Barneys powers of persuasion from beyond the grave ...

She's home, so far so good 😊


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Clodagh said:
A very bling outfit! I see she is getting used to her comforts. :-)
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She's such a pretty little thing, had to have the outfit to match 😉
Didn't take long at all. Where shes so tiny she has a habit of jumping up on things to look bigger, shes the polar opposite to Barney. Confident little lady!
 
So glad she is home with you, it's good she is different from Barney. Very posh clothes! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas together. Look forward to updates.
 
Definitely a screw or two loose here 😜 I picked a mental one that's for sure!

Shes currently flat out, head on a pillow snoring her head off next to me. Good job I'm single eh!
 
If there is one thing i believe in it is fate and this was literally a leap of faith in such a thing! She looks SO happy. Happy dog times ahead :)
 
Lovely story. I am sure it is meant to be and Barney has a paw in it.!Similar thing happened with me after my last dog at 16 yrs was PTS a couple of months ago.I swore that would be my last dog but a week later I had an overwhelming urge to get the same breed and felt bereft without a dog.I couldnt understand it as I previously was looking forward to all the things I could without the "tie " of having a dog.I kept in touch with the breed rescue page online and to find a grown dog, young and healthy was too much to hope for as they did not come up often.Then just as I was closing the laptop for the night up came the perfect dog on the website and it lived only a mile away.! The owner was housebound and was giving him up as she did not have the energy for him anymore. Now I have am a dog owner again and I love it.! Strange how things work out.
 
cinnamontoast said:
Oh my word, she is beautiful! Those eyes! I bet she gets away with loads! So happy you got her, it was meant to be.
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Nope, stern no dogs on beds, no jumping up, no naughtiness rules in this house ..



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Very willful little thing, trainings going to be fun! Thankfully she's food oriented big time...
 
Glad she had a comfy night!

We have a whippet/greyhound rescue. So shy and quiet when she came but still amazing how she still knew what she wanted and could be quite stubborn.
She still knows her own mind but is the dearest gentlest speediest companion ever!

Loving the pics!
 
Oh this thread has made me feel soo happy and I haven't been doing much of that lately so thankyou OP and Lucy :D so over the moon for you both to have found each other!! Life has a funny old way sometimes ��
 
Chiffy said:
Glad she had a comfy night!

We have a whippet/greyhound rescue. So shy and quiet when she came but still amazing how she still knew what she wanted and could be quite stubborn.
She still knows her own mind but is the dearest gentlest speediest companion ever!

Loving the pics!
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Shes very much a cuddle monster, b never jumped up where as she will be on your lap/paws on your shoulders in a heartbeat if you let her. Shes very confident in some respects but took her for a very long walk this morning and she was very quiet, scared of any dog that wasn't greyhound shaped.
Rescue reckons she will be on the kitchen sideboards .. I can see why now 😅
 
Doing well with the cat so far 😊 quite impressed, this morning she was quite reactive to her. Not chasing but watching her every move and a little bit too interested in her. Apparently she's decided shes boring and is blanking her now after a few times of telling her no firmly! Cat now getting brave and walking under her ..
Still muzzled when they're together until we are 100% sure but very good so far. Biggest problem we are having so far is weeing, she cant relax enough to go outside and is having accidents indoors but its all new and lets be honest - could have worse problems!
I've never been in the garden so many times in my life 😆
 
That's unusual, mine have all been clean from the start pretty much when I've first had them but if she is naturally quite on her toes I guess she is finding too much to distract her when she is out there! It might be just a case of waiting.... and waiting... and waiting until she gets the message :)

Flick, my little white greyhound, is equally nuts by the sound of it, she is so funny and engaging but always 'not quite there' :D With her, I had a few episodes of her having accidents indoors (ironically once she had settled in!) so I got into the habit of putting her out, waiting at the back door, and sending her away back into the garden until she had peed. Once she had done, massive praise, and she could come back in. Now she knows perfectly well that I won't let her back in until she has gone, so she nips out, does it straight away, and scampers back into the nice warm kitchen :D
 
Lévrier;13442921 said:
That's unusual, mine have all been clean from the start pretty much when I've first had them but if she is naturally quite on her toes I guess she is finding too much to distract her when she is out there! It might be just a case of waiting.... and waiting... and waiting until she gets the message :)

Flick, my little white greyhound, is equally nuts by the sound of it, she is so funny and engaging but always 'not quite there' :D With her, I had a few episodes of her having accidents indoors (ironically once she had settled in!) so I got into the habit of putting her out, waiting at the back door, and sending her away back into the garden until she had peed. Once she had done, massive praise, and she could come back in. Now she knows perfectly well that I won't let her back in until she has gone, so she nips out, does it straight away, and scampers back into the nice warm kitchen :D
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Trying that right now, battle of wills here, we've pretty much been in the garden since 8pm 😔 perfect recall, which we've been practicing but still no wee .. She hasn't been since 3. Its the bedroom shes been choosing to go so determined that shes going to go before bed. Who's going to crack first..
 
TwyfordM said:
Trying that right now, battle of wills here, we've pretty much been in the garden since 8pm �� perfect recall, which we've been practicing but still no wee .. She hasn't been since 3. Its the bedroom shes been choosing to go so determined that shes going to go before bed. Who's going to crack first..
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oooo she is a frustrating determined little soul isn't she! To avoid you getting hypothermia, another suggestion would be to literally tie her to you on a medium/long length lead so she can't disappear to wee without you being aware? It just means she cannot sneak off while (for example) you are watching TV or talking on HHO and not concentrating on her?

Obviously these are just ideas, feel free to try or ignore as you prefer :) I am no expert just trying to think of ideas that might help :)

Do you have a crate to put her in? That is the ONLY thing that really sorts Flick out - she is 10 years old on 3rd January next year and is still a right little madam about some things!
 
Lévrier;13443126 said:
oooo she is a frustrating determined little soul isn't she! To avoid you getting hypothermia, another suggestion would be to literally tie her to you on a medium/long length lead so she can't disappear to wee without you being aware? It just means she cannot sneak off while (for example) you are watching TV or talking on HHO and not concentrating on her?

Obviously these are just ideas, feel free to try or ignore as you prefer :) I am no expert just trying to think of ideas that might help :)

Do you have a crate to put her in? That is the ONLY thing that really sorts Flick out - she is 10 years old on 3rd January next year and is still a right little madam about some things!
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Oh she will happily go right in front of me indoors, no sneaking off required. We're back on the sofa for a bit with the area she's been going blocked off. I dont think determined covers it, good thing I'm up for a challenge 😅
This one is scarily smart but also scarily stubborn, miles ahead of where I expected her to be with the cat/confidence/recall she's aced everything I've thrown at her so far bar this

No crate no, never needed one for Barn
 
splashgirl45 said:
what about if you take her for a walk away from the garden so there are different smells....she is stunning BTW..
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Tried that, she wont even wee on a walk, hour out this morning, half a hour this afternoon and nothing on either walk, finally got number 2 after spending an hour in the garden this morning, she literally comes in from the garden and pees. She just will not go outdoors 😔 even took a towel outside that she peed on, still nothing. She's not gone for 10 hours now, bladder of steel!
 
Be careful. She could end up with cystitis if she hangs on much more.
Have you tried taking her on a different surface? Gravel, concrete,chippings etc.
 
Sandstone1 said:
Be careful. She could end up with cystitis if she hangs on much more.
Have you tried taking her on a different surface? Gravel, concrete,chippings etc.
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Everything, I've even put a towel down indoors where shes been having accidents out of desperation because I know she's been holding it way too long. She's been out for walks, out in the garden loose, coat on, coat off and still drinking all through the night. I'm off to work in a minute, but my mums dog sitting, on no sleep 😔 she's been so so good with everything else, makes me wonder if someone's had a go at her in the past for weeing and she won't go with someone watching.
Even tried putting the weed on towel in the garden to encourage her.
 
Was she on shavings at the kennels? If so try putting a handful of shavings (from the kennels ideally) in the garden. Bitches can be ****** for holding their wees, we had one who would only go at home which was a nightmare when we were showing.
 
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