Lozzie

maybe cut down to that gradually? Ziggy is very active and that does him for the day. Actually- not 500g meat + veg, Zig gets 500g meat AND veg altogether.

I don't know if this will help you, but your brekkie sounds fine- the dinner is much too much. Ziggy gets about 500gm meat/veg mix all up for dinner and he is still a pup. If it was me I'd cut the rice and pasta altogether, plus cut dry at dinner time and use it only for brekkie.

I have read somewhere that to reduce weight without cutting volume you can substitute pureed pumpkin for half their meal? Not 100% sure I haven't tried it.

Whereabouts in Melb are you?

Shoemonster on here and I buy a premade BARF mix for about $3/kg from a shop in Mulgrave (cnr Dandenong rd and Springvale rd). Its made fresh every day and cheaper than I could make it myself.

Shoemonster feeds complete raw, I supplement with kibble (advance)

14 month old whippet 11kg- 1 cup advance large breed puppy dry in the morning and 350-400g barf mix at night 5 nights a week.

7 month old greyhound- 1.5- 2 cups advance large breed puppy dry in the morning plus 550-600g barf mix at night

One day they get the same amount of dry as brekkie for dinner with a tin of sardines each

The other day they get some offal, chook frames/wings and brisket

Plus they get bits and pieces during the week

I won't make it to Nullimbik- I have an exam the next day

I would advise against it. This is my personal opinion so take it however you want. Lure coursing is one of the most strenuous sports that a dog can participate in. At 6 months old the pup is in a very precious state and you have to be very careful about development and exercise.

My whippet had a puppy run at 9 months and didn't start running as an adult until 12 months. The only reason I let her have puppy runs (1 go around, 1 time and thats it) is because she matured and developed quickly, was extremely fit at that age and was a very good runner (in terms of coordination, strength, speed, movement etc). My greyhound Ziggy will probably not even have a puppy run until he is at least 12 months old. He is uncoordinated and sloppy, has trouble turning and is still growing, and you have to be very careful with large breeds and exercise.

Just to illustrate- at the last meet a 3yr old greyhound had a go- she is an ex racer and an old hand at lure coursing. She slipped, took a tumble and got a few cuts and lost half a tooth. At the same meet my whippet (who has had dozens of runs) slipped at the end of the day and cut her shoulder and belly. If something like that can happen to an older, more experienced dog, its not worth the risk imo to run a puppy.

No worries, sounds like a great deal! Will you be at KCC on Sunday?

you are going to be walking in and out my front door for hours

Shooey- If you come here and ignore my two when you come in the door, I'll ignore Molly when she mouths :p

No one who visits pays any attention when I say to not greet the dogs or acknowledge them until they sit.. so they don't jump on me when I get home but anyone else is fair game

dogsonly- It will take a while for her to gain control of her bladder- my whippie used to pee on visitors when they picked her up purely out of excitement ;)

My whippet slept in the bed for the first 6 months, then we discovered crates and she slept in our room in the crate. She whinged, I figured out she was cold, she now has a queen size mink blankie in her crate.

Ziggy our grey boy recently got desexed so we moved his crate into our room and offered Coco to sleep in the bed. Nup, she wanted to sleep in her crate, in the study, by herself

Ziggy whinges but once it is established he doesn't need to wee, he gets ignored. Took 3 weeks and he still tries it on every now and then but it does work eventually.

For those with large breed puppy:

Advance large breed puppy- 50F ( )

Pro plan large breed puppy- 92B

Not entirely sure they are right though!

15-20 mins from there to KCC, but its a pretty easy drive.

Can you bring a greyhound too? huh? huh?

a beagle is a hound, and obviously RR are allowed to run, you'll be fine Rebanne.

I'll be there, and I believe crazy beagle lady and jeff will be too.

Shooey- put eddie on a diet, stick a black cone on his nose and say he is an overweight whippy

Whippy it will be big enough, Coco could sleep easily in one half the size of hers, but in summer she likes to stretch out and I like her to have plenty of room. If I bought another for a whippet I would probably get a medium though

If your whippet is capable of holding for 5 or 6 hours, I would not encourage her to go in her crate. Firstly, they are clean animals and don't like to wet the area they sleep in. Secondly because if you are training her to paper when you have a crate, she will get confused when you take the paper out- better off just teaching her to wake you up if she needs to go straight up rather than trying to train her to paper then train her differently later.

To make it easier, feed her the nightly meal well before bedtime, limit her water intake before bed (with my grey up we had to put the water up an hour before bed because he drank for the joy of drinking and was up all night weeing). Then just decide if you want her to whine to wake you up, or set your alarm for a reasonable amount of time she could hold for then get up to let her out and back in, gradually extending the amount of time she is left for until she can hold overnight easily (which isn't as long as you think!)

My dog had a bad reaction to drontal when she was a pup too- ever since then she has been on sentinel and there has been no problems.

It WILL get better!

I always said after my whippy that from then on I was getting adults :rolleyes: Then I got the greyhound pup (who is a piece of cake compared to Coco!)

Once they are house trained, sleep through the night and finish teething they become a delight. Eventually you start saying 'no' less and they start listening when you do- but time flies and she will be worth it when it all comes together.

Anything in particular you are having a problem with? PM me if you want to know particulars- ie. how long it took us to house train, when the destructive phase started and ended, training tips etc.

I would be there for a twilight thing!

I feed mine on a modified BARF- they are still both young so get 2 meals a day. The BARF mix costs me $2.10 for both of them per day, chook frames are $12 for 36, wings $2/kg (the whippet won't eat frames, she just buries them- same with red meat bones). They get about 3 cups of advance between them in the morning- my last 20kg bag cost $65 thanks to Ish. So for the one evening meal plus bones it is roughly $2.50 per day for both of them, if you factor in the advance brekkie its about $4/day for both.

Lozzie- yep, my Coco is as beautiful as she looks She is the white and brindle in my sig, the blue brindle boy is my greyhound Ziggy.

They are a fantastic family pet as long as the littlies know to be gentle with them. They do require little exercise, I give mine 2-3 offleash runs (fully fenced of course) per week plus 2-3 walks and plenty of mental stimulation. They are very clever, but only ever use positive training techniques, they are sensitive in that way. The pic on the left of my sig is Coco at lure coursing- she absolutely loves it and is pretty good too, I cannot recommend it enough. Once your girl is old enough you should give her a try- lure coursing dates are usually posted in the training or social events pages here.

Oh and they are total thieves! You will start noticing soon that if she likes something, she will take it and put it in her pile, wherever she decides her pile will be And mine was horrible through teething, so make sure you have plenty of chew toys and ice blocks on hand!

If she wakes during the night, take her outside quietly, no play. Wait til she goes, praise then put her straight back to bed so she doesn't assume she can get you up at all hours to play.

As she gets older she will have the control to hold for longer, so she will eventually sleep through the night. From memory my whippet could hold 8 hours at about 5 months. Before that it ranged from getting up every 2 hours to eventually getting up once in the early morning to let her out, then she would sleep through until we were ready to get up.

Oh and PICS please!

Crate in your room for sure, with LOTS of blankets- my whippet went from the bed when she was a baby to a crate in our room and now sleeps in a crate in the spare room, where a heater is turned on an hour before bed time. She has a single bed thick polar fleece blankie folded on the bottom of her crate, then a queen size mink blanket on top of that to snuggle into (and usually under). Crates are fantastic for toilet training, I don't know what I would have done without mine, and she absolutely adores her crate.

She is only a tiny baby, I would let her sleep in your room (crated) then slowly move her out into the laundry as she settles. Remember they get cold verrry easily!