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Thank you for your condolences for Magnus. He was a special dog.

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Thanks for watching. Glad you like the videos. Know how you feel about missing your Charlie. We miss our Magnus I a big way.

Thank you for your condolences for Magnus. We do miss our sweet boy.

Luka does love the couch. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.

Thanks for watching and for your kind words. Hopefully the other pups find nice homes

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We do too. Thanks for watching

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It is a special place. Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching. Glad you like the videos. All the best with your upcoming adoption.

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We do miss our Magnus. He was a wonderful dog. So grateful for all the time we got together. Greyhounds are great dogs. All the best for your adoption when it comes. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Thanks for watching

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Thanks. He settled in too well to say goodbye. Just didn't plan on getting another quite so soon after losing Magnus. But he is a very sweet boy who deserves a good home, especially after his rough start.

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Quite a few of the burgers were getting shared with our four legged friends

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. They are great pups

Sorry you are going through this right now. It was so hard losing Magnus. He was such a presence in our lives.

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Just trying to do my bit to help them find good homes.

@@magnusgreyhound and it's helping a lot of dogs 🐾🐾🌟

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They sure are. Thanks for watching

Do love the boops

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love their reaction to the camera.

Hope it helps. Taking it easy for the first few days is wise. If you have to walk the same walks at first that is okay. It is a big transition for them.

Here is an article which explains a bit more. it is too big for one reply so I will post it in parts The Frozen Hound: A Common Post-Adoption Behaviour Although not unique to the breed, a common problem that quite routinely occurs in early greyhound ownership is what is referred to as the ‘frozen hound’, You may or may not have experienced this with your hound, but it is what it says on the tin. Your hound freezes, puts on the breaks, digs their heels in, refuses to budge, become unmoveable…you get the message! If it wasn’t for the sad, hard done by eyes that they give you, you would think you had tied your lead to a lamppost for all the response you get out of them. Unfortunately, this can be quite embarrassing. We had it once where one of our hounds froze on an evening walk in winter…we had head torches on, but that just made it worse because it looked like we were casing out this person’s house. We could see them looking out at us out their front window, no doubt wondering why we had been lingering outside their house for several minutes. It was absolutely mortifying to then have the homeowner open the window and stick her head out to shout at us to move on, as if we were thinking of robbing them, but they did thankfully let us explain that one of the dogs had gotten scared and refused to walk. Thankfully, that sudden interaction was enough to break her out of her frozen state and trot on. But it’s equally embarrassing in the day light being overtaken by various people as your hound stands stock still in the middle of the pavement and refuses to move.

Part 2 ut, why do they do it? You've heard of the ‘Fight or Flight’ response, right? But have you heard of ‘Fight, Flight or Freeze’? The ‘frozen hound’ is, in essence, a fear response and when put under stress, are overstimulated, or feeling anxious they get stuck between the ‘flight’ and the ‘fight’ and seize up in a ‘freeze’! They can’t help it, and really, all you can do is wait them out as the cogs in their brain eventually start going again and they come to a decision to continue walking. This can, however, be short lived as they get a few more feet up the road and freeze again… Greyhounds are very precious souls, and who can blame them? Before they’re adopted into homes, they spend their formative years in rural settings, with very little exposure to the outside world beyond their racing careers. When adopted, they find themselves in novel environments, with humans they don’t know, and have to take in a huge amount of stimulus and information which is ongoing for weeks, if not months, into their new home. They’ve not done ‘street’ walking before, they aren’t familiar with traffic, buses, and everything in between, groups of kids on scooters or people pushing prams. Motorbikes and cyclists. Other dog breeds, and off lead dogs running around the parks. Even just all the different buildings, movement in windows and all the noises that come with this new land they find themselves in. It can be very overwhelming for them, and it is scary, and while for some hounds their way of responding to this environment is to become reactive, for others, their way of coping is to freeze. While it is often misinterpreted as them being ‘stubborn’ or ‘naughty’, it is actually a clear sign that your hound is not handling things very well. Freezing is largely unavoidable, but it can come about through a few very common causes. The prime culprit is over-exercising in those initial days and weeks of settling your hound into their new life.

Part 3 That overstimulation, both physically, but more importantly, mentally, in those early days can have drastic behavioural consequences which we’ve discussed in previous posts. Thankfully freezing is a fairly innocuous response, when compared to reactivity, but it is still a clear sign that your hound is not coping and something needs to change! Even doing something as simple as regularly changing their daily walking route or taking them to lots of new places, can lead them to that freezing fear response. Greyhounds are creatures of routine, they thrive on it, and while it sometimes seems like a nice idea to take them somewhere new to give them some enrichment…in those early days, you need to keep things quite simple and let them learn their normal daily walking route until they are fully comfortable before broadening their horizons. Sometimes, it can seemingly come out of nowhere, and usually because of something triggering the fear response while on a walk, even if it isn’t apparent when it happened because your hound didn’t show any reaction or only a very minimal reaction at the time. For instance, we’ve had to coach numerous owners through the ‘frozen hound’ stage and have heard the story of countless hounds being absolutely fine on walks, showing no reaction to anything, trotting along seemingly happy for weeks…only to head out for a walk the next day and put the brakes halfway down the road. After much discussion, there is always a cause. One such example is a car backfired a couple streets over and their hound was then unable to walk down the street associated with that event. Another was a child on a scooter, also resulting in the hound no longer being able to go left when they left the driveway and had to establish a new walking route by going right instead. From their point of view, they’re trying to cope and come to understand this strange new land they’ve found themselves in, so freezing is bound to happen. Even though you follow all the guidance, take things slow and do everything right…freezing can still occur! It can be frustrating, especially if you’re in a hurry, but freezing on walks shouldn’t be treated as a bad behaviour as this compound the issue. Although it doesn’t help that greyhounds can be prone to giving mixed signals when it comes to walks!

Part 4 We’ve seen it happen so often when a hound appears to be all excited and happy to be going for a walk, doing the pre-walk zoomies when they see the lead come out, showing off their best happy tappy feet as you clip it on and then drag you out the door…only to put the brakes on the minute their feet touch the pavement. Unfortunately, you can’t use the pre-walk madness as an indicator that your hound ACTUALLY wants to go for a walk. Hounds will have had years od association with their lead and collar before you adopt them, and the premise of the lead come out does elicit excitement because they know they’re going for a walk. It’s a learnt behaviour. The only problem is you get them dressed, and they walk out your front door, and they immediately remember that they aren’t at their racing kennels anymore about to go for a lollop around the fields. They’re in this strange new land that causes them stress. So, they stop. They can also start to associate the lead with going for walks in this strange new land and their ‘excitement’ is a means to release of anxious energy, and they don’t want to go for a walk at all. As we said, mixed signals. We assure you, even the most canine body-language trained person in the world wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between genuine pre-walk excitement and the pre-walk oh s~~t, we’re going for a walk anxiety. The problem is, beyond having to try and interpret these mixed signals, is if they do put on the brakes, you will gain nothing from trying to pull them out and force them to go on a walk. The more tension you put on the lead, the more they will pull back. Yes, you may encourage them on another few meters, but they will only stop again, and again, and again. It’s counterproductive, they’re trying to communicate a fear and you’re ignoring them. For some, they will eventually give up fighting and be dragged along but this isn’t a very compassionate approach and can lead to further issues down the line. The only way to combat freezing is time, patience and understanding. Positive reinforcement and treat-based training can be very beneficial, however, when hounds are overwhelmed and stressed, they are unlikely to accept treats on walks. Sometimes they aren’t comfortable taking treats from the hand either.

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@@magnusgreyhound it’s a pleasure. We have seen more Greyhound adoptions in our community over the last two years. Families, mothers with strollers and children. There is the Greyhound, a beautiful family dog. 🐕💖🇦🇺

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They do get on well together. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment and share your kind words

Thanks again for watching. We are really surprised how well he has fit in especially after the rough start he had. Thought it would take months for him to feel safe again.

We had a great time at the BBQ. Our rehoming charity tends to have a lot of black Greyhounds come to us. Our challenge is never colour based as we find homes for lots of black greyhounds. Our biggest challenge tends to be the bigger greyhounds like Magnus as people here tend to want the smaller greyhounds.

Thanks for watching in old Chicago. We used to live there. stayed in Lincoln Park when we first moved there, then Uptown and finally in the Loop.

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We miss a lot and we are always talking about him and sharing stories of his exploits. Magnus walked great on lead, barely had to hold the lead and he would walk by my side. Luka has some traits which are similar to Magnus. He has done a great job settling in after the rough start he had. Thanks again for watching. Not sure if you follow Magnus on Instagram but I have lots of short clips of him on there.

​@@magnusgreyhoundI missed the sad news and the change in your pack. Having been through a bereavement with a remaining dog, and at that stage unable to provide her with a new companion, I am happy to see that Scout has a new bro! Long may they enjoy their walks with you!

Yes, they do! I was at that barbecue and our hound was really quite disappointed that he never got any of the food! So when we got home we gave him some soft cheese in his Kong as a reward for being so well behaved ❤

Some of the pups got some of their hoomans burgers. Scout and Luka got a bit each.

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Luka spends have the day roaching. They are pretty happy dogs. Thanks for watching.

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