do greyhounds sulk??

[spongebob]

Hi everyone,
i,m new to using this forum but i,m feeling really bad about our dog Paddy.Well..
paddy has got his own nests all over the house but his not allowed on the human beds and he knows it, i come home the other day to find him crashed out on my bed, i told him off and he growled at me, so i tapped him on the bum( well the muscly bit on his leg) for his cheek, and told him OFF NOW! He got off with no more cheek. Well since then his acting like i beat him, he won,t come over to me, and seems like his either sulking or scared of me!
I did only tap him but his making me feel really terrible.
what should i of done and what can i do to make him happy agian?? treats and walkies didn,t work!!

[suethejam]

Our greyhounds are champion sulkers but it never lasts for very long.

You did the right thing to challenge his unacceptable behaviour - dogs need clear leadership or they will push the boundaries and before you know it you're sleeping outside on the lawn so as not to inconvenience your hound :-)

I'm not an expert on dog behaviour, but it may be it's worth giving the coaxing a rest for a bit and let him come to you. When he does, then reward his behaviour with fuss and treats. The trouble with providing treats when thye're sulking is that their complicated doggie brains might interpret it as being rewarded for sulking.

I'm sure it will come right - remember that hounds are experts at winding us round their little paws - they're also very forgiving if we've overstepped their mark in some way.

[pat]

of course they sulk, they are the best sulkers in the world, try what Sue has said and totally ignore him , let him come to you and then give him a fuss, he is just seeing if you will give in to him, worse than children, on second thoughts treat him as you would a child works wonders, let us know how you get on and dont give in.
pat

[nicky]

I totally agree with the answers above.
I've never known a dog to sulk as much as a greyhound - although I thought she'd got it from my husband ;D ;D
Betty can sulk for England. If she's seen Pat and Ooops! she's a nightmare for the next day
Nicky

[spongebob]

So glad it,s a sulk and not the tapped botty thats his problem. Giving him the cold shoulder at the mo, hopefully it will work. His normally a happy hound!
thankyou for the advice.

I,l let you know if he starts talking to me again soon! :-*

[joethehound]

hi
Our Joe definately gets a sulk on if we tell him off for being naughty, which to be fair is not very often, but we just tell him off in a sturn sounding voice and then ignore him for a bit, then after a while we go over and 'make friends' again with lots of fuss and cuddles, he then seems to get over it!
it is funny tho when he gets a sulk on, just like a little stroppy 2yr old kid!

[patshep]

Fizz gives me one of those looks that could kill and then goes into a big sulk. What have I done to deserve such treatment??
I've had the audacity to sit on her settee!!! She soon comes round though when she wants something

[patricksparents]

We get the evil eye treatment if we say " just going to work" (which is the phrase for - no, Patrick you have to stay here and look after the sofas).....even if we have been out for just five minutes - the minute we park the car, he is waiting at the window, screeching with joy, the tail windmilling round and bouncing back and forth. The welcome more than makes up for the silent sulk.

[spongebob]

Woo hoo! paddy loves me again. he normally has a lil walk round the block at 10 even if i,m in my pj,s. 10 past 10 came and he was like "hello walkie time". I normally say just be 4 10 something like "come on lanky legs wee wee,s before bede byes" but i haven,t said a word to him all night, took him 4 a walk and now his on the sofa with me and my bessy friend agian!
So happy the cold shoulder definatly works!
Hopefully he won,t need a tapped botty again and he won,t get the sulks again!

[spongebob]

something weird i posted the last post at 10 . 45 pm but it says 9.52pm? Thats Odd!! or is that normal? o i,m new to this forum thing probably done something wrong!! Ggrrrr

[spongebob]

Now it says 10.08pm !!!!!!!!!!!! i need computer lessons! sorry 4 being divvy!!

[yvonned]

He probably will, Cassie sulks. She's a growler particularly at other Greys and similar types of dogs. I was standing talking with another greyhound owner and my friend and her GSD when Cass turned her head toward the other grey and did a throaty growl. I did a low throaty "You Bad Girl" in her ear, and for the first time in 2 years her paw came up in submission. I think I worried the other grey so I got treats out to make amends, one for the grey,then one to the GSD but Cass turned her head away and wouldn't take one. I treated again and still Cass turned her head away, sulking because she'd been told off.

[jennyr]

Hi,

My hound Mousha is an absolute expert on pulling guilt trips!! It is mainly if she has to wait a little longer than normal to go for her walkies, or if she thinks she should have some of my dinner!! We get the pleading "how could you do this to me"? eyes. Then we get the "I'm sooo hard done by" sighs, which then turn into the "nobody loves me" wimpers.

On the very rare occasions that I have had to tell her off, she shakes!! It truly is a pathetic sight and you would have thought that I had beaten her, not just spoken sternly to her. It makes me feel absolutely awful. :-(

However, I know that greyhounds are well known for, as has been said above, winding humans round their paws and at making us feel guilty so we will give in to them. So, as hard as it is to do, I try my best to ignore her when she is pulling one of her trips!! She might go off and sulk for a little while, but I ignore that to and let her get on with it. She then realises that her guilt trip and sulking isn't going to work and she soon comes round and its all hugs and kisses again :-D

[suethejam]

They also take revenge - as I chivvied Lynx out of my armchair this morning he stretched and farted luxuriously, making said chair uninhabitable for quite some time :-)

[jennyr]

OMG, that is sooo funny lol. Mousha does that too.....whenever we have visitors and she feels she isn't being paid enough attention to!!! :-)