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Post by janet456 on Jan 3, 2009 15:05:21 GMT -5
I have 2 youngster greys (aged 2 and 3 just).
They get on famously at home and never have a cross word over anything, be it food, toys or beds.
I take them out over the fields every morning and let them run free. Both are muzzled and they try and out chase each other all the time - it really is a beautful sight.
Towards the end of their stint - usually when they are running out of steam it can look like they turn on each other, I am pretty sure it is just competitive playing as they then end up both panting like mad and coming back where both of them just lean on me ...
... But for a minute it does look a bit wild eyed, saliva flying around and muzzles clattering together.
Is this something I should try and avoid by letting them off individally? or is it perfectly normal greyhound behaviour?
As I say they have no issues with each other at all and enjoy running together.
Thanks, Janet
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Post by lurcherlot on Jan 3, 2009 17:30:36 GMT -5
If they were lurchers, I would say it it's typical behaviour ..... they play 'catch up' - it sounds dreadful, and you thank heaven they're muzzled  I do stop mine doing it, or not let the particular two that do it off together when they are in wind up mode. |
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Post by janet456 on Jan 3, 2009 17:47:51 GMT -5
Thanks, I used to have a beautiful old boy and the youngster girl together, she would never wind him up as she just couldn't - he used to just turn his head away from her. Sadly my old boy Harry passed away last March and I now have a young boy (Clyde) who she can wind up a treat - he is learning to just turn his head away from her but he is only youngster. She is an adorable girl but I might just limit her "wind up activities" in future  They do enjoy running together so I think my aim will be to step in just as its winding down before she gets a chance. |
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Post by lurcherlot on Jan 3, 2009 17:58:20 GMT -5
They do enjoy running together so I think my aim will be to step in just as its winding down before she gets a chance. Yes, that's what I do when I've missed the wind up signals - it's exactly when it happens ..... one wants to stop and the other gets a second wind and doesn't. |
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Post by Jen Wren on Jan 4, 2009 7:11:44 GMT -5
She's not a little black bitch is she?? My Dolly loves to run and play but is intensely competitive. She only did 4 races cos she was stopped for 'interfering' with the other dogs while racing. On the odd occasion she has run off lead with my foster boy Biggles who is a bit slower then her she slows up, tries to nip at his neck (she is muzzled) and generally annoys him. If he tries to give her some back she gets quite annoyed and I have to step in and stop her. It can get out of hand quite quickly. I guess it's the nature of the racing training that makes emotions run high. With the hounds there is usually an element of what sounds like growling when they play, its just a case of knowing your dogs and when it is getting out of hand. I find it's the bitches who are worse then the males, they are much more highly strung  |
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Post by janet456 on Jan 4, 2009 7:55:01 GMT -5
She is indeed a little black bitch :-)
She simply cannot bear it when Clyde over takes her and will then try and nip him - sometimes he can ignore her but other times he gets a bit hacked off and that is when you get the clattering muzzles and wild eyes.
She really is a monkey as if I let her off on her own she won't run at all.
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Post by Flaperoo on Jan 5, 2009 15:33:31 GMT -5
;DI too have a black bitch who was 'retired for interfering' after six races. She really is lucky to have survived beacused her last race was in Clonmel, Ireland, and at the bottom of her racing card is written "get rid". That normally means 'end up dead with a bullit in your head, or with a large stone round your neck at the bottom of a deep lake  No one knows how she ended up in a rescue 2 years after that entry, healthy and happy, but I cannot let her off lead very often, because of her high prey drive. We were in Wales recently and found some safe beaches where she could stretch her legs. It was lovely to see her run, she was like a kid in a sweet shop, but she did not like my other greys out running her and would try to nip them. All three were muzzled but she was particularly agressive towards Roo (my omega dog ). I don't know if it was the right thing to do, but we decided to let her have her day because she was not particularly agressive towards Flash, and cannot normally be let off lead where we live and Roo can, so we put Roo on lead and let her strectch her legs. If they are both muzzled I wouldn't worry too much, just be aware. I wouldn't be without my little black bitch, she is just lovely ;D  ;D. I always say to people on home visits if the dog you are wanting is a black bitch then they have to be prepared for the unexpected and learn to work with them I don't think you have too much to worry about, all of mine settle down very quickly to a harmonious pack and it sounds as if yours do too. Mx |
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