Our family adopted a former racing greyhound approximatly 2 months ago.
He is a very good pet.
I do have a few questions about some behaviors.
He stays primarily in out kitchen where he seemed to like to stay from day 1.
We do have the best bed we could purchase for him in there.
He also has a bed in our living room which is just as big but he uses for maybe 20 minutes a week.
Our houshold also does have another dog which is a Toy Poodle who is within 11 months of the greyhounds age.
He seems to be want to keep some sort of territoy but is no challenge to our new pet and the Greyhound does not seem to me to be intimidated to me when he gets barked at.
We have read and understand the Greyhounds temperment. A lot of the things we expected seem correct.
Is this behavior normal???
Is there anything esle we can do to get him more acclimated to our household.?
Aslo when my wife gets home from working and gives him attention he seems to nip @ her one arm for some reason. Is
2007-03-27 17:43:16 · 2 answers · asked by STEVE S 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Wouldn't this be better answered on the dogs board rather than on Pregnancy & Parenting > Toddler & Preschooler? I realize that dogs can be like children and that some people tend to treat them that way, myself included but there are subtle differences between humans and the canine species...
2007-03-27 18:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He just protecting his territory and is not all that keen on being left and is in a bad temper --best advice I can give as a dog owner is "give time time" it took my golden retriever almost 8 months to get acclimated to his "new" home. He accepted the new home but actually he just tolerated it.
2007-03-27 17:57:32 · answer #2 · answered by luminous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋