Greys and other breed help

[greysrus]

I have a grey who seems very interested in other dogs when walking. She's fine with my elder grey. I walk her with a muzzle. I've had her 3 weeks. Will she calm down her interest over time? I don't recall my other grey being so interested.

Any advice to help her. I talk calmly to her and continue walking as we pass dogs.

[greybeard]

Early days - if she's newly retired she's only used to other Greys.And getting used to a big,new and scary world that includes dogs in all shapes and and sizes.You're doing the right thing by using a muzzle and talking calmly to reassure her.It takes quite a while for their true personalities to emerge we've had Jem for a year and it's only recently she has been walked with friends and their dogs without her muzzle,and then it's always close to hand,mainly cos very keen with small furries.Good luck and welcome to the Forum - Cath.

[Ted]

I was lucky that A1K9 carried out 6 week of training for an hour either on a Saturday or Sunday. I took each of my Greyhounds just after I rehomed them so that they met to chase and play with all sizes and varieties of dog. They used the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes of the hour's weekly training for the dogs to be off lead with no human interference so that they all learnt about other types of dogs. All of my Greyhounds are now great with all sizes and types of dog and also humans. However they are not furry safe so I have to keep them on the lead in our area where there numerous cats. I have had numerous comments how well my Greyhounds teach other dogs to play and greet dogs and humans. However if they come up against a aggressive dog their reaction is to come back straight away to me when they are off the lead. If an aggressive dog decides to pursue one of them, I get the message straight away and they will back each other up but not aggressively. This causes the aggressive dog to back off and leave us alone.

[kamkay]

I've had one, Jet, who took almost a year before I could trust him to walk unmuzzled and even then he would occasionally object to the way some other dog had looked at him and one, Guinness, who took about three weeks to show he is basically bomb proof. A stern "Leave it" if Jet showed too much interest in another dog usually had the desired effect. It really is early days , just give your hound the time to find her feet and in the meantime keep her muzzled. Good luck, welcome to Gap and let us know how you get on

[greysrus]

Thanks all, I will continue with her muzzled. She's very alert when out, totally different to me elder grey - don't remember her ever being so alert!