Moose update

On Tuesday Moose went in to the vet for his first checkup and shots. The Vet told me that Moose is about 3 to 3 1/2 months old and that he does not have any ideas on his breed. He also said that based on his “extremely dirty ear canals” he was left outside for a long period of time and possibly malnourished. It is quite possible that Moose was lost, and all alone, for multiple days (or even weeks) before he found me in Oregon. Lastly we found out that he was not micro-chipped.

Luckily, the lack of traveling this month saves me a good portion of gasoline money. So far, the majority of that savings has gone into Moose; Roughly $100 in supplies and food, and now another $170 in his first vet visit. In three weeks, another visit will finish up his puppy-shots and by late December we can start on his adult-fixings (rabies, neutering, etc).

He is 90% crate-trained and well on his way to being fully potty-trained. Another week and he should be good to go in that area. He sits on command, is learning his name well, and has almost gotten “come” 100% of the time… he has it when I have a treat in hand of course. Luckily he really likes the treats so he has been very easy to work with.