Well, here we are day 2 with new resident pup Scrappy. He is settled down and content. Though he is a bit confused and misses his people, he has been more than cooperative and very well behaved. He has never been in a crate before but because he trusts Deana and she asked him to, he loaded right in to it. And there he road silently all the way home.
The first thing we noticed was that he is a powerful and collected dog and he proved it by snapping the monster cable we installed to accommodate big dogs! He's not a big dog!
So Rick went back to the drawing board on the cable. However, the kennel was finished so we just put him in it and put a light in the tent that he is in, a warm blanket, a bowl of food and a bucket of fresh water and he was more than OK, he went in to the dog box, curled in his blanket and slept. We hooked up a camera with a monitor full time so we can always keep an eye on him. Today Rick will complete the dog-condo and the cable should be up and stronger today to. Mean while I am going to just jump in to the training so that he is distracted and doesn't become stressed about all of the new strange surroundings. Deana did a great job with him and that's going to make a huge difference on what I can do for him. He is a very smart dog. When she got him as a pup, I could see the potential in him even then. He is a very quick learner and he is dying to please.
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