I downloaded a checklist for Finn
Jun. 7th, 2024 12:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulySo, yeah.
What really is frustrating is that he improved so much over the years. When we got him he could barely walk, he couldn't play, he grabbed frantically at every bit of food, he couldn't be left alone even for a minute, he didn't know how to sit or stay, he couldn't climb on and off chairs or up and down stairs. And little by little - he got better. He could walk. He could be left alone without immediately panicking. We could touch his hindquarters, he wasn't scared of the dark anymore. He learned to play, guys. I mean, his idea of play was mostly to start for the ball and then remember he'd rather be snuggled than bring it back to us, but he was enthusiastic about it! Even as recently as a summer ago he was still learning new things, doing new things.
And in less than a year, it's like it's all gone. He doesn't howl when we leave, but that's about the only lasting change. So I don't... I don't even know.
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What really is frustrating is that he improved so much over the years. When we got him he could barely walk, he couldn't play, he grabbed frantically at every bit of food, he couldn't be left alone even for a minute, he didn't know how to sit or stay, he couldn't climb on and off chairs or up and down stairs. And little by little - he got better. He could walk. He could be left alone without immediately panicking. We could touch his hindquarters, he wasn't scared of the dark anymore. He learned to play, guys. I mean, his idea of play was mostly to start for the ball and then remember he'd rather be snuggled than bring it back to us, but he was enthusiastic about it! Even as recently as a summer ago he was still learning new things, doing new things.
And in less than a year, it's like it's all gone. He doesn't howl when we leave, but that's about the only lasting change. So I don't... I don't even know.
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Unconventional Sex Let Anglerfish Conquer the Deep Ocean
Slicing a Loaf of Bread That Looks Like a Tuna Fish
The Ancient Art of Calligraphy Is Having a Revival
Escalating Emissions: How disruption from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea is driving up carbon emissions
Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels
Catastrophic Floods in Brazil Set Off Another Crisis: Homeless Pets
Flood-battered farmers in southern Brazil wade through lost harvests
Home insurance was once a ‘must.’ Now more homeowners are going without.
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Black leaders call out Trump’s criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, equality eludes South Africa
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