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Mon, 16 May 2022 11:01:35 +1000

Gizmo decided to be a real bro to his best friend Gidget when he visited last night. He nagged and nagged Vivian to feed him cat food until Vivian finally caved in. Then the second the food hit the bowl, he ducked out and let Gidget violate her diet by eating everything 🤣

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:40:31 +1000

Gizmo came by for a visit last night (he dragged his humans along with him too, of course 🤣), and laid claim to my cushion! Looking at his sweet little face, naturally, I decided he was totally right and let him have the cushion 🐶

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:44:04 +1100

I keep building up a backlog of cute pet photos I haven’t got around to posting yet 😄 Anyway, here’s one of Gizmo last weekend – apparently he’s decided that he LOVES this teddybear, and keeps snuggling it 🐶

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:07:46 +1100

Gizmo’s clearly watched too much of those cyclone preparedness videos that used to be on TV when I was a kid, because when a thunderstorm came through last night, he knew where to take shelter: the bathroom! In fact, when I woke up briefly at 3am, he was still sheltering in the bathtub 🤦🏻‍♀️ I had to scoop him up in my arms and carry him to bed to make him feel it was OK to get out. Gidget had no sympathy.

Our Day With Gizmo

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:38:02 +1100

It’s been a surprisingly busy and tiring day considering Gizmo isn’t really too hard to look after. “You don’t even need to feed me separately,” he would say, “I’ll just share the cat’s food! 🐶” (Perhaps it’s because she’s known him since she was a tiny little 12-week-old baby cat, but Gidget is very tolerant of this.) I’m sure he misses my parents and my sister – especially given their habit (which we don’t share) of feeding him tidbits straight off their plate – but I think we’ve done pretty well giving him an enjoyable “weekend away” right here.

The morning started pretty pleasantly – I woke up to find I had an animal stretched out either side of me, Gidget to my left and Gizmo between Viv and I on my right:

When Vivian wanted to go buy a coffee, Gizmo and I went with him. Gizmo was very concerned when we continued on to the park near the café, leaving Vivian behind to wait for his order; all my reassurances that Viv would catch us up fell on deaf ears 🤦🏻‍♀️ He kept checking over his shoulder to see whether he could see Viv following on behind. When he finally saw Viv at the far side of the park, he YANKED on the leash and bolted over to greet him. At least once he was reunited, he felt relaxed enough to briefly befriend this dog:

After a couple of laps of the park we came back home. Later in the day, this lucky dog was able to go on another walk, this time back to one of his favourite places in the whole wide world: the beach!

Gizmo was very pleased with himself for doing a nice big poop on this path up to the beach that Vivian had to go and dispose of 🤣 Once Vivian had done that and joined us once again, Gizmo finally got to go for a dunk in the water:

And it was Vivian who got the last laugh, because Gizmo got so filthy rolling around in the shallow water and the mud that Vivian had to give him a B-A-T-H. That said, Gizmo was actually so good about it (jumping into the bathtub himself, etc.) that I think he knew he had it coming 😆 At any rate, despite that minor hitch, I think he’s had a good day.

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:00:47 +1100

My folks are going away for the long weekend, so we’ve got Gizmo staying with us until Monday! He’s been a Very Good Boy so far – no crying that he’s been left, just soaking up the pats from us and seeking out his friend Gidget. I see many long walks in his near future 🐶

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:09:41 +1100

Yesterday afternoon Gizmo had just about the best beach walk of his life. Not only did he meet another dog… who understood the game of chasey… and was enthusiastic to play it with him… but the owners were walking along the beach in the same direction as us, so they got to play pretty much along the whole length of the beach. Best day ever!

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:45 +1100

Last night Viv and I went to a housewarming party – one set of his aunts and uncles moved house recently and wanted to celebrate with all the (vaccinated) family.¹ Anyway, it was actually a really enjoyable evening! It was especially nice catching up with some of his cousins, about the same age as us, who we don’t see all that often (some of them, I don’t think we’ve caught up with since before the pandemic started). Plus it was nice chatting to some of the aunties and so on too 😉 I also have to share this picture of the hosts’ dog, who tragically was more interested in the platters of nibbles on the table than she was in getting patted by us guests 😆

They did actually request people send through their vax certificates before coming, haha ↩︎

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:26:53 +1100

A couple of pics from last night: the sleepyheads 😉

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:27:01 +1100

This is Daisy; we got to see him today when we visited Viv’s brother’s and sister-in-law’s place! (Yes, Daisy is a boy.) He was a very good boy too, approaching all carefully to make sure we knew how good he was, then after I ruffled him behind the ears, deciding he was free to be his true self and jumping gleefully to welcome me, haha.

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:20:54 +1100

Gizmo seemed to feel like this teddy bear was a nice thing to cuddle up to last night ❤️

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:49:26 +1100

The last couple of times Gizmo has visited, he hasn’t really wanted to hang out in the living room with us like usual, but preferred to be in the bedroom snuggling up to my clothes 🤔 Who can say what goes on in a dog’s brain…

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:05:20 +1100

My folks weren’t able to come for their usual Sunday visit today, because my sister woke up with a sore throat. They did say it was very minor, but with no rapid antigen tests anywhere to be found they (and I) didn’t think it was worth the risk. This means that Gizmo misses out on his weekly walk on the beach, too. While I was thinking of him, I thought I’d share a couple of Gizmo photos I took during visits last month. Hopefully my sister feels better soon (and doesn’t have Covid) so we can catch up then, Gizzy 💔

On an additional note, my dad told me that he and my mum are booked for their booster shots on January 21, which is good news (even though three weeks still feels like ages away right now). I become eligible later in January than that, but I still need to work out where to get my own booster. I tried checking for appointments through three separate online booking portals but I’m not sure whether it’s cos I’m too far out, or I’m too late, but I’ve struggled to find anythinggggg. Only slots that say they’re strictly for immunocompromised people only, which isn’t me. IDK if I need to get over my phone anxiety and make some actual calls, or I should plan on being a walk-in somewhere once I’m eligible 🙁

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:42:02 +1100

We took Gizmo on his usual Sunday beach walk yesterday afternoon, where he had a blast enjoying the sunshine and befriending other little dogs 😊

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:02:24 +1100

Sharing a couple of recent photos of the pet animals in my life 😄 On the left, a shot of Gizmo on our weekly Sunday beach walk (now they’re allowed again!) and on the right, Gidget keeping a close eye on those birds that keep showing up at her backyard 🐶😼

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:30:24 +1000

Thanks to the easing of restrictions a few days ago, I was able to see this scruffball (and my dad) and go on a walk to the beach! Hopefully Gizmo’s regular dog groomer will be back in business soon, because he looks like he could really do with a session 🐶

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:44:55 +1000

Link: New Study Finds We Probably Can’t Take Credit For The Diversity of Dogs’ Coats

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:56:00 +1000

Link: British diver Tom Daley knits dog jumper and cosy for Olympic Games gold medal

Pretty sure this is the cutest story I’ve seen emerge from the Olympics 🥰 I’d also like to note this post from Tom Daley’s knitting Instagram account , where you can see various puppers showing off his finished creations. A+

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:09:04 +1000

Gizmo got very anxious when Dad went into the bottle shop without him! Thankfully it has all these windows, so he can keep a close eye on him 🐶

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:21:00 +1000

It’s been many weeks since we’ve had a day as warm as 24°, but today Melbourne finally delivered! I had a great afternoon walk at the beach. There were loads of dogs there, and I have to say, I love those puppies that haven’t yet learned the social norms of being a dog at the beach. They’re hilarious and cute. There was a black labrador one (not a puppy-puppy, but not a full-grown dog either, if you get my drift) who kept tearing away from his owners to try to get attention from everyone else at the beach, or on one occasion barge into some other dogs’ game of fetch, including patiently waiting for their owner to throw the ball… 🤣 Dogs are so great.