Wednesday

Corona, Colbert, and my foot.

Nearly a week now and he no issues with the dogs and is getting used to us talking to him but still will dart away if we even move in his direction, regardless of if we are coming to pet him or just walking to the kitchen for a beverage. He may be realizing the Colbert (pronounced: kohl-bear) is his name, or at the very least something that we say in reference to him, because he now turns and looks at us.

He has, unfortunately, developed a bald spot on the top of his nose. I am presuming that it is from stress, either by rubbing it with his foot or on another surface like the Dogloo, or incessant licking. D and I have seen none of this action taking place, but have no other ideas of what it could be from.

He has also gotten more submissive to the fact that he is getting picked up, only in that he hasn't bared his teeth at us and attempted to whip his head back to bite. His body still gets rock hard with tension and stress, but this is also what needs to be done to take him up and down stairs as well as help him realize that bipeds aren't all bad.