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We have a 6 month old doberman
puppymonsterland shark. He came home at just over 8 weeks. Potty trained by 3 month. We have a dog door. He loves water and uses that door a lot to go out and pee. He can hold it for 5 hours in his kennel, but it takes time to get up to that long.If you need the new dog to be in a kennel while you are not home, start kennel training from the very start and I'd do the potty training that uses the kennel. Kiska HATES his kennel. HATES IT. He happily goes in for his pb/kibble filled bone when we leave, but once that's gone, he just barks and cries. We didn't potty train using the kennel. If he was awake, he was out and about with one of us in the house. If he was asleep, we tried to move him to the kennel, but 94% of the time, he'd wake up in the process and then climb into your lap and go back to sleep.
He's slept through the night since early on. Every now and again, he'd cry when he woke up to go outside to potty in the middle of the night. He slept in his kennel at night (and had no issues with his kennel at night) until he was potty trained and a bit after that so we were confident he wouldn't bother the other dogs at night.
As mentioned above, puppies, any breed, will go full on crazy for a while and then just pass out, snooze for a bit and then right back up where they left off going insane until they crash out again. Kiska did this until around 4 months and then the crash out times got longer. Now he goes insane after dinner until he crashes out for bed. With periods of insanity throughout the day. If you wake him up from a nap, if he looks like he's going to fall over, he'll go right back to sleep. If these eyes are bright and clear and wide open, watch out!
Puppies have lots of sharp teeth. Then they all fall out of their head and bigger, slightly less sharp teeth show up. Those teeth mean they chew on everything, so if you don't keep an eye on them, they will chew on things you don't want them to. Kiska has tried to chew a few things he shouldn't, but mostly sticks to his toys and sticks/pine cones/branches/roots/etc. I guess he's a nature boy! He brought a pine branch into the house one day and had a field day before Jeff saw him!
He has destroyed every toy in the house. Seriously, EVERY toy! Tavarish is not thrilled about that. Fire hose toys - dead in less than 5 mins. Indestructible toys - dead in less than 5 mins. He now has nylabones and things like that which he loves and hold up to his chewing.
Abby and Tavarish have been a big help with the puppy. I could not imagine the energy of a puppy without another dog to help tire him out.
So while Kiska is a doberman puppy and not a borzoi puppy, a puppy is pretty much a puppy, they are all insane!
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Welcome to GT unmasked
She's a beautiful girl.
Our doberman willingly answers to Dumb Dumb.
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I would also try to work with a neighbor with a confident puppy/dog and head out together for short potty walks so Ollie sees another dog not react to the noises.
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Backs up what I have seen with my own dogs.
And when searching for a puppy food, there were so many good quality foods that were lamb based, so I passed. I've never had good luck with any of my dogs and lamb, so now we just don't even bother trying it. The greys weren't great with chicken either - beef or fish is what we have fed since I tried a raw diet with Jet and Ryan years ago to figure out what foods they had issues with.
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I donated Ryan's meds to one of the local shelters. I asked if they could use it and they said they were very happy to take it off my hands.
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I had 2 greyhounds, one would have been perfect for your mom, the other perfect for you.
The one that was more than content to stay home was also the one that would go anywhere and walk/hike as far as I wanted as long as he was next to me. Ours always did things together with us. While Jet was happy as an only dog, Ryan needed a pal to be around or he was not a happy camper.
So yes, you'll find dogs that meet both your needs.
If you want 2 dogs, get 2 together. There may be a pair that was returned that have bonded that the group would like to stay together or you find 2 separate ones that fit your needs that work well together.
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First - he's no longer allowed on your bed. And I'd even suggest that he's no longer allowed on any other furniture either.
Then start working on training. I would suggest you do the training and your husband backs it up.
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It's been a week. Everything is new and likely exciting to this dog, unless he was already in a home before you adopted him.
Milkbones are not a high value treat for most dogs. Half the shelter dogs just take them and then put it on the ground when the shelter worker isn't looking
Cut up some hotdogs and put them in a bag in your pocket. Try dried liver pieces. Try things that are easy to smell to get his attention.
Change things up on your walk. Change sides of the road back and forth. Go back toward the house and then go back the other way again. Keep him on his toes so he doesn't know what you will do next.
Since you can't be late for work, before work just walk around the yard for a while or back and forth in front of the house. Lunch break walk around the yard. Play in the house to wear off some energy though if you can't walk for a while in the mornings.
After work, work on walking. Back and forth by the house, a little further each time before turning. If you know anybody near you that also has a dog, walk with them and maybe it will help him be willing to head back to the house.
Pop him in the car and go somewhere to walk where you might be able to walk past your car a few times.
A week isn't long. For many, it isn't enough time for them to figure out who you are and get comfortable in their new routine.
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Petco? Petsmart? If you "shop" every aisle its an entertaining outing.
Jet used to go to the stuffie aisle and grab a toy and then fling it, often times to the next aisle over. If there were people around, they loved it!
Kiska went to the petstores last weekend to meet people and dogs and he decided to grab a stuffie off the shelf and then hop up on the shelf and curl up with the rest of the stuffies while he squeaked on the one he snagged
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when you click edit on your post, at the bottom, where it says save changes - click on the use full editor and that will get you to the title
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Oh Liz, I'm so sorry. My thoughts to you and Bill.
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Tavarish would just take matters into his own hands....
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Yep, inside vs outside are 2 entirely different things. My Jet and Ryan were fine with a gpig and bunny inside, but outside, they caught baby squirrels and Ryan snagged himself a bunny. It would never have crossed their mind to catch them if they were inside... or if it did, they wouldn't act on it
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All of my dogs have quickly learned "Stop licking"
Doesn't mean they don't do it and wake you up in the process, but as soon as they are told to stop, they immediately stop and go back to sleep.
What is your night time routine?
I toss and turn all night so I expect many others, including the dogs, do the same.
As they say, a tired dog is a good dog. If you aren't already, do a walk a little before bed, play in the yard, play in the house. Mentally and physically tired your dog out and that should help with some of the fidgeting at night.
Have you considered ear plugs?
Seriously! I think you'll get used to the noises of a dog moving, but ear plugs might help. And the white noise machine too. I sleep with one of those.
I bet you can buy inexpensive ear plugs at any drugstore. Maybe worth a try??
They have been using ear plugs.
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Sometimes grainfree food is just too much for dogs.
Neither Jet or Ryan ever had solid poops on a grain free food. So yes, it could be the food
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Catch up with some of the greyhound owners in the neighborhood and walk with them. If he's around other confident greyhounds, he may get over his fears a bit easier.
Head out somewhere this weekend where it is quieter and less busy and walk with him so he gets a good experience without it being all crazy.
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I updated this list again this evening, as you can tell, it is a much shorter list. If you haven't been on GreyTalk in over 6 months, you were removed..
I also went through all the names, if it didn't exist, I removed it.
If you have changed your username since you were added to the list and that old username doesn't exist anymore... the listing went away.
Please check the list to make sure the info for you is correct - name, website, category -
If you are in the US, a pet store is not working with reputable breeders as reputable breeders typically have homes lined up for their puppies in advance and wouldn't be using a pet store to sell them.
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How big are these bowls of water?
Depending on size, 2-3 bowls of water every day is extremely excessive.
Peeing 5-6 times on a walk means she may not always empty her bladder when you tell her to pee, so she still needs to go again after you leave.
Do a vet check and bring in a fresh morning sample of urine when you bring her in.
Maybe also consider a dog door into your yard. If she knows she needs to potty outside, she may well be happy to go out and potty while you are gone when the need arises.
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She's quite happy, will even play occasionally still eating and drinking, so it makes it tough to decide, I wouldn't say she looks like shes ready to go...
My Jet was 14 when she jumped off the couch and broke her leg. Xray wasn't super clear that it was osteo. Did a quick lung xray which confirmed it had moved.
Short of the screaming when she broke her leg, she was never ready to go. The girl was tearing around the garden chasing our great dane earlier that day.
Personally, I'm glad she broke it inside while we were with her. I can't imagine what it would have been like had she been out in our yard while we were out and she broke it then.
If that bone is already moth eaten, she will break the bone given the time. The question is if you want to amputate, wait until she breaks it or take a few days and then let her go. That's entirely a personal decision.
If you decide to wait or amp, you will want more pain meds. Osteo is painful. And if you aren't going to amp, you don't have to worry about the long term side effects.
good luck making your decision
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There will be 2 calendars, one through MyCanvas and one through Walmart
The MyCanvas one is ready to order.
I still have to create the Walmart one - it will likely have some differences when I make it
The walmart one is now ready as well.
There are threads for each place to order in the Calendar forum
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Ok, in years past, we have done MyCanvas for calendars. Beautiful quality calendars.
I spent about 30 mins tonight looking for another option again before I started getting too much into creating the 2016 calendar. Most other places were similar in price to MyCanvas without the benefits of what I can do with the layouts.
But, Walmart has made some changes to their calendars.
So here is the option and where you all come in to make a decision on this.
Walmart or MyCanvas
MyCanvas
- we have used them since I started doing the calendar and they are beautiful calendars
- they don't ship to Canada
- calendar is 19.95, but you can often find a 20% off coupon
- shipping is $$ (shipping to AL is almost $10)
- the image below is a sample of the images for the month - notice the black background covers the entire page
Walmart
- I have not made a calendar with Walmart, so no clue of the quality of paper the calendar is printed on - if anybody has, I'd like to hear from you
- if there is a walmart near you, you can pick up locally or have them ship to you directly
- calendar is $12
- shipping seems to be free for in store printing, ship to store and even ship to home
- the image below is a sample of a cover (not the cover photo, i just stuck one in as a sample - I can't get the text where I normally put it) - notice where the black background extends to
I haven't ordered a calendar since the 2013 one, so I will leave this up to you all. I've stuck with MyCanvas due to what they allow me to do with layouts and the quality of the calendar.
But now there is a cheaper option where I still have layout options and the ability to put images in the dates. But I have no clue of the quality
New Here And Looking For Advice. Is A Greyhound The Right Dog For Me?
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I don't think that's a common thing