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Post by teeandange on Oct 19, 2011 7:20:57 GMT
Is this a greyhound trait?
Ethel will with little dogs (not all the time) lunge towards them head first and sort of 'nip' without contact or growls so outward signs of aggression.
She appears only do this following a squirrel sight or intense looking. Is this a normal thing, she does not do it to bigger dogs or same size and also in the majority of the time not even take any notice of little dogs.
HAs anyones greys done this? strange head butting forward open mouth no contact nip? lol
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Post by yvonned on Oct 20, 2011 20:33:27 GMT
I don't know if it's the same as something Cass does. Cass has just done it when laying on her bed, she stretched her neck forward and sort of clapped her teeth together, ( you can hear it), this was then followed by a roach (laying on her back and legs akimbo). She normally does it to me when standing, sort of lunges her head forward and clapping her teeth at the same time, I copy her and she does it again, I think it's an attention thing. I've had dogs for years but Cass is my first greyhound and I've found that she makes sounds and does things none of my others did. She also makes a gurgling , purring sort of noise in her throat and is also a frequent teeth chatterer, and yes I chatter back.
Yvonne
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Post by sueb on Oct 21, 2011 10:53:28 GMT
I would just urge real caution with Ethel - though obviously a bit difficult to see what you're describing.
We've had Nelly for 14 weeks now and at first I was surprised at her behaviour, given she'd been in a home previously for three years. She definately stared transfixed and lunged at small dogs & cats and could not be distracted. I seriously thought she could not be trusted not to do some serious damage, so we kept her muzzled when out for quite a time. (Having seen our big Wussy boy grab and shake a rat to death in a matter of seconds, I can see how very quickly a tragedy could occur). She's now making good progress, but we still take her muzzle out with us as a precautionary measure.
Don't want to be alarmist but they can still be very "keen" - especially at first.
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