dogcatharmony
July 16th, 2009, 08:13 AM
thought I would give a little update on how well Dexter has been doing! Wow...one month.....can't believe the changes in him. He is a little:evil:
I was a little worried about him a little while back, I noticed he wasn't too keen on jumping. He just didn't want to do it, and would look for an escape route on foot rather than jumping over something. Then the one day he tried to jump from the stairs to the dining room table.....and he fell:eek: and he didn't land on his feet!!! I couldn't stop thinking of all the bad things that could cause that.
So I kept my eye on him and I guess it was just a side effect of growing up in a crate......he didn't know how to jump. A little while later he was zooming around upstairs, came flying down the stairs and cleared the dining room table, landed in the living room on his feet and kept going. He successfully cleared at least 12 feet..........and all I thought was OH OH we are in trouble now!!!
He also found out that he can use his back feet to kick the snot out of Zoe's nose when they play. Zoe doesn't seem to mind, she keeps going back and slapping her nose of his belly so he wraps his arms around her snout and kicks. And he likes to bite her ears......I can't believe how good they are together.
He had his first taste of catnip:eek: I found out never give a young cat catnip later in the evening.......three o'clock in the morning and he was still crazy. Dex and Phoebe are still in a love/hate relationship, they have had a couple go rounds, nothing serious, just lots of noise from Phoebe and Dex takes the abuse like a champ. Then they follow each other around for awhile...and then start all over with the noise. I secretly think she likes him, but is playing hard to get.
We have a couple bad habits to take care of. His lump on his back is almost gone:thumbs up, wish his hair on his bum would grow back (a bald behind looks so sad) He has slowed down on his eating. He greets anyone who comes in the house, my neice and nephew came over and carried him everywhere and he just laid in their arms purring.
So glad I could give him a home........he is just an awesome additon.....love him to peices.
IZ TOO CUTEZ FOR TROUBLEZ
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I was a little worried about him a little while back, I noticed he wasn't too keen on jumping. He just didn't want to do it, and would look for an escape route on foot rather than jumping over something. Then the one day he tried to jump from the stairs to the dining room table.....and he fell:eek: and he didn't land on his feet!!! I couldn't stop thinking of all the bad things that could cause that.
So I kept my eye on him and I guess it was just a side effect of growing up in a crate......he didn't know how to jump. A little while later he was zooming around upstairs, came flying down the stairs and cleared the dining room table, landed in the living room on his feet and kept going. He successfully cleared at least 12 feet..........and all I thought was OH OH we are in trouble now!!!
He also found out that he can use his back feet to kick the snot out of Zoe's nose when they play. Zoe doesn't seem to mind, she keeps going back and slapping her nose of his belly so he wraps his arms around her snout and kicks. And he likes to bite her ears......I can't believe how good they are together.
He had his first taste of catnip:eek: I found out never give a young cat catnip later in the evening.......three o'clock in the morning and he was still crazy. Dex and Phoebe are still in a love/hate relationship, they have had a couple go rounds, nothing serious, just lots of noise from Phoebe and Dex takes the abuse like a champ. Then they follow each other around for awhile...and then start all over with the noise. I secretly think she likes him, but is playing hard to get.
We have a couple bad habits to take care of. His lump on his back is almost gone:thumbs up, wish his hair on his bum would grow back (a bald behind looks so sad) He has slowed down on his eating. He greets anyone who comes in the house, my neice and nephew came over and carried him everywhere and he just laid in their arms purring.
So glad I could give him a home........he is just an awesome additon.....love him to peices.
IZ TOO CUTEZ FOR TROUBLEZ
55021