Don't feel too bad. He was a rescue out of N.O. during the hurricane (Katrina) that was brought to me. Poor thing. He only had his nay-nays a week after that before I brought him to work with me & chopped them off on my lunch break.
I see what you mean about the long and lean body. That is the way Ariel is, and we thought that she was probably lacking something in food. I reckon not!
LOL. Nah, he's just kinda "slow" if you get my drift. It takes him ahile each play session to realize that he's supposed to actually chase it down AND bring it back. But once he realizes it he acts like he just thought of the idea on his own & is oh so proud of what he's done.