lilly06
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Hi all-
Well it has been one week today that Gus has been with us. Noche and he are fast friends and are doing great. Gus is starting to approach us pretty well now and is starting to learn his name. I have been working on the sit, down and leave it commands. I will start walking him on the leash once he gets his sutures removed. He loves being outside. He had some issues eating inside the house. He would take a bite of food then pace around the house look at me with kind of a scared look then do the same thing again. Then I tried feeding him in the laundry room by himself and he would not eat a full meal there either. (something about being confined... not sure) So I started feeding him outside and there are no issues there. I am excited to get him to the vet so we can see how his weight gain is coming along.
Gus is still pretty nervous inside the house. My initial guess is that he was never allowed inside. We have been crating him during the day and he is quite the escape artist. He has gotten out of the wire crate 3 times. One time I think that we forgot to latch one of the latches on the side door. Unfortunately, he got out again today. He is one smart cookie. I am going to latch the crate with some other latches or something because he is too smart for his own good. He does fine once he is in the crate. He is quiet and eventually just lays down. I wish I could just leave him in the house but he is too nervous. When he has gotten out I noticed that he has nose prints on just about every window in my house. He chewed one of the slats to my blinds and broke it and knocked over a side table in the living room. I am not sure why he is so nervous in the house. If I just left a window open with a screen I think that he would bolt for sure. The DH has been going home at lunch to let him out to go potty. Being that he got out again today we left him out. Rescue told me about latching the crate with some other latches. We will try that tomorrow. The DH got him a big femur from the butcher so I think that he will be ok for a little bit. I am not sure how long he was on the street but he is pretty skiddish at times. Any advice would surely be appreciated.
He sure is a love bug. Total leaner and snuggler! He loves being on the bed with Noche. He had his head resting on her rump last night. It was pretty darn cute!!! If we are in the house and sitting down he seems to be pretty comfortable. He will come right over sit or lye down.
Any advice would surely be appreciated.
Well it has been one week today that Gus has been with us. Noche and he are fast friends and are doing great. Gus is starting to approach us pretty well now and is starting to learn his name. I have been working on the sit, down and leave it commands. I will start walking him on the leash once he gets his sutures removed. He loves being outside. He had some issues eating inside the house. He would take a bite of food then pace around the house look at me with kind of a scared look then do the same thing again. Then I tried feeding him in the laundry room by himself and he would not eat a full meal there either. (something about being confined... not sure) So I started feeding him outside and there are no issues there. I am excited to get him to the vet so we can see how his weight gain is coming along.
Gus is still pretty nervous inside the house. My initial guess is that he was never allowed inside. We have been crating him during the day and he is quite the escape artist. He has gotten out of the wire crate 3 times. One time I think that we forgot to latch one of the latches on the side door. Unfortunately, he got out again today. He is one smart cookie. I am going to latch the crate with some other latches or something because he is too smart for his own good. He does fine once he is in the crate. He is quiet and eventually just lays down. I wish I could just leave him in the house but he is too nervous. When he has gotten out I noticed that he has nose prints on just about every window in my house. He chewed one of the slats to my blinds and broke it and knocked over a side table in the living room. I am not sure why he is so nervous in the house. If I just left a window open with a screen I think that he would bolt for sure. The DH has been going home at lunch to let him out to go potty. Being that he got out again today we left him out. Rescue told me about latching the crate with some other latches. We will try that tomorrow. The DH got him a big femur from the butcher so I think that he will be ok for a little bit. I am not sure how long he was on the street but he is pretty skiddish at times. Any advice would surely be appreciated.
He sure is a love bug. Total leaner and snuggler! He loves being on the bed with Noche. He had his head resting on her rump last night. It was pretty darn cute!!! If we are in the house and sitting down he seems to be pretty comfortable. He will come right over sit or lye down.
Any advice would surely be appreciated.
