Max, week 1
Well, after one week, Max has improved quite a bit. He doesn’t piddle anymore. When we first got him, he’d piddle when somebody picked him up and before he was let out of the crate. Now it’s “piddle no more” :D He’s also more comfortable with his crate. When we got him, he was crate friendly, meaning he’ll stay quiet in the crate. But he wouldn’t voluntarily go in there. Now, with a Kong, he can go in there happily, not even look when I close the crate and be a good pup until I let him out. He is also learning to not be so excited when I open the crate door. He still gets excited but not as much and he’d back away from the door (he used to scratch at it a lot more before I open). So the excitement is still there, still some scratches, but better. We’ll work on that. He also doesn’t bark or whine when I come home or just plain show up. He’ll wag his tail now but doesn’t expect me to open and let him our soon after I come in to the room he’s in.
We saw the person from Fury Pals Refuge, Carla, the other day and she said that Max is looking so good. He’s more confident and the noticed the no piddles too. She commented on how well he stays calm in the crate and she gave me the whole history on Max.
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