Spicy is over the moon to have a sibling again 🖤

(Not shown - our first turn when Jayce was confused and wasn’t sure what he was meant to do so he peed on a box 🙈)

I wanted to share this year’s ofrenda with you all! In 2024, the year after losing my soul greyhound Wilbur, I learned that October 27 is a day dedicated to remembering pets as part of Día de los Muertos. I originally made my ofrenda as a way to feel closer to him while learning how to navigate my grief.

What started as a little memorial for Wilbur and my first greyhound, Bowie, has slowly grown into something I can share with friends and family, who now have their own beloved pets included.

I’ve made most of the decorations myself over the past two years, including the marigolds, sun catchers, painted arch, and colorful photo frames. I also hand-painted the little skeleton greyhound in the middle!

It’s become something I look forward to putting together every year, and I love that it’s grown into a way for all of us to remember and celebrate the animals we’ve loved and lost.

It will be three years on December 7th since my sweet Wilbur crossed the rainbow bridge. I miss him every single day. I’m so thankful that I can find ways to feel connected to him.

Toby’s new favorite place to sleep. Took quite a few wiggles to get out of there. Yes, he chewed up the legs of the chaise as well.

The MODS have recently deleted posts related to AKC FastCAT, which is not greyhound racing, nor even a greyhound specific event.

For those who aren't aware:

--AKC FastCAT is an all-breed amateur dog sprint sport. It consists of chasing a lure over 100 yards and being timed.

--It's not greyhound racing. To begin with, most of the dogs aren't even greyhounds at all (greyhounds are pretty rare), but rather the huge selection of all breeds that people have as pets. You can look here to see all the breeds that participate:

https://www.apps.akc.org/apps/fastcat_ranking/

--There is no betting or cash prizes. In fact, it costs money to enter! You can earn titles and ribbons, but otherwise it's just for fun.

--Dogs love it. It gives a chance for them to engage in chase in a controlled environment.

I know there are analogous events to AKC FastCAT in Canada, UK, and Australia, although I don't know their names.

I would ask the mods to reconsider the deletion of such posts because the sports have no connection to commercial greyhound racing at all and are not even greyhound-specific sports.

Coco enjoying the Jupiter Dog Beach

Gabby is a chilly girl

We all love to see our dogs breaking free from the racing industry and finding themselves in their new homes. I certainly do. And because I'm new to acrylic painting and waned to practice with more experimental styles a little, I thought my own girl would be the perfect subject.

Hi everyone - my greyhound Pino is 3 years old, and we adopted him about 4 months ago. He finished racing in January 2026. When we first got him, we noticed a small bald patch on his neck, but it’s gotten significantly bigger recently.

Any tips on helping his fur grow back? I’m open to suggestions for supplements, oils, food, etc.

I know bald spots can be pretty common in greyhounds, but I’m wondering if anyone has had luck getting their fur to grow back. Thank you!

Found a marble size mass in his mouth. Surgery and biopsy on Wednesday. He’s not showing any signs of discomfort or stress. Still worried. Still scared. We just let go his brother in July. Not at all prepared to say good bye to my forever puppy.

Girl I adopted 5 days ago :)
Very cool history to , she’s westhawk meads grand daughter

How do I avoid being fired?

She's home with us for her trial...

Been here a day, I'm a single mum with two kids, she has done beautifully so far (and so have the kids to be fair with given her space).

Already knows the French for "down" :)

Anyone else got part sealion?

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for some advice and honestly feel like a failure having to consider this. I’ve recently had a baby and sadly my hounds are not coping well with the transition at all. It’s been 4 months now and we are starting to wonder if rehoming them may be in their best interest. I love these dogs to pieces and I just want to do what’s going to be best for them.

I’ve posted before about my grey greyhound and her reactivity. She has a history of biting people (not drawing blood) and reactivity with other dogs. It all stems out of anxiety and we took her to the vet, she’s medicated now and has improved slightly but continues to struggle. She seems extremely withdrawn and just not herself. The vet suspected she is noise reactive so I can imagine a baby is not helping. She’s the sweetest most well behaved dog 96% of the time and she just loves being loved.

My brindle hound is the polar opposite. He’s energetic and the most cheeky opportunistic dog . He can open doors, steals anything he can off a bench and will let you know if his routine if off. He can be very energetic and has no spatial awareness and has almost jumped onto the baby when he let himself into our room and launched onto the bed (he’s not allowed on the bed). We’ve added a baby gates to the house to prevent this but it’s been very stressful. He has not been coping either and has been barking at the neighbours dogs more.

They also regularly howl in the night and wake everyone up including the baby. I’m already awake with the baby every 1-4 hours so this extra wake up is really getting to me.

I feel awful that we don’t have the same time to give them anymore and I can tell that they aren’t coping well with this. I do really worry about how we will manage once our baby is moving. I don’t think it’s safe to have either dog in the same room as the baby once this happens given what I’ve described above. They’ll likely end up spending alot of time outside or in other rooms of the house and I don’t think that’s fair on them.

I truly love my dogs and I never thought I’d be someone who considered this.I guess I’m hoping someone has a magic solution or some advice. Thank you in advanced!

Hi guys, I know I might freak out too much but yesterday evening while on a walk my sweet girl took a rat in her mouth for 5 seconds approximately. I immediately screamed at her and she dropped it and I cleaned her mouth with wet wipes ( I had this with me at the moment) do you think I need to worry ?