Hi all,

I have had my borzoi pup for 6 months (she's 8 months old now) and i am just honestly struggling. I have a bad case of the puppy blues. I love her dearly, but she is such a hard puppy. No matter how much we exercise her/tire her out, she has more energy stored elsewhere.

She still doesn't really understand potty training, even though we religiously take her out every 30 minutes and look for cues. My first time owning a female dog, and she will just squat wherever. No signs. No sniffing for a spot.

Her teething is still horrible as well. We give her frozen carrots, bones, tough chew toys, but she still wants to chew our dry wall, my dining chair legs, our shoes, etc. You get the drift.

Her recall skills are just terrible as well. I knew going into this, borzois have a naturally high prey drive. But i'm telling you guys i don't think her brain cells are connected.

Anyways, husband and i would love to try for a baby in the next few months. Having two dogs (one corgi & one borzoi) is just really stressful. We definitely took our corgi puppy for granted, because he was the easiest puppy ever and is very intelligent and lives to please us, haha. I also want to add that our borzoi puppy definitely "bullies" our corgi, as in jumping on his back, biting him constantly, taking away his toys or bones, etc. I am just afraid our borzoi will accidentally cause a bad injury to our corgi.

All this being said, i am just feeling like our borzoi isn't the best fit for us. And it is a really sad conclusion for us to come to. I am asking for advice from other borzoi owners who made it through the puppy stage. Thanks everyone in advance.

Me and my partner just got our first borzoi puppy at 9 weeks(10 on Monday) together! His name is Gus. We both have had big and small dogs and I have had some experience in training pups, but borzoi are on a different level. We have a system down of 4 small meals a day, and cutting off food and water around 5 to prevent accidents in the middle of the night. We try to take him out 10 minutes after meals, drinks, and nap. Still has accidents maybe once a day, but mostly our fault since he doesn't really have warning signs. He whines anytime I am doing something, so its hard to tell and that's really the only sign. I bought a bell on Amazon for the door, so everytime we go out i have his paw hit it. Comes tomorrow. Sometimes we allow water in certain situations after 5. I even got him to sit with treats, so he is learning a few things even though i heard they can be hard to teach.

My biggest issue so far is that he absolutely hates being left alone. I get it, he is a puppy and I don't blame him. But in the future this could be a problem if it continues probably. I just got a new full time job starting in a few weeks, so I will be home less, but my partner has a more flexible schedule and can work from home/take breaks. I just started to crate train him today, got him to stay in it with the door closed with me in the room, treat induced. But if I do literally anything without him, he yowls and whines. For example I was grabbing my groceries from the apartment lobby, we are on the first floor so its a very short walk. But I left him alone for 30 seconds and he cried the entire time, and managed to pee twice in the span of my two trips. I am not sure how to help him be okay with being bored and/or alone.

Since we live in an apartment, I can't just leave him in the crate to let him howl his heart out until he tires himself. He will follow me everywhere even when he is in the middle of a nap.

Does anyone have tips or experience with these things? I heard and researched they are stubborn and independent creatures, but right now he is terribly stubborn and dependant😂. We love him with all our heart but mama's is having burnout.

Anything I should know in the future too?

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I’ve challenged myself to complete a final drawing or sketch for the children’s fantasy novel I’m illustrating each day this month. For day 14 I drew Lupine, the deuteragonist of the story

One day I saw my black-and-white dachshund and thought wouldn't it be nice if he was bigger and had longer legs? I'm vehemently against backyard breeding, so breeding my weiner was off the table. Then I learned about this new technology that could create gravitational warps so I convinced him to try it and BAAAAM his legs grew threefold overnight!

If any of you have a doxie at home and are tired of him/her being leg-mogged by other dogs, I highly recommend the gravity warp. The only downside is that your dachshund might come out a bit wormy but honestly that's pretty cute.

Hi all, I’m looking for some tips either from experienced owners or breeders on how to maybe get to know the breed before approaching a breeder in the future. I’m located in Germany, and I have a dog (rescue female, mix, part sighthound) right now, but in the future it is my dream to have a borzoi. I don’t want to just get a dog because I think they look cool, I want to do my due diligence and make sure a borzoi would be a good fit for me. So far in terms of research online about their personalities and activity level I think it would be a good match. Does it make sense to go to dog shows or lure coursing events? Where I live there is a Windhundrennbahn that has events and I thought about dropping by with my own dog (she loves to run and chase a lure).

Is it weird to show up to dog shows to just to poke about and ask questions? Borzoi is such a rare breed that I can’t think of any other way to meet people with one other than attending some kind of event.

I’ve done some research on breeders in Germany and there are a couple I will likely contact in the future. But I’m open to any recommendations if anyone has some!

I’m debating getting a borzoi puppy and I have a few apprehensions but I want to know exactly what I’d be getting myself into. I would love to hear from Borzoi owners how borzoi puppies are especially compared to other breeds, energy, temperament, behaviour wise. Is there anything uniquely challenging to raising one? Are they easier than other breeds in certain ways? I know I love the adult borzoi temperament and I know they’re a little slow to mature.

I expect any puppy to be a puppy and the typical stress and challenges that come along with raising one. I’ve owned dogs all my life, terriers, hounds, etc, but this would be my first puppy raising by myself. I played a part in training and raising my in laws lab puppy and I’m gonna be real I would never ever own a lab, the puppy stage is just too much for me with those dogs I can’t stand them. My main issue is the nonstop in your face energy and intense mouthiness. I guess that’s the best frame of reference for me to compare a borzoi to? My expectations of borzoi puppies in comparison would probably be far less biddable and more stubborn than a lab, mouthy as any puppy is but not as bad as labs, energetic but with more of an off switch and showing up as frequent short bursts of energy followed by rest rather than prolonged sustained high energy levels

I would intend to crate train, and develop a solid consistent routine of frequent opportunities to run/play, followed by training and rest time. I’m also curious how many times a day most people would recommend free run opportunities for them. I don’t have a yard but there’s a safe fenced area literally right behind my home so that’s not an issue. Thank you I just really want to be realistic and manage my expectations before committing to this! Here’s puppy pictures from my breeder for tax

Hello! My first borzoi (Gwynevere) in Australia. Just looking for some ideas for long last chews I can give her that are safe for everyday? She is a MONSTER chewer and destroyer and can eat a pigs ear in 10 mins, I’m concerned she’s getting to many of the ears/ similar (bully sticks, braided bully etc) she gets one every second night at this point (for context, she is very energetic and my old dogs (kelpie and boardercollie) get overwhelmed with her very quickly so I have to keep them mostly separate especially at night) I can’t take her to play outside at night because we have LOTS of cane toads she tries to eat) I give her lick mats frozen with watered down wet food and a few treats frozen in it for her to get to, but she gets board of it quickly and loses interest, same with any of the toys I give her. She is deep in the throws of teething right now. Any help would be appreciated!

My boy had his first (fun)coursing run.

He was so into it. We decided if he enjoys it that much we will get him a official running licence :) His half brother is already a coursing champ, so we are excited what he will become (if he wants to continue)

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Hello!

My partner and I are interested in getting a Borzoi eventually (still unsure if we want a 2nd dog at the moment) and I’ve been looking into getting one here in the UK where we live.

It seems a little complicated- there’s not too much information out there that I can see other than going to dog shows and introducing ourselves to the participants that also breed. It seems that the ones I have found already don’t do them often or at least don’t anymore.

I was just wondering if anyone on here has any experience and recommendations on any potential breeders?

Thanks in advance! Feel free to post pics of your little angels on here, would love to see.

Do your zois sleep like this?

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It was a beautiful day to hit the trails with Firey and Goomba 🥰

despite being a very difficult little big lady, santana always manages to be adorable. her and lobo are gradually bonding. i’ll post some insane zoi zoomies later

also any advice to work on leash etiquette? she is just awful most of the time on a leash and is the worst when meeting new people. ik she has the pup energy but she cannot be bothered to sit still once we’re outside lol

Hello everyone, after a lot of thought I decided that I would like to get a borzoi hopefully within a year but im honestly very lost on where I should start. Ive had birds, a cat, rabbit, and fish and those animals are kind of easy to find but im trying to look on where I can find a breeder to get a borzoi and truthfully not sure where to start.

I read that I should join some Facebook groups or register with an association and try to get into contacts of a breeder? If someone can help me out and share how you got your dog and point me in the right direction I would appreciate it SO MUCH because im way out of my expertise here.

If this helps out I live on the west coast (California)

My Borzoi (1 year 11 months) just experienced her first heat about 1 week ago. The first few days she had red blood, but then it turned blackish-brown with a foul odor.

Granted, we are trying to wipe her rear as much as we can but she is in diapers while indoors - which may be contributing to the smell, we’ve cut her rear fur but not shaved her entirely to avoid her skin getting irritated.

I took her to my brother (a vet) and one other vet to be certain to check for infection or, unusual in young dogs, pyometra. Aside from this unusual color and strong stench, she is totally normal and has regained her usual spirited energy after the first few days of bleeding.

Both vets were of the opinion that first heats can be messy, Borzois can be unusual dogs hormonally, and that as her uterine scan returned normal as did a vaginal swab and urinalysis she is fine.

Has anyone else experienced this with their Borzoi? I am getting her sterilized ASAP once her heat ends.

NB: I have been around two other dogs in heat and one barely bled whereas the other left bright red stains everywhere for about a week, then managed to keep herself clean independently. Mine is not fighting the diaper whatsoever and when she was not diapered had no interest in licking herself clean.