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Some of Mr Joe:

We had a 'village' peacock who flew in one day and lived here for about 16 years before sadly being hit by a car on the now-busier road. Extremely noisy fella, mind you, I'm not sure I'd want to have a bunch of them around 😄 Someone thought it would be kind to buy a peahen 'companion' for him in...

Wow, he's so handsome 😍

Brown romanian-type dog came after me and my dog this morning, slipped under a kissing gate and stood there growling and barking at us, then advanced, growled a bit more, meanwhile woman is up on the higher path ineffectually calling its name :rolleyes: I shout at her to please come and get it...

'Greyhounds' should be the dictionary description of 'stubborn' shouldn't they 😄 Such creatures of habit. I try to get Joe to lie in the hall (coolest spot) but he's not keen. He's huffing and puffing and nose-whining at me now because he wants to go out for a walk, which I'm going to have to...

I would guess she'll take herself downstairs if she's too hot, especially if she has a bed upstairs and one downstairs (or the couch!). Mine is hot just lying on his bed in this weather so he has a pedestal fan pointing his way and on pretty much all night. He will get up and lie on the carpeted...

I sponge down my greyhound before a walk too 😄 And because I take water/bowl out with us he sometimes gets some of that on his bonce/under the armpits too half-way around! Kongs are great, mine loves a frozen peanut-butter one.

Turns out they've caught the guy and the dog's escaped, so is roaming the woods. A few locals have said they know him and the dog's not friendly (unsurprising, with that owner) so not sure how things'll turn out for it now :confused:

Armed police are looking for this guy near where I live at the moment and he has a Cane Corso...presumably as an extra weapon in his aggressive arsenal. I wonder if it'll end in them catching him and shooting the dog. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg3nj5g7g9o

Absolutely agree - and in that case a decent rescue takes the dog back and either rehomes to someone without the triggers of the first household or PTS if it's irredeemable aggressive behaviour.

I take Joe to cottages in Pembrokeshire/Cardiganshire, we go at least once a year - quite a lot of small beaches that are open to dogs in the summer and you can choose to be remote or in a village/town depending on your preference! Tend to use https://www.coastalcottages.co.uk/ or...

Thank you both! @misst that's interesting that your lad is less reactive, I'm hoping it'll have that sort of effect with Joe's noise sensitivity too. I guess we never really know how much pain/discomfort they're in, day to day, and it's totally understandable that it would make them stressed and...

Thanks for the update, I was wondering how you were getting on - it sounds pretty positive!

True, and some would be obvious from the get-go, but some dogs show undesirable behaviour in kennels that disappears in a relaxed home environment, it would be a shame to write them off just because they've been put in a stressful situation. There would have to be some very clear criteria on...

I think sometimes the quotes say in small print that it's only valid for 24 hours or a week or whatever and then they can change it, maybe one of those situations? Definitely worth calling them to check as you might end up with a better deal anyway! Congrats on your new boy!