u/SweatnGarlic

My 9 months old saluki x cannot wear a collar without choking herself. She walks nicely on a loose leash for about 85% of the time, until she sees a blowing leaf or a cat and lunges, and chokes herself so bad. We’ve used Martingale collars specifically for sighthounds of course, but it doesn’t help.

Right now she’s wearing a harness for all walks, but I don’t really like it as I have more control when she’s on a collar.

Any tips? I know that I need to keep up with the training of course, but with a saluki you can never get the type of discipline that prevents sudden jumps or lunges.

My girl is 9 months old tomorrow (should probably leave the puppy sub soon) and I wonder when dogs start shedding? She hasn’t lost a single hair yet and when I brush her, all I get are 4-5 woolly strands of hair.

Does it have anything to do with when girls get into their first heat? Because she hasn’t yet.

She’s half GR and half saluki, so I expect there to be quite some shedding.