New Foster dog - Rollie

Erie Shore Greyhound Adoption of Ohio has a Foster boy greyhound named Rollie who has tummy troubles.  I am Fostering him to see if we can get his tummy troubles under control.  Rollie is a white with Brindle spot dog, he looks similar to Ace.  We have never had a dog that looks like Ace as a foster dog, so it will be interesting to see if we get Rollie and Ace confused like we did Macho and Khan.

His foster mom is my friend and a very dedicated greyhound person.  She has fostered probably close to 50 greyhounds and used to run a kennel for another greyhound group.  Since Rollie has been having tummy troubles since he got here, she has taken him to the vet for his tummy troubles a few times.  He has been wormed a couple of times.  The vet recommended B12 injections, which was done, and put him on special dog food.  This special food is hugely expensive, $120 for 6 lbs!  And she told me it is helping but not fixing the problem.  His tummy is not getting better.  

 A dog with tummy problems can wear on a person’s nerves. Getting up to go to work and finding messes throughout the house is no way to start your day.  Nor is coming home to a stinky house and having to clean up the messy poo.  It is bad enough to have to do this occasionally, but it was becoming a daily routine.  We agreed to take him and see if his tummy settles down here.  Sometimes a different environment can cause or fix tummy troubles.

Rollie came in the group that came with Fog.  He has learned how to live in another home.  I don’t allow my dogs on the furniture, I don’t muzzle my dogs, but his current foster mom does.   So he will have a bit of learning to do.  This will be more like getting a returned dog than an off the track dog. 

Rollie has been here for a couple of weeks now.  He has discovered squeaky toys.  He loved them.  Then one day he threw one in the air to catch it and it landed on Macho.  For whatever reason, Rollie decided to take the toy from Macho and a fight ensued.  A single puncture in Rollie’s shoulder and he broke his bottom K9 on Macho’s hard head.  But other than that, and some hurt feelings, he is ok.  Macho was not hurt. Now Rollie only plays with the toys when Macho is not in the room and he only plays for a minute.  I am hoping as he finds no more problems, he begins to play again.

He has only had two “accidents” in the house in the two weeks he has been here.  I suspect this is more of a separation anxiety and not knowing how to wake humans up to go outside in the middle of the night. 

Rollie is a loving, cuddly boy, who just wants to fit in to the pack.  He loves to eat, he pays attention (mostly) to what he is told.  Rollie like Ace, stays out of the way, but is always aware of where the humans are and listens for a call to come.  He is a happy boy who just needs someone of his own.

I think he likes it here