Rebanne

We do this too. Never had any drama! The two dogs are usually napping on the rug they have under the carport when we get home. Works for us! I also have to add, the cat food is on top of the small upright freezer and the dog meat is defrosted on top of the stove, both places the dogs could easily reach and never have. And only once has a dog raided my bin for the left over roast chook. Once in 35 years. He was fed a few slices of bread and peanut butter to make sure nothing happened to his insides with the passing of the cooked chicken bones.

I'd start now. All my pups, by the time they have left here, have spent several nights in a crate.

all my pups from day one have had the whole backyard available to them. If they dig a hole I just fill it in. Drag their bedding around I just put it back. This has been my life for the last 30 plus years. Only had one dog that pulled clothes off the line and she grew out of it. Never used to have a crate but have used them over the last few years. My latest puppy is 9 months old, she hasn't slept in a crate overnight for months. Usually if my dogs are in the house they are free to go anywhere they like. They choose where to sleep, in the lounge room, on my bed etc. I do have baby gates on my bedrooms. I do put up my shoes etc. My dogs don't bench surf cause I never leave anything out to tempt them. I've raised German Shepherd Dogs and Greyhounds the same way.

Cried like a baby watching that

Huge hugs to you both.

I would love to, but alas no money and no one to mind my dogs anyway

On the back of a ute Xyz most have terrible recall and while there are greys out there that will guard bark it's not a common trait. You get a greyhound taking off in a paddock at around 70k's an hour good luck catching it before it does itself an injury, those long legs can break easily and they have skin like tissue paper. Not sure a greyhound would suit this situation. Just have to watch for hidden kangaroos laying down in hollows of going for an early morning walk. 15 years of owning and fostering greyhounds and early morning walks and my friend has only been caught out once.

Greyhound. I have a friend on a 100 acre farm who has had several greyhounds over the years and many, many fosters. Has a fully fenced house yard of about 2 acres, cattle fencing with a hot wire. Greys hang out with her while she gardens, they get taken for daily walks through the empty paddocks, swim in the dam, hang out in the ute while getting wood etc. Does have fully enclosed dog yards for when they are away for a couple of hours as their very first grey was a climber in foster care but never at my friends place. Those dogs live the life of Riley with my friend.

I sent 3 emails and left 3 voicemail messages for Martin over the space of 6 weeks and I did not get a single reply or call back. I wanted to order 2 trolleys, one for me and one for a friend and told him that. Based on my experience, I will not recommend him to anyone. what a shame.

Not always. I never bred my GSD with the most horrible hips but she titled in obedience, agility and did an ET. And agility was back in the days of very high jumps and two clear rounds to qualify. Muscle support helped her greatly. Only xrayed her when she was 6, lived to 11.

I will pass the message along

I've checked my roster and I am working :-(

can fit a greyhound or two in the back so yep plenty big enough

I recently leased a bitch back to breed from. I covered all breeding costs including C-section. I also paid for vaccinations and microchipping. Other owner had only feeding costs of litter to cover. I had 1st pick, they had 2nd pick and I got the rest of the litter. Their pup was for the lend of the bitch and the extra food. Hand shake agreement. ETA other owner was experienced breeder.

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at least you know all was done that could be. Hugs to you all. R.I.P Micha

The new medication he was on made him feel heaps better, mum said he was running around like a puppy. He was a bit off his food on Sunday night then all of a sudden at around 3am went downhill. It is awful because it is so sudden and he was doing so well. We don't want him to be in pain but what if it is something treatable? at 12 1/2 he has had a wonderful life. Poor boy has also had some pain issues hence the new drug. If it is the new drug what will his life be like without it? Poor Micha. I wish him the best outcome.

What go out in the rain? No way says my Princess.

I remove them from my greyhounds as babies and will continue to do so.

send me your snail mail address and I'll pop my ticket into the mail for you. I am no longer going.

There are dapples, to me they are mottled like a merle, not so much piebald.

umm, no need to feed vegies or rice or cooked meat. Raw and/or dry is fine but go with the breeders guidelines to start with.

See Rebanne, this is always the argument about shutting down the industry and I accept there will be casualties, even if the industry is phased out, rather than shutdown immediately, but what about the thousands of greyhounds that will continue to be bred, mass killed and thousands more suffering year in year out, if the industry is allowed to continue? Also we keep hearing that greyhound racing people "love their dogs and treat them like family", so why would they all of sudden have no compunction in abandoning their dogs en-masse if the industry were to be shutdown/phased out? most of the owner/trainers will do the right thing, the big guys aren't going to hang onto 100's of dogs, they'll be the first to dump and run. I'm just pointing out that I don't think it will make any difference if the industry is shut down straight away or phased in. Casualties will be very, very high. And the public need to be prepared for that. These are, after all, working dogs and lots of people can't afford to keep and feed working dogs who don't work, what ever sort of work they should do. Government will have to chip in with big bucks somewhere along the line.

Labadore, even if greyhound racing was phased out, there will be massive dumping of dogs. People won't wait until it's their turn. As soon as any restrictions are imposed people will be out and so too their dogs So if racing ends, quickly or slowly, there had better be very good plans put in place to help the dogs. Very,very good plans.

Jan Cameron one would think, she's got more money than the Catholic church and it's all her brilliant idea. What I would like to know is how many foster carers have they got lined up? How are they going to assess all these greys for suitability to homes? You know, basic things like toilet training? If Emma Haswell, Jan Cameron's right hand man it seems, is the head tester for cat/pocket pets god help us all. I'm still gobsmacked over her public claim to be able to make any greyhound cat friendly O.o I thought I read they were going to try and get funding from the Government or the Racing bodies. Jen Cameron was going to donate the land and Animals Australia was going to run it