Day 90 - New Boots

Wow, again lots has happened. Giz got to go on a play date with Sidney, I guess they really didn't want a lot to do with each other other than chase after the ball together but Mom was so happy because I guess Sidney remembered her and came running and jumped in her arms and gave lots of Sidney kisses. Mom was beaming when they came home. I guess she has Uppie ears like Giz, same height but still smaller in size. She is doing super duper good, we are all happy she found the most amazing forever home.
Then a week ago we were at the dog park and mom recognized a puppy from the AARCS website Bonnie. A cute little husky cross with 1 blue 1 brown eye. Well while Mom and Bonnie's foster Mom were talking, Gizmo and Bonnie started to play, this is the first time Gizmo has played with another puppy.. and I mean play they were rolling around wrestling and chasing each other.. I must admit it was fun to watch and it also meant Giz wasn't bugging me so I really like that. Mom was so happy, we walked with Bonnie and her Mom for the whole park so they could play together. It was a great day for Gizmo.
Well the cold weather hit, Dad took us to the park on Sunday but we only did 1 lap cause all of us were doing the little cold feet dance. So the last 2 nights Mom has been busy making boots for all of us. She has always made me boots but they were all full of holes from last year so I needed new ones.

Tanners boots that he had were also full of holes and of course Gizmo didn't have any.
Mom made mine first cause she has the pattern already, then she took one of mine and tried it on Giz, "it fit" so she continued to make some for Giz out of the same color as mine. We have nice dark Purple boots.

Then she had to measure Tanner and make his pattern. She tried them on, well he wasn't too impressed but I know he likes them once we are out in the snow.
Mom also put all 4 on Gizmo to see what she would do and get pictures. it was pretty funny but she actually did really well for a bit then she started to bite at them, so Mom took them off. We get to try them out tonight as its supposed to warm up to the low 20's, much better then the high 20's and into the 30's...brrrrrr that's cold.

Day 83 - Gizmo is getting big

OK, its been super busy with Christmas and everything but really MOM you could have found time to up date the blog. Anyway, wow lots has happened since Sidney left for her new home. Oh and by the way, Mom and Gizmo got to see her on Sunday and she is doing great. Mom was so excited because Sid remembered her and jumped into her arms and gave her lots and lots of kisses.. Mom is so sappy.

OK lets get updated, Gizmo was doing not too bad with out her sister. Nights were fine but during the day is where she had a hard time. She started to get out of the room. It took us a few days to figure it out, she was actually climbing the baby gate. Yikes and that meant I had to tolerate her all day!!!! she did use the paper on the floor though so Mom & Dad were happy about that.

So Mom moved her big wire kennel out into the area where Tanner and I hang out and she put her in that during the day. Well she was able to get out of it too! Dad fixed it though so she couldn't push the ends out. Now she is locked in during the day. I feel sorry for her but Mom says she has to be kennel trained for her new family and it will help with the house training too.

Mom's Parents were visiting before Christmas and they have 2 little dogs, Tara and Peppi. They are OK dogs, pretty much keep to themselves so I was OK with that. Mom had the whole family over on Dec 18 for our BIG Christmas dinner. 15 people and 8 dogs were here. I was a little worried especially since Rocky was coming over and he is not very good with puppies. But you know he did a few lip curls and growls and Gizmo left him alone. We had a great day, I got to play with my BBF Cooper and Gizmo joined in as well. So we had lots of fun that day and everyone had a great time.

We started to take Gizmo to the off leash park with us too and that was interesting. Everyone at the park loves her. She follows Tanner and me all over the place but won't go too far away from Mom and Dad. Mom is really pleased with her recall so far. She comes every time when called, of course sometimes there is a treat if you come right away, other times some great pets. I try to come right away too, but the odd time I'm into a really good smell and just can't leave it.. Mom and Dad get mad at me and put me on the leash when this happens. :(

Between Christmas and New Years, Gizmo went to the vets for her last set of shots. They checked her heart and weighted her. she was around 18lbs then and we think close to 20lbs now. They could still hear the heart murmur but said to them is seemed lighter so that is good news. They will check her at 5 months again.

Look at this great looking pack, after we put of the tree we had to take a picture.

Gizmo, Cooper, Kracker, Tanner

I have also started to play with her a bit, she isn't so bad now that she is a bigger. Just wish she would stop kissing me..yuck!!! We chase each other around the house with keep away and play tug-o-war. She is a lot of fun. Mom says though that she is a little bossy at the park and hasn't figured out that dogs just want to play. So Mom started to take her to some puppy classes and play time. Well the training part Gizmo is super good at it.. but the play part not so good. She really doesn't want to socialize with the other puppies and wants to be more of the play police. She has a hard time with a lot of movement and barks at the other puppies playing. One of the trainers told Mom not to worry but that she obviously has some sort of Herding breed in her... poor mom I think she was in denial with this but it looks like maybe she has a bit of Healer. Yup she definitely tries to heard and nips other dogs to get them to stop or do what she wants. Well that explains a lot, so Mom is now trying to teach her to retrieve as she will need a job to do in the park when she is older. I must admit she is pretty good at it and brings the toy back right away and drops it.

Well this is a long post and Mom says she has to go so to wrap it up. I will make Mom do a better job and we will let you know how Giz is doing and what else we are doing with AARCS.

Cheers everyone,
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