Day 1 update on Dakota. He did wonderful in his crate overnight. Starting training and seems to have grasped “touch” Although I have absolutely no idea how to make this thing sit, I don’t think he can yet.

And today he discovered his lamb chop toy!

Say hello to Zoe. She is the sweetest baby. She walked around a house for about an hour then took herself off to bed for a snooze 😁

Quick update on Benji, after the MRI it was found his rear end paralysis wasn’t the result of a spine stroke, but instead a hemorrhage causing a large blood clot which is pressuring the spine and rendering him being unable to walk. This requires surgery to remove then hopefully he can recover with physio. Luckily, after initial rapid onset he is neurologically stable and still has feeling in his legs.

However, we’ve also found he’s very bruised where he was carried, and the suckers from the ECG machine have also bruised him, which is abnormal, they suspect a potential issue with clotting which makes surgery really dangerous. Blood tests using the out of hours equipment are inconclusive and they need the lab to check it on Monday.

I’m just really worried this long with pressure on the nerves of his spine will leave lasting damage, I really don’t have the right house or capacity to look after a 44kg paraplegic dog, and I very much doubt the greyhound trust would be able to rehome him if he cannot walk. Plus, he is so motivated by exploring and being outdoors I don’t know if it’d be fair to keep him disabled. I guess this outcome is unlikely, I’m just really worried for him 😞

If anyone has been through anything similar I’d really love to know how your pup did or did not pull through.

I am friendly with some of the lovely ladies locally who staff the charity shop one town down. A pair of greyhound jammies came in and they saved them out to give to me--they suit Sita very well, don't they? 🙂

I'll scoot down later this week to show off the picture to them.

Last Saturday night our sweet Irish angel Sugar passed away 😢. At only 5 years old, we thought we had so much time left with her, but her life was cut short by what her vet believes was a sudden cardiac event or stroke. We are deeply struggling with the suddenness and unexpectedness of her departure. One moment she was curling up peacefully to go to sleep in her crate, and the next morning when we went to let her out for her morning zoomies, she was gone.

As painful as her passing has been, I am comforted knowing she most likely passed in her sleep and did not suffer. That said, not getting to say goodbye to her properly and her sudden departure at such a young age has been incredibly difficult to process. I am curious if anyone else has gone through something similar.

Sugar, sweet as her name, left an indelible impression on our lives, and even though we only had her for two short years, we can’t imagine what our life was like before her. She has left a massive chasm in our hearts and home. She is survived by her brindle big brother Hank, who showed her the ropes of being a lazy house dog after years on the track.

Sugar was the silliest, kindest girl who was always up for a cuddle. She loved people more than anything and won over the hearts of everyone who crossed paths with her. Our home feels so quiet and empty without the tapping of her nails on the wood floor. Every time we walk through the front door, we expect to see her nose pop out, ready to greet us with wet kisses and a full-body greyhound lean.

The sudden loss of our Sugar Booger has reminded us that the time we have with our beloved hounds is short, and we must treasure every minute. Rest in peace baby girl, you have brought so much joy into our lives and we will never, ever forget you.

Today lucy and I went on a mega-adventure.

It took us 2 hours each way, 3 picnic stops, lots of drink, sniff and pee stops, but we finally made it to somewhere i have never made it to before - Sharp Tor.

We took the easier paths rather than going striaght up the hills, so it was a bit more long-winded and winding but easier for Lucy (and me!)

Glorious weather for it - warm, sunny, but windy so we kept nice and cool. Lucy took it in her stride and kept wanting to go further, and was zooming along the paths.

It was, however, a little bittersweet for me. Sharp Tor was the final Tor on the moors that i was going to take my last doggo, Leelou to, but she got too sick before we made that one final adventure. So, i did get a little teary up there. I places a small photo of Leelou under a rock, then composed myself and Lucy and I had our lovely picnic.

Sorry she isnt in every photo, i was just documenting the walk and she was often off sniffing around in the scrub!

So, we got back. Lucy is sonked out, i hurt everywhere. Roast chicken dinner and Star wars date night for the two of us i think!

I PROMISE he isn’t malnourished, he is wet and was zooming HARD! 😂

You may recall that a couple of weeks ago we were having some real trouble with Bonnie freezing on walks, getting really overstimulated. Well - we had to pop her in kennels whilst we went away for a weekend last week, and subsequently my partner sprained his ankle. But when she got back to us on Wednesday, she has been such a GOOD GIRL.

Brave on walks so far, not as much freezing (only stubbornness), not as reactive to other dogs, opening up a bit more to us, playing a bit more. I don’t really know what it was that’s sparked this change in behaviour, but it’s been so emotional to see how far she’s come. I can only put it down to two things - she’s getting more comfortable with us, or she had her nails clipped at the kennels (we asked for them to do this, they are a greyhound specialist kennel) and she’s feeling a LOT better walking around 😂

Also, something that’s really helped us break her focus when she is fixated on something - a spare toy squeaker (you can get these in packs off amazon for very cheap!). It breaks her out of whatever she’s looking at and we continue our walk (with lots of encouragement and pets)

I know that it’s not always linear, but she’s been a dream this weekend so far. I’m very proud of her, could cry out of happiness and she’s having a well deserved snooze after a successful walk this morning!

Winston and his siblings, Jameson and Ellie, celebrated his 11th birthday 🎉 .

Hi everyone - it's so nice to join this subreddit, I love seeing all your goofy hounds. I'm considering adopting a greyhound or lurcher as a second dog. My current dog is a 5 year old labradoodle. She's quite boisterous with other dogs and she really enjoys playing with lurchers that's she's met - bitey face and chasing are her favourite ways to play. I wondered if anyone has any advice or experience adopting a greyhound with an existing non hound dog at home. TIA ❤️

We adopted the handsome man yesterday morning and are stressfully loving the adjustment process of getting him used to life with us. He was with a great foster family for a couple of months who had lots of experience with fostering greys straight out of racing, and they had said he was a really well adapted boy, loves people, loves other dogs, but does freeze on his walks a lot. We have been experiencing the walk freezes and are just wanting to make sure we are doing the right things helping him adjust. We've been standing by him, standing in his line of sight if he's frozen because he's seen something (like a cat or a jack Russel) and then gently coaxing him on and praising when he takes steps. We have noticed though that a lot of the freeze behaviour occurs when he wants to go one direction, and we are trying to take him another way. This morning he had already been freezing a fair amount at the park so we thought it would be good to gently direct him back in the direction of the house because we don't want to overwhelm him, but he was dead set on wanting to go the other way, further up the street. We didn't want to do that because we figured 1)that's a lot more new environment when he's already been finding the walks overstimulating, and 2) he would probably just walk further away from home and continue to freeze up which would make it even harder to direct him home. Are we doing the right thing there by continuing to try to guide him back towards home, even if he's really trying to take steps in the opposite direction? My fear is we would go with his lead, and then just continue to freeze further and further from the house. I'm going to invest in some tasty treats to bring on walks to help coax him as so far we've been bringing some of his dog biscuits which he hasn't been too interested in. Any advice welcome, this is our first Greyhound but not our first dog.

I am friendly with some of the lovely ladies locally who staff the charity shop one town down. A pair of greyhound jammies came in and they saved them out to give to me--they suit Sita very well, don't they? 🙂

I'll scoot down later this week to show off the picture to them.

I posted earlier today about being adoption day, and I chose my pup!

First picture is all the dogs that came to my place. The fosters called it the brindle brigade

Last two photos is my new friend, Dakota! We already got a bed fail picture

Riley was delighted to go coatless today. He was less pleased about the small lakes of melted snow everywhere.

It was the sound of the hosing off of the lawnmower.

Hello 👋

We brought home a foster greyhound. She is very nervous, and seems scared of almost everything. She is very sweet and wants try, but it seems like she thinks something bad will happen if she leaves her safe-space (her bed).

She hasn't pee'd since last night. She is scared of going out into the garden. It's not even very noisy outside, just the odd background noise and she starts shaking and wants to go back inside.

She is currently comfortable in the sitting room. So, I'm leaving her to relax in there. Bit I was thinking of starting to move her bed into the kitchen, or hallway. That way she will learn that there is nothing to fear. But the again, maybe I should just let her have her safe space for now, and maybe in a few days I can try and introduce her to different rooms. Although, I don't want to just leave her in the sitting room too long. She needs walks! If I can't get her into the kitchen, how can I ask to go outside the house? Or even feel comfortable enough to go into the garden to relieve herself.

I think it will just take time, and treats. But when do you know when it's time to start pushing them out of their comfort zone? She only leaves the bed to eat, drink, and startle, right now.

Had my new blanket for all of 30 minutes, got up to use the bathroom and came back to this 😂

She also been looking after my hormonal butt this week too, so I treated her to some of my ice-cream 🥰