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Can anyone recommend some good booties that will stand up to snow/salt/cold? We have some of the plastic ones but they are a pain to get on, seem pretty uncomfortable for him, and even though they are the large breed size seem a little small. (It also doesn't help that he will bound into the deepest snow almost immediately).
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Chainsaw McGee posted:Bean has booties from K9 Voyager. They go up past the ankle? Good for a walk but she has trouble keeping them on at full speed. She seems happy with them otherwise. Thanks! I think we have a coat from them, so I'll check out the booties. various cheeses posted:I may be getting a greyhound later this month. What do they absolutely need for cold weather? I'm definitely getting a coat of some kind. We are in WI (where it's hovered around 10 F all this week and there's 5 inches of snow with the promise of more), and our complex goes overboard on salt to a ridiculous degree, so Chevy needs both a fleece coat and booties and even then he's not a big fan of long walks. I guess I forgot to post this: 
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Dec 12, 2013 22:12
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Yep, looks like a pittie mix to me. I will need to see more pictures though, ideally. Not for ID purposes, but because look at his cute little face.
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Apr 24, 2014 01:58
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Sort of a random question but does anybody know what color the lures are that they use to train racing greyhounds?
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Jul 19, 2014 19:22
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Has anybody else had a problem where their hound is TOO SPOOKY???
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Oct 7, 2014 02:57
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ascendance posted:Treegoat, does your hound burrow under the covers on his/her own? They "entirely covered with blankets" thing is usually us "assisting" but he will move the blankets around on his own. Normally if he is hanging off the bed he will make a sort of pillow out of whatever blanket is by the bed so he doesn't have to actually move but can still be on 100% soft things.
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Oct 12, 2014 19:46
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Poor puppy!
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Dec 2, 2014 04:25
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Happy Howlidays from our dog who is giving us a look like we personally betrayed him.
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Dec 18, 2014 03:32
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Fullsize greyhounds (as opposed to IGs) I'd say deal better than most as they have big enough bladders that they can tough out the workday, and are lazy enough that the exercise you can fit in before or after work is more than enough. Some retired racers can get pretty bad separation anxiety though, just because they have been around other greys and people pretty much 24/7. Depends on the dog! Hang out with some dogs!
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Jan 9, 2015 16:16
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slap me silly posted:This will blow your mind, but there is not a hard and fast rule about how long a greyhound can be in a crate, either! Not quite true. If you put a greyhound in a crate for at least two hours and give them a thunder stone or moon stone they will evolve into Final Dog.
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Jan 9, 2015 22:06
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We took ours to the vet during a thunderstorm, which is like the absolute opposite of giving him a burger.
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Apr 10, 2015 03:49
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Elderbean posted:Are greyhound rescues less picky about apartments than other ones? My apartment complex is very dog friendly, close to a dog park, and it has an area on the roof for dogs to poo/pee. Yes. Lots of greyhound rescues are fine with apartments. And more to the point greyhounds can do very well in apartments.
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May 7, 2015 22:16
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Our old American Eskimo had his teeth removed when we got him, and the tongue sticking out thing is pretty normal+adorable. I can't find one that quite does it justice, though. 
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Jun 3, 2015 04:58
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Dogs
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Jun 22, 2015 22:01
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Apparently dogs like blankets that have just come out of the dryer.
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Sep 11, 2015 00:41
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hound found!
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Nov 14, 2015 06:39
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actionjackson posted:I put booties on Abby since it's a -12 windchill. She was able to walk around in them, but incredibly slowly. It might be faster just to leave them off - while her feet will be much colder, she will do her business much faster. Try Musher's Secret or some other brand, might be a good compromise between chilly feet and stumble-y dog. We've used it in -10, -20 weather + road salt everywhere.
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Jan 10, 2016 00:35
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Our lined fleece coat is beginning to fall apart. Since the high today was 0F, this could be a problem. I know this has been asked a couple times, but does anybody have good recommendations for coats?
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Jan 18, 2016 02:53
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A little plain yogurt mixed in with the food also helps control the intensity, if not the number, of greyhound toots. I agree that greyhounds and toys can be really hit or miss. Our dog likes (supervised!) rawhides and pig ears a lot, but has a pretty low interest level in other toys. I would also have a fridge magnet or other prominent bulletin with the contact number of an emergency vet, as well as the contact info for your regular vet. Another thing to have is a mental list of what rooms and furniture are off limits to the dog; if you're inconsistent about this early on, it'll be hard to fix later. Tree Goat fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 19:59
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Level with me: how bad are the post burger toots?
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Jun 13, 2016 07:11
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Congratulations to greyhounds!
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Nov 24, 2016 20:51
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here's a weird looking cat
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Nov 29, 2016 03:10
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Here is another fawn greyhound, after successfully completing his project of "moving the dog bed that was in another room next to another, existing dog bed."
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Feb 4, 2017 06:53
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I use the boots more for keeping out the salt than the cold. I'd get a pair for the bitterly cold or deep snow days. Mushers Secret seems to work just as well for days where it's just very cold, rather than extremely cold.
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Apr 2, 2017 02:18
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Might be a question for a professional, but I can't tell which of these is a dog and which is a stuffed giraffe, any guesses?
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Jul 11, 2017 21:09
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weird snake
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Sep 6, 2017 00:23
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https://twitter.com/lonelydandruff/status/919063945721159680
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Oct 14, 2017 17:41
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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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Nov 8, 2017 01:40
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the whippet was loving robbed at the national dog show this year
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Nov 23, 2017 19:55
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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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Dec 15, 2017 04:25
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Major Isoor posted:Oh, that's awful news! 11, after 3 years or racing and a year or two with a foster, so we had him for a while, but it still really sucks
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Dec 15, 2017 04:41
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How old was he, in the end? (Doesn't make it better regardless of how old he is, really - I just hope he was able to lead a long life alongside you)
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DarkHorse posted:I can counter the food regulating bit, Spartacus would eat himself into a coma if we let him. Multiple times when we first got him he fooled us into thinking the other adult hadn’t fed him yet, and he was still scrounging for treats and table scraps besides. They also tend to put on fat in the belly, which is weirdly skinny compared to a "normal" dog breed, so an overweight greyhound looks like a normal regular dog. our local gpa gave us a diagram like this: 
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Aug 2, 2018 21:18
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https://twitter.com/kazrowe/status/1025820245330518021?s=21
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https://twitter.com/tracysaur/status/1060181686997172224
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Nov 8, 2018 20:29
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imo, the dogs are good dogs
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Feb 16, 2019 05:32
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ours would be a wuss about rain but i never associated not crossing bodies of running water with greyhound. i more associated it with draculas
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Dec 8, 2019 03:51
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i was gonna say "having the dog whine every time the pillow falls off the bed sounds really annoying" but then chevy would whine if somebody was loud going up the stairs so maybe everybody just has personal levels of annoying that they are willing to tolerate in service of the weird stilt deercats
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Drunk Beekeeper posted:
very on brand for the breed that that is a massive sofa and yet they are still situated in a way such that they are hogging most of it
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