Patches came home on July 3rd. We did rename him Salem. We have had a wonderful 10
days. He wasn’t timid at at all. He loved exploring. Each day his world opened up more and
more and he is now the king of the castle. He has several beds through out the house. One is right beside me when i’m on the pc. it started out that we had an empty box from a delivery
there and he proceeded to lay down in it and go to sleep. the bed we brought home with him is sitting on a table in the bedroom by the window. He only uses that one once in a while now. He loves to sleep on our beds especially our son’s bed. Each day he shows us how smart he is. He takes hand and vocal cues and listens intently to us, he loves to be talked to.We get down on the floor and play with him. He has times where he attacks his toys and run’s thru the
house and he is just this moment trying to catch David’s shadow lol. He loves to walk beside us as we move room to room. He will follow one of us this way than follow another a differ
ent direction. He loves being on the window sills but he loves it more when the window is open. You can see him taking in all the smells and sounds . We bought him a water fountain. At first he didnt know what to think of it. but he now uses it to drink water.
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