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Episode 11: Toxins and Injuries and Dangers, Oh My! First Aid for Your Greyhound

Discover the first aid tips that may serve as your greyhound’s first defense when injury or illness strike.

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In the first few minutes of this episode, your host shares a story about how a $600 emergency vet bill could have been avoided with a $3 bottle of a common remedy most people have in their homes.

There are toxins outside, as well as inside, your home that can cause illness or worse for your greyhound. Things you may not even think about. And, like any living creature, they can be injured or face potential health conditions and dangers.

In this episode, recorded in our guest, Patty Comerford’s, scenic backyard (you’ll hear hounds, birds, planes, wind chimes, and more), we explore how to help prevent accidental poisoning, injuries, and more. Throughout the conversation, you’ll get useful tips on treating many of these if and when they do happen as a stop-gap measure until you can get to your dog’s doctor. In addition, you’ll hear about identifying certain conditions, like seizures, that need your veterinarian’s immediate attention.

 

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  • ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center phone number: 888-426-4435 (a fee may apply). Add this number to your phone’s contacts.
  • Household Hazards, an informative pamphlet from the American Veterinary Medical Association. Keep this handy for a listing of foods, cleaners, and more that may be in your home or yard that can be toxic to your dog.
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  • Pet First Aid, a resource from the American Veterinary Medical Association for helping your dog if he or she is injured, poisoned, and more.
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  • Greyhound lab results: important information to show to your veterinarian and emergency veterinarian. This card is also available on Greyhound Friends of New Jersey’s app.
  • Download the Greyhound Friends of New Jersey free app from Apple Store or GooglePlay.
  • Donate to Greyhound Friends of New Jersey to help us bring more dogs home.
  • Subscribe to BarkBox for 1,6, or 12 months through our special link and BarkBox will donate $25 to Greyhound Friends of New Jersey.
  • Visit the About Greyhounds podcast website.

An important note: Jacqueline Howard and Patty Comerford are not medical professionals and have not and are not providing medical advice specific to your dog. The content provided in this episode of About Greyhounds is intended as informational only. Seek the guidance of a trained and experienced veterinarian if your dog becomes ill or injured and before administering any drugs/medications, including over the counter drugs/medications.

Episode 9: A Goddess, A Royal Greyhound, and Immortality

Goddesses are born with immortality, while some greyhounds have been immortalized by the people who loved them.

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Two stories about immortality … one tale set 3,000 years ago, the other nearly 200. They may seem unrelated, until the connection is made between how an immortal goddess named Eos and a young boy’s greyhound, named for the goddess, will live on for the ages. The boy saw to that.

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Episode 8: Unexpected Approaches to “Curing” Separation Anxiety within Days

A dog’s separation anxiety can be highly challenging to turn around. While these strategies may seem counter intuitive, they truly do work.

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Until racing greyhounds retire, they’ve never been alone. Be it at the kennel where they’re born, where they trained, or where they were housed at the race track, there have always been other greyhounds, and lots of them, to keep them company. They’re also used to being with their trainers and other handlers.

When they retire and go to either foster or adoptive homes, it’s a whole new world. In general, greyhounds adapt to new surroundings and people almost seamlessly. A few have a difficult time adjusting to their new worlds. Some of those more so than others. When they find themselves alone––without people–– in their new homes, either with or without another dog, it can be frightening and stressful. They may constantly cry, bark, or could even become destructive.

In this episode, we share unexpected approaches to helping an anxious, separation anxiety-ridden greyhound become a calm and more confident one. And in just a matter of days.

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  • Donate to Greyhound Friends of New Jersey, a 501(c)(3) (nonprofit) organization.
  • Subscribe to BarkBox for 1,6, or 12 months through our special link and BarkBox will donate $25 to Greyhound Friends of New Jersey.
  • Visit the About Greyhounds podcast website.

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Episode 7: Inside GFNJ’s Greyhound Prison Foster Program

Go inside the prison where inmates and greyhounds help each other to transform their lives.

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On May 14, 2017 Greyhound Friends of New Jersey (GFNJ) celebrates the 15th anniversary of our Prison Foster Program. In this episode, hear a conversation with Sue Smith, a former corrections officer with the New Jersey prison system,  GFNJ Executive Board Member, and leader of GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program. Sue paints a vivid picture of how the Program works, what a day-in-the-life is like for the dogs and inmates,  and why it has achieved such enduring tenure.

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  • Read more about the Prison Foster Program in GFNJ’s Spring/Summer 2017 newsletter.
  • View a revealing slide show of the inmates and their foster dogs at Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility in Annandale, NJ.
  • Watch the 3.5 minute video about GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program.
  • Donate to GFNJ’s Prison Foster Program with items on the Program’s Amazon Wishlist. Amazon will ship your order directly to the Program.
  • Make your tax deductible donation to help GFNJ bring more greyhounds home via the “Donate” button on GFNJ’s Home Page.
  • Subscribe to BarkBox, as featured on this episode, by going to GFNJ’s special link. When you’re a new subscriber, they’ll donate $25 to GFNJ, whether you get a 1, 6, or 12 month subscription.

Episode 6: Caring for Your Aging Greyhound

Insights on caring for a senior greyhound.

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Greyhounds, like people, may need different approaches to their care as they age. In this conversation with Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Trustee and Secretary, Patty Comerford, we explore what the aging experience is like for both the caregivers and greyhounds, what you may see in the later years, and how to meet their needs.

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