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Anna Cook United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 52 Dogs 0 / Races 0 03 Jun 2012 15:48
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Hi there, i would like you guys to give me your opinion, my newest greyhound who i have had for about 4 months is very enthusiastic about life. Hes great with people and new dogs and lovely boy. However, he is a big dog at 34 kg and has got into trouble e.g:running through barbed wire after squirel, jumping into a canal, chasing deer, peeing at friends houses. My other little bitch is no trouble. I am due to move to a new house in the countryside soon and its shared with other people. Im terrified that he is going to get himself into trouble up there as all the other people like the gate open on the drive. I had to take this place as v.difficult to get rented property to accept dogs. It would be the v. last resort but im thinking of asking rgt to take him back. It would break my heart but i feel that maybe he would be safer with someone who had better facilities to cope with him.
Rick Zamojski United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 499 Dogs 3 / Races 0 03 Jun 2012 18:06
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dont take this the wrong way you should have thought about those things before you got him
easy solution when you take him out keep him on a lead,easy
Sharon Martin United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1074 Dogs 0 / Races 0 03 Jun 2012 20:41
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you have only had him a short time, like rick says keep him on a lead and a good harness, is there an enclosed area at the new house? Can you explain to the other people how important it is that the gate is closed? Otherwise you will just have to manage with what you have really. The things you mention arent really good enough reasons to return him,they are just little problems that make life abit more tricky but not necessarily bad! Good luck
Margaret Stocken United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 131 Dogs 0 / Races 0 04 Jun 2012 05:59
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If you haven't already done so, best you discuss it with the RGT branch you got him from.
If it hasn't already been done have him neutered. This will at least stop him peeing in friends houses where he is probably marking territory. A low protien diet might help as well as a muzzle when he is out so he can't do any damage. Mostly though long walks on the lead with you and a full tummy should quiet him down. It will keep you fit as well! Good luck.
Orchard Greyhound Sa Ireland (Verified User) Posts 434 Dogs 15 / Races 0 06 Jun 2012 15:45
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low protein diet -
add 3 tablspoons porridge oats per day to calm him
make him tired every single day for a few weeks
long-leash him when you go out walking
As for returning him - the reality is that he will be then taking up space for some needy incoming dog - so think long and hard about if this is really the best thing to do or if maybe you should be a bit more focused on how you handle him. Sounds like you have given him way too much freedom way too soon.
I have to keep my latest two Greyhounds on the lead whilst out walking my 4 dogs. The male I have had since December and the female since March, both are now neutred and are 5 years old. It takes time for them to build up their confidence in you. The female is more trouble than the male she nags when she considers it is time for either our wlks or their meal time, she also pinches given half a chance the other two's food so I feed both the latest two outside in my secure back garden on the door step as the male will not allow her to try to have his food. I would not consider sending either back as some one said that would tie up a kennel space from a needy Greyhound, in fact as my male came from a council pound that would put him at risk of being pts. My female was treated so well when racing that she is still looking for her previous owner. Definity get him neutred straight away and contact a dog behaviourist like a Tellington Ttouch Practitioner they are all over the UK, Ireland and Europe. Remember it is a massive change for these dogs, racing then kennels then in a normal house where everything will be a challenge for him. Most unneutred dogs, of any breed, will spray in strange environments it is purely marking their territory out from other male dogs.
Sharon Martin United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1074 Dogs 0 / Races 0 06 Jul 2012 05:56
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how are you getting on now anna? I have now got myself a new dog too since last reply who is alot livlier than my other 2, takes more thought now but I know in time it will all settle down. Hope you still have him :)
Sharon Martin United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1074 Dogs 0 / Races 0 06 Jul 2012 06:05
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Orchard Greyhound Sa wrote:
low protein diet -
add 3 tablspoons porridge oats per day to calm him
make him tired every single day for a few weeks
long-leash him when you go out walking
As for returning him - the reality is that he will be then taking up space for some needy incoming dog - so think long and hard about if this is really the best thing to do or if maybe you should be a bit more focused on how you handle him. Sounds like you have given him way too much freedom way too soon.
He sounds like he still has heaps of instinct. If you have an obedience club somewhere near you try taking him there just for the socialising aspect. The more different dogs you can expose him to will help. Given time he should settle into house life but you will need to educate your housemates as to being dog friendly to.
Oats have several beneficial effects on dogs, and the greyhounds here get it daily. Great for central nervous system, great for immune system, great for skin and hair.....many greyhounds arrive here with bald thigh syndrome, but none of them leave with it.
I couldn't cope if I didn't use the oats.
Keith Lloyd Australia (Verified User) Posts 1326 Dogs 54 / Races 3 06 Jul 2012 12:56
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Orchard Greyhound Sa wrote:
uncooked.
Oats have several beneficial effects on dogs, and the greyhounds here get it daily. Great for central nervous system, great for immune system, great for skin and hair.....many greyhounds arrive here with bald thigh syndrome, but none of them leave with it. I couldn't cope if I didn't use the oats.
Maybe they arrive with bald thigh syndrome due to the stress of racing and regrow hair after they "let down" after finishing racing?
Sharon Martin United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1074 Dogs 0 / Races 0 06 Jul 2012 20:32
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Orchard Greyhound Sa wrote:
uncooked.
Oats have several beneficial effects on dogs, and the greyhounds here get it daily. Great for central nervous system, great for immune system, great for skin and hair.....many greyhounds arrive here with bald thigh syndrome, but none of them leave with it.
I couldn't cope if I didn't use the oats.
must try, my new boy hasnt got bald thighs but the hair is thin, and on tail....thanks
Oats have several beneficial effects on dogs, and the greyhounds here get it daily. Great for central nervous system, great for immune system, great for skin and hair.....many greyhounds arrive here with bald thigh syndrome, but none of them leave with it. I couldn't cope if I didn't use the oats.
Maybe they arrive with bald thigh syndrome due to the stress of racing and regrow hair after they "let down" after finishing racing?
No. Bald thigh syndrome was known to exist on greyhounds 200 years ago, before the contemporary stress of racing. I did the research myself and have looked into a lot of old books and manscripts. And lots of pet greyhounds today have bald thigh syndrome. No, I treat it as a slight vitamin deficiency that snowballs over time. It can take a long time to get the hair back on some depending on how depleted they are in A and especially B vitamins.
In my opinion a hard muscle is also part of bald thigs. Well fed with all nutrients necessary combined with daily relaxing the thighs will let the hair come back in most cases.
Maqhawe Mamba South Africa (Verified User) Posts 10 Dogs 19 / Races 0 09 Oct 2012 10:36
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How do you prepare the oats, is it good for puppies, if so then what quantity
Ken Murray United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 120 Dogs 0 / Races 0 30 Oct 2012 18:16
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talking of bald thighs i;m the only one with bald thighs (ha ha)just joking but if you give him back you might regret it as i;m sure he;ll get to settle down once you;ve had him a while and you teach him whats wrong and whats right as iv;e found out,just keep him on the lead and get a routine going.
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