Alright, well as you see we finally got his new cage. Its the largest one we could find. He seems to like it better than the old one. Not only does he have plenty of room to stretch out he can see much better.
Last week I came home to find that he had eaten one of his toys. It "was" a tire on a rope but only half of the tire remained. I'm used to the dogs chewing a hole in a toy and maybe even eating a small piece of it, but this was surprising. I figured he would pass whatever he ate with little effort. If you saw what he leaves in the yard you'd understand! After a few days he threw up a little "tire". A trip to the doc including x-rays showed he was fine with minor irritation of his stomach. It was an expensive trip, but worth every penny to insure our baby would be fine AND we got a new weigh in @ 64lbs!
I took him to the dog park for the first time last week and he did okay. He walks on the leash fine until he's distracted so we're still working on that. Once inside the park he didn't really stray to far from me. He would trot to other people, especially females, to say hello. A couple of times I chased him down fearing he would pounce on some unsuspecting old lady, but he was always nice. I didn't have to apologize for him jumping, just drooling on them. Many people had to come over and pet him and ask all kinds of questions, mainly "what kind of dog is that?" After about half an hour he walked to the gate, picked his leash out of the lot hanging from the fence and sat down. I called him to me a couple of times only to have him return to the gate. I took his cue as being ready to go home so we called it a day. I hope to get him back out there more often to work on keeping his attention with all the distractions.
Although he's a Moose at 64lbs he still crawls in mommas lap every chance he gets. He is also very agile. He rolls around on his back and does barrel rolls while playing with the other dogs, especially the Min Schnauzer so he can get to her level. He jumped onto the bed the other day clearing the foot board all together. I also wrestle with him alot, taking his legs out from under him and giving him bear hugs. He retaliates with big slobbery kisses or by nipping my ears and nose.
The allergies seem to be under control. I'm not sure if it was the season, the detergent, or the addition of Benadryl but he's doing much better!
