We had Moo evaluated around the middle of last month and he is officially a Heeler a.k.a. Australian Cattle Dog (not a Catahoula like we thought). He has all the markings of one. Sometimes he lightly nudges me in the calves so that is another tell-tale sign. We also wanted to find out if there was hope of a better future for this dog. He is slowing emerging from his shell...
He is FULL of energy! We have let him outside under our supervision and just loves running around. He loves to smell and sniff things.
Moo has gained a lot more confidence because he used to be leary of the chickens and now he loves watching them...we are still trying to correct this instinct. Eventually we hope to teach him some more commands like sit, lay down, etc.
Our new family favorite is at night right before we go to bed. We do our family scripture/Ensign study time on the living room rug and we sit near each other and one of us will toss a treat/doggie cookie to Moo without making any eye contact whatsoever. Of course he will only come so close to Jared, but it is progress. And if he ignores the treat, one of the cats comes to gobble it up. They like the treats too, especially Kitty, the Queen Bee who rules the roost.
The picture is of Moo in one of his "hiding/security places".
