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Thanks for all your thoughts. His recall has recently taken a turn for the worse so part of the reason for getting him out of our bed was just to try to assert our position as leaders as opposed to equals who he could ignore if he felt like it. We both really like having him on/in the bed...

We've just tried to change Silas' sleeping arrangements but it's not going well. We got him good at sleeping in his soft crate without soiling it all night and that was great, but then he chewed the zips so he couldn't be locked in any more. Allowed to roam the flat, he would soil the floor at...

Thanks for all your replies and well-wishing! On this morning's stroll before vet visit I got a better idea of what was up - he lay down on the floor to meet another dog quivering with excitement as he always does when he's on good sociable form, but the poor little guy tried to do his trademark...

For the last few days Silas hasn't run fast at all like he usually does, just a disinterested lope around and just wants to sniff the grass all the time. He won't play with other dogs or chase a ball - before he loved it and got really spritely every day. It's particularly frustrating because...

It's amazing how quick they respond to a diet change - I swear I can see a change each morning since upping intake!! I think it's the sleeker fur growing in that's creating the impression too, but he looks and feels better - cuddlier!! I don't give him any dairy anyway, but thanks for all your...

Is that tongue? I'd just been feeding to guidelines on food packs corresponding to his weight. I gave more when I first got him to try to put some weight on but he just pooed all the time so I went back to guide amount. Nobody had said to me to feed as much as they'll eat. I heard and followed...

I'm feeding JWB puppy food to my 4.5 month old Silas and he does a normal poo in the morning but the afternoon one is not healthy at all - starts ok then becomes liquid towards end. Is this overfeeding? I weigh his recommended daily 230g of food out and split into 3 meals a day (7am, 12pm, 6pm)...

Very very close! It's Blagdon lake, a couple of miles away!

He's nearly 4 months old now. His eyes are very light coloured and quite human! I know his xylophone ribs make him look like an abuse case, but I promise we're giving him suggested amount!

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We took Silas to Blagdon near Bristol for Christmas. He was great on the train even though the journey home took 6 hours door to door - car, train, bus, bus! No complaints, just slept most of the time, occasionally waking up to accept some love from strangers. There was a 6 year old collie bitch...

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Hi, thank you so much for the advice, i will try it tonight, she has cried for the pass two nights, she does not mind going in her crate i think it is because she is on her own, do you think its ok just to have one whippet ? when i leave her in the morning to take my little boy to school she...

I see what you mean - the graph shows all sorts of trajectories and blips in the curve. And as you say you've had a couple at his current weight who went on to gain faster than others. As you say, the pot luck aspect of it's part of the fun of watching them grow up! He's grown a lot (almost a...

He's getting visibly bigger,heavier, his fur's changing, his eyes are going greener and he's lively for longer stints now. We might have overfed him a touch - his weight has gained quite fast (he's 3kg now - can he really have gained about a kilo in a week and a half?! Or do I need new scales?)...

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One week on and what a little bundle of fun he is! More and more energetic (the boy seriously needs a proper run!!), he seems to have just learnt how to bark/yap (we're making sure it achieves absolutely nothing for now...), showing very promising retrieval instincts, sits on command, is...

Well yeah, I like them and it was just one of those moments where you do a quick mental word association game as you're looking at the box asking you to come up with a username. "nickandsilas" would probably be more sensible, but the song arrived in my head first. I've seen the odd whippet...

I've just plugged Silas' weight and age (2.6kg at 9 weeks) into an online calculator which reckons he'll end up at 7kg - 46% below average whippet weight. Could this be true or do they develop less predictably than such a calculator can work out? Growth spurts?! I don't mind if he IS tiny as...