u/riceandbeans06

I was waiting for the day my dog’s cryptic potential would manifest itself and that I would catch it on camera!!

Hey everybody! Our boy Kiko has been with us for almost 5 months now. He’s really all we ever wanted in a dog and more, so calm, deadpan, quirky and loving. Our only problem is that he’s extremely attached to us, and only us. We’re dealing with some pretty serious separation anxiety. Kiko will scream, bark and pace even when left with a sitter. Thankfully he’s very independent at home, won’t follow us around anytime outside of his mealtimes or walk times. We’re working hard on his anxiety with desensitization + medication, and making slow progress. But of course it will be months before we see any results that allow us to go anywhere. For now we’re not leaving him alone in order to avoid creating more trauma and hindering our progress. Thankfully we can make it work with our schedules.
At this point I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that we’ll never have one of those easy dogs who can stay alone for 6h, but we could sure make do with a couple of hours. I love my guy but this part of his personality has brought a lot of stress into our lives. We’re sticking together and working hard, enjoying the good times with our boy, but it’s surely taking its toll on us.
Any success stories with separation anxiety on here? What does the life of some of y’all whose hounds can’t stay alone (for long) look like? Pics of my goober for tax.

Hey everybody! A kind user reached out to me and let me know that my post about scary dog privilege (together with pictures) had been stolen by this facebook account. I scrolled and found that I wasn’t the only one, of course. I recognized many posts and pictures I’ve seen on here! Not much we can do other than report, I’m afraid. But maybe a nice reminder (also to myself) that everything we post on the internet can gain a life of its own. Only thing we can do is report. Here’s the link and some evidence.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567985158681

Hi everybody! Curious about people’s experiences with this. As someone who’s only lived in apartments and has been dog sitting for years, I (27 year old woman) have lots of experiences going outside before bedtime for the last wee. I’ve been out in the street as late as 11pm with several dogs ranging from tough looking black Dutch Shepherd to a small white fluff ball. Ofc the shepherd made me feel very safe at night, and I’ve felt more vulnerable walking smaller dogs.
Now I have adopted a big Galgo (more sized like a small grey) that I also let out to pee at about 9.30pm every night. I live in a safe city in The Netherlands, in a safe mostly well-lit neighborhood. Behind my complex though there’s a pitch dark nature path where my dog will pee every night, everywhere else will have us walking in circles for 20+ mins and spotting cats/managing prey drive. I feel very scared going there, but it makes my life easier to bite the bullet and take him there in the evenings.

How do people (especially my fellow ladies/vulnerable folks) feel walking their Greyhounds at night? Do you think your grey would protect you if worst comes to worst? They’re pretty big dogs but they’re just so dopeeey. I know it depends on many factors, but if y’all wanna share your experiences, anecdotes, stories I’m very curious!

For those who don’t know: ‘scary dog privilege’ is when you feel safer/are more likely to be left alone by creeps if your dog ‘looks scary’ (e.g. rottweiler, german shepherd…)

Stay safe out there! Here are some pics of my ‘protection dog’ Kiko, for tax 🤎