Paula-

Intermittent lamesness when rising which would go away, then return.. yes - my girl was diagnosed with a partial tear in her cruciate ligament. Our vet took Xrays but wasn't confident of a diagnosis, and sent us to an orthopaedic specialist, an exam under sedation to confirm the tear and she went it for surgery. Hope your dog is OK :D

I'm so sorry

Oh nooooooooooo!!!!!!!! We just bought a smeg microwave (main reason - OH wanted to call it smeghead ) Guess what I'll be thinking about now, whenever I look at it! Smegma! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope she's OK

She's gorgeous!!!

Greys that are nervous about something (eg move to a home environment) can 'freeze up'. Shouldn't be long and she'll be roaching and doing zoomies and trying to climb on your lap for a cuddle They can certainly be klutzes Our guys have soft beds inside and tramp beds out, if they're not overly keen to start with they get used to them. They often have a few days of wobbling on the couch too, until they work out that all it requires is to jump up and then flop in a comfy heap

I'm so sorry fifi :D Run fast and free at the bridge together, Didi and Banshee

The fact that she's not sitting isn't that she's being disobedient - greys often find it a difficult position and also she's finding it all very new, a grey can 'shut down' if they're feeling nervous. I've also heard that they're discouraged from sitting in training (eg a grey sitting down in the box will get left behind when the race starts ). If you want to teach her, you'll need to take it very slow and not force her. I took one fella to obedience classes and after 8 weeks of being very patient and consistent, he could go into a drop and then up into a very shaky sit. Personally I don't teach our fosters to sit, instead I teach them something else in place of it, for example 'touch' - getting them to move forward and nose your hand. Other options would be a 'drop/down' or a 'stand, stay' for dinner. :p

There's a thread in the rescue section about a greyhound with SLO, we've had one here in Canberra with it too. My friend fostered the Canberra grey and has a heap of info on the condition.

Just another word about wire muzzles, I've seen greys get them off (hook a claw in the bit that goes behind their ears and draw it off over their head) and I've had a grey try to take it off by pawing the top of the wire and dragging it down far enough that his teeth hooked over the top. This cut his gums and it was extremely hard to get off him. There may be nothing in the house for the muzzle to get hooked on, but the grey could still get hurt.

I'm so so sorry Run free at the bridge Pyro

Shadow had a hard life, we saw the photos of where she lived before she came to us and it broke our hearts. She came to us 16 months ago with a bad limp, we found that she had a broken leg that hadn't been treated. It was likely 6 weeks old, and too late to fix - it healed a bit wonky but she recovered. Nicknamed 'Hoppy' by the people who helped with her rescue, she became her dad's shadow.. Shadow was quiet to start with, unsure of being part of a family, but soon she was bouncing on the bed, farting in our face and barking at us whenever she wanted anything. She had a goofy grin and a 'sad face' to beat 'em all - and used it to get whatever she wanted. She was special. Last week Shadow started limping, not much at first - we thought she'd bruised herself by bouncing into the coffee table, asking for a treat - but it got worse quickly and our worst fears were confirmed. Bone cancer took you from us far too soon, you should have had a much longer life with us - stealing steak off the table and running off with visitors' handbags. We all miss you, Shadow girl. Shadow 17.10.1997 - 15.01.2007

Oh Stormy, I'm so sorry Run free at the bridge, beautiful boy

Yep, Minty had the top of the femur removed and the hip socket de-nervated. The surgery went very well, Minty's had three weeks of confinement/limited exercise and is now starting to slowly increase that - a false joint needs to form to stablise the leg but he's using his leg more and he's not in pain.

I'm so sorry GB ;)

We had a grey who needed his tail amputated after he chewed off the last 10cm - first surgery took off only part of the tail, he had a really bad time, tail wouldn't heal, infections and blood everywhere, it was eventually amputated to a short stump by my usual vet - surgery went well, pain relief for a few days, his tail healed over very quickly, no problems.

Aww Hope Cocoa recovers quickly, if pups were already dead it was lucky that she was in for desexing

My girl Stella has had 3 cruciate surgeries, starting when she was about 18 months, she's now nearly 6. One leg fixed the traditional way, one with a wedge resection where they cut a piece of bone out - more expensive but recommeded as a better option for a large, active dog. There's some big threads here somewhere about cruciate surgery and recovery etc. - http://forums.dogzonline.com.au/index.php?...amp;hl=cruciate Stella completely tore her first knee and she went lame immediately, she partially tore her second and had intermittent lameness - she would be fine for a while and then slightly favouring her leg, we were referred to an ortho specialist for confirmation and treatment. Stella is now fine - surgery is expensive and recovery takes a lot of time but we had a great outcome. Hope Punter's OK

As greyhounds? I know some people might not like the 'skinny' look of a healthy greyhound but...

Ribs ribs ribs ribs... Puppies with waists... Waists, waists, waists...

Verrrry chubby imy.. Radar was... 33kgs? Same as Prince, who's now at my place - he's just finished racing and you can see the bits (ribs etc) that you should be able to see on a greyhound. Prince is not skinny, he looks great. If Radar's now 40... that's waaaay over what he should be...

Fantastic news Yay Ollie!!!!

I had a porky grey here (not Radar ) - He had a lite kibble and I cut down on the size of his meals, and if he was still hungry he got a carrot to chew. He wasnot a healthy weight and he lost the weight he needed to in a hurry. If you want to keep his meals the same, try grating the carrot (a fair bit of it if necessary) and mixing it into everything else. They're pigs and will always eat more if you offer it, gotta stay strong imy!!

You can get different coats - some have longish (~3cm) thick coat, others have the very short, fine coat... but...

Awww poor maggie If it was a baby, not surprising someone caught it..