The official retired or rescue greyhound thread

[gog440]

Thanks, it does seem to be a common thing with them, at least Eddie hasnt stolen off a child yet lol.
I guess its just a case of him training us not to leave anything edible less than 6ft off the floor unless it is in a cupboard/microwave/the oven

[Kiltie]

gog440 said:

... stolen off a child ...

I always panic when the dog's off the lead and I see a child up ahead brandishing an icecream.

... mind you, it's been a few months since we've had that pleasure.

Cheers,

Eric

[230TE]

gog440 said:

A quick question for you other greyhound owners, are all your dogs as bad at thieving as our Eddie?

It's why they have long pointy noses. A greyhound will take a biscuit from your hand in between you lifting it off the plate and putting it in your mouth.

[Kiltie]

I thought this might amuse some of you.

Cheers,

Eric

[SPR2]

bexVN said:

SPR2 said:

bexVN said:

I was going to ask if they ruled out corns. Quite a common problem esp in kennelled greyhounds. Very difficult to tx successfully. We were regularly hulling corns on one. It helped as he was very lame when they were bad never cured though

Nothing to do with their racing then? Haugh is not so bad on soft ground but often appears lame on hard surfaces.

I don't think so. I believe it is because sand is often used on kennel floor and they run on soft ground so when they start a normal life the pads struggle to cope with hard surfaces, they also think it can be due to lack of fat between bone and pad. However I don't think they completely know why this affects greyhounds particularly.

I've just been looking this up and apparently there is a vet who has been successfully treating corns for a while.


He's called Daniel Doherty and is based in Middlesex. His tx is a closey guarded secret for some reason. Pity he doesn't develop it for the rest of the vet world as would help a lot more greyhounds.

Edited by bexVN on Thursday 28th October 23:59

Have you a contact for him please?

[bexVN]

Unfortunately not directly but here is a page with his details, hope it helps

http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/vets.htm

[SPR2]

bexVN said:

Unfortunately not directly but here is a page with his details, hope it helps

http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/vets.htm

Many thanks.
Have forwarded this to my friend and they are going down to see him. At the moment Haugh has corns on three of his feet.

[bexVN]

SPR2 said:

bexVN said:

Unfortunately not directly but here is a page with his details, hope it helps

http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/vets.htm

Many thanks.
Have forwarded this to my friend and they are going down to see him. At the moment Haugh has corns on three of his feet.

Ouch . That's not good. Hope it can be sorted for him. I'd be interested to know.

[Kiltie]

I found his website when Bex mentioned it before.

click

Cheers,

Eric

[Who me ?]

If any use - there was an episode on TV ( think the program was vet at large - vet was Matt Brash,resident vet at Flamingo Park ,surgery at Battle Flatts in North YORKS ), with a racing Greyhound with corns . The result was a success .

[SPR2]

Not able to get that as it is on Sky.

[kieranjholland]

Some absolutely lovely looking greyhounds on this thread.

You may be able to give me some advice. I have been keen to get 2 rescue greyhounds for a long time. Having recently moved into our new home in Yorkshire and and my partner potentially being in a position to work from home or at the least part-time (family close by are dog lovers and have already offered their support) it's time to start thinking more seriously about it.

My quetions are:
Will my garden suffice (120 metres long but only about 5-6 metres wide) and I assume I'll need to build big fencing in the garden? We live near a lot of open land so would walk the dogs there rather than loose in the garden if necessary

Partner has just bought a Laura Ashley sofa which she is very happy with... does this scupper my plans as I know greyhounds don't get on with sofas - I guess my dog training skills will need to be applied here - I assume there potential for the dog be in the dog house?

Seperation anxiety - I know that this is unique to each individual dog but I hear that grey's are easy to train?

House - victorian terrace, a 2up-2down, 4 storey, 4 bedroom (essentially tall but narrow), is this enough space for 2 small to medium sized greys?

You can't teach an old dog new tricks - I was aiming to tak in two older dogs (4-6yrs I guess but am open), are they still relatively receptive to training techniques?

Thanks in advance

[Who me ?]

SPR2 said:

Not able to get that as it is on Sky.

Program was Zoo vet at large .I saw it on Freeview ,where it'll probably be repeated several times .

[SPR2]

bexVN said:

Ouch . That's not good. Hope it can be sorted for him. I'd be interested to know.

He is off to see Daniel Dohery tomorrow, the first of 3 visits.

[bexVN]

^^ Good luck Haugh, hope those feet feel better soon.

[SPR2]

bexVN said:

^^ Good luck Haugh, hope those feet feel better soon.

YHM

[gog440]

kieranjholland said:

Some absolutely lovely looking greyhounds on this thread.

You may be able to give me some advice. I have been keen to get 2 rescue greyhounds for a long time. Having recently moved into our new home in Yorkshire and and my partner potentially being in a position to work from home or at the least part-time (family close by are dog lovers and have already offered their support) it's time to start thinking more seriously about it.

My quetions are:
Will my garden suffice (120 metres long but only about 5-6 metres wide) and I assume I'll need to build big fencing in the garden? We live near a lot of open land so would walk the dogs there rather than loose in the garden if necessary

Partner has just bought a Laura Ashley sofa which she is very happy with... does this scupper my plans as I know greyhounds don't get on with sofas - I guess my dog training skills will need to be applied here - I assume there potential for the dog be in the dog house?

Seperation anxiety - I know that this is unique to each individual dog but I hear that grey's are easy to train?

House - victorian terrace, a 2up-2down, 4 storey, 4 bedroom (essentially tall but narrow), is this enough space for 2 small to medium sized greys?

You can't teach an old dog new tricks - I was aiming to tak in two older dogs (4-6yrs I guess but am open), are they still relatively receptive to training techniques?

Thanks in advance

Hi Kieran
Only just seen your post so sorry for the slow reply, your garden is more than big enough, a 6 ft fence is more than big enough, greys do generally like to steal your sofa but my eddie was told no the first time he tried to get on the sofa and he has never tried since. Whereabouts in yorkshire are you?
If you are anywhere in the Leeds area I would get yourself to Oakwell Hall in Birstall w.yorks on Sunday the 6th@ 2pm (the countryside centre carpark) and you will there should be approx 50 greyhounds and their owners doing a walk to raise awareness or if you go to www.westyorkshire.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk there are some dogs to look at there and a contact number for Kath who runs the centre.
The best thing to do is come along either to the walk or one of the normal sunday morning walks and talk to people, ask questions and have a look at some of the dogs.

Andy

edited to correct the web address

Edited by gog440 on Sunday 6th February 00:31

[gog440]

Has anyone had any experience of ordering Drontal off the internet?
I have found somewhere in the uk selling it at about 25% of the cost in pets at home. This does seem a bit too good to be true so I was just a little suspicious.
Also Eddie needs a clean and scale of his teeth, I have had a few quotes from different vets which vary wildly, from £80 to £300 but wierdly the cheapest one is somewhere I have been recommended by another greyhound owner, it is just a bit of a long way away does this seem about right costwise?

[bexVN]

£80 seems very cheap, not sure how a vet could cover even the cost of the anaesthetic for that on a Greyhound, let alone the time and work that goes into a dental, esp on Greyhounds (they have notoriously bad teeth) I would be dubious as to the type of anaesthetics used and the post op treatment inc pain relief (if any are used) Maybe I'm being cynical but I just can't see how they could function at those costs.

I would say £180 - £300 depending on what work is needed, as a guide.

One other point, you shouldn't vet hop, you should use the vets you are registered with, if you are not happy by all means register with a different vet but you shouldn't just go back to the first vets afterwards, you should stay with the new vets. It is ethically wrong for a vets to take on a patient just for one procedure (unlesws referred or second opinion) if they know the dog is under the care elsewhere. Mistakes can occur when animals are moved around for treatment.

[gog440]

[quote=bexVN]£80 seems very cheap, not sure how a vet could cover even the cost of the anaesthetic for that on a Greyhound, let alone the time and work that goes into a dental, esp on Greyhounds (they have notoriously bad teeth) I would be dubious as to the type of anaesthetics used and the post op treatment inc pain relief (if any are used) Maybe I'm being cynical but I just can't see how they could function at those costs.

I would say £180 - £300 depending on what work is needed, as a guide.

It is oop north though bex lol
Joking apart it is in Barnsley and has been recommended by a friend who has taken his greyhounds there for the treatment and he seems very happy with their standard of care. I havent actually registered eddie with a vet yet, but the vets that did his neutering only quoted me £100 for the same work and they are likely to be where I register him so I am think I will take him there.