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Mar 5, 2023 07:20
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hehe, that micro-blep 
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Mar 5, 2023 07:27
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We got our galgo on Sunday! Rollo has been adjusting well, a few indoor accidents but to be expected. He's very friendly with people who come over, fine with face/paw/tail handling, and doesn't bark at guests/people walking outside. The biggest thing is he freezes up on walks when trucks/buses go by, some past trauma maybe? Anyway he's very sweet and dainty and goofy and I love him
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Mar 8, 2023 14:47
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Another longdog! Freezing on walks is extremely common and probably isn’t trauma related. When these dogs get scared or overwhelmed they tend to freeze up. I don’t know Rollo’s background but if he’s grown up on farms & racetracks then he’s probably never seen a truck before (or traffic). Just do some careful desensitization and he should get used to it. Patience is definitely required for these sensitive hounds!
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Mar 8, 2023 15:13
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Super beautiful! Also I agree with the above. Ella was afraid of cars driving by with studded tyres when we first got her as well as bigger trucks etc. Probably because she's lived in the countryside and wasn't used to all the sounds (a ton of impressions coming here). Once she got used to it she never batted an eye at heavy traffic.
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Mar 8, 2023 16:51
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Big Grunty Secret posted:We got our galgo on Sunday! Rollo has been adjusting well, a few indoor accidents but to be expected. He's very friendly with people who come over, fine with face/paw/tail handling, and doesn't bark at guests/people walking outside. The biggest thing is he freezes up on walks when trucks/buses go by, some past trauma maybe? Anyway he's very sweet and dainty and goofy and I love him Rollo is a very handsome boy! Please tell him I said so! You are in for a treat I hope, one of the best and most rewarding parts of adopting these dogs is watching them settle in and get comfortable and seeing their personality emerge. It can take up to 3 months but I assure you that you will notice all the little successes and changes, and in 3 months you will look back realize how far he has come. I am glad he has found a kind and loving home! My first grey (maybe you remember Union?) was scared of busses and trucks, I got her over that by just ignoring them really, and ignoring her anxious behavior, with a mix of positive reinforcement when she would 'snap out of it' and react to me saying her name or carrying on walking, etc. Basically I didn't treat them like a big deal so she took her cue from me. Eventually she even rode on the bus a few times, no problems!
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Mar 8, 2023 23:16
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bailey did the freeze for a few weeks as well. it's pretty normal. congrats on the new dog!
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Mar 9, 2023 05:06
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I love Rollo and he looks soft. Please confirm/deny.
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Mar 9, 2023 06:08
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My god, Rollo is fluffy. I hope you post billions of photos and of him in the near future
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Mar 9, 2023 06:14
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skoolmunkee posted:Rollo is a very handsome boy! Please tell him I said so! OF COURSE I remember Union! I loved hearing about her and it's nice to know that it eventually gets extinguished. Whenever an 18 wheeler goes by Rollo freaks out and I want to comfort him but I'm trying not to reinforce the fear behavior. It's only the first week though so I expect in the coming weeks it will be less and less. We live in a city though so it's really nothing BUT Buses and trucks nearby, makes walks a little tricky but at least he's comfortable using the bathroom in our backyard. rhoga posted:I love Rollo and he looks soft. Please confirm/deny. He is the softest. Softer now that I bathed him! Normal sighthound sitting position:  E: the bandage on his tail is bc he had happy tail and had the tip amputated right before coming from Spain. He keeps chewing it off/chewing the stitch and oh boy is it fun to wake up to blood all over the sheet on my couch. Vet appointment is tomorrow though! Big Grunty Secret fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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Mar 9, 2023 14:35
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what is the plastic box on the collar?
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Mar 9, 2023 16:34
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actionjackson posted:what is the plastic box on the collar? Whistle GPS tracker, it was part of the terms of adoption that we get one since galgos are escape artists. Rollo hasn't made much effort to bolt so I mainly use it to track walks/activities
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Mar 9, 2023 20:27
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You mentioned you had a backyard. In the summer time I would recommend getting a bucket (and additionally maybe a kiddie pool). Greyhounds (and I’m sure galgos) like to paw at and stand in water buckets when they’re hot. They lose a lot of heat through their pads. I thought it might have been a Katie thing at first but all the greys did it at a playdate we went to in the summer time. It just came to mind because Katie was splashing around in a bucket after zooming around outside today, and it’s only in the low 50s (although sunny).
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Mar 9, 2023 22:10
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I love Rollo. He looks like a silly boy.
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Mar 10, 2023 02:58
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david_a posted:You mentioned you had a backyard. In the summer time I would recommend getting a bucket (and additionally maybe a kiddie pool). Greyhounds (and I’m sure galgos) like to paw at and stand in water buckets when they’re hot. They lose a lot of heat through their pads. I thought it might have been a Katie thing at first but all the greys did it at a playdate we went to in the summer time. Yeah we bought a kiddie paddling pool for Hazel that we keep down at the beach. She’s kind of ho hum on it though. Often just drinks from it.
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Mar 10, 2023 03:36
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I think lem has been eating too fast and needs to slow down. Is there a solid slow feeder that is recommended?
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Mar 12, 2023 00:59
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Veskit posted:I think lem has been eating too fast and needs to slow down. Is there a solid slow feeder that is recommended? I have one random one I bought on Chewy and one that fits Katie’s raised stand. Both work fine. Adding a bit of water helps too; she tends to cough a bit if the food is totally dry. The one on Chewy (an orange spiral) is a little bit annoying because it feels a bit small for her portion size. The other one, I dunno, looks like a circular maze. I think most of them would probably work fine; I’ve even heard of just putting a big (clean!) rock in the bowl to force them to eat around it.
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Mar 12, 2023 01:52
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Just make sure that it's a bowl they can't just use their snoot to bypass
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Mar 12, 2023 17:24
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Josie's bowl is a blue plastic one that has like these raised half-circles that stick up randomly. She doesn't like sticking her snoot into things so it stops her from horfing down a mouthful at a time (and coughing it back up). She had a bigger spiral kind but honestly it was harder to clean.
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Mar 12, 2023 23:14
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Well Rollo did keep chewing his bandage off and the tip got infected so he went under the knife yesterday to amputate a bit more. Luckily he's still very happy and goofy, and hopefully this is the last of the issue! I also can't wait to get his cone off because he keeps following me closely and hitting me in the back of my calf
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Mar 15, 2023 14:54
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Poor guy. I hope his tail heals swiftly!! 
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Mar 15, 2023 15:46
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You can try a muzzle + guard if the cone isn't working out. We were never able to find a good cone for Doggles. Either collar too big or cone too short.
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Mar 15, 2023 16:04
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yeah i just used a muzzle after Bailey had her...uh... vagina surgery. it worked fine, I put some tape on the sides. It's a lot more comfortable for them I think.
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Mar 15, 2023 17:30
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https://www.amazon.com/Birdwell-Ent...aps%2C87&sr=8-1 This is the guard we got. I'm kinda surprised it's the only one of it's kind I could easily find on Amazon. Usually they have like dozens of options for this kind of stuff.
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Mar 15, 2023 17:55
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Awful quiet around here Katie bit a dog at daycare today  It was a whippet of all things. She’s been in daycare with it before and we’ve run into them (the owner has two) on walks a few times. On walks the whippets always bark at Katie and she mostly looks puzzled. The bite was around the neck and it looks like it did puncture the skin. I don’t have a whole lot of details. On Monday I have to talk with the behavioral specialist if Katie is allowed back into daycare. Maybe no, maybe with limitations. They also have “day stays” where the dogs are kept individually (they still get walks) which will probably be Katie’s future for a while. We had some big thunderstorms today and apparently some of the dogs were freaking out enough that they had to get sent home, but they said Katie didn’t look too phased. I wonder if Katie’s also a bit off because I’ve been upset all week. I got a call on Monday that my parents dog Lucy can’t walk. She’s had a spinal injury since 2019 that caused problems now and then, but it was apparently a ticking time bomb that finally went off. Most likely it’s degenerate disc disease. Can’t tell without an MRI, and the only local place that does them seems pretty money-grubbing (too tired to expand). We’re going down tomorrow to see her and decide what’s best for her. Hearing the news about Lucy really upset me. She was my moms pal and did so much for her. After all the loss I’ve had recently she was my last best link to my parents. Lucy is a super active dog (lots of stress on her poor back) and it’s hard to imagine that she would be happy with limited mobility. I’m sure it affects Katie when I’m sad even if she’s fairly aloof at times. Lucy and Katie on a rare truce (Katie is normally very protective of her personal space when she’s laying down):  It’s pretty clear that I really need to deal with Katie’s separation anxiety just so I have more options. With the nightmare year I’ve had I just haven’t had the energy to deal with it, but even without this latest thing it’s completely unsustainable for me to contort my life around a dog that can’t handle being alone.
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Apr 1, 2023 04:58
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Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear about Katie and Lucy Hopefully they're able to find a decent place to get that MRI. But drat, that sucks either way
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Apr 1, 2023 05:05
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I'm so sorry to hear about Lucy. A friend's dog had the same thing and they're in the awful position of having to wait to see if she recovers. With regards to Katie, some people struggle to read greyhounds and just because she didn't look phased doesn't mean she wasn't stressed. And whippets can be hecking annoying. Hopefully the behaviourist can also put you on the right track with her separation anxiety, and she's allowed back in daycare.
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Apr 1, 2023 16:09
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back when you first mentioned this (when you had to go back into an office), I remember telling you to speak with others in your greyhound adoption group about help with separation anxiety. did you do that?
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Apr 1, 2023 16:34
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Lucy is alert and active again, her back legs just don’t work. She barks when the other dogs get going and tries to crawl around the house, but they put up a barrier for her to contain her on a bed. She’s apparently taken a step or two on all fours.  As long as her quality of life is OK I want to give her a chance to heal with the conservative approach. If she can get a bit better maybe the surgery would be a more realistic option (right now they estimate it would only have a 30% chance of working). The people who took her over are wonderful and are willing to work with her during this process. As for Katie, I went back to the office only a few weeks before my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I did have plans to work on her separation anxiety but all that went out the window with everything else going on.
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Apr 2, 2023 13:45
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david_a posted:Lucy is alert and active again, her back legs just don’t work. She barks when the other dogs get going and tries to crawl around the house, but they put up a barrier for her to contain her on a bed. She’s apparently taken a step or two on all fours. Good news about Lucy, especially if she's already taking steps on her own. Will your parents still be trying to get an MRI?
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Apr 2, 2023 19:26
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Radiation Cow posted:Good news about Lucy, especially if she's already taking steps on her own. Will your parents still be trying to get an MRI? My parents both passed away in the last year. My moms friends took her over. I’m undecided on an MRI. The only local place that does them wants $4,000 which is pretty high from what I’ve read. They also tried to hard sell it when they tried to get one on Wednesday - “it’s either right now or in eight weeks.” This was after the mandatory x-ray they insisted on doing first came back inconclusive (which everyone already knew is useless for IVDD) and some other random stuff they did without asking. The husband made them go home before his wife made a scene and honestly from their description I don’t blame them. One step at a time. Given the state of her back, I feel like something could dramatically get worse at any time. As long as her quality of life is good I want to see if she’ll get better with limiting her movement and some of the alternative therapies her caretakers want to go down (acupuncture and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy). Both of those seem questionable to me but I don’t see how they can hurt. Of course Katie is jealous of people not worrying about her so she sprung her toe twice today  . I don’t know if she needs to it splinted or what. And of course in a week I leave the country for two weeks to deal with one of the three estates I’m in charge of.
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Apr 2, 2023 20:53
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david_a posted:My parents both passed away in the last year. My moms friends took her over. I genuinely thought it was just your dad that passed, my condolences and apologies. Life has not been kind to you these past few years. Gello managed to scare the bejesus out of me last night. She was fine for the entire day, and then started showing signs of having a sore leg in the evening. She wasn't limping, but it was clear that she couldn't lie down and when I felt her legs, one was significantly larger and more swollen than the other. We gave her some anti-inflammatories, and she eventually collapsed onto the bed and settled for the night. This morning, it looked like she had elephantiasis. Her whole leg was completely swollen, you couldn't even see the little skin bit that greyhounds have on their back legs. Rushed her to the vet, he looked at it and said, "Yep, she pulled a muscle." What is it with this dog and uncontrollable swelling every time she gets hurt?! She's walking okay, and doesn't seem to be as sore as yesterday, but its still disconcerting to see. Guess she's getting old, so can't do as much rushing around as she could before.
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Apr 4, 2023 09:24
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WOW, that must've been a hell of a lot of swelling! Glad to hear it wasn't anything worse though, that's for sure. Also drat, that's incredibly rough, david_a. I hope you're doing alright, over there
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Apr 4, 2023 09:27
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Lots o swelling. Just compare the two! But as you can see, she's putting weight on it, so hopefully nothing too serious.
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Apr 4, 2023 10:10
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Had a good conversation with the head of the daycare about Katie this week. They have cameras so she could check what happened. Katie was laying down against a wall. A black dog walked by her and she raised her head. Poor Sam the whippet walked by and she bit him on the neck. Neither dog was messing with her. Sam needed a few stitches, not surprising since there's no fur or fat providing padding. Katie clearly wasn't trying to hurt him because she easily could have killed him. If she would have done that to a dog that fights back, Katie would probably be the one needing medical care. Katie has always been very prickly about her personal space when she's laying down. I'm sure that my own stress last week rubbed off on her, and the thunder earlier that day probably didn't help either, but at the end of the day that just makes her even more unpredictable. She's just not a good fit for daycare. It's unrealistic that the staff constantly has to shoo other dogs away from her and she very rarely wants to play with other dogs anyway. The daycare chief recommended that I keep her away from all daycares and that sounds best; it's just a matter of time before she does it again. I don't know what the daycare could have done to prevent it. I'm probably most at fault for taking her to daycare every day when I kinda knew it wasn't really her thing, but I had no idea she would do this and I've had a million other things to worry about. When I get back from this trip I'll start the journey on teaching her to be alone. I'll reach out to my adoption group and vet for help. Right now she's doing day stays at the same place (basically day boarding) which is at least a little closer to staying home by herself.
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Apr 6, 2023 03:18
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Is she the same way toward humans with her space? Unrelated, but some time ago I mentioned that some sick person is putting razors and metal shards etc in bread and spreading it around town for dogs to find and eat. Good news is that investigations (both by police and media) have ramped up. They even got a former FBI agent from BSU to weigh in on the matter. Apparently usually cats that are targeted like this. Bad news is the the person is still at large and is still putting booby traps all over.
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Apr 7, 2023 11:01
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MrOnBicycle posted:Is she the same way toward humans with her space? No, at least not to the same extent. She’ll happily sleep with her head on your lap if you’re rude enough to sit on her couch. I’m very careful touching her when she’s sleepy though. With dogs (even Lucy) she seems terrified of them messing with her when she’s sleepy. quote:Unrelated, but some time ago I mentioned that some sick person is putting razors and metal shards etc in bread and spreading it around town for dogs to find and eat. Good news is that investigations (both by police and media) have ramped up. They even got a former FBI agent from BSU to weigh in on the matter. Apparently usually cats that are targeted like this. Good, well, better at least. Hopefully they find that weirdo soon
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Apr 7, 2023 14:04
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   “Why are you letting this happen? “
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Pizza bone, now!
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