18/07/2025
Mac Update!
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As you can see he’s fresh out the bath in this photo. Poor guy has had been having diarrhea and has had a few accidents in his kennel. So he has needed a few baths. The benefit of this is it’s showing me that he really has gotten much more comfortable with me. He never growls or acts rude during his bath and he enjoys me cuddling him in the towel after a bath!
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Here’s what we’ve got going for us so far-
✅No more growling at me
✅Comfortable with me putting leash on and off
✅Seems to enjoy affection from me most the time
✅Will eat food out of bowl in kennel
✅Calm and polite during bath
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Here’s where we run into issues
❌He will not eat for me, not from my hand, not off the floor, not off the place cot. He has zero interest in ANY food when it comes to training or hand feeding. Without food as a motivator (and he obviously won’t work for toys or anything like that) I’m not able to do any training with him. I do not want to use pressure as a motivator for him- so until he eats for me we can’t start the actual training.
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Now that he is comfortable with me I hope he will eat for me soon. He is going home tonight until Sunday because I will be out of town (and I can’t leave him with Lizzy) so his parents will have homework for him so we hopefully don’t get too far off track when he comes back on Sunday. I do have some ideas as to how I can get him comfortable eating for me so I’ll try those on Sunday when he is back and will share that progress with you when the time comes!
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Overall, it’s good that he is starting to trust me. That is step one. We just continue to live at his pace and we’ll get there when we get there!