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DarkHorse posted:Ok, so I've heard several people say that greyhounds have a reputation for being "aloof" - has that been any of your experience? I think a lot of that reputation is because they tend to react a bit differently than normal dogs: for example, holding your hand out low and beckoning will get a lot of dogs to walk right up to you and beg for attention, while greyhounds don't really seem to 'get' that. If you lean against a greyhound (or start running) you'll connect and get much more of a reaction, but most people don't know to do this. On a completely side note (if it hasn't been mentioned), greyhounds (actually most dogs I've met) have secret weak points on the sides of their neck under where the collar usually sits: pull the collar up a couple inches and start scratching and they'll tilt their head into it and it's great.
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Both Bonnie and my last lurcher (and my bff’s greyhound) loving love a really hard ear rub, it’s like they go through life with itchy ears and I’m finally scratching it for them
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St Evan Echoes posted:Both Bonnie and my last lurcher (and my bff’s greyhound) loving love a really hard ear rub, it’s like they go through life with itchy ears and I’m finally scratching it for them I know I've got it just right when the pupper goes "rrrrmmmmhhhh" from their chest and leans their whole body into it. 
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Yup. Holy trinity of dog schritches is collar, ear and thigh massage.
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Happy Halloween! 
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Happy Halloween Reese  Bonnie went to a party last night as Wonder Woman. They don’t make costumes to fit her crazy saluki chest so we had to just throw it over her, but she still looked real cute  
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Tortolia posted:Happy Halloween! Ay Carumba! Happy Halloween Reese! St Evan Echoes posted:Happy Halloween Reese Oh my gooshness Bonnie is adorable
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Man, gently caress your fireworks in a built-up residential area
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https://twitter.com/forgzample/status/925522117822517248 Happy Halloween from my three pups!
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wyoming posted:https://twitter.com/forgzample/status/925522117822517248 Hey, that's the Bone Dog from the Longboy Caesar page!  I didn't know they even existed up until yesterday, but they seem to be popping up everywhere now, hah (well, "everywhere" as in here and the aforementioned FB page)Wish I could get one to spook li'l Taz, (who's now doing much better, with that cut more-or-less fully healed) although they're probably not available in this hemisphere. Might pay for me to keep an eye out though, I suppose
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I hope you guys had a spoopy Halloween! Sparty went as a racehorse- we tried using a nose leash for a bridle, but he hated it. He got tired of his muzzle too, and then his racing silks fell off, and by this point the Dollie jockey was falling off, too.    Cookie was a skellington! (looked much better than the photo, doesn’t do it justice). She hated the paint though, but forgot as soon as kids came by  And we got this witchy pic from the adoption agency:  
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So cute! I tried to skeletonize Josie but she was Not Having It. she was smearing her face across every surface in sight and I just didn't want that cleanup job. Then I just tried to stick some fat white paper angry eyebrows on her but she pawed them right off. Next year perhaps something more clothes or accessory like.
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Abby is just a couple months away from the big 1-0. It is a bit tough watching her age but she's still as friendly and loving as ever.
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actionjackson posted:Abby is just a couple months away from the big 1-0. It is a bit tough watching her age but she's still as friendly and loving as ever. Oh wow, I hope you'll give Abby lots of birthday treats! (Also, your post reminded me; Tazo's fourth birthday is on the 10th...can't forget to get him a nice meaty bone, for that)
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I'm going to try to get something together with friends of mine who have three greyhounds. See if I can find some dog cake or whatever.
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Abby is a good dog. Agree it’s tough watching them get old. It does have its benefits though! Even when they get really up there in years (had a 16 year old lurcher until last year) there are occasional days where they act just like a puppy all silly and full of energy for the day, and those days are among the most memorable you’ll ever have with them.
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Her usual routine when I get home is flip out for a bit eat a million mph stare at me and whatever I'm eating, especially if it's a banana stare until I give her a treat once the treat is gone, go lick the carpet in the area where I threw it stare indefinitely
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actionjackson posted:Her usual routine when I get home is hahah yeah, ever since adopting Taz a bit over a year ago, I've noticed that long doggos appear to be worse than most, when it comes to staring in general! Perhaps nobody told them that it's commonly perceived as being rude?Also, when we're both sitting inside, Tazo will often try to be sneaky and stare at me out the corner of his eye while facing forward - does Abby (or Sparty, or any of the others here) mostly do that too, or do they watch/stare at you directly?
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Well, I mean, "sight"hounds.
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Sidney used to stare at me while I worked except being old as balls he would only last a couple of minutes before falling asleep
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My dog is part greyhound. He had half the teeth in head removed last year (after one just fell out). Tomorrow he goes in to get the other half pulled. He is 8. Greyhounds have a crazy genetic pre-disposition to gum problems, or so I am told.
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St Evan Echoes posted:Abby is a good dog. Agree it’s tough watching them get old. It does have its benefits though! Even when they get really up there in years (had a 16 year old lurcher until last year) there are occasional days where they act just like a puppy all silly and full of energy for the day, and those days are among the most memorable you’ll ever have with them. Yeah definitely, the last year or so of North's life, I would just take him for a walk around a nearby park without his leash on, I'd rarely seen him so happy.
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St Evan Echoes posted:Abby is a good dog. Agree it’s tough watching them get old. It does have its benefits though! Even when they get really up there in years (had a 16 year old lurcher until last year) there are occasional days where they act just like a puppy all silly and full of energy for the day, and those days are among the most memorable you’ll ever have with them. wyoming posted:Yeah definitely, the last year or so of North's life, I would just take him for a walk around a nearby park without his leash on, I'd rarely seen him so happy. The last year or two of my Peter's life, we had to go for slow, short walks with him, then bring Peter home so my other dog and I could take another, faster (and longer) walk. One day in the spring of 2016, Peter got a good head of steam going, and had a good, brisk walk all the way to his old turnaround tree and back. The entire walk, I was thinking that I'd better enjoy it, because it might be the last time he made it that far down the road, and it was. He kept up a good, quick pace the whole way there and back (about 3/4 of a mile round-trip), and just looked so happy and pleased with himself the whole time. It's one of my favorite memories of him. Peter pic: 
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Ferrule posted:My dog is part greyhound. He had half the teeth in head removed last year (after one just fell out). Tomorrow he goes in to get the other half pulled. He is 8. It’s nature/nurture for greyhounds too since the track diet for racing greys is straight up ground meat. I hope the surgery goes well. We had a toothless dog for a while and he didn’t seem to mind it much, and was still able to eat dry food/etc with no problem. Made his tongue stick out more, though.
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Major Isoor posted:hahah yeah, ever since adopting Taz a bit over a year ago, I've noticed that long doggos appear to be worse than most, when it comes to staring in general! If he’s standing, Sparty will usually stare longingly at us. If he’s resting his head then his eyes follow us, but most of the time he’ll look directly at us if he wants to. The exception is when he’s standing at your side, then he’ll side-eye you when he gets tired of craning his neck to the side. It’s cute when there’s a mirror because you can see him in the reflection looking up adoringly at you Peristalsis posted:The last year or two of my Peter's life, we had to go for slow, short walks with him, then bring Peter home so my other dog and I could take another, faster (and longer) walk. One day in the spring of 2016, Peter got a good head of steam going, and had a good, brisk walk all the way to his old turnaround tree and back. The entire walk, I was thinking that I'd better enjoy it, because it might be the last time he made it that far down the road, and it was. He kept up a good, quick pace the whole way there and back (about 3/4 of a mile round-trip), and just looked so happy and pleased with himself the whole time. It's one of my favorite memories of him. This was such a sweet story, thank you so much for sharing it I went through something similar with my childhood dog. Peter was a very handsome boy and clearly well-loved and lucky to have you  Ferrule posted:My dog is part greyhound. He had half the teeth in head removed last year (after one just fell out). Tomorrow he goes in to get the other half pulled. He is 8. Combination of genetics and living situations, nature and nurture like someone just posted. Sparty’s teeth are pretty good because he left the track early and we get him chews to clean his teeth, but he also has better teeth in general than many hounds I’ve met DarkHorse fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Nov 10, 2017 |
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trapped under snek. do not send help
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Tess loves blankets more than pillows:   What even is this?  Rhoga's parents bought a new sectional and we got their old one. We use three brown blankets to act as a slipcover...   Bonus closeup: 
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Genovera posted:Tess loves blankets more than pillows: I've found my spirit animal.
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Abby doesn't give a poo poo about toys anymore, how do I remedy this?
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Genovera posted:Tess loves blankets more than pillows: Aw, such a cute li'l doggo actionjackson posted:Abby doesn't give a poo poo about toys anymore, how do I remedy this? Buy a new toy?  Not sure to be honest. I mean, Tazo was kinda the same way with the toys I originally bought him, but then I got him a particular toy (a squeaky echidna) and he fell in love with it. No idea what Abby has at the moment though, so who knows - are they loud, squeaky toys? Or just like, noiseless chew toys?
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I have various types. She always gets excited about an actual new toy, but it only lasts ten minutes and that got to be expensive so I stopped. But she used to get interested in some older toys if I shook them around a lot and drew attention to them, though it would usually take a while. Now, no matter what, at most she does the biting motion for it but doesn't actually move her head (lol). Or it bounces off her and she just stares around.
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She's probably just getting older? She is like an elderly lady, maybe instead on an action figure she would like a puzzle book. If she is food motivated you could collect some cardboard tubes, fold one end up, and put kibble or treat bites inside. She might enjoy figuring out how to get to the food inside. You can do similar things with small empty boxes or paper cups. If she enjoys 'foraging' you could spend time making a snuffle mat. I'm sure there's lots of cheap puzzle toy ideas out there...
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the whippet was loving robbed at the national dog show this year
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How to get a greyhound to bark https://twitter.com/1337_5CR4BBL3/status/934204547437858816
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actionjackson posted:I have various types. She always gets excited about an actual new toy, but it only lasts ten minutes and that got to be expensive so I stopped. But she used to get interested in some older toys if I shook them around a lot and drew attention to them, though it would usually take a while. Now, no matter what, at most she does the biting motion for it but doesn't actually move her head (lol). Or it bounces off her and she just stares around. Mine is like this too and always has been. She'll be excited about a new toy for like five minutes and then is completely over it. I've taken to just hiding the older ones and rotating them out so they're "new" again every once in a while and then donating off some to our local shelter when the collection gets too big.
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Crossposting from the Trump thread, courtesy of the Dog Tax:
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My walker used to do the same thing.
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We had to put Chevy down yesterday (we're still not sure from what, the E-Vet said either cancer or a viral infection; he went from fine to completely limp in his back legs and neck and in a lot of pain within 48 hours) and it sucks and I miss my dog and you should all pat your dogs even though they are weird stilt-dogs that look like a child's drawing of a dog come to life.
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