u/Mihikle

Hi all, Benji is back! He might be the unluckiest greyhound in the UK, after a Tendonectomy on his front right third toe in 2024, a million to one freak spine injury in 2025, and now beating the odds by a corn returning on the exact same paw pad as before, post-Tendonectomy. Has anyone ever experienced this or have any advice/medical notes on treatment I can share with my vet?

They first recommended one, then the senior vet that runs the surgery wanted him to come back in to take a look and confirm this is definitely the case, and it is. He’s having to ask around his colleagues at other surgery’s that deal with greyhounds as well to see what the best thing to do is, so I just wondered if anyone else has experienced this and what their vets did :)

Benji’s face upon hearing he has another troublesome corn is the pic :)

Hi all, here's a few photos of my boy Benji who some of you may be familiar with! He's doing great since his surgery which was just over a year ago now, albeit now also developing a corn, but I wanted to get your opinions on how to help him calm down when outside of the house.

Benji absolutely lives for exploring the outside world. He loves being in the car, meeting new people, being on walks. The problem, is he doesn't seem to be able to fully calm down in these environments so he ends up spending a lot of time at home instead of accompanying me to places like pubs.

He doesn't actively whine (unless there's a dog he wants to say hello to that he can't) or really cause a big nuisance for others, but he refuses to lay down on a mat I have for him, won't take treats or his favourite chew stick to coax him onto the mat, keeps wondering back and forth and pants quite heavily. Ears are down, he wags his tail to greet new people and dogs, and he generally seems relaxed from a body language perspective, just the excessive panting and he won't lay down just makes taking him anywhere difficult. "overstimulated" by "new" things is maybe the best way I can explain his behavior. I should mention, meeting new people in the house is okay - he is excited for the first few minutes, then he calms down perfectly and the panting stops.

He will also do this in the car unless he's very tired - stand up, panting, excited to look out of the windows as much as possible. Usually I'd think he was anxious with this behaviour but he is always so eager and happy to get in the car.

When he is on normal walks, he is also a total steam train, he pants a lot and always has. He does have a very low grade heart murmor but I don't think it's the cause here. None of the other hounds at his walking group exhibit this behavior. He will be 7 in June.

I just wondered if anyone had any advice or training tips for potentially getting him to calm down and lay down in places like the car for travel, the pub, or when standing around just talking? I've never tried training this because of early efforts with lead pulling - trying to reward good behavior, he just refuses to take treats when outside and there's things to explore! If I can't change anything then he still lives a happy and fulfilling life, I'd just like him to be able to enjoy more of the world around him without becoming a bit of a liability for me to manage because he won't chill out