Two and a half months ago we rehomed a retired racing greyhound. It’s been super hard. He has reached the point where he is pooing twice a night on the kitchen floor, he caught and killed a pigeon in his mouth in the local park yesterday while on a short lead, and he is barking and whining like mad at other dogs while on walks and in our garden at the dog on the other side of the fence.
He also has separation problems and goes crazy when we try to leave, pulling pot plants down from shelves etc. I should add he’s massive for a greyhound.
He’s got such an incredibly high prey drive combined with anxiety at being left alone which is building with the lockdown. Then suddenly he’s a sweetheart and totally placid - as long as we are sitting quietly next to him.
He never sleeps! Just is constantly unsettled and filling the house with the most toxic, terrible farts.
We are worried we are going to have to return him and I’m feeling overwhelming guilt about it.
Just wondering if anyone has ever been through this with a rescue dog where it just doesn’t seem to be working. He keeps looking at me with his big eyes but it’s really impacting our lives and making the house feel disgusting as it’s all one big room downstairs that constantly stinks of dog poo every morning.
Is anyone out there a greyhound owner? Have we been unlucky with the match? We’re wondering about fostering to see if we can find a dog who is more like the traditional greyhound who likes a good old sleep and is happy lounging about. And won’t need to be muzzled on every single walk. Bluey just has the prey drive of a tiger.
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EmKR100 · 03/05/2020 13:29
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