Rebanne

That sounds a bit odd. Can you have a look at her teeth? Right up the back? I would suspect periodontal disease myself rather then a bad tooth. Look for red lines along the gum line around the teeth. Otherwise things seem to be looking up.

Joe Bloggs uses the little syringe thingy which comes with the baby nurofen ..and measures out a dose ....and yes, it is a minute dose , for a very small animal ... how many people would have baby nurofen on hand? I only have tablets which arn't scored so very hard to break accurately. No way the vet should have advised giving nurofen. Someone who has a baby? possibly, but not everyone has a baby :D

Not at all, discussions were focussed around temperament and understanding Roo's issues and Mia was offerred due to temperament fit. And it's true, she is exceptionally calm. Please don't worry, I won't allow Mia to be hurt. I understand they are easily hurt. I haven't seen Nekh for ages, since before I went away, I'm still practising the things she showed me. Maybe time for another trip down the highway! yes temperament is vital rather then the sex of the other dog. Of course ideal would be laid back, calm, cruisy male dog but still no guarantee it would work

Is Nek still helping you and Roo? Maybe give her a call. I would be preapred to battle on if it was only growling, I consider growling a good help, Roo is voicing her disapproval, discomfort, uneasiness in a safe manner. Growling gives you time to intervene if there is enough time between the growl and the snap. If Roo goes growl, snap straight away then you have a much bigger problem. and it is very hard for people to help via the internet. We can't see what is actually happening.

depends if Roo and the goldie were brought up together or were adults etc. You can't get much more laid back then a calm greyhound though. I'd be sending Mia home if there is anymore snapping, not fair to her at all. And even the most laid back dog can respond if pushed too far.

Snapping is a huge problem, please don't leave them alone together. I'm sure you won't but I feel compelled to say it anyway. You have a mature bitch who has been an only dog for sometime and are asking her to accept another mature bitch in her house. What did you do when Roo snapped? I'd have made her get off. It's my couch and no dog has the right to say who can sit on it. I wouldn't have let Mia up on it though while Roo was off it. When I decided the dogs could get back up I would have asked Mia up first, then Roo. You can make this a game, ask one up, then the other, give a treat, get them off and rinse and repeat.

we don't know and neither do you, nor do we really know what dosage was really said. For all anyone knows the cat owner was told to give the cat some nurofen and the 200mg tablet is the one most people would have.

Joe Bloggs uses the little syringe thingy which comes with the baby nurofen ..and measures out a dose ....and yes, it is a minute dose , for a very small animal ... how many people would have baby nurofen on hand? I only have tablets which arn't scored so very hard to break accurately. No way the vet should have advised giving nurofen.

if you are in your room then you won't be able to see what the older dog is doing to the younger. And it doesn't have to be outright war. Maybe try crating one or the other when you are in your room for a few hours at a time. Or take them with you or give them turns with you.

you can't have someone else's foster dog for the weekend. It is not their's to hand over.

agree with persephone specially point B. Might be time to tighten up your leadership skills and remind bossy boots it's your job to say who comes in etc.

There are plenty of other breeds that have older calm dogs. A good all breeds rescue will take back an adopted dog if it doesn't work out. I know people don't mean how some things are sounding but I'm getting a bit cheesed off with, oh it's a Greyhound just send it back if it doesn't work out.

You have to be very careful. I know Roo is good with other dogs at daycare but will she be ok at home, in a small space with another dog? What if she takes her frustration out on the grey? What if she does make the grey a nervous nellie? Is this fair to the greyhound? I would be looking more to adopt a dog who has already been fostered and shown what it can cope with, how it behaves etc then to foster a dog that little is known about.

GAP is careful with what greyhounds go to these type of events. They don't take the shy or nervous ones, would hardly be fair to the dog.

Wish Melb Royal did this

I would only foster for GAP or GSN. Eta in Victoria that is

I'd leave him until around 10 months then get him desexed. It will be more like a spay operation as they will most likely have to do a midline incision to find the missing testicle, so will cost more. The longer they take to find it the more it will most likely cost.

he does indeed.

No need to go to the vet. Gum looks nice and healthy. Good job on getting such a great pic.

He needs to learn to be alone outside as well. Crates are for resting in, not playing. But yes he will be ok for 2 hrs. But he is a dog and should have time outside so he can do doggy things.

yes I believe it is

castration? won't make any difference to him doing agility or tracking and quite possibly won't make any changes to his behaviour at home. Honestly this dogs needs to learn to chill, bolting through the house, bashing people out of his way, jumping on the other dog, he sounds seriously stressed to me. Maybe get a behaviourist in to look at his overall behaviour and get some sort of plan happening.

... and the point I'm making is that all of those "traditional" breeds HAVE been the subject of public distrust in times past for exactly the same reasons bull breeds are now. None of those breeds were banned or subject to BSL conditions - instead, the breeding community stepped up and became somewhat more selective about where their dogs were/are going, yes? THAT is the answer - not BSL or banning of entire breed types. There was BSL regarding GSD's, none could be imported into the country for approx 30 years I think it was and couldn't be taken into the NT unless desexed, maybe they couldn't go past the rabbit fence line, can't quite remember that. I also think they had to be muzzled while out being walked. They could still be bred from though.

This has been ongoing for months, I would be thinking of docking as well.

don't be too concerned about the hip bones showing, that's fairly normal on a greyhound, as long as his ribs are very lightly covered. You are doing an excellent job My parents adopted an 8 yo GSD once and we reckon she looked for her old owners for around 12 months.