Looking for advice please. We adopted our greyhound one week ago and he's really struggling with being alone.
Rescue advised us to start early and leave him alone for 30 minutes then 1 hour etc. We tried 3 times and he became really anxious - jumping at the window and door, breaking our blind and chewing the slats apart. We've since gone down to 5 minutes 2/3 times a day. He is still panicking and acting the same. We're even just going out the front door and back garden to try to get him used to it.

We had a friend stay with him on evening and he was completely fine. So he doesn't seem to be attached to us but more scared of being alone. We told the rescue we'd need to leave him alone for 2-3 hours and he had no issue being left alone at the rescue (guessing because there's other dogs there)

So far we have tried: radio, calming collar, lavender spray, no fuss on leaving/returning, time on his own downstairs with us upstairs, toppl with treats, toys, waiting for calming bed. We walk him twice a day and spend time playing with him etc.

Feeling really out of our depth and like this isn't sustainable for us and starting to wonder if he just needs to be in a home with another dog in. For context we're first time owners but had dogs in our families growing up.

• sigh * this never grows old…

Tried to get her to hurry up this morning by saying her Pa would eat her breakfast if she wasn't careful and she did not care for my tone

Hi all,

My dog passed in September and this sub was so kind. Thank you again.

I adopted a new boy in November and he is absolutely a joy. The cuddliest and silliest greyhound I’ve ever met. But potty training him has been a nightmare and I really need advice. At first I tried to keep him to my old dog’s schedule as the adoption group had told me he was house broken, but quickly realized that would not work.

Let me start by saying this dog pees a LOT, more than any dog I’ve ever had or seen. Not just frequency, but volume. It’s insane and everybody in my life has commented on it. He will drink excessively until his water is taken away. When I noticed this behavior I immediately took him to the vet, they did a urinalysis and told me it was behavioral. I was advised to treat him like a puppy. I am using belly bands and I clean with an enzyme cleaner. When I’m home I am taking him out every hour, whenever somebody enters or leaves, or after any meals. If I deviate from this schedule at all, he has an accident. He is fully soaking his diapers sometimes, he is not lifting his leg, it does not seem to be marking. It seems like incontinence or anxiety to me.

Sometimes my roommate works from home, and when she cannot walk him every hour he has accidents. We recently tried to have her crate him when she is too busy to take him out, but if he’s alone in my room in his crate he looses his mind. I need to start training this, but I personally do not think it’s a good long-term solution, anyway.

The kicker is, when we are both at work, he holds it for two 4/5 hour stretches of time. My vet did recommend I restrict his water, and I think he drinks less when we are not home, so that could be it.. but I’m not sure. This also doesn’t sit too well with me as a solution because he seems SO thirsty.

I’ve contacted my vet to do more testing and I’ve reached out to a professional trainer. My adoption group recommended I get him tested for diabetes insipidus, but my vet told me this wasn’t a consideration because his concentration was 1.028.

Has anybody had any similar experiences? I’m not under the impression the transition from kennel to home life is easy, but I’m really struggling.

Living the life she deserves!

What a good polite boy!

TL:DR My two soul dogs, Dougie 5 years ago and Bear today. Both 45kgs of love and elbows! Dougie was a huge greyhound, a brilliant racer, very, very strong but really struggled in retirement. He had 3 homes and spent almost 2 years in kennels before coming to live with us and our (then pack of 5 dogs). Dougie took a long time to settle in and trust us, but once he did, he was a one woman dog. He was by my side constantly, we had such a close bond, I was devastated when we lost him just short of his 12th birthday. 4 years later I got a call from the kennels, "if you want to see what Dougie was like when he first retired we've got a replica in". Meet Bear, my 45kg fur baby. He came to us very soon after retiring, his trainer adored him and he loves all humans, but our bond is as strong as it was with Dougie. I feel like Dougie sent him to me, he's got me through some tough times in the last 2 years, and our home feels full again, with Bear and his 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Happy Birthday to the gentlest creature🥳

Afternoon walkies means creek time!

One of our foster/trial boys being a good boy, sitting unprompted, waiting for dinner. He has wonderful manners.

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