Un-happy Dogg ? ? ?
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Well , my 9 year old female greyhound mix is unhappy . She has some behavior problems that are currently being worked on , like biting animals and atempting to bite people , but she just seems so unhappy ! It breaks my heart
She does not like to play , whatsoever . Never had , never will . She dosn’t even glance at a toy . Trust me , we’ve tryed every toy known to man . She just dosn’t seem interested . Also – She HATES our other dog . I mean HATES her . She was a happier before we brought our other dog home , but since then , she has just been a total grump . She also dosn’t really like to be loved on ? Like , i go up to her and pet her , and her tail just lowers and stops wagging , and in her eyes you see total un-happiness . We also can’t take her for walks right now , becuase she will attack other dogs if she sees them , but hopefully after some training , she will be able to walk outside again !
If you have any ideas to make her happy again , please share ! :]]
Naughty Pups – Help Me Train Them Please!?
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Hello I have two dogs, One who is 3 years old who was a beautiful girl, could take her anywhere and she didnt do anything wrong, then we bought a puppy 
All went out the window, that puppy is now about 16 months old now. and both dogs have gone ferral, Where we use to live was on a path way, so they never saw dogs unless they walked passed, which the dog on the other side of the path barked at, of cause our dogs learnt this habbit. in which we had tried VERY hard to get them to stop, we have now moved to a corner block where we live next door to a little fluffy dog think its a shitzu or something, one that yaps at our dogs when they play, (they are very rough together) sometimes ours bark back, (when we are home we stop them, by making them come and sit and wait for 10 secs without barking and give them a treat) but when i am at work i think the little dog must get put outside. Cos my pups are digging near the fence to get to it, The neighbour has a plank of wood along the gound on its side so their dog cant dig but i dont know how to stop them, i have put poo in their holes, they dont care, they still dig in it. any suggestions?
also with the clothes line… the last place we could fence it off, but this new place we are unable to do it (we only rent) how do we stop them getting my clothes off the line, at the moment i am using those little hangers that you take camping and putting it in garage, but i dont like it. He does the same to plants, instead of digging he just grabs the tops and pulls them out and shakes them (thinks they are toys) we have sprayed the dog off stuff and tried poo and nothing works so far, so we have put plants out front of house, but would like to have them out back again if possible. He only does it when i am not home they have LOADS of toys, which we swap every few days and hide the others, aparently that keeps them interested in them, they get bones when we go to work, they have a kiddy pool which they play in, and have each other, they get walks at night, which is a nightmare in itself, they bark at every dog, cat or person they go past and pull really hard to get to them, they have special collars called infin8 holter or something, link is http://www.blackdog.net.au/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5 spose to be great for this kind of thing. We did have them in dog obedience classes, but they got use to the dogs there, and would still bark at ones in street, the people that ran the course told us, that they will never get use to strange dogs, which i thought had to be wrong.
Can anyone suggest what we can try, I dont believe in punishment, ie hurting them so no shock colars or anything Jemma did have a choaker chain but made no difference, i dont blame them for being naughty, i blame us for not teaching them right, can anyone please help me to show them the right way, to be good
thanks very much
oh Jemma is a 3 year old Lab x Great Dane
Benson is a 16 Month Cattle cross something?….
kind of looks like a whipit or greyhound apparently, VERY fast
I Have A 6 Month Old Puppy. She’s A Mutt, Not Sure What Breeds?
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she’s mixed with. My husband thinks she has greyhound in her. We just got her last night and she seemed very docile but two hours ago she lunged at one of my cats and looked like she was going to bite him. Has anybody had any experience with this? Can she be trained not to hurt my two kitties if she has a hunting dogs instincts?
(here’s An Old 1 Updated) How To Sing The Blues?
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Willys cynical thought for the day;
People always say, ‘the Blues are simple.’ Well, that’s true ‘the Blues are simple’ if you ignore the freaking complexities!’
HOW TO SING THE BLUES
1. Most blues begin “woke up this morning.”
2. “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line. Like;
“I got a good woman with the meanest dog in town.”
3. Blues are simple. After you have the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes. Sort of.
“Got a good woman with the meanest dog in town. He got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and he weighs about 500 pounds.”
4. The blues are not about limitless choice. Blues cars are Chevies and Cadillacs. Other acceptable blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Walkin’ plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin’ to die.
6. Teenagers cant sing the blues. Adults sing the blues. Blues adulthood means old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
7. You can have the blues in New York City, but not in Brooklyn or Queens. Hard times in Vermont or North Dakota are just a depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City are still the best places to have the blues.
8. The following colors do not belong in the blues:
a. violet
b. beige
c. mauve
d. magenta
9. You cant have the blues in an office or a shopping mall, the lighting is wrong.
10. Good places for the Blues:
a. the highway
b. the jailhouse
c. the empty bed
d. the corner of Elm St. & Vine
Bad places:
a. Ashrams
b. Gallery openings
c. weekend in the Hamptons
d. on a trip to disney world
11. No one will believe it’s the blues if you wear a suit, unless you happen to be an old black man. Especially if you spent the night in the suit and it shows the fruppiness!
12. Do you have the right to sing the blues?
Yes, if:
a. your first name is a southern state, like Georgia
b. you’re blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis.
d. you cant be satisfied.
No, if:
a. you were once blind but now can see.
b. you’re deaf
c. you have a trust fund.
d. you’re a teen-ager it don’t matter how many men you kill in Memphis
13. Neither Julio Iglesias nor Barbara Streisand can sing the blues.
14. If you ask for water and your baby gives you gasoline, it’s the blues. Other blues beverages are:
a. cheap wine not Chateau whatever
b. Irish whiskey or Jack
c. Muddy water
d. water down-stream from a toxic waste dump
Blues beverages are NOT:
a. Any mixed drink
b. Any wine kosher for Passover
c. Yoo Hoo (all flavors)
d. bottles water (Blues people drink from the freaking hose!)
15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it’s a blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is a blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse or being denied treatment in an emergency room. It is not a blues death, if you die during a liposuction treatment.
16. Some Blues names for Women
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Little Girl
17. Some Blues Names for Men
a. Joe
b. Willy
c. Little Willie
d. Lightning
Persons with names like Sierra or Sequoia will not be permitted to sing the blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
17B. Other Blues Names (Starter Kit)
a. Name of Physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Asthmatic)
b. First name (see above) or name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi)
c. Last Name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)
Okay let me try this; “One-armed tattooed Willy Cantelope Clinton…” Now let me know how that ‘rolls off the tongue?’ http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblu…
(here’s An Old 1 Updated) How To Sing The Blues?
Filed under Care & Training Q&As
Willys cynical thought for the day;
People always say, ‘the Blues are simple.’ Well, that’s true ‘the Blues are simple’ if you ignore the freaking complexities!’
HOW TO SING THE BLUES
1. Most blues begin “woke up this morning.”
2. “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line. Like;
“I got a good woman with the meanest dog in town.”
3. Blues are simple. After you have the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes. Sort of.
“Got a good woman with the meanest dog in town. He got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and he weighs about 500 pounds.”
4. The blues are not about limitless choice. Blues cars are Chevies and Cadillacs. Other acceptable blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Walkin’ plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin’ to die.
6. Teenagers cant sing the blues. Adults sing the blues. Blues adulthood means old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
7. You can have the blues in New York City, but not in Brooklyn or Queens. Hard times in Vermont or North Dakota are just a depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City are still the best places to have the blues.
8. The following colors do not belong in the blues:
a. violet
b. beige
c. mauve
d. magenta
9. You cant have the blues in an office or a shopping mall, the lighting is wrong.
10. Good places for the Blues:
a. the highway
b. the jailhouse
c. the empty bed
d. the corner of Elm St. & Vine
Bad places:
a. Ashrams
b. Gallery openings
c. weekend in the Hamptons
d. on a trip to disney world
11. No one will believe it’s the blues if you wear a suit, unless you happen to be an old black man. Especially if you spent the night in the suit and it shows the fruppiness!
12. Do you have the right to sing the blues?
Yes, if:
a. your first name is a southern state, like Georgia
b. you’re blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis.
d. you cant be satisfied.
No, if:
a. you were once blind but now can see.
b. you’re deaf
c. you have a trust fund.
d. you’re a teen-ager it don’t matter how many men you kill in Memphis
13. Neither Julio Iglesias nor Barbara Streisand can sing the blues.
14. If you ask for water and your baby gives you gasoline, it’s the blues. Other blues beverages are:
a. cheap wine not Chateau whatever
b. Irish whiskey or Jack
c. Muddy water
d. water down-stream from a toxic waste dump
Blues beverages are NOT:
a. Any mixed drink
b. Any wine kosher for Passover
c. Yoo Hoo (all flavors)
d. bottles water (Blues people drink from the freaking hose!)
15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it’s a blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is a blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse or being denied treatment in an emergency room. It is not a blues death, if you die during a liposuction treatment.
16. Some Blues names for Women
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Little Girl
17. Some Blues Names for Men
a. Joe
b. Willy
c. Little Willie
d. Lightning
Persons with names like Sierra or Sequoia will not be permitted to sing the blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
17B. Other Blues Names (Starter Kit)
a. Name of Physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Asthmatic)
b. First name (see above) or name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi)
c. Last Name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)
Okay let me try this; “One-armed tattooed Willy Cantelope Clinton…” Now let me know how that ‘rolls off the tongue?’ http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblu…
I Have Two Italian Greyhounds And They Drive Me Crazy!!!!?
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these have to be the worse dogs ever they **** and piss on everything no matter how much you take them out, or walk them, or praise them they do not get it at all!! they now wear shock collars to keep them away for stuff in the house, or from jumping over gates but these dumb dogs seem to get into more trouble. i tried crate training everyone said oh they don’t like to go wear they sleep or eat, that was a bunch of bullcrap they **** and piss in the crate and lay in it and they are only in there 2hrs and they have their own crates that are perfect for their size i seriously want to just get rid of them but i spent so much money on them that i would be just throwing it all away! what can i do? i have to keep them i got them for my 4yr son but they are the worst dogs ever !!!!!
What Are Your Opinions On Pit Bulls, Etc?
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I would like to know your opinions of the dogs that are in danger of being banned by BSL.
My sister has a Pit Bull/American Bulldog cross, and she is one of the best dogs that I have ever seen. She’s sweet to people, a little wary of new dogs, but gets used to them quickly. My husband and I have an Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua cross, and we were worried that Baylee wouldn’t like him. After the initial introduction, she started to play with him. She seems to keep in mind that he is only 11 lbs and that she needs to be careful. If anything, he’s mean to her! He bites on her face, runs around, steals toys from her, plays tug-o-war, etc. The only time she has hurt him is when she gets a little excited and body slams him. Someone always monitors them, so Baylee gets reprimanded for squishing Baci, and then they all go back to playing.
I do not like when people will automatically condemn a dog just because there have been other people that do not correctly train the animal. My dad was one of those. At first he did not like Baylee because of her breed(s), but now he seems to like her a lot. He laughs at her silly antics and quirks in her personality. She’s the only dog I know that will pout if you fuss at her for doing something wrong.
Are There Any Transport Services From Sydney To Canberra That Allow Pets?
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Are there any bus/train/etc. services that allow pets to travel as well? I’ve looked into Murrays and they have a no pets policy, and there’s nothing on Greyhounds mentioning pets that I’ve come across.
I have a small dog, a Papillion, so she wouldn’t take up much room if she was to travel, though I’m concerned for her comfort. If she was to spend three hours in a hot, stuffy, ill-ventilated area with the danger of luggage bags falling on top of her crate all the time, I won’t be very satisfied…
Thanks for the help, everyone. ^^
<3 XoXo <3
Yaivi
Whippets/lurchers And Cats?
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Does anyone have any experience owning these dogs and can they be trained to be OK with cats?
I’d like to get one but can’t if they will always instinctively chase cats as I will be making regular trips to my mum’s house and she has 4 cats.
I know greyhounds, whippets and lurchers have all been bred to chase small furry things, but I was just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting them to not do so?
Bought Kennel Dogs Who Never Been Outside, Now They Freeze And Won’t Go To The Bathroom- Only In Their Bed!
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Today I went bought 2 Italian Greyhounds. I love them to death already, but I’m having trouble. They won’t pee or poop outside. They’ve never been outside! Unfortunately they’re kennel dogs and never been outside. I was under the impression they were house dogs just being raised sometimes in a kennel. I guess not- they were in there all the time, They did their bathroom stuff in there. I guess it’s a HUGE kennel and there were a few puppies in there. They’re timid, but very eager to receive love. We live in MN and it’s cold and I can see the pads of their feet are freezing. We stay outside about 7 min. and I put them back in the kennel, take them out again after 15 minutes, but they WILL poop inside the kennel anyway. They have no idea why we’re outside. I’ve taken them seperatly and together. They stand there and cry holding up 1 foot. I have patience, but I’m nervous, kennel/petstore dogs I hear are HARD to train. Any suggestions?
