Last updated: June 10th 2026
Current Daily Routine (approximate times)
10:30am – 2 ends of toast with peanut butter
11am – First feed – then straight away let into the garden
4pm – Second feed – go for walk soon after – “Scrumble Gnasher” after walk
11pm – smaller walk – Luna will turn around to go home after she is finished – normally does 2 no.2’s in the evening sometimes 3.. – Scrumble Gnasher after walk
11:30pm – 1 end of toast with peanut butter
Might need letting in the garden between 4pm and 11pm.. (or in the night/morning – the later the second walk the less likely she will get up in the night). She will normally get up if she wants something, if she goes straight downstairs to the patio doors (we normally stay upstairs for most of the day) then she most likely needs to go in the garden – you have to be fast to stop her weeing inside – we normally close the living room door for this reason – so we have a bit more time to react.
Can switch letting her into the garden and walking her after the feed times -i.e. walk after first feed then let her into garden after second feed if preferred. She will likely be happy to eat food on the earlier side if needed – as long as she is fed in 2 sittings that’s the main thing – should mean the later walk can be earlier.
Daily Feeding Routine
Tinned plant-based food, not meat – have to cut up the tinned food into bite-sized chunks as it comes out in a block form. Then mix it slightly into the pre-soaked kibble. I put the lid back in the tin to cover the remaining half to help stop it from drying out – it’s cool enough in our garage so we don’t store it in the fridge once opened
PM: 4pm-6pm
To tell us she is hungry she normally goes and stands in front of the garage door which is where we serve her food.
When drinking water she will spill a lot of water on the floor… so keep that in mind in where you place it.
Treats – likes peanut butter (must be xilytol free)– she is used to having 2 of my toast ends in the morning with peanut butter on and technically one before bed – she can probably cope without though
Commands when feeding – none, but if we say “want food?” and “food time” she seems to understand, and she knows the word “treat”. She seems to understand verbal cues, whether she responds or not depends on what she wants…
We normally let Luna in the garden for a potty break or at least give her the option after she’s had her food – otherwise we take her for her walk after eating – she walks slow these days so it seems fine for her – although she may walk faster in a new area, but should still be fine since she’s not running around.
Daily Exercising Routine
Can she be let off lead in house and garden? – YES, but only in the garden if it is completely secure, and only if the fence is high.
If the weather is too hot – skip the noon walk and just do an evening walk – the later the evening walk the less likely she will need to get up in the night – if she drinks water after a walk, she may want to go in the garden for a wee a couple of hours later.
If she freezes on walks it tends to mean she has a direction she wants to go – either to cross the road or back – you kind of have to figure out which direction she wants to go – we’ve found walks are much less stressful if you let her take the lead (up to a point) with the direction of the walks, but in a new area this may be less of an issue – she likes to explore new paths so try not to go on the same route every day
When she’s on a walk she normally flicks her back legs on the ground after doing her business – if she’s doing a no.2 it’s best to pull her away quickly when she’s done or she might catch it with her feet… (she has launched it over a fence and onto the side of a caravan before!)
She may randomly walk into the road to sniff so be aware and ready to tighten the leash. We do use the command “wait” for when she has to wait for us to pick up after her and when crossing roads. I do say “ok cross” when we’re about to start crossing.
Take plenty of poo bags – I take 8 to be very safe (have used 6 before – just takes 2 double baggers to use 4 bags..) In the evening they tend to be softer and harder to pick up especially on grass.
Temperament with children
Just make sure children aren’t too rowdy and grab her head – gentle stroking on e.g. her neck/top of head/shoulders is fine.
Commands
More like verbal cues than commands – “Wait”, does know “sit”, and will sit for treat but is bit awkward being a greyhound, “Luna come” , “paw please” when lifting each paw to wipe with small towel after walk or being let out into garden, “food time”, “want treat?”, “want to go for walkies”.
House Boundaries
Left Alone: best to let her in the garden or walk her before leaving her alone in the house and don’t shut her into one room if you leave – you can close certain doors to rooms you don’t want her in though.
Car: She’s usually more willing to jump in the car before going somewhere and more reluctant to get back in after the trip is done.. If you want her in the boot you will most likely have to lift her in unless it’s super low to the ground.. She’s not really safe on the backseat unless a hammock is used.. or the footwells have stuff in to prevent her from falling forward.. Have to make sure she’s attached to a lead before letting her jump out of the car.
Medical conditions
More like quirks – she occasionally gets a “shakey head” which we resolve quickly by giving her something to lick e.g. peanut butter. Occasionally her odd front nail gets stuck under the side of the adjacent toe – just have to carefully unstick it. More recently she’s awoken with one of her eyes being shut – this does resolve after a day though putting some water on it might help. She did get antibiotic eye drops from the vet the first time it happened even though it already looked much better by the time the vet saw it the following day (I showed them a photo).. the second time it resolved on its own so it’s something we still need to investigate, but is not something that requires an urgent vet visit even if it looks a bit worrying when it happens.