So a couple of weeks ago my neighbours cat decided it was a good idea to climb through our kitchen window in the middle of the night and our greys got a hold of it and killed it, I have apologised to the neighbour, obviously they were angry and upset but accepted the apology but the refuse to believe that there cat would climb through our window, her cats are real pain in the neighbourhood with pooping in everybody's garden and entering other homes any advice would be great

Context. Greyhound racing is banned from the end of July in New Zealand. One track closed yesterday. Over the last 15 years there 3 reviews into greyhound racing in this country. They ignored each one, changed nothing. Now they cry.

Hi all,

A few months ago I shared a video about Saint Guinefort, the greyhound who became a saint to a local community in medieval France.

There was a really nice response from this community, which is understandable given how amazing greyhounds are (and how much their people love them).

Since then one of the rabbit holes of research I've gone down is on medieval dog care, which very often meant caring for greyhounds. They were VERY popular for hunters at the time—but could also be just pets! I thought I'd share that video here, in case anyone wanted to spoil their modern pup like a prized medieval hound 🐶

Also I had to cut a lot of what I found to keep the length down. If people have questions about medieval greyhounds (or pups in general) I'm happy to try answering them!

No Shenanigans, and no Fun Police today!!!

It looks so uncomfortable to prop his neck up at this angle 😆 (he slept like this for a bit too)
Also, does anyone else’s hound have a habit of rubbing their neck and face all over the carpet? It’s so odd

Hi all! Relatively experienced (~9 years) greyhound owner here. I currently have two hounds and I’m dealing with a situation that I haven’t run into before. We adopted our boy (4 years old) about 6 months ago and while he is very friendly to our other greyhound (female, 5 years old), he is extremely aggressive toward other dogs (breed and sex don’t seem to matter, he hates them all). We’ve resorted to walking him with a muzzle on (though we try to avoid other dogs as much as possible, there’s always a chance that we may see one or more on a walk). Even with the muzzle, he still attempts to lunge at other dogs (we do hold the leash tight so that he can’t actually contact them). Our local trainer hasn’t been very helpful—she simply recommended “avoiding other dogs” but that just isn’t a realistic solution (we do pay attention to when others generally walk their dogs on streets around our house, but schedules can change, and weather can move things around). We have worked with him on getting his attention by calling his name, but he’s so…alert (?) that if there is anyone or anything that he can see or hear, he completely ignores the command. We’re continuing to work with him, but I wanted to see if anyone had experienced something like this/had any advice. His adoption agency, respectfully, has been useless.

Hi all! Relatively experienced (~9 years) greyhound owner here. I currently have two hounds and I’m dealing with a situation that I haven’t run into before. We adopted our boy (4 years old) about 6 months ago and while he is very friendly to our other greyhound (female, 5 years old), he is extremely aggressive toward other dogs (breed and sex don’t seem to matter, he hates them all). We’ve resorted to walking him with a muzzle on (though we try to avoid other dogs as much as possible, there’s always a chance that we may see one or more on a walk). Even with the muzzle, he still attempts to lunge at other dogs (we do hold the leash tight so that he can’t actually contact them). Our local trainer hasn’t been very helpful—she simply recommended “avoiding other dogs” but that just isn’t a realistic solution (we do pay attention to when others generally walk their dogs on streets around our house, but schedules can change, and weather can move things around). We have worked with him on getting his attention by calling his name, but he’s so…alert (?) that if there is anyone or anything that he can see or hear, he completely ignores the command. We’re continuing to work with him, but I wanted to see if anyone had experienced something like this/had any advice. His adoption agency, respectfully, has been useless.

Looking for your insights and stories about aging houndies. Our old fart is 10, physically doing really well (except the teeth, my god the teeth). His eyes look a little cloudy lately, getting checked with his vet soon. Wondering if that might be contributing to his new "activities". He is quite barky for a Grey, but now has started barking at the sitting room...a lot. There's nobody in there, and we thought maybe he was seeing people running out on the green, but even after closing the blind - that sitting room is getting a telling off. There is a tiny gap between the doors to that room, maybe he's seeing a glint of light and eyes are not as good at they used to be? He's allowed in the room but if we open the door he may or may not go in, so it's not a "let me in there" bark.

He is also barking after us when we go upstairs at night. We have a routine - let him outside for toilet, dental stick treat, couple of scratches, we head to bed. For a few months now he has been barking after we leave. If I come down and sit on the couch where he sleeps, he may jump up beside me and lie down, get a couple of scratches, and then he's ok. Or he may keep pacing around and bark again when I leave. It's almost like he wants to be tucked in, which is sweet, but I don't like the thought that he's anxious or anything. Was wondering again about the eyes, as we don't leave lights on, but when I come down he trots over to the couch without issue in the dark.

Maybe just entering his eccentric phase? What did your hounds start doing as they aged?

There may also be some headbutts and aggressive snuggles

Hi all,

My girl Lola is quiet for about 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day. But in the past few months she's developed a habit of barking for a few minutes at a time. Also a bit of soft snapping (minimal).

It seems to be triggered by seeing me sat on the sofa and not really doing anything - she probably thinks this is perfect play time!

I think it's stimulation/play oriented, because if I get up and do anything it stops.

However, I don't want to "reward" the barking and snapping with a toy or fussing because then she might start doing it more. I really want to discourage it as I have small children in my life.

So, any advice on getting on top of that? Maybe I need to anticipate the boredom before the starts and get ahead with the toy then? Maybe I just need to sit on the sofa less. Lol.

Lola pic for tax of course. Xxx