Aggressive Greyhound

quietheart

We got our greyhound from Dogs Trust in Kenilworth 01926 484398. Though you didn't get your hound from them I wonder if they'd help you as he could end up needing rehoming if you don't get help.
My dog went nuts after catching a squirrel (my baby came home with blood all over his face, i didn't know if it was the dogs or the squirrels but at least it wasn't his.....) so I had a similar experience to you where she became unpredictable.
DogsTrust were fantastic, they had a dog pyschologist on site and gave advice over the phone and we went into see her. Luckily ours was motivated by treats and we had her sorted with patience and time.

YorkiePud_3

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

Never heard of using black pudding before, thanks YorkiePud. I'll buy some in the morning and let you know how I get on.

Ah well, it is an old dog man's trick .... (all my family, years gone by, kept greyhounds - correctly, I should add, and living in the house as pets!) ... you can get a grey to do anything if the treat is black pudding!!

I was thinking as well ... you never know, but your grey might have actually had a smaller dog come for him at one time or another, too. They never ever forget.

When I used to walk mine, there was always a gate where a rather nasty little JRT would pop its head out and bark, snarl and growl like something from Hades. Now, I love JRT's, but this one was really something!!

It only freaked my two out the one time and from then on they would never pass that gate ... they would pull to cross the road and would only walk by on the other side of the road.

They really are such intelligent dogs and, as I say, it only takes one incident to set their mind a certain way against something or someone but I reckon if you can dish out a few pieces of black pudding on your walk then you will take your dog's focus off expecting anything to happen (except for the nice anticipation of the treat, that is!) because otherwise he will be waiting and expecting something bad to happen each time you take him out, so he'll be wound up and ready so the reaction you get will be hyped up otherwise!

JailhouseBabe

sarabe wrote: »

What else was involved other than walking around other dogs? Any rewards or punishment. What was he learning?

I was feeding him treats as we walked around, and trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to watch me. He also had to stand in the centre while other dogs walked around us. That really was it!

quietheart wrote: »

We got our greyhound from Dogs Trust in Kenilworth 01926 484398. Though you didn't get your hound from them I wonder if they'd help you as he could end up needing rehoming if you don't get help.
My dog went nuts after catching a squirrel (my baby came home with blood all over his face, i didn't know if it was the dogs or the squirrels but at least it wasn't his.....) so I had a similar experience to you where she became unpredictable.
DogsTrust were fantastic, they had a dog pyschologist on site and gave advice over the phone and we went into see her. Luckily ours was motivated by treats and we had her sorted with patience and time.

Thanks for that, I'm guessing that's the one in Honily? They're not too far from us so will give that a try.

YorkiePud wrote: »

Ah well, it is an old dog man's trick .... (all my family, years gone by, kept greyhounds - correctly, I should add, and living in the house as pets!) ... you can get a grey to do anything if the treat is black pudding!!

I was thinking as well ... you never know, but your grey might have actually had a smaller dog come for him at one time or another, too. They never ever forget.

When I used to walk mine, there was always a gate where a rather nasty little JRT would pop its head out and bark, snarl and growl like something from Hades. Now, I love JRT's, but this one was really something!!

It only freaked my two out the one time and from then on they would never pass that gate ... they would pull to cross the road and would only walk by on the other side of the road.

They really are such intelligent dogs and, as I say, it only takes one incident to set their mind a certain way against something or someone but I reckon if you can dish out a few pieces of black pudding on your walk then you will take your dog's focus off expecting anything to happen (except for the nice anticipation of the treat, that is!) because otherwise he will be waiting and expecting something bad to happen each time you take him out, so he'll be wound up and ready so the reaction you get will be hyped up otherwise!

My grey will go for any type of dog, from Westies to German Shepherds and Rottweillers. He's covered in scars, but lots of ex-racers are. I had thought that he might have been attacked before. I tried the local butchers this morning but they had no black pudding, I'll try to get some when I go to the supermarket tomorrow. Do you give it to them raw or fry it first?

sarabe

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

I was feeding him treats as we walked around, and trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to watch me. He also had to stand in the centre while other dogs walked around us. That really was it!

Oh dear.

Whenever you work with a dog like this around other dogs then you need to keep him below his threshold. In other words you should be setting him up to succeed.

Trying unsuccessfully to do anything is not very helpful at all.

I may be able to help with some tips if you want to pm me. I won't be offended if you don't.

JailhouseBabe

Thanks sarabe - have pm'd you.

YorkiePud_3

Hi again! ... nope, just give them it as it comes!! You can buy a link of it in the supermarkets (some have it in their fridges, others on the meat counter) and just chop it up!

CFC

Has he still got his nadgers, if he has you might get an improvement if he is neutered,

moomin5

You do get a few greyhounds that are aggressive towards other breeds often because as they've only ever been around greyhounds so don't recognise them as dogs, with socialisation they can improve.

My friends Greyhound lives with 4 terriers but after getting bitten twice by the same collie he's become fear aggressive and will lunge and bark at other dogs while out. She walks him muzzled and on a halti headcollar and with another lead attached to his greyhound collar so he can't slip it. They made a lot of progress by teaching him the "watch me" command and distracting him with treats while near other dogs so now when he see's another dog he tend to look at her waiting for his treats.

I think you probably need to walk your dogs separately at times so that you can work on his issues and be fully in control of him. A muzzle will stop him being able to bite another dog but be aware he could still injure a small dog by flipping or pouncing on it, so be careful letting him off lead.

Also try greyhound gap forum as they have some very knowledgeable greyhound owners that will no doubt of delt with similar dogs

quietheart

Yes it was honiley they were great.
Good luck

monkeys_bunny

oh no, i cant really help as much as everyone else has but i do feel really sorry for you. i have a rescue Greyhound but he has never been a racer. He will however rear up, wrap his front paws around my arm (holding his lead), barking, snarling etc when he sees another dog (any breed) that he wants to get away from me to get too. he has never attacked any and i can keep control of him, to be honest all i have to do is look at him in a certain way and he stops. But my partner has a real problem controling him. He is getting better with age and being told off everytime but we did use a gentle leader to control him. it just gives you more control over the dog as it wraps round his head so you have control of his whole head rather than just the neck with a lead. ours is a 'blue' and i have heard from trainers that this type tends to be worse, more playful and less docile.

have you tried contacting a greyhound rescue centre for advise. we have lots of greyhound in Bridlington as there is a centre for them here

here is their website you could email them and ask, could hurt
http://bridlington.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/

really hope it gets better for you soon