Dante And Mina

I am amazed at Dante’s progress.

He can keep up nearly side by side with the other dogs and has been playing like crazy. He hasn’t figured out the couch yet, but has stairs down pat and walks are going GREAT! He isn’t resisting anymore and he can go further and further each day.

Right now all three are snuggled up on the dog bed sleeping. We separated the pups into their own crates. They were just getting too squishy for comfort and waking each other up. Dante isn’t quite getting the hang of house training yet, and still wakes up I’d say 3/7 nights a week – Mina has house training down pat for the most part – though she likes to abuse her ‘door scratching’ powers to get me to let her out 800 times an hour to go run laps, LOL.

We took the pups in for their shots last week and I learned some interesting information about Dante. His accident happened for the few days the owners had taken the pups and mom home. They had taken Dante to a vet different from the one the shelter uses. The owners then surrendered the pups again and Dante’s leg was dead. According to the shelter vet, they think he was attacked, although the original vet who treated him wouldn’t share information. He has a large mass of scar tissue on his neck that has gone down considerably, and the vet thinks he was chewed up and needed surgery there. When the leg was amputated the nerve had been severed – not consistent with a break, and he also has some scaring on his face and side that is consistent with an attack. Poor guy, we thought those scars were from rough-housing with Mina – and we thought the scar tissue in his neck had something to do with the amputation – but nope, the shelter vet had said they were going to remove it, but it’s gone down a lot on it’s own now, so they’re not concerned any more.

He’s a little trooper that’s for sure!!

They’re growing like weeds. They were 10 pounds the day we got them – 16 now! 6 pounds in 3 weeks. Teething has begun, and everything is free game – so that’s been….fun?

They’re great pups, generally well behaved 95% of the time – and we love having them! They’ve settled in so nicely that it’s hard to remember a time when they weren’t here. Although, the constant noise does remind us of the peace and quiet we used to have!

It’s been really fun the last three weeks. Dante has surpassed our expectations as this point, and continues to surprise us on a daily basis.

Long weekend this weekend – looking forward to it! Might have some time to play around with my blog settings and figure out how to add some pictures. They’re already starting to look less like puppies and more like little dogs!

Happy Easter from our Zoo – Coda, Dante, Mina, Zoey and Resin (And the pawrents, too!)

~ by munko on March 31, 2010 .