Last Friday evening, after a walk, my 10 month old whippet's face began to swell. I assumed he must have been stung, bitten etc although I couldn't see any sting and gave him 1/4 of an antihistamine tablet (chlorphenamine maleate). In the morning the swelling had gone down considerably...
Milo's beaten Ziggy to it then. Ziggy's not encountered a squirrel yet but met his first wild rabbit yesterday but he couldn't give chase as he was on the lead as we had only just left the road. I'm not looking forward to him catching small, furry things. :(
Ziggy only barks when he's playing or wants you to play which is a blessing because it would drive my OH nuts if he barked everytime the doorbell went (it's in constant use by the kids' friends). (w00t)
Although my puppy, Ziggy, was in a crate in my son's bedroom at night he did wake up and start crying at some point. I used to go and lie next to the crate with a spare duvet and sleep there till morning - I didn't give him any attention but just my being present and close shut him up. After...
Ziggy loves to play with other dogs and so far has only been bowled over by a border collie. Some dogs don't know what to make of him as he hares around like a loony :wacko: He's also not very good on recall when he's in the middle of a good game.
Stiles aren't too bad with a young whippet at present because he can either fit through the gap at the bottom (if there is one) or he's light and small enough to be carried over though you need someone the other side to help. I don't know what you'd do on your own and with a bigger dog they...
We couldn't wait to take Ziggy on his first long walk the weekend before last. Although only 4.5 months then we thought one longish walk wouldn't hurt as we have been careful not to overdo things because of looking after young bones/muscles.
We've been walking the 100 mile Leicestershire Round...
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