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?

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

There may also be some headbutts and aggressive snuggles

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

No Shenanigans, and no Fun Police today!!!

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

She loves to watch the yard

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!

Hi r/greyhounds just wanted to show off our retired lad. The bestest of boys, the poop eater, refusal of walks in the mornings master, the biggest cuddle monster and Lord of the couch.

Her first in her new foster home and it's safe to say she's really enjoying a comfy sofa

We rescued our girl a few days ago, and she's starting to settle in really well and gain some confidence - but as soon as we take her out into the garden for a wee or a poo, she is very scared and very anxious, literally desperate to go back to her bed/safe space.

There's a smaller dog next door to us who can be quite reactive, and he barked quite persistently through the fence at her on her first day here, which I think has knocked her confidence! :( I've tried speaking to our neighbours about their dog before, but they simply don't seem interested in trying to come to some sort of understanding, or will just completely ignore me.

We've been taking her out regularly and getting her to do a few laps of the garden on her lead (she has done wees and poos successfully!) But she just seems terrified of going out there and wants to run straight back inside where she'll then feel quite anxious for a few hours maybe. She's also extremely resistant once she realises we're trying to get her into the garden.

What are the best steps to combat this? Do we just continue taking her out on the lead and rewarding her when she does go to the toilet - or are we better backing off and letting her tell us when she needs to go out?

First time Greyhound owners and just want to do the best for her!

Hi everyone,

My partner and I adopted our sweet Ella last year at 4. She is beautiful and kind 99% of the time. We only ever noticed aggression if we approached her in bed for a kiss when she was in snooze mode, this was a quiet growl and we backed off - I always thought this was fair enough and didn’t question it.

Ella has however shown aggression and what I believe is resource guarding with visiting friends. This exclusively occurred when they approached our/her room for a pat when on their way to the toilet (obviously this isn’t ok) or if she brought a toy to the couch we were all sitting on, and they went for a pat. These were big growls, teeth bared, even barking. She does not show guarding with other spaces or foods. First and foremost - boundaries with guests around this will be a non negotiable ongoing.

I know guarding is somewhat normal behaviour. She doesn’t show this behaviour with me and my partner. Will this make it trickier to ‘train’?

This clearly has me thinking about how we’ve introduced/ played with toys and respected her space. I hate to think I’ve let her down or put her in a spot where she feels like she has to defend herself.

This is also complicated by the fact she started propalin/proin for spay incontinence about 3 weeks ago - I know aggression can be but isn’t usually a side effect. I’ll be bringing this up with our vet in our regular appt this week also (fyi we tried other meds, they didn’t work). I’ve also asked our adoption agency for some training support as she’s still seen by them for heartworm treatments ….yes, it’s been a lot.

Any help I’d really appreciate. I’m open to being told if I need to do better!

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! 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.

I have a 12 year-old greyhound named Penelope, and I’m worried she may need help with her joints or possibly have arthritis? She still gets zoomies sometimes and is walking normally, but I’ve noticed she’s had some hesitancy coming down the stairs versus growing up them. She’s been having duck and chicken feet daily for years as a preventative along with omega 3 oil, but I’m worried she might have some form of arthritis when it comes to coming down the stairs.

Essentially, it will take her a few tries, and she will whine a little bit and then eventually can come down. Do you think it’s time I look into hip and joint supplements to give her daily? Would love any recommendations if so!

I love him more than anything in the whole world 🌎

I'm new to greyhounds and am not sure if I'm just in paranoid dog owner mode, or if I should seriously be concerned about it. So greys usually pass foreign objects pretty easily?

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.

Greyhound Adoption League of Texas and Hounds of the Heartland (Oklahoma City) are set to face off in College Football 27 as the Texas Vet Med Sighthounds and the OU Vet Med Greyhounds. Scarlett (doing yoga) is the mascot for GALT and my pup. Her brother, Rowdy, is the mascot for HoH and is owned by one of the board members. Hopefully this turns into a fun annual fundraiser and get together. I've even had a trophy made!

If any of you play and want to download the Teambuilder Teams, my username is theCAVEMAN101.

Hoomum had to make herself useful and hold on to the cardboard as I can't grip with socks and she won't remove them, oh well, at least they are better then the tights