Glad to finally have her tho she's afraid of my fish?

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ahh she is lovely. reminds me of my Lucy when she was a youngster.

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She's lovely.

She's most likely afraid of your fish as she's never seen them before. Don't make a big deal about it and she'll soon get used to them. Button used to be terrified of our wheelie bin when we first had her. She would give it a wide berth.

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Sammy you may be gone but your sprit will always live on in the sunbeams R I P Sammy

William- 6/11/03 - 24/3/10
Midge - 8/2/11 - 10-2-11

Well done

My first greyhound I gave a home too, I did not now what to expert with her as she was a crule case. And the kennels told me she was not homeable and would have to live her live in kennels.

I did not get too much at first: a nice soft bed, toys, very sort brush, 2 rasie stands 1 of water and 1 for food. small bag of food just in case she did not like it, house collar outdoor collar and lead.

When I got her home the first thing I did was to let her go outside in the garden. once in the house I just let her find herself.

The hardes thing I found was finding something she like to eat.

For 7 years she gave me so much love (in her way) . I wish you a lot of happens with your new greyhound.

Hi Michelle welcome to the site.

I knew Gemsbok's ex racer she was a lovely bitch and Gemsbok gave her a lovely happy life right up until she passed away . Michelle was the first person to speaak to me when I started showing William.

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Sammy you may be gone but your sprit will always live on in the sunbeams R I P Sammy

William- 6/11/03 - 24/3/10
Midge - 8/2/11 - 10-2-11

She is a beautiful girl! She reminds me of my Maddy. How is Dotty settling in?

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hey, TJ! :--)


i would hazard a guess that it is the sound of the pump / aerator and filter, not so much the fish themselves, that are scary;
dogs ears are better than ours, with a wider range (infrasound into ultrasound) and greater sensitivity to low-volume...

a dog can hear every word of an average conversation from a good 30-ft away.
which is why unless they are a Lo-o-o-ong way off, there is no reason whatever to Raise Ur Voice, LOL...
instead, i tell my clients to whisper... then they have a good reason to listen to U...

she should settle in soon; the sounds of frig-compressors, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, etc, can be startling, too.
just give her some space, away from the motors, and some time - she will learn what it is.
highly sensitive dogs can be bothered by the mercury switches in a thermostat ticking on + off, my goodness...

congratulations,
--- terry

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tmp, sept-2007

We've decided to adopt Dotty as we have her on a fostering basis, she has only been here a few days but already feels like part of the family, We're going to rename her Zena

She has settled in really well and has adjusted to the usual house noises and spends most of her time chilled on her bed... tho this may be due to the long walks she's been taking me on!

We're slowly introducing her to scary things we took her along a busy road because she was afraid of traffic and now is only bothered by buses and lorrys, and we took her out in the dark.

Zena has toilet trained already! and due to possitive reinforcement training gets really excited if she toilets outside!

We've also noticed that her tail is spending less and less time between her legs and we even get a funny little greeting dance in the mornings

The fish no longer worry her and she seams interested in them now more than anything else!

Zena has bought us so much joy aready and we love her to bits