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RhonaW


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Hi Cilla,


Welcome to the fourm


I hope it's not too long before you have a gorgeous pointy nose in your home.  Can't answer your question on allergy thing, but neither of my dogs have raised bowls (never stops them eating!!) and in my opinion, with a wee bit of encouragement your stairs should not be a problem.  Greyhounds are amazingly resourceful when THEY want to be.


Hope to see you along at some of the walks (doggie in tow or not).


Rhona


 



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Hi there, Claire/Slimcilla -
hope you get your greyhound soon! I've had my Piper since Easter (we already had a little lurcher) and now sing the praises of greys to everyone who will listen.
I've always been told they need raised food bowls, but an upturned bucket will do just fine. Bonnie has her bowls on an old Mothercare footstool which used to be the children's loo step!
I expect your hound will learn to master the steps to the garden. Piper didn't know any stairs when she arrived, but got the hang in no time when she realised that there were soft beds up there

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Hi Claire


Welcome to the forum, I enjoyed reading your introduction and I'm sure you won't have very long to wait for your new companion. 


I can't comment on the allergy problem but with regards to feeding, we've always placed our (foster) greyhounds food bowl on a stall (I think the reason for doing so is to help prevent bloat!) With regards to the stairs - They work them out pretty quickly especially, as Anyanka says, if there's something nice at the top/bottom!



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Hi Claire,


Welcome to the forum, hope it proves to be a source of useful advice to you when you get your new addition, it's certainly always been a great help to me, and many others i'm sure.


Just one little tip for when you do get your first Grey...photo's, photo's..we love photo's


Hope the perfect dog is found for you very soon.


 



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Welcome Claire, now that you are on the forum we all know it will not be long before you are hooked and just have to get that hairy, pointed nosed companion. Good luck on finding your prefect friend. Nora

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Welcome to the most useful, informative and friendly forum on the internet!


Hope you soon have your hairy baby - I know you will enjoy him/her to bits.  As Gail has said, photos, photos and more photos please



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Welcome Claire. 


Good to see another hound mad person looking for a hairy companion!  We look forward to meeting you and hearing all your stories on the forum.  Hope it won't be too long before you start posting tales of your new baby (and the obligatory photos). 


Nice to see I'm not the only one who would happily hang gas-masks at the door and not let a wee thing like allergies stop you getting a dog! 


I've got one raised feeder and Tigger uses that quite happily.  Wills eats off the floor (bowl is present) and Millie uses the bottom step of the stairs as her raised feeder.  Reason:  she doesn't like it when Tigger is scoffing her grub and making the stand wobble. 


With regard to the open stairs - my three have no hesitation in going down the way and they don't seem unduly concerned about going up the way either although they do hesitate to have a look through the steps. 



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Hi Claire, welcome to the forum . Hope its not too long till you have your forever hound


Nicki and wee janie.x



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Hi Claire, and welcome to the forum.


It was lovely to read your intro and you sound like you have had a long time to decide on a grey (20yrs!!!). I myself have had greys since 1987 and highly recommend a lovely grey companion.


My Mother has asthma and is allergic to most pet hair - cats included. I have had four dogs (some together during the 20 years) and only one affected her. He had more fluffy hair than the others but I am sure Dave and Glendy will know about different coat types.


My current chap uses a bucket its an addis one and the metal feed bowl is a perfect fit the right way up as well!


I am sure that the purrfect companion for your cats will come along soon and I think you really should not worry too much about stairs etc. I have found my dogs to be very adaptable during the years. As long as they have a comfortable bed on which to retreat, a short walk and a bowl of food or two a day they are very undemanding! Mine has to wriggle under a bar to get onto our favorite stretch of grass (it is to stop vehicles) and he accepts he needs to do this no problem!


All the Best Em and Chad x



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Congratulations on getting your very own hound, Claire! Hope to see some pics of Speedy soon

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Wow that was quick.....congratulations and big hugs to Speedy for finding a forever home


Hope to hear (and see) lots more about him.



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