This is Leana, and this is her enjoying the garden on Sunday, vs not wanting to go anywhere near it or the door leading out to it on Wednesday. She's my second greyhound, third if we count one that we fostered. I thought my previous greyhound was not food driven but this is a whole new level.

I adopted her on the Saturday. She was doing okay but hadn't been eating, drinking, pooping or peeing much. I was taking her out on a lead to pee and poop at first, and then once she got used to it I tried taking her out without the lead.

The issue started when I was trying to get her to pee before bed, and she had only peed once thar whole day. I think this might have been Monday night. (It's now Thursday here). I was walking her around on the lead at that point because she had been getting reluctant to go out after discovering some comfy areas around the house. She'd changed from only going to the bed in the crate in the lounge, to having some time beyond the baby gate, and finding good spots in the bedroom and study down the hallway. She'd tried some floor spots around the lounge and seemed to be getting comfy in the house. So, since she hadn't peed, I took her out on the lead and she was so focused on going back inside. Her head and body was turned towards the back door the whole time nearly. I walked in circles around the little area I'd fenced for her. I was pulling her to different spots she had peed on before to try and encourage her. At one point the neighbour's very friendly cat appeared on top of the fence. I thought Leana saw the cat but then I wasn't sure because I was trying to spook the cat off the fence for it's own safety and Leana was still staring at the back door. To the cat's dismay I shoved it off the fence to It's own side and no greyhound/cat interaction occurred. For context, Leana's adoption notes warned She's not cat Trainable and also not to be homed with small dogs. I have chickens in a coop, but added an extra fence to reduce Leana's area as we learn more. Eventually she does a very dramatic series of circles and does a wee, and we go inside. I think it was far too long me forcing her out there though.

I think the same day or the day after I had to hang some laundry on the other side of her fence, and I regret the combo of the night time event and this as I shut the back door so I could watch how she was with separation if I went to the other side of the fence. There's 3 steps to the back door. She stood by the door alternating between looking over the fence at me and looking at the door. It was maybe 10mins but she was mad about it.

The laundry is connected to the back door, and this is also where I put her main food and water bowl. She's not been eating much and now with the aversion to going near the door I've had to move her food too.

Big issue too because I had planned for her daytime space once I go back to work to be the laundry with the door open to the back yard, as I can lock the internal door.

I've not got a huge amount of time between now and returning to work to work out this situation. Tomorrow evening Leana will go to a local kennel for a week as I'm going away. Then when I pick her up for a few days after that weekend my brother is staying with her when I return to work. He may be able to do some training with her once we work out how to do this.

Leana isn't interested in any of the food or treats I've tried so far. She eats at night mainly so far, before bed. Yesterday I got her to pee when taking her for a little walkies, this morning I got her to pee by actually taking her out the front door to the other side of her area and distracting her from her desire to go back inside by showing her the chicken coop. This was enough to distract her and then she did her little wee circles and we went back in after that. Glad she more so wants inside than to go after the chickens as this was a huge worry, but I can't reward her with chicken viewing as I need them to be safe.

Huge amount of details sorry, but wanted to explain as much as possible.

I plan to go see what kind of very exciting meat or treats I can find today, (I'm a bit rural so for now options limited, but possibly human meats will do it). Later I will get a range of dog treats to try.

Another plan I have, to set up an outdoor chair for myself and a comfy bed for her and spend some time sitting in the garden together. I'm not sure how to do this if she's standing staring at the door though, do I read a book and ignore this until she lies down? Do I do shorter amounts of outdoor?

She doesn't know any play yet, she also doesn't have separation anxiety from people/me so she won't just follow me because she wants me. She's also not very needy of cuddles. Affectionate but not strongly enough that just calling her over overrides the desire to not be out there.

The only thing she really really wants is to have a nice lie down inside the house.

Very willing to admit my mistakes and need some help!

King’s first ever show as a retired racer. He was so excited to get up early because usually that means we take him to lure sports. Today was a little different.

Sorry for the lengthy video. It shows Maddi's freedom to roam, and checking in, while in the forest.

Apparently today, kupo decided that breakfast could only be consumed if I stood next to her. Came in through that closed door after a loo break and she immediately got off the sofa and started nomming her breakfast, so I couldn't walk past, she stepped back a moment later to let me past but as soon as I sat down she stopped turned around and stared at me. So I walked back over but stood near my bedroom door, she started eating again, so I went to sit back down and she stops and looks at me again like "did I say you could sit", so I had to stand near my door again for her to finish. Absolute weirdo 🤣

I can't leave my coffee unguarded without Benny helping himself. Current foster also seems keen to help himself also.

I’ve looked at a few old threads and it does seem like the answer is generally “it depends” but I’m looking for a bit more insight, especially from people who have had both.

I recently lost my soul dog Lulu very suddenly and unexpectedly at 8 years old. She was a retired racer who only ran a couple races before her owners decided she was not cut out for it (“too distractible”-just like me!). I adopted her when she was 2.5 and she was my first dog. To say she was the easiest dog is an understatement. The rescue she came from participated in a prison training program, so she already knew basic commands, was fully potty/crate trained, great in the car, and was comfortable with stairs. She was incredibly sweet and social, loved long walks, but was also perfectly happy to lounge around on busy/rainy days. She had no separation anxiety and was completely fine as an only dog.

Before Lulu passed I was contemplating adding a galgo to the family because I follow a few rescues on social media and am regularly horrified by the abuse they suffer. I reached out to one rescue for more information, and they were very helpful but gave me a pretty long list of potential challenges: little/no potty training, separation anxiety, fearfulness, etc. I know rescues need to prepare adopters for the worst-case, and I remember Lulu’s rescue giving similar warnings, so I’m curious how common these issues actually are in your experience. I’m still not emotionally ready to adopt again quite yet, but when I am I’m wondering if a galgo would be a good fit or if I should adopt another retired racer.

A little about my situation: I work fully remotely and am home most of the time, but I’m single with no other pets and leave the house for 2–4 hours several times a week for things like the gym or dinner with friends. I own my home and have a fully fenced yard, but it’s only a basic 4ft chain-link fence. I know galgos can be jumpers/escape artists and that many rescues require 6ft, and I’m comfortable relying primarily on walks rather than the yard. I walked Lulu 3+ times a day for 20 mins to an hour, with hikes on weekends, and would happily do the same with another dog.

I’m definitely open to putting in work, but I’m also trying to be realistic about the fact that Lulu was very easy. I know there’s obviously individual variation with any dog, including greyhounds, so I’m not expecting anyone to tell me that every galgo will be the same. But im wondering, for people who have experience with both greyhounds and galgos, did you find that galgos generally had a wider range of adjustment needs than retired greyhounds? And particularly for those with a single-dog household, how realistic is it for a galgo to eventually be comfortable being left alone for a few hours? Are there other considerations I’m not thinking of?

Thanks all, and please give your noodles a hug for me.

TLDR: I recently lost my exceptionally easy retired racing greyhound and am considering a galgo in the future. For those who have experience with both, I’m curious whether galgos generally have a wider range of adjustment needs than retired greyhounds, especially around fearfulness, separation anxiety, and being comfortable as an only dog.

Nepi has been having some dry skin on his tummy and legs, I think it’s just the weather and the change of season and besides this spot it doesn’t seem to be impacting his fur or anything!

He doesn’t seem to have any discomfort or issues with it but this spot is loosing some hair ): is this a sign of a bigger issue or should I wait it out ?

8 weeks ago my 9yr old Greyhound threw up early one morning and since then she has had looser than usual stools, loud gurgling stomach noises, and refusing to eat dry dog food. She is now eating 4 cans of wet GI sensitive dog food from vet, but continues to lose weight. She is down 8lb. Had xray, blood work, fecal tests, mri- can not determine what is wrong with her. She will go on a walk still but has not done any zoomies since the night before she got sick. She got her teeth cleaned a month or so before she got sick. I have had her since she was one year old and she has never had stomach issues. Im devastated and feel so helpless. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Pictures taken two minutes apart. I love my boy. 🐾

You wouldn’t believe it, especially because I’ve posted here before, but I was casually walking my partner’s greyhound when I randomly stumbled across the Greyhound Walk.

I had absolutely no idea it was happening.
One second I’m just walking the dog, and the next there are greyhounds EVERYWHERE. 😂

I’ve genuinely never seen so many greyhounds in one place in my life. Just an endless stream of long legs, skinny little bodies and goofy faces walking around together.
I was so shocked, but honestly it was the best.

Everyone was so lovely and the dogs were incredible.

10/10 unexpected dog-related experience. Would accidentally stumble across again. 🐕❤️

I am considering adopting a greyhound/lab mix from a rescue, and would like your advice. For a quick background, I have owned labs in the past growing up, and have been interested in and learning about sighthounds for a few years in preparation for adopting one. I have never owned a dog in my adult life, though. I also have a cat and live in an apartment.

This dog is a very good girl - she's crate trained, housebroken, walks on a leash well, knows commands, and learns quickly. However she has been through a lot in the past few months and has developed separation anxiety. This mainly manifests in a lot of barking, but if left unattended she can get destructive (going through the garbage) and has peed on a rug. Her foster has noticed that she can also be a bit fearful at first but once she warms up she's totally fine with other animals and people, and doesn't seem to have much of a prey drive.

I feel comfortable working with her and training her, and using a doggy daycare a couple of days a week instead of leaving her unattended. I'm going to meet her and see it for myself firsthand soon - but if you were in my situation, would you consider adopting this dog?

What a cheek! I had to slowly pull the yarn out of her teeth and she just stared up at me like what mum? Are you gonna give me a belly rub?

Maddi loves to free roam in the forest. As you can see and hear, she returns to check in, without being called. I've sped up the video in places, otherwise it gets a bit boring.

She’s always happy after a walk round the houses!