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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 6:43:21 GMT -5
Last Friday one month after losing the second of my two wonderful greyhounds at the age of 12 I stopped at our local council stray kennels to make a donation but not to get another dog as my work circumstances have changed.
In the first run I was confronted by a shivering wreck of a greyhound who I was told had been there since being picked up on August 2nd. Without thinking I took the hound there and then as my heart bled for him.
He is a lovely three year old boy but quite simply cannot be parted from me for a second and I realise I have made a mistake for him and for me.
He is clearly traumatised after abandonment and now the bank holiday is over I have to return to work on Wed leaving him alone for over 8 hours without any real preparation.
When I'm with him he is calm and just like my other two dogs but as soon as I make a move to even go into the kitchen he is on my heels. Going outside or out of sight turns him from a relaxed snoozing hound into a howling frightened dog who I believe needs a home where people can be with most if not all of the day.
The thought of leaving him at home all day from 8am tomorrow morning is making me so ill and stressed thinking how anxious and upset he will become.
He is spotless in the house and I'm not worried about stress pee just the fact he will think he is being abandoned again !
I have no intention of returning him to the pound but really need some help / guidance as I'm incredibly stressed at what to do now he is home.
Although I have become really attached to him all ready I just feel he needs a home with people with him most of the time.
Can anybody help / reassure / give advice.
Thank you.
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Post by samburns on Aug 26, 2014 7:28:22 GMT -5
What area are you in?
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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 7:33:43 GMT -5
Between Whitchurch Shropshire and Wrexham North Wales
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Post by samburns on Aug 26, 2014 8:04:56 GMT -5
I'm really sorry for your recent loss and can well understand how you couldn't walk away from this boy  It may be worth trying some of these rescues: greyhoundrescuewales.co.uk/ www.rescuedracers.org/ shropshire.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/I can understand you wouldn't want him to go back to kennels but at least in the short term while getting him fully assessed and having the ability to find him the right home, if a rescue can help out it may be best for him and less stressful for him than being in a new environment and being left for such a long time. |
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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 9:17:31 GMT -5
Hi Sam - I have just returned from the vets. I have had him checked over vacced etc. Had a long chat as he lay stretched out at our feet on the cold plastic floor - that's the power of people for this hound!!! She suggested making him a safe den in the garage for tomorrow to give me time to decide on what to do. A escue just feels like I'm moving the problem to them and taking a greyhound to a rescue just feels the wrong way round for me - I feel he is my responsibility - I just hope te most stupid impulsive thing I've ever done works out somehow and I can find him a home where people can be with him as much as possible because I'm certain that's all he needs.
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Post by Nettie on Aug 26, 2014 9:56:25 GMT -5
I'm going to move your post to the Advice section, you'll probably get more views. Is it possible for you to sort out someone to pop in at lunchtime to let the dogs out, 8 hours is an awfully long time to leave any dog for. Also it would be worth reading the pinned thread in the advice section on Separation Anxiety although of course it will be difficult for you as you do need to go to work. I do wish you luck with this.
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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 10:15:07 GMT -5
Thank you. 95% of the time I can come back lunchtime so 4 hours would be the longest stretch but I would have to return to work for the afternoon. The issue is he can't go 4 minutes at the moment and time is required
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Post by lurcherlot on Aug 26, 2014 10:42:24 GMT -5
Do you have facilities for another dog? Usually all they need is the company of another dog and of course somebody to take them out at lunchtime when you cannot get home.
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Post by Nettie on Aug 26, 2014 10:45:27 GMT -5
Liz, she's got two other dogs and has said that 95% of the time she gets home for lunch. Its just that he can't do more than 4 minutes on his own.
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Post by lurcherlot on Aug 26, 2014 10:48:02 GMT -5
I thnk you will find the lady has lost both her greyhounds .... 'Last Friday one month after losing the second of my two wonderful greyhounds at the age of 12 I stopped at our local council stray kennels to make a donation but not to get another dog as my work circumstances have changed.'
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Post by Nettie on Aug 26, 2014 10:58:51 GMT -5
You're right, mea culpa, read it wrong - what's new!  |
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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 11:35:02 GMT -5
Hi All - I'm a guy by the way - some of us love hounds as much as any of you girls - probably too much in my case hence the current predicament ! I think my only options will be to find a foster who is there all day (I would fund him fully until we could find him the right home) or take him to an RGT kennel or similar rescue either way I feel like I've failed him but can't see another way.
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Post by greybeard on Aug 26, 2014 12:42:14 GMT -5
Really feel for you and understand the impulse!Our eldest son found a grey in the earliest hours of the coldest day of winter 2012.Cost us a sleepless night cos we didn't want our lurcher and grey to meet her - Perry(grey) would have thought he'd got a new sister.Fortunately she went to our vets in the morning,she was chipped and owner traced - but I would have found it hard to let her go to the pound.Apart from seperation anxiety,it seems too soon for you to have had chance to suss out how he is with other dogs etc.Hope you find a rescue place,they should assess him properly.Cath
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Post by Lisa on Aug 26, 2014 13:03:23 GMT -5
I read it wrong as well and read it as other dogs being there. There are threads pinned at the top of this section that might help. You really need to completely withdraw from him to begin with give him no attention whatsoever and stop him following you round etc etc. If you are in a position to take a few days off work I would be happy to work with you to see if we can settle him down
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Post by lakers on Aug 26, 2014 16:28:13 GMT -5
I'm still working on getting him a 'babysitter' for tomorrow as I have no way out of being at work - Thu and Fri I'm trying to arrange work from home. Thanks for all the advice and I'm reading up on the right way to handle this - it's just time is against me. Maybe if we can get through to tomorrow I can evaluate things with a clearer mind going forward and I'm going to shout out for help I'm certain so thank you all.
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