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Those photos are gorgeous, thanks!

Aaaaaw, how nice

I hope they're found safe and well.

Belatedly, happy Gotcha Day!

I take ours to the local markets, as they are a quite small markets. I also take Harry (greyhound) to the Berry markets occasionally, because Whitney (great dane) wouldn't be happy with so many people around. I am lucky in that they both behave very well and are happy to be petted and swooned over, although I freak out at the amount of parents of small children who just let them march up to the dogs for a hug, without checking it's okay. I get told off by parents when I ask their child to stop and approach the dogs gently, because their kid "just looooves dogs and want to say hello". I respond with that they are lucky my dogs aren't reactive, and another dog may not take kindly to the kid throwing their arms around the dog's neck. I'm all for well behaved dogs that are controlled being at the markets, and love taking mine. If I really want to shop, I leave them at home, so when they're with me, I make sure they don't bother anyone and keep a close eye on them and other dogs. So far, haven't had any problems and it's been lovely getting them out like that.

Glad he is home safe! Harry (greyhound) twice, both times when we'd only had him a short while (adopted him at 18 months), and both times was getting him out of the car and not grabbing his lead quickly enough. The bugger went for a run (both times at night) and then returned happy as! Whitney (great dane), twice. We adopted her at age 4.5yrs and she was fine to start with. We had a minor hurricane go through on a weekend, and the following Monday were at work when I got a call that she had been found by someone. I went to pick her up, she had escaped again but was found by an electricity worker, bleeding really badly as she had run through a rural fence and cut and artery. He had bandaged her up, I took her to the vet, and they put her on a drip overnight. She lost a lot of blood. Apparently there had been a loud bang from some workmen, and she freaked and got over the fence for the first time ever. We fixed the only low fence on the "wrong" side of the house. The second time she escaped, I got a call from my neighbour who had seen her at her workplace (school up the road) and then helped me drive around looking for her for a couple of hours before we found her. My boss also joined the search, and we were on the phone with the council ranger as she called us every time there was a reported sighting. The workmen next door had dropped a piece of metal from a rooftop, the bang set her off, and she got over a 6 foot fence. The dogs are now locked in the house when we are not home as we aren't taking anymore chances with a scaredy dane clearing fences when she thinks there's a monster coming to get her! Luckily hubby is a shift worker, so they don't need to be locked up too often.

Happy belated Birthday Neko, you gorgeous thing!

Ha ha

So sorry, hugs.

Condolences to all who knew her.

I always check for a tag with phone number, and call that first. Next stop is the local shelter/pound (RSPCA. So far, the ones I've found have bee reunited with their owners.

Out two live happily with our chickens (and next doors that moved in with us when thyme moved) but I'm not sure I'd trust the greyhound with strange chickens, they may be more appealing than ours! He occasionally still chases other birds out of the yard, so may not register that they are chooks. If they're not free ranging, he'd be fine with them in enclosure. The great dane would be afraid of them! :laugh:

Excellent!

Aaaaaawwwww

Fingers crossed that all is well

Glad Don is okay, and you as well.

My parents own a lovely, sooky, cuddly Alaskan Malamute. There are no young children or babies in our family, so he has not had much interaction with them (he was a rehome, so not sure of his previous situation) therefore, my parents make sure that if there are children around, he is closely supervised, or removed from the vicinity if he can't be constantly watched. It is horrifying when we are all out together with our dogs (our great dane and greyhound, and the malamute) the amount of parents that allow their children to approach our "big doggies" and the "cuddly bear". The dogs are all good natured and placid, never had an incident thankfully, but you never know, especially with toddlers. Often when we speak to the parents and suggest it's a good idea to check if the dogs are friendly, they reply that they have a dog/the kids love dogs/the dogs look friendly. This, to me, shows that even other dog owners are not always savvy in dog behaviour/reactions (not that I am an expert, but I prefer to err on the side of caution)so I can see how the couple in this case may have thought that there was nothing to worry about with the baby in a bassinet in their room. I feel for them

Gorgeous, all of them!

Greys are sooooo fun, you'll have a laugh!

I've found the Thunder Shirt works with Whitney (great dane). It doesn't completely take away her storm anxiety, but certainly lessens it, and if she is stressed generally, I put it on her and it seems to calm her. Harry (greyhound) gets the Thunder shirt put on him for thunderstorms, and he generally goes to sleep once he settles. We tried an Adaptil collar, but it didn't seem to help her.

When Harry (greyhound) hadn't been with us for very long, I took him to the vet because he was panting excessively (I thought). Vet checked him out, listened to his heart, took temp etc, then informed me that, being a greyhound, he had minimal body fat to insulate him from the heat, and being as it was the first hot weekend of the summer, he was cooling himself down. My only consolation is that DH was just as worried as me, and Flash (great dane) wasn't panting as much, and at the time, I wasn't a very savvy greyhound Mum

Just saw this, so sorry for your loss. RIP beautiful boy.

Yeah, the great dane doesn't look at all like mine! :laugh:

Good rules

Glad Don was there to help you, even if a bit slowly :laugh: