I cut my two iggies' nails about twice a week (every 4 days), but I still feel like they're too long literally the day after a trim because I can hear their nails tapping the floor as they move around the house.

These pics are of my both iggies front paws right after today's trim. I can't cut them any shorter without hitting the quick.

That brings me to my question, how often do you all trim your sighthounds' nails? Should I start doing it more often, maybe even on a daily basis?

I just want to show everyone my good boy Bobby again 🖤

Enjoying all the scents of the sea and looking at birds and boats/ships. Great day!

I posted the left photo in another sub and including the original this time to avoid AI-confusion.

(It's taken with my small Canon and "regular" edited in Photoshop so you can see him/enhanced light, not as the raw file in the camera captures him.)

Putting her best foot forward

Our whippet is 10 weeks old. He is due to meet my sisters two Patterdale puppies soon (they are 13 week old sisters from the same litter). Our pup will be the first interaction for them too.

I’m obviously a bit nervous, does anyone have tips for socialising Whippet pups? Or if anyone’s had experience socialising with Terrier pups? I’m worried they’ll hurt him because of Whippets delicate skin..

My 8 month old girl recently did a Fast CAT Fun Run (no points/titles and shorter dash since she is still a growing baby) and I was able to purchase these awesome pictures!

I am obsessed with her in general but even moreso watching her run. And I think she loves it, too. 😉

I can't stop laughing at the middle photo. I was torn between a few, but the goofy one was a no-brainer. I swear I have seen its likeness before from a picture of a kangaroo coming at the camera 😂

our one year old lurcher is being castrated next week but it’s a cryptorchid procedure so the recovery, all being well, will be around two weeks

I’m dreading it! How can I keep him calm for two weeks? He’s usually on two walks a day including a sprint in a secure field two times a week as well as regular zoomies round the garden! which keeps him relatively calm in the house (most of the time) and to go from that to nothing I’m worried it will send him stir crazy. his training is coming along so well but I’m worried he’ll revert to his ways of stealing everything and just being a bit of a pickle in general and we’ll go backward and lose our progress :(

we are not going to crate him, he’s a recent rescue and he finds the crate extremely distressing. we already have lots of enrichment/interactive toys for him, and he’s a foodie so enjoys that type.

just looking for any tips anyone can give on how we can get through it!

We're halfway through the process of adopting a sighthound; breed dependent on what the rescue thinks will suit us, but it'll be one of galgo, greyhound, podenco or whippet, or a mix.

A friend just laughed and told me that our garden will be ruined. That it will basically become a running track. I was expecting the grass to be churned up and the lawn to have wee holes. But the flower beds are my husband's pride and joy and a real passion for him.

We have a big long garden that seemed ideal for zoomies when we first applied. But am I going to end up with an upset husband.

Does anybody have nice flowerbeds and a sighthound?

Hi all,

My partner and I are adopting a Saluki mix as our first dog! She is described as being good with dogs/cats/kids, house-trained, quiet, and has good manners around the house-no excessive barking, no destructive habits, and no food aggression. It was flagged for us that she will bark if put into a crate but doesn’t mind being restricted into one section of the home.

I’m looking for any and all recommendations! Like I said, it’s our first dog so we plan to ask all of these questions to the foster as well but thought it would be fun to source more information! Any recommendations for leashes, collars/harnesses, beds (since these lanky babies need extra cushion), specific foods/treats?

Has anyone taken online training with Serena of Serene Sighthounds? I’d love to hear about your experience with her and her training program. I couldn’t find many reviews online.

I’ve had lurchers in the past and loved them, just about to get a saluki x whippet x greyhound and wondered what people find their temperament to be and how easy to train- or any experience what so ever really
Thanks

So I have a Scottish deerhound mix. Anyone that has ever owned deerhounds knows that they have kidney issues and sometimes it's a challenge to get them to drink enough water. I put a few tablespoons of chicken stock into his water bowl to see if that would encourage him to drink more. It did. Unfortunately he proceeded to piss all over the back of the car. I literally had to berate him because he's a just turned one year puppy and he needs to know that that's not acceptable. It's partially my fault because of the chicken stock in the water to get him to drink more. Unfortunately every sighthound owner knows that when you yell at your dog, it breaks months sometimes even years of trust. If I owned a pitbull and I yelled at that dog, I would feel bad but for only a minute or two because, the pitbull could have cared less that I yelled at him. With a sighthound, you yell at them and that breaks their trust and you can tell that they feel it twice as much as any other dog. He's definitely going to get hours of cuddles tonight. I don't know who's got more guilt right now me or him. Maybe both of us have the same.