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KatiesCats
Are you around? I need help with something greyhound related.
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Re: KatiesCats
Hi Copz!
I am here. What's up?
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oh cool than maybe both of you can give an opinion.
backstory - we got our greyhound a year ago at age 3. she was always fine with everyone of every age. one day we had our friends over - roughly 10 adults and 3 kids. the adults were at the table and the kids were on the floor with her. one of them did something to piss her off and she snapped at the kid and i think maybe bit her but the kid wouldn't admit it. i'm not saying the dog is blameless but the kids parents say that she plays rough with their dogs and might have done with the same with our dog not knowing.
every since then, she growls at my niece (4) and my nephew (2). well unfortunately circumstances had my sister in law and nephew move in with us last night. this morning i come downstairs with T (nephew) and he wants to sit next to her on the couch so i sit with him to see how she'll react. she growls. so i ask him to sit on the other couch and he does.
i take his seat on the couch directly next to the dog bc in the meantime she ripped her dew claw and i want to scope it out. T walks back over and asks if he can pet her. i tell him to pet her nicely and in the meantime i'm holding her collar. he pets her head super nice and she freaks out. barks in his face and she caught him on his forehead with her teeth.
i'm looking for what the heck do i do next? what can i do differently and what can i do with her to make her be more comfortable around kids and not freak out. we're trying to have our own kid right now and obviously i don't want this to spiral out of control. i called the adoption agency too and i'm waiting to hear back.
My little nuggets
Behaviorist. Behaviorist now. The sooner you get started on this, the easier it'll be to sort out.
I think I've heard maybe 2 of our 26 greys growl, ever, and never at a person.
Also, petting should be anywhere but the head. Imagine if you were scared of something and it came straight at your head/face. You wouldn't like it at all. Plus, she's in pain from the dew claw, and this scary thing is coming at her face where she's trying to lay...no no no.
Keeping her off the couch could help too. We've had some dogs with various behavior issues, and showing them where they belong (i.e. not wherever the fwck they want) made a world of difference.
For now, plenty of crate/safe time (away from the kids), and keep the kids away from her at all times. Call a behaviorist like now, and see if you can get an appointment right away. I forget where you live, but I could do some googling and let you know what I find out if you let me know.
This won't be super easy, but I think it can definitely be worked on!
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Thank you! In the year we've had her I've heard her bark/growl maybe 5 times. Its really unnerving. The 2 year old is living with us for now so we're all going to have to be very aware.
We have two couches and we only let her on the one. She knows she is NOT allowed on the other and she's not allowed on any beds. I guess we'll have to keep her off both couches for now.
I'll PM you where I live if you can help me. I don't know the first thing to look for with a behaviorist.
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