real fast and I think Otis will do the same too I'm planning to gave him a kong when I'll start leaving him alone crate open

need some help with Otis "dog behavior" lol from all the greys I met and dogy-sit this boy does not act like any grey I met! Otisis a nearly 3 year old (august 5th), bright ang intelligent male, he arrived 1 week ago from the tracks. He did 13 races total. high energy, nothing scares him! in learned doing stairs in 4 days!!! this mkorning during the walk he got all exited about squirrels, he fixe and whnnes like usual but this morning he started barking at them! 6am on a sunday morning! but we will work on that... Here' my main behavior concern: He is obsess to see what's going on outside the house, from windows, patio doors or front door... living in a 4plex buildng there's a balcony in the front of the house, so many times a day tenants pass on it... and the side-walk and street is at about less then 15 feet from the window so lot of things to see and watch... Otis stands there and watch... If he could only do that silenlty and calmely... no.. he is whinning and get excited (some time he puth is font paw on the door or on the side of the window, I'm scared he will get injured) I've tried many times to shush him out, get him out of the window or dor but he is really stubburn! for next week he will stay in his cage for sure duing work time (like the pass week)... I wanted to start letting him loose alone during the day but I'm affraid... we would appreciate tips and help to stop or get this "watching-winning-exited-window-door-looking" behavior under control otherwise things are doing good, he does the front an backyard stairs by himself, never had pee or poop accident in he house, never growl or bark at Elliot (andother grey I'm dogy-sitting). yesterday we were all out in the yard and Otis lay on his side in grass, he started robing himself in the grass and rolled over a fiew times.. so funny! no roach but it was cute!

thanks! everything is doing so good! This morning Otis wanted to fallow DH upstairs when he went for his shower (our bedroom is in the basement and we take him downstairs at night) and he walk up 1/2 the staircase by himself!!! in the midlle he stop, he forgot how to put his back legs up was stretching on 4 steps I got up after him and put one back paw on the next step and up he went one thing for sure tis is not affaid of a lot of things... He walks all over the house and would like to go up the couch (for now it's not allowed) No accident in the house Today is the first all day alone (in the cage, with Eliot in the house)

thanks! first day went great! Otis PLAYED WITH STUFFIES!!! This dog is not affraid of anything! jeeze... good thing it's not my first grey!

Yesterday we went to pick up our new greyhound (check the story here: Life has its mysterious ways ) Here's some pics of Otis: First evening went great. A friend of mine is staying at my home with her grey Elliot (she just lived a separation and is searching for a appartment that allows dog)and the adaptation for Otis is doing good with an oher grey here First night was ok too, a little whinning but not too much. I took today off to get starting on leaving Otis alone... for now I have cage and evrything is doing good. Hardess thing is to not give too much affection in these firsts days to not get SA... just want to cudlle and give this boy thounsand kises! PS I need a new siggy! anyone can help?

run pain free Phene

Today is a special day, it would have been Tuffy 6th gotcha day. I will raise my glass of wine tonight to all the good memories and happy times I had with my big shy boy. Happy gotcha day Tuf, hopping you're having fun with your friends up there... specially with Tiger who was also adopt today... we miss you dearly, Tuffy

so sorry Phene

I'm dogy-sitting a friend grey Elliot(gosh is feels good to have a greyhound in the house!) and he is obsess with grass! he eats the new spring shoots... I'm thinking Elliot is part goat... so the big question: let him eat it or not? sometimes it make him trow-up... but not all the time... some people told me that he does this because something is missing in his diet... ???... fiber?

Already 1 month since my big boy left gosh the house is empty... I cry avery time we have thunderstorms...there no dog that's crying about it anymore... I miss my daily walks too... DH still gets watery eyes when he watch TV in the evenings and when he arrives from work and dont have a grey metting him at the door... He did not start the urn yet... dont think he will do it before our vacations (we are going to France June 2nd to the 15th..think this trip will help us)... we talk about getting an other grey... after the vacation.. mid-summer beggining of automn... here's the last pics I took of Tuffy... He was waiting for his friends Tatum and Miles to arrive (when they visit us for the St-Patrick Parade..

Happy bday Logan! I'm sure Tuffy is partying with you!

I know you were there Trish to welcome my Tuffy. Give him a kiss for us.

the wood planck for the urn is ready for pick up... will go this long week-end... dont know wen DH will start making the urn... yesterday evening he said to me "I miss my dog" we both started crying...

you're the one who send the wood frame with grey drawing that looks so much Tuffy? I wish I was, my parcels all had little notes in them, it included the blue and gold striped collar and I think some wierd stripey stuffy. yes! I think that year I sign up for 2 SS... this collar: was it the magic ball? Tuffy loved it

so sorry

you're the one who send the wood frame with grey drawing that looks so much Tuffy?

thank you 45MPHK9 to have post this pic