Its been over a week now and the house has been retrofitted a few times to fit his escapee tendencies, and he's begun to really relax in his chosen settings. He's allowed the kitchen, porch, and backyard in separate doses until he can learn to control himself, haha. I have a new set of photos that were uploaded, yet however uploaded to the wrong folder.. I'll be transferring them so they're more easily discernible.
Some good news, in the very least. It has become more and more obvious that his undescended testicles are not going to stay offended for long, as they make flashy appearances every once and a while. Our recent visit to the vet confirmed this, as well, as even though he decided to hide them once more, she could still identify them in place. This particular vet visit revealed much of what we expected - alot of "Oh my, he's big" and explaining precisely what kind of breed a Shiloh is. Its rather funny, to me at least, since Mark gets exasperated with my recited litany every time someone asks me what a Shiloh is. I refuse to just let the subject drop without getting my 2 cents in worth of education :P
As for health, his weight has increased to approximately 18lbs (varying based on whether he's eaten recently or not.. xD), yet still is very touch and go about eating. We've found he's very very picky, and will need some sterner obligation to feed. I've, therefore, begun the training on being released from the crate once he's eaten from the bowl.. with some time, he'll learn that the only way to get released will be to finish his meal. It stirs up some negativity about the crate, but he already harbors some resentment to be crated in the middle of the day when the cats are much, much more interesting .. :P I'm not worried, the late-night crying has long since ceased.
Perhaps we'll have a fresh wave of exciting news in a week, he'll be attending Puppy Playtime for the first time tomorrow morning (My workplace offers a safe puppy socialization hour to educate and get non-rabies vaccinated puppies some time out). Here's to hoping he doesn't scare the more touchy pet parents off with his loud mouth!!
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