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A tiny milestone today, day 57: when it's time to go outside, he'll run out from under the desk and jog around, eventually I'll need to corner him and take him out. Lately he's been allowing me to pet him a few times without fuss once I catch him, but that's neither here nor there, I get more...

Busted. :biggrin2:

Just dropping in with a progress report. :) Today is day 42... We are continuing to slowly, steadily make progress. The big moment of the past couple of weeks has been a willingness to walk. His bolting around the house has gradually gone from bolting around (crashing into walls, knocking over...

That's kind of what I'm thinking. He does still seem really frantic when he's looking for a new spot, there's nothing relaxed about it, and when he realizes that one spot isn't suitable for whatever reason he bolts to another, knocking over everything in his path. It doesn't really seem like a...

Days 24-27 - Yesterday, he walked further from under the desk for a kibble than he ever has before. Lately his reaction to being spooked has changed. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. For the first couple weeks, if he got startled he would just plaster himself further into...

Today was a good day (day 23)! He's been seeming to ask for eye contact for so long that I finally started looking at him and talking to him a little more directly. I've been sitting near him and reading to him, rarely meeting his eyes, mostly sitting sideways, waiting for him to indicate that...

Tagg, I will definitely check those books out! I read quite a lot and devour anything on the topic of helping this boy. Days 16-22: I find myself at an impasse as far as where this pup should spend his time. When I last updated this thread, I had moved him to the bedroom and felt pretty good...

Wow, it's a little surreal to hear from Tagg/Tinsel when we've been reading their journey for so long! :smile2: Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. Days ten through fifteen: I'm sorry that we've been a little bit AWOL. We've been in a figuring-out phase over here. Around day ten I...

Day seven was a really rocky day, or rather night. The day was fine - no major milestones or setbacks, which is okay. I want to give him a day here or there where I don't push his limits too much. I don't believe in flooding. Day seven, he was coming in the door after potty breaks within about a...

If you really want to go, I'd consider taking them during "off hours" like Tuesday morning when it's likely to be empty to let them get used to that place as a fun place without other dogs around, and then gradually working up to more populated times. That said, like every else has said - dog...

:lol::lol: Our dogs eat Moozles weirdly fast, like within an hour! Well, Violet does, and she's such a fatty that she'll "help" the other dogs finish theirs if they take too long. (They always take too long, in her opinion.)

Welcome Brooke! My favorite color, too! :) She is beautiful.

Welcome - my very first dog was a sheltie/dachshund mix, to date the best dog I've ever known. :) Would love to see pictures!

It would depend on what kind of event it was: if it's something that you were going to make a day of, maybe some kind of pot luck cookout or meal, a nice walk or park or something picked out to walk or visit in, I would probably drive up to 4-6 hours. If it's getting together for an hour or two...

Wow, adorable pup! Welcome from your Indiana neighbor and a fellow newbie. :)