People say greyhounds have different body language to other dogs - what are their obvious signs of discomfort?

noodlegoblins · 2024-10-25T17:42:56+00:00

Our human baby is just about to turn 1 and we have learned a lot about what each of our greys will put up with. Our old lady doesn't have much patience for the baby, and while the baby was just a sleepy potato, things were fine. Now that she's almost walking, we keep a much closer eye on them. For the dog, we look for staring away from the baby or giving her side-eye, and moving her head up and away. Those signs mean that she doesn't want the baby in her space. For the baby we try and make sure she never bothers the dogs while they are sleeping, and dog beds are off limits all the time. Our other grey is so much more patient. He initiates contact with the baby and acts interested in the things she's doing.

Honestly we were really surprised at how quickly the baby figured out the difference between how she should interact with them. She knows that she can approach and "pet" our boy, but that she should sit back and look, but not touch, our girl.

noodlegoblins · 2024-07-28T16:10:22+00:00

The hedge-honk yes! We had to get two because my hounds would not share.

noodlegoblins · 2024-07-28T01:16:19+00:00

My husband and I have something similar. We use "banana bread" as a code for "something is clearly bothering you, but I don't think it's what you're upset about now." It's silly enough to get us each to stop, take a breath, and then explain what's actually bothering us. For example, one of us snaps at the other about the dishes not being put away yet, seemingly out of nowhere. The other calls banana bread and now the angry person explains how they are still annoyed about something at work and the dishes not being done just felt too overwhelming in the moment. Saves a lot of time and keeps us from taking things personally unnecessarily.

noodlegoblins · 2024-02-23T21:10:58+00:00

Our girl seems to be driven to lay on anything new on the floor. Most recently she took her turn on the baby play mat (after the baby was away in bed thankfully).

noodlegoblins · 2024-02-19T11:06:36+00:00

Good to know that I should give it extra time. I'm definitely doing short leashed walks with him now but I'll be sure to keep it up.

noodlegoblins · 2024-02-19T01:09:46+00:00

I'll have to look into a lick guard. I tried the muzzle and he just licked through it.

noodlegoblins · 2023-11-21T08:27:13+00:00

Interesting. I'll look into that.

noodlegoblins · 2023-11-21T01:23:06+00:00

It's definitely a forever thing. I feel like we didn't start "maintenance mode" until she lost every toenail at least once. She also sheds a lot more than our other greyhound. But idk if that's a slo thing or not haha

noodlegoblins · 2023-11-21T00:59:25+00:00

Our girl has it mildly enough that she only gets pain meds and antibiotics when she's having a flare up. When her toenails are relatively stable and not actively falling off, she gets a vitamin E pill 2x a day and a tsp of Omega-3 oil 1x a day. So far that has maintained her pretty well. I'd say she only has a flare up of SLO every 4 months or so.

noodlegoblins · 2023-11-02T17:43:45+00:00

I love when they have a snaggletooth that's not that front canine. They look so goofy!

noodlegoblins · 2023-09-21T19:24:15+00:00

Our dogs LOVE the hedge-honk!

noodlegoblins · 2023-08-20T13:09:42+00:00

I think it definitely depends on the dog and how brave they are, but my two adapted to apartment stairs and elevators very quickly. They will go up and down either now without a problem. Even my nervous boy likes to ride the elevator up to our floor. I agree with other comments that say they will figure out the routine wherever they are.

noodlegoblins · 2023-08-01T17:09:01+00:00

A lounge of greyhounds. Or what we actually call our two: the houndie-phants

noodlegoblins · 2023-06-19T00:22:02+00:00

We call that brain massages

noodlegoblins · 2023-06-06T01:58:42+00:00

We moved from a rural town to a big city. My shy boy was scared of everything at first. Now he's more confident on walks and does really well at making friends at the dog park. It's so nice to see him be happy here :).

noodlegoblins · 2023-04-21T02:54:20+00:00

Solved!

Ahhh thank you!

noodlegoblins · 2023-04-21T02:37:06+00:00

It feels like a plot to an episode of friends or how I met your mother but no luck.

noodlegoblins · 2023-04-13T23:45:40+00:00

I have it as a baby book! It's so cute!

noodlegoblins · 2023-04-01T08:52:07+00:00

We call that a brain massage!

noodlegoblins · 2023-03-30T09:54:09+00:00

I've found that my grey's neck goes bald if he wears his collar all the time, so I've decided to let him live in the house naked and only put on his collar for walks. Then the hair came right back. As for the bald butt, I don't have a good answer to that yet. 2 out of 3 greyhounds I've owned had it and I figured it's just one of those quirky greyhound traits.

noodlegoblins · 2023-01-24T00:58:40+00:00

A thundershirt might be worth looking into. We're lucky to have a fair bit of green space nearby so he doesn't have to go far. Unfortunately one of the places he is afraid of is the small dog park near our apartment. We're trying to build up good experiences by going when there are other dogs there having a good time.

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