The little guy is finally moving like a dog, less slipping and tripping and he is starting to try to jump with his hind legs now. You can really see improvements in his general Agility. We also notice how fixated he is with getting something in his greedy little - and somewhat sharp - gums.
I noticed he was mouthing the leg of the dining room chair the other day. I was about to tell him no then waited to see what he was actually doing. The legs are metal and it was a cool day so he was mouthing the legs to soothe his gums. He loves his little Kong, we put dry Kong Treats in there at the moment, but we plan on putting a mix of dry food and mince meat with perhaps some peanut butter in the Kong, then freezing it for him. That should keep him occupied for awhile...at least thats the plan.
He also has two "Knots" that he loves, the toys that are made of thick string and are tied into knots at the ends and have long tassles hanging off of them. He loves to chew on them and throw them around. I often play tug of war with him which he loves, often followed with a little tussle around the living room.
In order to really socialise him we have decided that we will book him a place in a Doggie Day Care centre. The plan being that he will not be isolated, which is not something we want to put any dog through. Dogs being community animals they need to have social contact, if they dont receive that contact they start to fret. Since we live in an apartment we really don't think it would be fair to keep a second dog here. The apartment would get too small very quickly.
Hudson is enjoying the Puppie status to the full, every other dog owner in the neighbourhood seems to know him and everyone in our immediate area (with the exeption of one neighbour) adore him. He knows about every dog and we know about every dogs name, but funnily enough not the persons name on the other end of the leash. Funny that.
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