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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  Keep the Reno updates coming. Post pictures, too. |
Today was fine. Naturally Reno isn't housebroken so there have been accidents, but my house smells nicely of vinegar
He is still hesitant to come out of the pen, and we are letting him come out at his own pace. During the day the front is taken off the pen so it is wide open so he can come and go as he pleases, and at the moment he pleases to spend most of the time in there. I can coax him out with the jerky treats, but he is hesitant to come all the way out. As soon as he sees me with the baggie of treats though he comes to the front of the pen to get one (or two
) He seems to be getting used to his name, as when I am in the kitchen and look over to him and call his name his ears prick up.
He came out of the pen and went over to Lil Bit a couple of times to check her out. We just took him out in the back yard and he ran around the yard. Beamer and Lil Bit came out in the yard too. I closed the back door, so Beamer and Lil Bit would have to come back in the house through the doggie door and I wanted to see if Reno would use the doggie door.
When they decided it was time to go through the doggie door and back in the house, Reno followed them! So he knows how to use the doggie door - at least to get back in the house.
He is eating well, I have one of those ziplock bowls with his food in and I have filled it about three times since he came home with us. Hopefully he will gain some weight. I don't know how much he weighs now, but you can feel his bones. He needs to gain some weight. I have ordered a couple of those bowls that attach to wire cages, one for food and one for water. I have also ordered a collar for him (all from PPets).
He has a harness on, and Michele from Rescue wants us to keep it on at all times as she has a tag on it. But this morning I found the little wire ring that holds the tag on the floor of the pen and the tag nearby. Looks like he may have got the tag caught up in the side of the pen in the night and pulled it loose. So, I have ordered the collar just to hold the tag, and I have a better ring for the tag.
He is a very loving boy and when he is more socialized whoever adopts him is going to be very very lucky.
I haven't taken any pics since he got here, he really doesn't look any different than the pics I already posted, and I don't want to startle him with the camera yet - unless I can get some of him outside where I won't need the flash.