I emailed Smudge's new family yesterday to see how he was doing and just received a great report and some fun photos today. He has had his cast removed and is slowly but surely remembering that he can use that leg now. At first he walked on it, but lifted it up to run, but now he's discovered sprinting and that's sped up his willingness to use his cast-less leg.
It sounds like he tries to eat and drink anything (coffee, candy, even beer) but has to settle for apple chunks and cheese for a treat, which he loves. One of his favorite things is to ride around in his dad's shirt munching on sunflower seeds. He actually can shell them! His dad kept getting blamed for spitting his shells on the ground, when they figured out it was Smudge who was doing it!!
His big brother Maxwell (and by big, I mean BIG), a sweet old pitbull, isn't sure how to play with such a tiny thing, so he just stands there and barks at him. Smudge, a 3 pound little lion, stands his ground and barks right back and so they stand there, nose to nose, barking.
It is great news to hear how well he has settled into his forever home and that his leg healed well. As Ratbone Rescues likes to say, this is a "happy tail."
The photo above shows Smudge lounging around and having a little tug time with his brother, Milo. Doesn't Smudge look like a "mini-me" of Milo?
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