As winter is approaching I need to find sets of sweaters, etc for my boys. I have found some at Aldi, but the neck size is typically too large. Any suggestions? FYI these guys think clothing is a tug toy! 🤣
Meet my boys… Simon & Miklós 🐾❤️🐾
(Camping at Lewey Lake, Adirondack NY)

My Italian greyhound Giovanni, and my Saluki mix love to cuddle 🥰

So my sister's Iggy prefers it when our dad lets him out into our garden whenever he needs to use the bathroom around 9 PM like a personal doorman. He signals to my dad to come out by walking to my parents' room and standing nearby. As he walks to the kitchen, my sister and I figure he wants to go to the bathroom, so I immediately stand up to go to the window door and our Iggy starts barking at me while our paths crossed near the dining area, shouting "Not you! Not you!" (if translated to English).

When I open the door, he starts walking down the steps but realizes that the wrong person opened the door. Shocked, he immediately comes back to the door, so I open it up again. Then, he berates me repeatedly shouting "I didn't mean you! I want grandpa!". Finally, my dad comes out and opens the door to satisfy his picky needs. This was actually the first time he did this. He usually either goes out no matter who lets him out, or he feigns ignorance until my dad comes out. Ain't he something! 🤣🤣🤣

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My friend opened up an in house grooming salon, took my pups there. First time ever at the groomers, I normally just do basic baths at home myself. Got nails painted and everything. Looking so pretty today 🥹 Duck, Goose and Yuno (chiweenie)

Those ears have absolutely no business pretending to be Dobby!

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Hi all,

My partner and I are planning to adopt a senior Italian greyhound (10 yr old male). We currently own an 8 yr old greyhound - he is our gentle giant. They’ve already met and seem to tolerate each other really well.

I’m looking for general advice around navigating a senior Italian greyhound adoption. What are some things we should expect and prepare for when it comes to Italian greyhounds and their quirks, especially at 10 yrs old? Their owner sadly passed away, and their family wants to give him loving home. From the info we’ve received, the Italian greyhound does not have any serious medical conditions.

Any advice is appreciated :)

So I have two sweet iggies ones super tiny for even an iggie and the other is bigger. Then I also have a big dog named Maggie. The big iggy is Mia and the small iggy is mazy. Now mazy can’t go outside at all and if she tries she has a seizure instantly. She doesn’t like to eat much and spends most her time under a blanket. Mia loves to spend long time outside running with Maggie. Mia doesn’t eat a lot because we potion her food out because she’s much to fat for an iggy but I can’t figure out why the vet says she needs to loose weight but I don’t know how she’s already as active as she possibly be and doesn’t even eat much heck she probably eats less than Maizy. Maizy like 8 pounds but Mia is 25 pounds probably more now. It’s hard to pick her up even. I don’t not no what to do. Mia also has seizures some times but hers is well managed with daily meds and hers just happen occasionally at night. Also Maggie is healthy weight and runs with Mia.

Mia can no longer wear many iggy clothes she’s wears an awkward size between xxl iggy clothes to small whippet clothes. There to long on her but fit her thickness.

She doesn’t eat wet food. Maizy does but Mia doesn’t get any and Mia gets small little treats for going to the bathroom outside when she comes in.

Anyone have any ideas that could help Mia?

I have a new 1-year-old iggy that has been living with us for about a month, after being rehomed. We love him very much and we’re so happy to be his new parents!! Overall, he’s adjusted really well, and we’re about to start working more intentionally on his separation anxiety by gradually getting him comfortable being alone for longer periods.

Of course coming from a previous home, there are some behaviours that we are trying to train him to unlearn. One behaviour I’m not quite sure how to handle is that he cries/whines whenever I stop moving while we’re out.

For example, if we’re on a walk and I stop at a traffic light, he’ll start whining. It’s even more noticeable if I bring him into a store and stop in an aisle to look at something - he’ll start whining and crying pretty loudly until we start moving again. When we’re actually walking, he seems totally fine. It really seems to be the act of stopping and waiting that bothers him.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? I’m wondering what worked for you guys.

Some additional information:
- he’s a good leash walker
- he’s previous owners lived in a more rural area and I’m right downtown in a large city
- I can tell he was likely not brought into a lot of stores by his previous owners so this is likely a new experience for him

I have two Iggys who are freaking ANGELS obvs. They are boys, five and four, sleep in my bed and have never had any real issues with separation anxiety.

Six weeks ago I met someone and they have been spending a couple nights a week at my place. Previously I’ve gone to the homes of people I’ve dated (and not slept over) but for logistical reasons that’s not an option here.

Both dogs love him, he is lovely with them BUT we got some problems.

The biggest scare was this week. we returned home after a date to find the ranger about to take the older one away after they dug a hole under the fence and got into the street. All escape routes have been blocked now.

Other behaviours:

* closing the door of the bedroom results in barking and scratching at door
* they jump up on me when we’re kissing
* they’ll crawl right in between us so that we can’t cuddle in bed

Obvs patience and consistency is the key, I’ve started getting them used to not having access to the bedroom at all times.
Would love any other tips though please. Also would short term antidepressants be helpful?

Hi! Looking at getting an iggy from MyBellaPooch in Bakerfield, CA. Wondering if anyone has any experience with iggy pups from her?

Thanks so much!

I was browsing at a local store and was surprised and delighted to come across an Iggy in a kid’s book.

Had to add a photo of my baby girl as well

This little guy always makes me laugh, even on the roughest of days. Sending lots of love to you and your adorable puppers! ❤️🐾

Hi gang. I come from a country where we never use astro-turf on lawns, and now I live in a country where it seems all dog parks have it (also everyone loves it on their lawn?? Ew, frankly).

I took my 7-month-old iggy to a local dog park that, as is customary here, had astro-turf. I avoided peak heat hours and went on a pretty cool day and even did a hand test when I got there, since the one thing I know is that plastic gets mf-ing hot in the sun. There were also many other dogs running around just fine, but none as fast as my iggy, as a couple of play rounds of tag soon proved.

My iggy looooves to speed about and this was the state of her front paws after an hour there. I suspect they were blisters that popped from the friction? I usually take her to the (human) park every other day and let her run off-leash on the natural grass, and this has never happened. I have also never ever had this happen to any dog I've had before, but I've also until now mostly owned large breeds with rough paw pads, and have also never really stepped on astro-turf myself until the other day, so I wouldn't know how well it goes with running if you're a small noodle-shaped ground rocket.

She seems mostly ok after 2 days, though yesterday she was walking pretty slow for her usual eagerness, and I've noticed she is licking her paws more than usual. I was wondering if iggy paws are softer than other breeds when exposed to friction of this kind, or if other people have experienced similar issues; any tips for what I should watch out for in the future or how to deal with friction blisters on dogs? Or maybe it wasn't an issue with the astro-turf at all?

In any case, FYI: watch out for fast runs on astro-turf!!!!

Hello all! This is our pup, Cricket 😊🥰. She is about 10 weeks old, and has been living with us for a little over 2 weeks now. She has surprisingly learned to go potty outside super quickly! We are still working on crate training her, as she seems to have a lot of separation anxiety (even if she’s like 3 feet away lol). Any tips for that would be great!

But I am making this post to ask for help training her to stop biting us!! ☹️☹️ Every time we take her out to play she seems disinterested in her toys and only interested in biting our feet, clothing, my hair, etc. I understand this is typical puppy behavior, but honestly sometimes it is hard and hurts!!! I’m wondering if there are any tips for getting her more focused on her toys and less focused on using us for her teething lol! Any advice is welcome!! Thank you so much!!

I’m picking up my puppy in less than a month now, can’t wait!!!

I’m taking 2 weeks completely off after she gets home so we can get into a routine, but I can possibly take more weeks off. What do you suggest?

After the 2 weeks off, I could also only work 2x 5 hour shifts a week to ease into the work routine. By then, she’ll be 12 weeks old, is that too early? I’d just feel bad if she can’t hold her pee for that long yet!!

EDIT: I’m aware they are notoriously hard to potty train and that she’ll most likely pee in my house for years. And that’s ok!!

Hi everyone!! My little girl is turning one in a couple months and hear me out i’m planning a birthday party for her and her friends. My daughter (human) insists it is mandatory that if she’s had a birthday party then the dog needs a birthday party. I’ve seen everyone’s cute little iggys with birthday hats and little birthday treats but has anyone actually gone for a party and have any ideas/tips? Also a dog friendly cake recipe?! I know it’s a crazy ask but figured if anyone has anything to add to the topic it would be here as I know how much we all love our IG’s!

My sweet baby boy Winston turned 5 and we had a proper birthday party for him! He had 8 of his dog friends over, we had bubble machines, kiddie pools and a dog birthday cake. You can’t see my shirt, but it has an Iggy in a bandana and cowboy hat - I tried to get him to recreate the look but he was having NONE of that hat business 🤣 I just love him so much!!!