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getting to know Huntley
Huntley is recovering from surgery.
date: 2008-11-08 (4130 days ago)
dogs: Crockett, Fangman, GP, Huntley, Judo, Sarge/Bob/Calder, T-bone/Tiburon/Tibby
We moved to our last field at the farm and quit a little early due to rain. At the kennel we picked up Bob and Grazie. Grazie was in to have a toenail checked; one was missing, leaving only the quick. Kitty took the house dogs home to be fed while I played with the kennel dogs.
Huntley was neutered on Friday and is staying in the clinic where Grazie was so I quickly let him out so that he wouldn't get excited and make a mess in his run before I returned. He's getting accustomed to the routine and relieved himself soon after he was outside. We played a bit too. I'm trying to discourage him from mouthing and jumping on me (although he's very gentle).
With Huntley back in the clinic, I headed to the kennel. Crockett's run was clean and he accepted my placement of a muzzle on him. Then we grabbed Shiloh, the other rescue's Newf, and headed outside. Those two did fine together so I returned to release the others: Judo, Fangman, GP and T-bone. As usual, they all enjoyed the evening and didn't mind the cold damp weather a bit. Crockett continues to relax around the other dogs and is learning that they don't intend to harm him. The muzzle is a great tool for allowing him to safely interact with the other dogs.
After I returned all of the kennel dogs to their runs I pulled Huntley again.
We recently got toys for all of the kennel dogs to chew but Huntley didn't have one yet.
It took awhile to find an appropriate one but I finally gave an "Extreme Kong" a short toss for the pup.
I shouldn't have encouraged this newly-neutered clumsy pup to run on the slick floor but it was a delight to see him.
He immediately pounced on the Kong and returned it to me!
I couldn't resist throwing it a few more times.
Huntley seemed as happy to bring the Kong back to me and drop it as I was to watch him do it.
What fun! And yet, as excited as he'd get he would occasionally snuggle into me after dropping the Kong and just lie still while I massaged him. I was tempted to take him home but I resisted. Soon.