I have pictures!

Taking photos of Jonah is an adventure. 4/5ths of them end up as a lightning fast blur streaking around the yard, or of the inside of his mouth, or he rushes the camera and is trying to goad me into playing with him. This happens something like this:

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But I did emerge victorious with some decent photos. xD

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Not perfect, but there is a decent overview of how his body looks right now. He is SO handsome. Jonah also now weighs 65 lbs - thats roughly 24lbs that he has gained since we found him.

You can see that his fur is growing in amazingly well. In the last few days, I can finally FEEL the hair on his shoulders getting healthier. The fur is getting softer and more full. It is still a bit wiry, and sparse, and I have to remember to not rub him, but pet him in one direction so I don't irritate his skin, but he is a lot more comfortable being touched now. (Quite the opposite of uncomfortable, in fact. He comes and leans up on up, rolls over for belly rubs, highly enjoys pettings of all kinds.)

His manners aren't perfect yet, but I can see a VERY drastic improvement there, as well. Jonah's learning how to be a dog, and it is wonderful.

Except for the fact that he is part crocodile, of course. (I'm sure y'all were waiting for the explanation for that!) Playing tug with Jonah isn't quite... playing tug, usually. You know how crocodiles will roll over and over (Unpleasantly named the death roll)? Jonah enjoys playing tug, but he doesn't tug so much as he turns in circles over and over and over. If he had a tail, it would be like him chasing it.

He pulls, picks a direction, and starts pulling you in that direction. You either move your arm up and over with him, or it twists and you lose it. xD I don't know if he is being excessively clever, or mischievous, or what, but it makes for an odd game of tug. Sometimes he takes a break and leans against your legs, before going back to circling around and around. XD He also very much enjoys his tennis balls, and his big santa dog toy - the first one we bought him, is still beloved. It's lost all the stuffing in its legs by now, and isn't the most HANDSOME toy, but he still loves it.