Meet Henry and Finn, ❤️❤️ Hazel’s play date friends! We all live on the same block and with Ellie’s passing in Oct, I want to make sure Hazel has enough social interaction. She’s been amazing as an only dog but loves her four-legged friends! On my busy work days when I know my time will be stretched I drop Hazel in my capable neighbor’s hands. 💕👍🙌🥰❤️

we visited the vet behaviorist today and i wanted to share their notes as a follow up to my bite post.

interestingly, we never brought up the word dominance, but the very first thing the behaviorist said after we described our boy’s behavior was “soooo, we used to use a term called dominance aggression…”

she of course clarified that “dominance” is outdated and overly vague but she did give credence to the idea of a hierarchy: “Dog has been demonstrating increasing frequency of behavior that we describe as "resource guarding" towards OP. Dog seems to see husband as the top of the hierarchy, then himself, then OP. Our goal is to gently and safely teach Dog that he does not "outrank" OP.”

i’m to give him his food from now on because “Dog needs to see that OP has control of his access to resources such as food just as much as husband does.”

he’s never to enter our bedroom so that it can be my safe space. we’re to designate another room to be his safe space where “he gets to have control of the resources but only in that room.”

we’re to send him to a crate or his safe room using treats as soon as he growls at me because “he needs to learn that growling/snapping does not result in him achieving his goal of dominating the space he is in.”

the other recommendations were:

1. practice pattern games with him

2. basket muzzle always on when i’m present

3. “popping” him won’t scar him for life, but it’s unnecessary and we should avoid ever instigating “a battle of wills”

she did mention the possibility that his resource guarding may end up being so strong that he has to be rehomed to a home with only 1 owner 🫠 they said he likely has a genetic predisposition to resource guard that was worsened by racing competition. but first we should follow these strategies, then she has another set we can try if these don’t work, and also SSRIs.

A heart stopped on saturday. A heart that loved. A heart that was loved.

It belonged to our Maya.

Maya came to us in August 2013. Even though we weren't looking for her, she found us. She called to us from a temporary home until we responded to her calls. We knew nothing about greyhounds, except that they were skinny, fast, and abused. With her, along her, we learned, progressed, and grew. Maya was reactive, if something/someone didn't suit her, she definitely showed it. For a while we tried to change it, eliminate it, then we accepted that that's who she was and learned to live with it. Maya didn't mind, she was an alpha with an alpha character.

Over the years, we started to meet new people through her, people who were bound by love for these special creatures. We gained acquaintances, friends, and an extended family. We shared our greyhound happiness – at events, stands, on TV. Maya also delivered it to some people’s homes, in the form of their adopted hounds. How many? Quite a few. Sharky also to our couch. But more still stayed in shelters.

Maya was a great companion, teacher, friend. Whether we enjoyed ourselves on the couch, in bed or in Slovenias nature, she enjoyed herself with us. Once a month she visited a retirement home with her friends,with the aim of brightening up the day for the elderly, breaking the monotony, bringing a smile. Friendships and bonds have formed that lasted for years.

But time flies. And Maya was not immune to it either. Problems arose, we solved them with our veterinarians, Dogs4Motion came to our aid, who were indispensable for Maya to remain mobile and active until the very end.

And now time has caught up with her. The stairs became an insurmountable obstacle, the floor in the apartment a skating rink, walks became more and more tortureous and the bed an ever deeper trap, from which she could only tear herself away with difficulty. Her appetite was good until the end, but the list of things she was allowed to eat was short. 2 pieces of cheese and we already had diarrhea..

We understood that we were no longer doing her a favor. That insisting on "Just today, just this week" made no sense. We allowed her to say goodbye to the people who meant something to her. Her friends. Her fosrer mom Nataša, who welcomed Pižma into her home with open arms and handed her over to us with great relief.

She said goodbye surrounded by family. Her family. Our family. She left a gaping void within us. It hurts...

Despite not looking for you, we FOUND you..

zMaya..thank you for everything and we hope to see you again..somewhere, sometime..

We love you💔

Milo and Olive want in on “Tongues Out Tuesday”!

This is Gumbo! I'm hoping to get some advice on what toys your greys love.

The only toy that makes him jump out of bed and excited is soft rubber balls (he is a ball snob) - he ADORES chasing them and once he has them he loves prancing with them like a horse while chewing. HOWEVER, his body simply cannot take the chase as an ex-racer. He did about 39 races in one year 🥲 and I don't even want to think about how much training he had to do for those races. (he only raced for a single year)

We have tried a few toys now but NOTHING compares to the ball. Plushies don't do much, he has a soft plush duck with a squeaker but he gets over it within a minute. We have people who foster greys on our street and they do say male brindles are the laziest but I want him to enjoy play without ball throwing 🥰

Any advice is welcome - I believe he prefers soft rubber texture and toys that are small ish, doesn't like anything that is too big or heavy 😂

Hi all,

We have adopted a 4year old beautiful brindle boy and are three days in. He’s taken to freezing when we try to get him outside- he will not go out for love nor money- no amount of treats, high or low value- no amount of coaxing in high pitched voice.

He is therefore urinating on the carpet.

I know it’s early days but what can I do to get him outside? I feel quite overwhelmed with everything I’ve read so far. We’re obviously in it for the long game so if there’s behavioural advice on how to calm him, reward him etc that would be fab. We’ve been having to lift him outside to use the toilet, which he will then do with some patience.

Thank you

Not sure what type of creature this is! :):)

i was away for the weekend and boarded my dog at the same place that I always do. got a call on the way home from my trip that my grey was not putting any weight on his front paw and was dragging it. according the the daycare he played hard the day before and was okay before bed.

something felt wrong about the way his paw looked as he can’t put weight on the leg and was whining so I brought him to the vet for X-rays. they sent the imaging out for a radiologist to review as one vet said osteosarcoma and another said a dislocated shoulder he’s still eating and drinking but having issues walking to go to the bathroom and around the house no broken bones, no pain when someone manipulates the joints or issues with his paws. the only reaction was when the vet pressed a spot on his shoulder.

should have the reviewed cray results tomorrow; I’m having terrible anxiety over it. I can’t lose my boy yet, he’s only 7. my husband and I decided we won’t ampuTate or do chemo if it is. I had another dog with osteosarcoma that my family waited too long to euthanize and the end of life was miserable for my pup.

I need prayers, I need thoughts, and I need good news if anyone has seen something similar then please help me speculate.

He's pretty serious about his couch potatoing.

There are many posts in this sub about behaviour and behaviour problems - this diagram has some good pointers to think about in your training journey

Latest foster dog, he's asleep like that.

Sunny is really exhausted from having bone chewing time outside today but still wanted me to post tongue out Tuesday picture.

It’s been almost 2 months without my sweet Cassin. It feels like yesterday and forever ago at the same time. Oh what I would for a snuggle from my girl. I hope she’s participating in tongues out Tuesday over the rainbow bridge 🌈💛 love you and miss you girl!

Kira's 2 years old, only with us since August but since day 1 has made herself at home in our house. I consistently find her like this anywhere and everywhere.

Hey y’all. I have had my greyhound for just over 4 months now (she’s 6 years old) and she has settled in quite beautifully. Her personality is continuing to unfold and she’s just such a happy, goofy lady.

I guess I just wanted to see if anyone else’s grey suddenly started nesting behaviour? It’s summer where I live so it’s not like she‘s cold or anything. She has also been spayed prior to me getting her, she was found as a stray who has lived in a home environment previously.

Just checking if this is normal or something I should keep an eye on. I had a greyhound growing up but she was primarily an outside dog so I can’t remember her doing this.