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Post by nardeeuh on Nov 9, 2013 12:58:34 GMT -5
Hi all,
Just wondering if you any of you can help with this.
I have two Greys, Rudy (male) and Lola (female), both 2. We have Had Rudy since July and got Lola in August.
We have seen for a little while that when Lola tries to interact and play with Rudy, Rudy isn't interested. He will quite happily pick up the nearest toy and start mouthing that but doesnt want the take any notice of Lola. He offense always fights for your attention when you first come in the door.
Today, we were in our field for a run and Rudy completely refused to play. There was even a point where he told her off completely and she responded I. An really unusual way. Instead of backing down and 'getting the picture'she barked very fiercely with her teeth showing and still tried to get him to play. We had to tell her off as she was being quite relentless.
I don't really understand why Rudy won't entertain it at all, I mean, he does looks quite scared when she runs at him, but I also don't understand why Lola doesn't get his hints.
They seem to get on well in the house, I mean they don't snuggle up or anything but there are never any grumbles.
I know it's early days with these guys but Hope some of you guys will have some advice or have come across this type of thing before.
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Post by sammy13 on Nov 9, 2013 13:12:13 GMT -5
Nell would always try and play with Sam but he was too old and wouldn't play. When we lost him and got Bracken she wouldn't play with him. Even now after 18 months they don't really play but are very happy together. Yours may still be getting to know each other.BBracken backs of from Nell as she is the dominant female. X
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Post by samburns on Nov 9, 2013 13:19:16 GMT -5
I think some dogs just don't like to play, or at least play with other dogs...... or sometimes they have certain playmates but that doesn't mean they will play with every dog. I don't find greyhounds overly playful as a breed, well not compared to some other breeds anyway.
I have 4 greys (2 boys, 2 girls) and they don't really play with each other much at all. All of them enjoy an occasional play with toys. One of them loves running for a tennis ball more than anything in the world. To be honest I'm happy they are like that because when greyhounds do run/chase/play together that's when they seem to be most prone to accidental injuries.
If your girl wants to play and your boy doesn't, can you take a toy with you for her to play with, or interest her in chasing a ball or frisbee or similar so she's not pestering your lad about playing?
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Post by nardeeuh on Nov 9, 2013 13:52:26 GMT -5
I was worried about one of them getting hurt earlier. We have tried toys in the past but Rudy is more interested in toys than Lola. Lola really does love to chase. When there are other dogs and Lola is playing with another dog, Rudy intervenes and chases down the other dog so Lola can't play. It's almost like. I don't want to play with her but you can't either. Lola is actually very good with all breeds and will play more with other breeds however she constantly turns her attention to Rudy as I guessing he runs fast enough for her!!!
I think I will try another toy with Lola but when we try in the past she just looks as it goes whizzing past her. Will do anything for food though!
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Post by samburns on Nov 9, 2013 15:38:27 GMT -5
If she is happy playing with other dogs, I would just pop him back on lead when she gets the opportunity to have a play. Many of us have dogs with that 'play police' mentality!
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Post by allthehounds on Nov 9, 2013 17:34:54 GMT -5
We've had Ernie since 2007 and he came to us with his kennel mate Mou-Mou. Ernie always played rough and Mou being much smaller used to try and hide before he flattened her! Sadly we lost Mou in 2012 to cancer and Ernie then spent 9 months as an only dog. In December last year we brought Lily home and to be honest right up until a couple of months ago Ernie has been fairly indifferent towards her and every time she's tried to play with him he's completely ignored her or even had a quick snap in her face. Suddenly out of the blue he started playing with her in the garden and now they race around like lunatics and Ernie is back to initiating it and seems to enjoy having a run with her, I've no idea what's changed or if it's just taken him this long to get used to having her around but there's a lot more interaction now and more sniffing each other in the house too which was missing before. I think it might just take a bit more time for your two to form a more playful relationship but I'm sure it'll come in the end. Good luck.
Sian x
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Post by vickyb on Nov 9, 2013 18:01:06 GMT -5
Do they have muzzles on when they're out on walks? If not it might be worth using them as they can easily catch each other and make a hole if they're getting a bit full on with each other. Because the fur is short and the skin thin it doesn't need a proper bite just catching a tooth and its a trip to the vet for stitches. I muzzle all of ours mainly because we started to get a lot of holes and I got fed up boosting my vets bank balance!
A lot of greyhounds have no idea what playing or toys are because they've never learnt. One of my girls is really full on when she chooses to play and can be a bully, Maddie hates it when she does that and freezes and won't play but she'll play with toys and me. Sapphy has been with us for just over 3 yrs but has only recently started to play with toys and with me. They'll play chase sometimes on walks but not always.
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Post by nardeeuh on Nov 9, 2013 18:14:06 GMT -5
Mostly they wear muzzles but today we didn't as we were the only ones in the field. I do worry about the nicks and things but if we want Lola to play wwih a ball or Frisbee, she'll have to be unmuzzled. They never have any spats, except when Lola goads him to play. Gonna try playing with Lola separately and see if that changes anything, she just likes Rudy to run so she can chase. We've been putting Rudy on the lead when other dogs are around, they seem to interact very well separately with other dogs, but both together are a bit of a nightmare.
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Post by greybeard on Nov 9, 2013 20:46:09 GMT -5
Hard to say - Tilly and Kizzie loved to play chase and bitey faces.Took several years for them to take a slight interest in toys.After Tillie went to the bridge and we had Perry,Kiz really wanted to play like before.Sadly it was about 18 months before he felt ready for it.Now Kiz finds him too exuberant and runs away(in some ways it's hard to believe he's 10 and behaves like a 3 year old). Perhaps it's a houndie thing - now they will have a daft 10 minutes with toys, but after that not bothered.Cath
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Post by jodav on Nov 10, 2013 6:40:03 GMT -5
Do they have muzzles on when they're out on walks? If not it might be worth using them as they can easily catch each other and make a hole if they're getting a bit full on with each other. Because the fur is short and the skin thin it doesn't need a proper bite just catching a tooth and its a trip to the vet for stitches. I muzzle all of ours mainly because we started to get a lot of holes and I got fed up boosting my vets bank balance! A lot of greyhounds have no idea what playing or toys are because they've never learnt. One of my girls is really full on when she chooses to play and can be a bully, Maddie hates it when she does that and freezes and won't play but she'll play with toys and me. Sapphy has been with us for just over 3 yrs but has only recently started to play with toys and with me. They'll play chase sometimes on walks but not always. Agree entirely  I'm always very careful about Tracy playing with small dogs on the beach because some owners definitely do not appreciate her 'rather enthusiastic style '  and a muzzle is a must. If she joins forces with a couple of other full-on playmates, they can sometimes gang-up on a less playful dog and surround it and again, it's important to have some mechanism to stop and recall your dog if the play gets out of hand On a lighter note, Paddy is a playful dog but in the beginning would never play with Tracy. From the day he first arrived, she would elicit play in all the ways you mention: run head-long at him, give endless short sharp barks, play bow, pirouette 6 times and I never intervened to stop it (except perhaps in the first couple of days.) After about a year, he started playing with her in the lounge, usually excited anticipation of a walk and now after 18 months, he responds to her invitations in the garden and out on the Heath and he loves it. It follows the same pattern, she barks in his face and then they take off 'like the clappers' He loves to squeak soft toys and will show mild interest in a tennis ball. Tracy and a ball .... forget it  It's a slow-burn with some hounds in all honesty and a whole lot to do with their personality and past experience. I would say, be patient .... it was worth the wait for us to see Paddy now being able to enjoy himself, chasing about only for fun and not for work. Jo |
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