It's hard to believe that our beautiful boy, Bozley, is TWO years old today! He got a special dinner (with some ground beef, cheese, etc. added to his kibble) and a new stuffed duck toy! He ate the dinner right up...and the toy was ripped apart in less than two hours. ;) Bozley has never been destructive with his toys...but he and Nova play tug-of-war and they end up ripping holes in their toys and pulling the stuffing out. :P So we've taken the squeaker and the stuffing out of the duck and he still loves it. We've even had some angry growls between the two of them fighting over the duck toy. :P
Bozley has started eating better! He's still extremely picky...but he's now eating Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach kibble without having to add other wet/fresh foods to it (because that got expensive!). After bringing Nova home, we went back to adding some water to the kibble and heated it up for about 8 seconds in the microwave...and now he'll eat it as long as I'm sitting in front of the kennel with the door open while he eats. ;) So...he's still high maintenance but we're making progress!
He's not afraid of car rides anymore. Ever since the night we brought Nova home, he rides in the backseat like it was never a problem at all. He's even comfortable enough to lay down and sleep during the drive. However, one thing he remains terrified of is anyone on the roof. Like...PTSD terrified. They don't even have to be on our roof...two sets of neighbors recently each had their roof replaced and he was too scared to go outside after he saw people walking on the roof.
He's also still too scared to go down the stairs into the basement. They're carpeted steps and there's a landing a couple steps down then they turn to a longer staircase...but he's never gone further than his front paws on the first step and looks downstairs. Nova goes down there all the time to go check on the cats (like every single time after she comes in the house) but he still doesn't go down there. Sometimes he acts like he really wants to...he's just too afraid to. If I go to the stairs and try to coax him to go down, he goes back and just lays on the couch and stares at me.
Boz doesn't mind kisses on his muzzle (Nova isn't much of a fan) and he gives love by resting his muzzle on top of your face. It's funny...if you lean your face close to his and whisper something like, "Do you want to go downstairs?" he covers his muzzle over your mouth like he's telling you to be quiet. lol. ;) One of these days I'll have to try to get a video of it.
He still likes to cuddle in short bursts. He'll lay next to you--especially if he gets some pets or chest rubbins--but then he'll get up and go lay on the floor (usually under the window next to the vent). I think he just gets too hot. Nova will lay in bed sandwiched in between me and Johnny for nearly the whole night...but Bozley prefers to sleep in his bed. In the mornings if Johnny gets up before I do (which has been a regular thing lately), Bozley will lay up on the bed in Johnny's spot with his head on Johnny's pillow until I get up. Most of the time he won't even go outside with Nova in the morning unless I'm awake. He's still a mama's boy. :) He still prefers to hide behind me when he's scared, too.
We can't imagine life without our sweet BozzyBear. He and Nova complete our home in such a wonderful way. :)
Here's Bozley just after midnight on his birthday!