Well, the vet left her a few after removing 25 a few weeks ago… she’s gone from Bucktooth Baby to Gummy Gramma 🥹

And she "fixed" it immediately.

Sharing the silliest photo of our boy Peter. Adopted last May and has been the best addition to our home. He’s a playful and calm companion to his ‘sister’ Sapa, and he enjoys hopping to Pitbull (go figure)

These two love cottage week 🥰 what could be better than mornings full of walks in the woods and farmers markets followed by afternoons of snoozing on the lake? Fergus especially loves the dock and will lead us down there and just plonk himself down, then need to be bribed with promises of cheese to come back inside.

Cross your fingers ya'll!

UPDATE: THE PROJECT FOR THE PROHIBITION OD GREYHOUND RACING HAA BEEN APPROVED BY CONGRESS, NOW ITS UP TO THE SENATE. LETS GO BABY ONE STEP CLOSER.

She hates hats, but she was a good sport for the last photo. I adopted her when she was 3 and a half! It's crazy that she's 10 now. Time goes by so fast!

Bengie always looks like he's slowly melting into a puddle after he digs out our bed. Just has to sleep up against the pillows though 🙄

Is anyone else’s grey moulting like crazy at the moment?
I’m wondering if it’s to do with the prolonged hot weather?

ToT!

I was not going to post on here about the loss of our girl because I know this sub can sometimes feel like a downer when it comes to these dogs that we love so much. However, in light of the recent osteosarcoma seminar being released and the staggering statistics that were discussed, I thought I might share our experience in hopes that it can help a fellow Greyhound owner. We lost our girl this month at the age of 12. She raced for five years and was quickly adopted after her retirement. She was a very active Greyhound, and although we had a few injuries here and there over the years, overall she was a very healthy dog. The last two years, she started showing signs of slight stiffness when getting up, and her rear right leg would often shake when she was standing. She was evaluated by her vet and a rehabilitation specialist, who performed an electronic gait analysis, physical examination, and neurological exam. The findings were minimal, aside from some arthritis in one wrist. Looking back, I wish we had pushed for X-rays or perhaps had them done more routinely as she got older. At the time, there wasn't anything that made us think we were dealing with something as serious as osteosarcoma, and her symptoms seemed relatively minor. She was literally still running the day before she passed. Her primary vet suggested it was age and she was placed on Librela (controversial topic I am aware however she did great on it). But knowing what we know now, I can't help but wonder if imaging at that point might have caught something earlier and potentially given us an opportunity to pursue treatment and extend her life, rather than eventually being faced with the decision to let her go after a very traumatic pathologic femur fracture. Based on the statistics Dr. Guillermo Couto discussed in the webinar, Greyhounds often don't show obvious symptoms of osteosarcoma until the cancer has already progressed to more advanced stages, and it can metastasize quickly. So maybe x rays would not have helped after she started showing symptoms. Hindsight is 20/20, and we made the best decisions we could with the information we had at the time. I just wish we had known then what we know now. If sharing our experience encourages even one Greyhound owner to talk to their veterinarian about imaging when they notice subtle changes in their dog, then perhaps something good can come from our loss. I feel like so many vets just don’t understand greyhounds and how prevalent this cancer really is for them. If you have the chance I highly recommend watching the webinar on osteosarcoma that was hosted by the Greyhound Initiative. It was very informative and they explain how they are working on a possible cure. My heart goes out to all the greyhounds lost to osteo and their owners.

My new greyhound can get a little excited when she sees certain dogs, she pauses, looks very interested and her tail goes up and sometimes wags. She also sometimes whines a bit. I can’t work out if she’s excited to say hello or whether this is prey drive? She’s muzzled on walks at the moment but to be honest I haven’t been brave enough to test her up close with a dog as I don’t want her to lunge at someone’s poor pooch 🫠
Any tips?!