Latest update!
I watched a dvd last night, and he contentedly snoozed on a blanket on the floor beside me. Then I played with him before bed, as he was in a "wired to the moon" mood, bouncing, chewing, etc. So, I got 3 of his toys and threw them across the floor one at a time. He's very much a "den" type of dog, just gathers everything up and takes it to his bed! So I would throw a toy across the floor, he would bounce after it, bring it back, I would throw another one, he would bounce after that, bring it back etc. etc. for about an hour! Then he had a game of "kill the blanket", gathering it into a ball, shaking it around etc. Around 11, I was exhausted, so gave him a last toilet break, and put him in his crate and went off to bed. He cried for about ten minutes - and then there wasn't a peep out of him until I went and got him up at 6 this morning!! Very good boy, Bowie!!
I am a teensy bit concerned though. He seems fine in himself (although he's been chewing at the grass outside), but he didn't eat all of his last meal yesterday evening, and only ate about half his breakfast. I have him on four meals a day - but not too sure how much to give him at each meal. The fosterer was feeding them ad lib, and just using one huge bowl between them. The first few feeds you could see from the way he was feeding that it was a case of "eat as much as you can as quickly as you can before it's all gone". So, maybe it's just that he's caught on that ALL the food in the bowl is now his so he doesn't have to stuff? He has also stopped sort of "jostling" from side to side as he eats. He's now flaked out on his kitchen blanket!
Any tips for lead training? Yesterday morning it went ok. Yesterday evening's session, he almost hung himself!
He thought it was just a huge game of tug-of-war, even though I refused to play.