The official retired or rescue greyhound thread

[Kiltie]

Taking a leaf out of the Sports Forum ... here we go.

We took our Meg in July 2007 and we were told that she was probably between five and six years old.

This was our first ever dog although there were always Labs in the house when I was a kid.

She's been brilliant. Initially a wee bit of hard work but overall - brilliant.

Her health has been ok apart from some sore feet which I think we've now pinned down to an allergy (thank God for pet insurance).

Behaviour has been close perfect apart from some sleep aggression and a general aversion to "space invasion".

OK, now for the pics ...























Anyone else now addicted to Greys?

Cheers,

Eric

[Kiltie]

Interesting - thanks for that. I'll pass on the information to some other owners whos dogs are suffering with this.

Not corns in our case. Below is a link to a pic of when it was at its worst (not for the aquemish, hence me posting the link and not the pic).

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Numptie/?ac...

Cheers,

Eric

Edited by Kiltie on Friday 29th October 09:20

[Kiltie]

Morningside said:

Off Topic: Is that your home in one of the photos? If so, its very cool. Also forgive me, but it looks like an old signal box?? And near to an old disused line. Or have I misread the whole thing?

Indeed, it is an old railway station ... on the " Deeside Line" - approximate location here. The line was most famous for Queen Victoria getting from Aberdeen to Balmoral.

We're not living there at the moment and in the process of a major renovation project which I hope will be finished in 2011. This will transform the property but one of my fundamental criteria for the plans is that nobody will ever be in any doubt as to the original use of the buildings when they first see them. Whether we move back in there remains to be seen ... we're actually living somewhere equally 'interesting' now.

In one of the shots, you can see my missus with the dog on its back. That was our living room which was actually the original waiting room (there was also a "ladies waiting room" as well ).

There are a few more shots of the place in this thread.

Cheers,

Eric

Edited by Kiltie on Saturday 30th October 14:09

[Kiltie]

gog440 said:

... are all your dogs as bad at thieving as our Eddie?

Our one isn’t too bad compared with those of other owners I speak to whose hounds are apparently habitual thieves.

Saying that, she does believe that anything within reach is hers if she wants it.

The coffee table is probably one of her happiest hunting grounds. On occasion, when we’ve had people in, I’ve seen her casually walk past, take a few slurps from the milk jug and then help herself from the plate of biscuits before anyone could do anything.

Coming back from shopping also requires a bit of care. If the bags are put on the floor, the head will be inside each one in turn until she finds something worth running upstairs with (a loaf of bread is the current favourite).

I’ve always reckoned that it stems from being in kennels where they get to know that when a food opportunity comes up; if they don’t take it immediately, someone else will.

I take the view that it’s not a priority behaviour for “training out”. It’s just something that has to be managed.

Cheers,

Eric

[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

[Kiltie]

I thought this might amuse some of you.

Cheers,

Eric

[Kiltie]

I found his website when Bex mentioned it before.

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Cheers,

Eric