Sunshine - Now that I think about it, Riley, my Sheltie mix didn't know what a toy was when I first adopted her either, so maybe it's a combination of both not knowing what toys are and having issues with heartworm (If he has it, I'll know later today, the appointment is at 3:40). I bought Riley all these toys when I first got her home and she just looked at me like, "Mom, what do I do with these?", haha. It took her a few weeks to really go run after her rope toys and balls, she didn't even know what a leash was at first! Now whenever I get the leash out she gets so excited, it's wonderful.
If I hand Koda a tennis ball or a plush toy he'll pick it up in his mouth, but he'll usually walk about 10 feet and put it down, so as I said, it could be that he doesn't know what to do with it, in combination with the fact that he's lethargic from possible heartworm, I don't know. Either way, if he does have heartworm, it's probably a good thing that he doesn't have much of a prey drive right now because I won't have to worry about too much movement during treatment, he's usually very mellow around the house. I've only gotten him to play fetch in the back yard once so far.
I'm so nervous about what we find out at the Vet this afternoon. When I woke up this morning, Koda came over to the side of the bed and put his front paws up on the side, then layed his head next to mine as if to say, "Mom, I'm gonna be alright". He's never woken me up like that, it was really weird, but comforting. He's such a sweet boy, whoever let him go is missing a darn good dog.
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