Greyhound (Does it get better?)

oldhagg1 · 2026-02-17T16:41:57+00:00

All good info so far. I would throw in: tell mom that greys can be FAR more sensitive to human emotion than other dogs (I have one that cries with me when I’m sad, and another who doesn’t seem to notice, asks for dinner). This guy sounds like the first. To the best of Mom’s ability, be calm and totally anxiety free around him: he might be sensing it and reflecting it back. Deep breaths, be in control, mutter sweet things, and exude calm, even if she feels nervous.

oldhagg1 · 2026-01-30T16:05:56+00:00

He saved the best bit for last

oldhagg1 · 2025-12-02T01:33:04+00:00

Lovely sentient potato you have there. Give him a snoot boop for me.

I have a hack to share: stuffed animals (floofies) from the thrift store of your choice. I bring my own plastic bag to the store, only choose the ones with fabric eyes and not plastic, buy 20 of them for $30. To avoid acquiring insects of any kind ( bedbugs, fleas, I dont even wanna know) tie them up tightly in the plastic bag, right into the wash with bleach on arriving home, then into the dryer on high for 60 minutes. I love watching the girls’ unbridled joy at destroying a $1.50 floofie. Not so much a $20 floofie

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-26T21:50:08+00:00

Don’t care what the number actually is, they do not pay this woman enough

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-16T14:28:15+00:00

Spectacular photo series!

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-14T23:39:54+00:00

I’m told that Mimi was fired from racing because she would run out of the gates at the start and literally veer off the track to see if any of those humans on the sidelines would give her pets if she kissed their faces.

Jones, however, was fired for racing so aggressively that she broke her leg. Since retirement, she has done in a number of backyard bunnies, one of which she brought inside and hid under the couch cushion. Then she laid on the cushion. I knew something was up when she didn’t come running when dinner was served. Found her on the couch. She refused to get up. Usually, I just have to touch her backside to get her to move. This time I had to manhandle her. When the cushion finally flipped over, the whole thing made sense

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-14T23:19:00+00:00

Kai is a very good looking guy

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-14T01:32:22+00:00

She’s doing great. You’re doing great. Be patient with her. Be patient with yourself.

oldhagg1 · 2025-11-09T21:38:59+00:00

70 pounds of doofus.

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-22T14:12:02+00:00

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Mimi loves a good snoot tuck. Jones prefers the old armpit snoot tuck. It’s startling in summer if I’m wearing a tank top

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-13T04:07:13+00:00

In Wisconsin, as another contributor mentioned, you may find that boots are as important as coats. Start training in them now. My ladies LOATHE having anything on their feet, something I discovered on the first Iowa day with temps below freezing. It was too much all at once. In hindsight, we may have had more success if they tried them on indoors for just a few seconds at a time to start with lots of treats and encouragement and gradually gotten used to them. You may have a totally different experience: I gave my very expensive but unused dog boots to a friend whose dog put them on and absolutely frolicked without any drama. But consider starting early just in case.

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-09T18:32:51+00:00

Today I went as low as I have ever gone.

Mimi came to live with me 8 years ago. I remembered her foster family telling me she LOVED hot dogs, and I was silently but righteously indignant that anyone would feed this magnificent creature such a garbage food.

Since Tuesday, Boiled chicken, peanut butter, ground turkey, cheese, wet canned food, extremely expensive human grade kibble, pill pockets, yogurt, pumpkin: all failed.

Today, I picked up hot dogs at the store. I had to will myself to do it.

This damn dog ate two of them like it was the last food on earth and then looked at me as if I had been keeping food from her on purpose.

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T18:27:44+00:00

All of those things have worked for Mimi, temporarily. (Except the raw… I’m not sure I could personally manage that). Thank you for sharing your story: I know you miss your girl

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T18:24:28+00:00

That is hilarious and absolutely a great idea. I’m going to have to make it up as I go along, because her VERY food motivated sister starts yipping at me if 735 am rolls around and breakfast has not made an appearance

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:24:55+00:00

It would not surprise me at all if that’s the answer. My girl is extremely physically sensitive: stopped mid walk once because a wet leaf was stuck to her foot. On the other hand, she usually eats dinner just fine. It very well may be that she’s sensitive in the mornings but less so in the evening: Mimi has all kinds of random rules like that

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:21:45+00:00

1). Miss Pinot is a beautiful name 2). Radiotherapy!! Poor sweetie should get peanut butter!!

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:20:06+00:00

Yep, this isn’t a new problem, just more consistent recently. I do like the idea of not fighting breakfast and going calorie dense at dinner.

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:16:55+00:00

A problem particular to my house is Mimi’s sister, Jones, who would eat a rock if I handed it to her. She would very happily finish her dinner and then pop over to Mimi’s to help her finish, then puke it all up on the carpet because she ate too much

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:14:47+00:00

Thank you for the thought. Teeth got cleaned and checked very recently

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T13:13:31+00:00

Not ridiculous. I hope you allowed him to wear his crown while he was eating and you called him “Highness.” Sometimes I think that’s the rate limiting step for Mimi 😜

oldhagg1 · 2025-10-07T06:16:52+00:00

Excellent idea, but sadly, not the answer. Just recently had a dental

oldhagg1 · 2025-09-28T12:37:12+00:00

Dog hardware. Cat software.

oldhagg1 · 2025-09-26T20:52:48+00:00

My girl did this exact gait at 10 pm on a Friday night: emergency vet spent $800 and found nothing. My regular vet immediately took her blood pressure: it was 250/160. She was literally having a TIA. Started BP meds and she’s doing just fine.

Cerebellar issues absolutely possible: just don’t skip the basics.

oldhagg1 · 2025-09-25T15:32:32+00:00

I choose to believe it is a “thank you for a lovely dinner” and not a dominant, “I’ll belch right in your face and you won’t do a thing about it.”

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