greychicken

:D That is beautiful. Touching and true words too, he left a massive hole when he went.

It took me ages to get through all the pages, too many tears! A year ago I said good-bye to two very special greyhounds within 6 weeks of each other ( not a fun few months at our place ) Could you please do a portrait for me of these two babies? First is Fletcher He wasn't even two years old and his heart was just not strong enough to keep him with us. We only had him for a month before we had to let him go. Thank-you so much, it will be lovely to have something to cherish as we had such a short time with these two. Will put Asha's pics up later, it is too hard to look through all the photos at the moment.

Some of them are just baldy butts. If it is in conjuncion with other issues it may be her thyroid, generally though I wouldn't stress too much. I have a 3yr old, she never raced and had a furry black behind when I got her, now 18mths down the track she is a little finer than she was. My boy who did race is a fluff ball ( as far as greyhounds go! ) Some of the dogs that get adopted from racing come in bald and the hair grows back over time, some never do. As long as she isn't showing any other symptoms it is most likely just a cosmetic thing and nothing to worry about.

Glad to hear he is ok, poor little mite, I know how much it hurts when I break a nail Hopefully in time he will get better with having them trimmed and you will be able to do it at home.

I had exactly the same thing happen to my greyhound boy. He was doing mad zoomies and broke one in the same was you describe. What a carry on, he limped and sooked and screamed his head off when I touched it! I was worried about infection, in the end OH held him and we just endured the screaming while I cut the offending bit off. He was fine 2 seconds later when he got some roast chicken Wrap him up and cut it off, way less stress when it is gone, I had a friend who had to get her grey's dew claw surgically removed after it got infected the same way, very costly and painful.....

I would do it slowly, one kitten out with both dogs on lead. Have a spray bottle on hand, try first to use your voice to distract the dogs from the kitten. When they respond you reward them. This takes time, use the water spray if they do not respond to your voice command IMMEDIATLEY. This will teach them that the cats mean rewards when left alone and water spray when approached. I have 2 greyhounds and adopted a zero tolerance policy from day one, yes, I would LOVE to see them all curled up and happy, I just chose to be on the safe side, my dogs know that they are never to initiate contact with the cats. They basically ignore them, actually, Rocky runs and hides if they approach him You can still use distraction until the dogs are calm and ignoring the kittens and gradually allow more contact if it seems like it would be ok, totally up to you. Initially keeping them on leash helps, it means less corrections and more rewards because they are right there, take the lead off when you are confident they respond to your voice and see how you go. Good luck with them all!

I was going to say Big Dog too! Chris is lovely, he sponsors the Greyhound Adoption Program and supplies all the food. They have 2kg rolls of various meats and bones/chicken frames/turkey wings etc. You get a discount if you buy by the carton

The Chicken, Rocky and Patch. I need to add a photo of Ben our new Bengal cat too! Havent got a good photo of him yet, he only arrived last night. Would really appreciate it, the first one is great. Is it ok to PM you when I get a pic of Ben?

OOOPs! Will fix that, credit where credit is due got it right in the post, just not the signature!

Zelahi! Thats awesome, I should have put their names in too but never mind. Will try and attach it now.

I am hoping that a kind DOL soul with the talent to make a signautre would like to help me out Don't have PS, or any talent! What format do you start with, standard size photos or can you work off ones posted here that have been shrunk by photobucket? If anyone would like to help me out I would be most appreciative, can email photos if that works better. THANK-YOU in advance ( and in hope :rolleyes: ) a couple of the photos I would like to use

Depends how long you have had him, my Patch (also a greyhound!) used to throw up every time I gave her chicken necks for the first few months I had her. When she relaxed into life as a pet and didn't wolf her food down she was fine, I still prefer to give turkey necks though as they keep them amused for longer and I worry that the little chicken necks will get stuck, my guys are a bit slack on the chewing side of things...... Glad he is ok, is a bit worrying when the vomit like that. EFS

That sounds about right for Woolworths ones. I used to get them from the guy I get my BARF from, but they are not always available. Hopefully with Christmas there will be some soon, they are a little cheaper, around $2.50 a kg I think.

That is a lovely video. Jonty is a stunning dog. Windows Movie Maker is my latest time waster too! Have had a ball with it....

Mine get a bath every 4-6 months..... The joys of owning greyhounds! They dont get really smelly, I use a stripping comb once a week and wet wipes on their faces when they need it.