What a cutie!! We adopted a retired greyhound almost 2 years ago. Our guy is an older dog (he just turned 8). The group we adopted through recommended the “Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies” book. It has good info in a concise format about the quirks of the breed and tips for training. The group was also big on alone training for the dog. We adopted on a 3 day weekend and spent most of the weekend leaving the house for short increments to to get him used to us being gone (we do also have a lab so he is not completely alone). He would cry when we left but as we increased time he would settle down after a few minutes. We stopped using the crate completely about a year into having him. We crate trained our lab as well and after we trusted her we stopped using the crate. I will say do not get discouraged as greyhounds are A little different. I feel like it took our guy about a year to really open up to us and show his personality. It just takes time. I find training is the same as other dogs, but greyhounds are pretty sensitive so it doesn’t take much to correct behavior. Also ours LOVES bananas for treats and is very food motivated. Apparently some of the tracks use bananas as a treat.

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re: Post a picture of your dog

Posted by EvilMadeline on 3/26/20 at 9:39 pm to Bigryno7

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These two always make me smile!

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re: The difference between Millennials and Zoomers

Posted by EvilMadeline on 11/19/19 at 11:19 am to fallguy_1978

1996 makes me feel better. I was born in 1982 and my childhood cartoons were Looney Toons plus Sesame Street and the Muppets. My cousin had cable so I also enjoyed Fraggle Rock at her house. Based on the stuff listed I thought I missed out on a ton of stuff from childhood.

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re: Putting down a dog was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

Posted by EvilMadeline on 3/24/19 at 12:12 pm to LSUlefty

I’m so sorry for your loss. My husband and I had three dogs. We had to put the Boxer/hound mix he got in college from the BR pound down in 2016. It was very hard but it was time he was almost 16 and and struggled to get up and down. I recently lost my yorkie that was 15 on 12/20/18. I let her out to pee in the backyard when we got home from work. I went to let her back in and she didn’t come to the door. After looking for her in the backyard we found a fence board by the trashcan that was broken she must have gone through to chase something and we found her hit by a car on the next street. I was devastated. I was trying to prepare myself for the inevitable because she was older but she was a very healthy dog so I assumed I still had time with her. I don’t know what’s harder losing them when you know it’s time or unexpectedly. We still have our lab but the house seems empty and I still tear up when I pass by where we found her. I took her to work with me everyday so it’s hard not to miss her presence. I will say it’s three months later and I find myself wanting another dog because I miss that connection and the lab is closer to my husband unless I put running shoes on.

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re: Houston Suburb home prices

Posted by EvilMadeline on 10/25/11 at 2:25 pm to barry

I have to agree that the property taxes and state income taxes end up canceling each other out. I'm originally from Houston stayed in Louisiana after attending LSU and am in the process of moving back. The real savings if you live in South Louisiana is the homeowners insurance in addition to the private school tuition. Trying to find someone to write a homeowner's policy south of I-10 is an ongoing battle and if your forced to take la citizens an average size house will run you about $6500 a year.

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