Rex's road to recovery

Today I moved Rex over to the dog yard with Trooper, Jake, Hank, and Lana.  He needs to learn to be a dog.  He doesn't know how to interact with other dogs and he doesn't know how to play.  He snarls when they do a normal dog greeting but they don't react to it because they seem to know he's still just a puppy in terms of development with inadequate social skills.  He's a spinner and tail chaser too, and he's chewed his tail to the point that the hair is short but not to the point of self-mutilation.  He does it when he's excited and doesn't know what else to do.  I hope that having more space and canine companions will bring a stop to the tail chasing.  He has big feet and thick legs and he mauls me when he jumps on me from behind, but a few cow kicks seem to have stopped that particular behavior.  I hope he can recover and develop into a normal dog. 

Rex grabbed the rope toy when I threw it, but he
didn't know what to do when Hank grabbed the other end

Rex loved the water tank.

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He went after a stick,
that's the most normal dog thing he's done.

You can see his chewed up tail here.

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Rex in the water with Jake nearby.