Spooked greyhound

[hollyhope]

My seven year old retired racer has been home with DH and me for ten days now: he's never lived in a home before, and has been settling well.
Until today, when he was spooked by a pan making a noise as it clattered out of a kitchen cupboard and onto the floor.
Hours later, and he is still upset, and won't move away from that cupboard: we've settled him on the sofa, then off he goes again, back to the cupboard, whining and scrabbling at it, "attacking" it and clearly distressed.
We've no previous experience with greyhounds.
Are they prone to being spooked, and what can we do to help the poor lad?

Maybe open the cupboard door and let him have a good snuffle in it. Sure, you'll have to wash your pans after he's snortled all over them but let him explore and see for himself that there's nothing to be scared of in there.

Aw, poor boy! We had an ex racer and they can be easily spooked until they settle, he’ll be ok - good idea of the poster above to open the cupboard and let him have a good look

Have you got some nice treats or a toy you can give him as a distraction? Or maybe take him out for a walk?

maybe an adaptil collar??...it's a dog specific hormone that reminds them of being a pup. I was a bit it's all hooey sceptical but our current "foster" is an anxious GSD and we were given one for him, and although he was making small improvements week on week, the few days after the collar went on he made some giant leaps ....I actually managed to potter about upstairs for 15 minutes before he missed me!

also think letting him have a good rootle in the cupboard might help...he probably got a right scare and really wants to be sure about the Cupboard of Noise!

Sounds extreme but can you empty the cupboard and take the door off for a while? It’s almost like you need to remove the scene of the crime for a while! Maybe bung some treats there.

I have a lurcher who is also extremely sensitive and has refused to go out the back door for weeks after knocking me over on the way out and a mug smashing which in turn caused him to run into a kitchen chair!

They are the most sensitive of creatures!

Greyhounds and their counterparts are easily spooked, particularly loud noises in my experience

Empty the cupboard or open the door & put the offending pan on the floor with some treats near it. Lots of soothing talking & praise too.

Thanks, everyone, for helpful suggestions.
DDog is more settled today, and we've been able to distract him with treats; he's still glancing towards the cupboard at times, and looking worried, but he's much better today.

That’s good to hear at least you’ve found out early on that these hounds have a flare for the dramatic and a case of the vapours!