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It's already clear that he doesn't have an off switch
More brain work and less physical work. At that age getting heel walking sorted, constant correction and insistance on what you want will fry their little mind. It's a bit like raptor training but without the sleep deprivation a similar battle of wills. (My vet tells me that I have the calmest Dalmatian they have ever met).
Oscar with this older siblings from another father. 
New shoes!
No idea how she found the only bit of mud in existence, but she did. Persuaded her into a burn to get hew white spats back.
She has picked up a strain or something. Every so often her leg flicks inwards and she limps a few steps.
A fat fingered moment from me led to a funny 'selfie' from the hound.
Oh dear god. Sprocket seems to be in the early stages of teething - any advances on split antler, the current fave and reigning champ - frozen Kong, currently with plain Greek yoghurt and apple, an olive wood stick, the dining table chair legs, rabbit's ears (without fur). Trying to avoid nylon and plastic stuff, but he doesn't seem into the one someone gave us anyway. Oh, also a Kong teething 'thing' and someone gave us a yak cheese chew, which he doesn't seem too bothered about.
Any suggestions welcome. I suspect it's going to get a lot worse, right now he's just mardy and chewy 🙂
Gratuitous pup meets snuffle mat pic.
A frozen carrot worked for our three. Also for a cheap “chew thing” a coconut (with the hairs trimmed off) from aldi worked for months. At 59p it’s worth a punt.
A frozen carrot worked for our three. Also for a cheap “chew thing” a coconut (with the hairs trimmed off) from aldi worked for months. At 59p it’s worth a punt.
Cheers, frozen carrot is already on the menu and going down well, in small, orange fragments. Ta for the coconut tip. It seems like there's a narrow window between stuff that's too hard and too soft atm.
Buffalo horn is also a good one for teething, chewing.
Oscar having a paddle to cool off. 
I think Sprocket is in contention for being my new favourite STW dog.
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the crew 😍
Looks like a canine rap crew. 😁
The original snoop dog 😆
I think Sprocket is in contention for being my new favourite STW dog.
jesus, you can't make claims like that.
Lola met a dog the other.
After saying high etc the dog grabbed the lead at my end and tried removing it from my grasp.
Apparently the dog spends its walks trying to liberate dogs from their owner for better playing 🤣
Big dog GSP is paying the price at 14 for a life spent doing a marathon a day for 14 years with wobbly legs and a need to be carried up and down the stairs for which she barks for her dog butler (me) when required.
Little dog GSP who was a rescue at 6 is much more stable on her feet at 14 presumably because she just hasn't done the mileage. Also, if you tried any of this humiliating photo stuff with big dog you get short shrift.
I would definitely be more careful about running big dog so far next time.
Huey's had his daily walk, and has now decided its time to spark out for a bit. With his cuddly football thing
5 today the great big hairy div.
My daughter in law decided what her bathroom needed was some dog based wall art so took some appropriate photos of Tod and Buck. We loved the results:
So today she did Willow as well😀
Mind you, the first Christmas after she and James met she did this coloured pencil drawing of Willow for me. It takes pride of place on the dresser and is my screensaver.
After 15 dogless years I can live up to my username again!
We've just adopted Skippy from Give A Greyhound A Home. Link as I can't post photos...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1088896706599966&id=100064389414285
Soft as a brush dopey big boy. Great in the house and overnight. He's quite anxious outside with loud noises, but excellent on the lead and has adopted me as the dog father straightaway.
Quickly settling down and true to form has already managed to steal a mouthful of my breakfast when my back was turned to tidy up a bit of a mess from his breakfast.
Congratulations, gorgeous boy!
Cheers 👍
Just back from his furthest adventure across the Links to the sea with lots of sniffing around the rabbity areas and the rocks.
No issues with other dogs we met or people, and really good on the lead, just not so keen on loud noises where he tends to just push up to me and want to go back/away. Passed the nearby tennis court yesterday and he really didn't like the sound of them wacking the balls.
The exhaustion is so short lived. Absolutely zonked lastnight and full of beans this am.
I miss lie ins.
@joshvegas OR you get "Quick it's breakfast time and I need to go out". Followed by (in 10 minutes) "I'm going to sleep now, amuse yourself for a couple of hours".
Currently looking after my mate's dog while he gets back on his feet after a trip to the hospital. She's a 10 year old Flatcoat and is adorable, but has woken me up at 3am three days in a row now because she wanted to sleep on the bed with me.
The cat is not keen, but accepts this is a temporary thing, but the normal dog I look after (Bodil, three year old black lab) has just been introduced and is currently avoiding Lucy by staying in the hall.
Needy dog continuing to be needy (wouldn’t have it any other way)
King of sofa surfing still surfing
The old man (15) still olding.
Roksy has graced the thread a few times, and here she is with Rafa, our white schnauzer who left us too soon and too quickly about 18 months ago (I know many others on here have had the same loss).
Roksy has been a little lonely, so we thought a friend would be a good idea.......and this is Bodhi, who is her cousin.
She's not yet quite sure what to make of him, though we are only on day 4 and no issues yet.
Mrs Epic and I finding the early morning whimpers and the sprint to the back door for his wee are hardwork......
We travelled from Ireland to London with Maple. She got her first experience on a ferry (we paid for a dog friendly cabin), trains, tubes, buses, lifts, escalators (they proved scary at first), pubs, restaurants, garden centre (briefly as we were escorted out), Greenwich foot tunnel... She handled it all like a champ. London is so much more dog friendly than Ireland.
Did you shit in the candle section Theomen?
Training is going well. His calm demeanour surprises and delights everyone who meets him 😐
Mrs Epic and I finding the early morning whimpers and the sprint to the back door for his wee are hardwork.....
I hear you. Sprocket is now, erm, 13 weeks and sleeping eight hours overnight in his crate without incident, but the one horrific crate explosion courtesy of a gippy tummy has left me slightly paranoid of missing alerts, so it's a 6.00 am start every day, which is starting to wear a bit thin, even though it's always a delight to see his whiskery chops before breakfast.
New camera so been testing it on the dogs
https://flic.kr/p/2r3GZsX
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Looks like poor Skippy has 'grit in pad' on one of his foot pads. Can't put weight on it, no obvious swelling, but it's obviously tender and a small mark/possibly hole, nothing to feel/get tweezers to.
Soaked in salt water and wrapped a melonin pad on for now to see if it helps over night. At the vets on Tuesday anyway for his vaccinations if that doesn't ease it or draw anything out.
Any other greyhound owners had this and got any home remedies? Never had it with our previous greyhounds.
Also had his first tick the other day, easily removed, but a bit annoying as he's had frontline plus. It'll be a regular thing here as there's loads of deer