greyhound 1st timer

[amymay]

;D Hi eveyone
hoping to pick up our lovely greyhound next week ,looking forward to chatting to other new owners ,espeicially those who have another breed at home already as we have a staffie also , be good to know how the first few weeks went for you?

[pumalass]

Hiya
Each greyhound is different just remember they have never seen a house or anything before, so have patience with your greyhound and always make sure they go out in the garden straight after their meal and give them lots of praises when they do, it will all be so strange but they usually adapt very quickly to home life.
Look forward to hearing and seeing pictures of your greyhound. You will always find help and advice from other owners.
Chris

[patshep]

Hi amymay

I have a multi breed household, not by choice but because things just happened!

Originally it was just Molly my 11 year old YorkieX who was joined 3 years ago by Fizz, my lovely greyhound who adapted to home life from the moment she walked through the door. Molly was very much involved in the homing process, she met Fizz at the Kennels and also went along on the day Fizz came home

In the last year circumstances have changed and at some time during the day I now look after my daughter/grandchildren's 2 young chihuahuas and 2 young staffies. In addition, for the past 6 months I have also been looking after a Chihuahua/Yorkie X whose Mum has gone into residential care.

As each one arrived over a period of 6 months I was amazed how Molly and Fizz just accepted them and how well they all got on. There is a strict pecking order, Molly, Fizz are always 1st and 2nd, followed by the boy staffie and then the girl, finally the chi's in no particular order.

Although Fizz is not particularly cat friendly, the staffies also live with a cat.

I am the first to admit we have been exceptionally lucky and it's great to see them all together. I've got some lovely photos to upload of Fizz with the boy staffie once I get sorted out on photobucket.

I bet you are counting the days. I hope all goes well with your new greyhound and that both dogs bond and become firm friends.

Pat S

[amymay]

thanks for the replys
pat with fizz and molly me and my family met you and your lovely dogs at the orrset country show!
We had a long chat with you and my little boy was stroking fizz, After the fab advice we had from yourself and pat from rgt we got in contact with the bishops s branch where we are getting our fab new family member from .
I really am counting the days and im sure all will be fine though ,tad nervous to but fingers crossed x

[pumalass]

We helped re home a greyhound a few years ago and the lady in question (who had the greyhound) her daughter has a staff and right from the start she used to bring it around she muzzled them but in no time they got on well, the greyhound also now has met westies and a labrador in the family and gets on well, so hopefully if both have got good temperaments they should be fine.
Reading your other messages concerning muzzles and such it sounds as though you are being very sensible, so I am sure they will get on well.

[amymay]

Im so excited its silly
also any one who lives in southend at all who has one of these lovely chappies?

[shirley]

Hi Amymay. Welcome to the forum. Believe me the excitement doesn't leave you and it's not silly your, excitement is normal, these elegant houndies will give you so much joy.We got our first ever grey in June this year FLETCHER, aka. DUCK,and enjoyed the experience of owning him so much that we went back and got another five weeks ago ROSY . We live in Westcliff and often go for walks down the seafront. Enjoy your new family member.Shirley & Chris

[amymay]

hi shirley & chris
We also live in westcliff small world !
We took our staff cookie to meet our new greyhound yesterday and im pleased to say they got on better than i could have wished for, so were going to collect the wonderful minty from bishops stortford first thing monday morning whoop whoop lol !
We tend to walk at priory park alot and also two tree island at leigh ,havnt been down the seafront for a while which is daft really as its a 10 min walk lol .

[nicky]

Congratulations on homing a lovely greyhound. Hope you have lots of fun.

We don't live too far from Southend and I often walk Betty in Chalkwell, Leigh and also Belfairs woods. Maybe we will meet somewhere.

Nicky and Betty x