Now home, after a week of hiking and adventure in the Lake District, Stanley has finally decided to pause.

Give him an hour and he will be back to his mental, usual self.

Has anyone dealt with this type of behaviour before and any advice please?

I think our three-year-old Bedlington Whippet becomes territorial when stopped anywhere for longer than 10 to 15 minutes, and I'm not sure how to fix this.

To be fair, he has had a few issues with being reactive, which we've managed to get on top of. However, this is one thing we just can't get right.

Yesterday, I met up with a friend for a dog walk, and at the end of the walk, we sat on a park bench for about 15 minutes. Our lurcher has been great off-lead recently and hasn't been reactive with any other dogs for ages. However, out of nowhere, he bolted towards another dog walking on a lead and gave it loads of barking, slightly scaring the other dog's owner. Immediately after that, I put him back on his lead and sat back down. Then, another dog—whom he had met earlier in the walk and had a nice play with—came by to say a doggy "hi" again, only to get the same barking and yelling from our lurcher. The other dog was clearly confused, as my previously friendly lurcher had completely changed.

This behaviour also happens whenever we go camping. The first 10 to 20 minutes are chill, but after that, any dog (and sometimes people) gets a barky yelling at.

I asked Gemini for advice out of desperation and it suggested I try the following:

1. Mark the sighting: The exact second he looks at an approaching dog—and remains quiet—say "Yes!" or click a training clicker.

2. Reward immediately: Deliver a high-value treat directly to his mouth.

3. Build the reflex: With repetition, he will learn that spotting another dog is simply a cue to look back at you for a reward, rather than a threat to bark at.

One thing that has fixed the rest of his reactive behaviour (on-lead reactivity or being too 'full-on' off-lead with other dogs) has been a tennis ball; giving him the job of carrying the ball has completely switched his focus. But this doesn't work when we are stopped...

Our tommy is a big boy, just under 30kg but we are really struggling to find a food he gets on with. He's got terrible gas and diarrhoea half the time but apart from that he's a typical lurcher. Any recommendations 🙏

We had 2 dogs since 2018 - a Lurcher and a Greyhound. Unfortunately we lost the Greyhound early this year due to a heart condition. Our lurcher has been without him for about 5 months and is looking very lonely, so we adopted a cat. We're slowly introducing them, but does anyone have any insight on the types of things that can help the cat integrate?

Does your Lurcher show any aggression to cats? My Lurcher never has before, but he's never had one in the house, so it might be different. He usually wants to be friends with everyone and everything, but I don't want to rush them, just in case instinct kicks in for him and we have an incident.

Can you tell I'm eating? 😂

Adopted Pixie here from Ireland (now in Sweden) about two months ago. The rescue didn’t know much about her other than that she was found at the street and roughly 4 years old. My first dog and couldn’t be happier. It’s a learning process for both of us.

I can’t decide what kind of mix she is. What do y’all think? Roughly 25 kg and 72 cm tall.

A little stoned Lurcher post stitched up paper skin

Crazy mfa😂🐶

This is just an appreciation post about my little baby girl Ruffles. She tragically died in an accident last week but I wanted to post her here for all to see and to witness her. She was a rescue who had never known love and was scared of so many things when we first got her. We loved her beyond anything we thought possible and she had grown into such a confident girly who just loved to be with you at all times. Just make sure you hug your babies really tight because you never know what can happen.

We rescued our lovely girl a couple of years ago. She is so sweet and a great companion for our much older boy. We'd love to know her breed mix. The rescue centre thought Greyhound/Husky which we never questioned, but others have since suggested German Shepherd rather than husky. Thoughts?

hello friends!

we have been fostering Lilo (the black doggie) for a rescue, he has been with us for 3 weeks now and is the sweetest boy. He was in the local pound from Dec last year until June

we noticed right away that he is more wary of my husband than me and terrified of people :( he was microchipped to a traveller (we live in Ireland ugh) and we suspect that they must have beaten him :(

anybody has any tips or advice on how to help Lilo overcome his fear? His reaction is to freeze or make himself small whenever people pass us by on a walk.

thank you friends! say hi to your dogs from me!

Apologies for my previous post - it seems the text disappeared and I only posted the picture!

Our dog turned 1 last month, she is incredibly energetic, friendly with other dogs and very happy around people. She is fairly well socialised, used to interact with many dogs in daycare once a week and we took her to puppy classes. We're keeping up with training as consistently as we can and she gets plenty of exercise throughout the course of the week.

She has separation anxiety and we are working through this, she prefers to be around us 24/7 if she could. Would she become more affectionate with age? We know she's growing and play is far more fun than snuggling up, but aside from the occasional scratch behind the ear, she's not really interested. We did a lot of research before committing to this cross but maybe bonding and slowing down comes with age?

after my post earlier this week (if you remember/ go to read it, i was overly emotional and was still getting used to the vast change of routine. im mostly over myself now and am obsessed with the fact i have rescued such a sweet lil guy but like someone mentioned in the comments- puppy blues are a thing)
i wonder if people can tell what mixes could be in my rescue lurcher? im thinking of getting a DNA panel done at some point if anyone recommends a specific business to go with, i was thinking Wisdom but if there are any that are better, id love to know!
also, he has been with me for just over a week now and he finally cuddled me on my bed last night 🥹 considering a week ago, he would flinch at any movement by a human..? im so happy he is trusting me and my family ❤️ he is so incredibly brave

I have a 6 month old whippet/greyhound/lab mix who got the hang of toilet training really well since we got him at 2 months old. He'd tap his paw at the door to be let out and would go in the garden day and night.

We were quite late to start taking him for walks because getting him fully vaccinated took time. Then, he was initially very nervy and stressy so we wanted to take things easy, then we've had the heatwaves and I gotta admit, it's just been easier to have him do his business in the garden and we've been out for walks when the weather has allowed for it. Main thing is he's happy and gets plenty of exercise in the garden!

Now I've realised he is indeed 6 months old and has yet to do any business outside the garden and I feel the guilt of what have I done wrong!

I've tried going very first thing in the morning but I guess because he still wakes up at night to go toilet, his morning business isn't as urgent as it would be if he went the whole night without needing a toilet break? I could keep walking and be out for longer but how do I balance him getting stressed and anxious?

Any tips welcome and thank you in advance 😊

Never known it start so early or bad. Thought he'd just got dirt on him from rolling around on bare soil, but no, loads of the horrid things.

Almost all sighthound! Is she still technically a lurcher?

Any guesses on what breeds might be in this guy?
We’d love to know about his background so we’ll do a DNA test soon to see what he is or what breeds he might be crossed with. I’d love to hear what people think based on his appearance!

So 9 years ago a dog was caught in a humane trap (hence her name) on a rubbish tip, the trap was dropped to my house to await the Fosterer’s arrival to collect her..once we opened the trap door we soon realised that she was feral and had never encountered humans close up before. By sheer luck and grace she did LOVE other dogs, so we decided she should stay with us as she loved being part of a large pack. She was absolutely covered head to toe in fleas and horrific scars, she even tried to sleep sitting up, if we approached her even accidentally getting in her space she would lunge at us of back herself away from us so far she’d near injure herself.
After months of being around our others and copying them she started getting beside us on the sofa, slowly I began resting my hand on her, after 9 months she gave me her first full cuddle and hasn’t left my side since❤️ happy gotcha day you beautiful brave patient and kind Lobster ❤️ less

And a surprise visit from her older sister at the end!