Just found the thread, and I gotta say this thread is amazing to me. So many cute kitties (the one grey cat laying in all sorts of awkward positions springs immediately to mind) and adorable puppies. Blarg your Aussies (?) look amazing! I had no idea you bred pups!
So, my former incarnation on this board, "Gizmomo" was named after my pup Gizmo. At the time his nick name was gizmomo. Today he's known by Giz Griz, Gizzy Wizzy, etc and so forth. He's an amazing dog. Real character. He's a papillon and for small dogs, they're pretty awesome as a general rule. Very smart, very inquisitive, they're like clowns, independent, and Gizmo is a lot like a cat. He'll sit there, on the top of the couch, or anything that's soft really, and clean himself by licking his arm and wiping his face.
Anyway... Gizmo...
The last place I lived was a garage apartment. My landlords has a great big newfie who was simply awesome. Her name was pearl and she was so gentle and I really loved her (I miss her).
Pearl:
We got a new pap puppy about a month ago. After spending a few days trying to decide on her name we went with Penny Lane. She's about 18 weeks now and a total rugrat. When we first got her, though, she was SUPER timid. While out at the ranch, she was really friendly and hoppity, but back home she was totally in her shell. She's definitely coming out of her shell a ton now, but she still is really shy around new people. She's pretty friendly with new dogs, but people scare her. Definitely working on socializing her with that.
Penny Lane
This was when we picked penny up from the ranch she was born on. Her and her brothers. There was a totally sweet little guy, he just came right up to you, licked ya and then sat down on your lap/foot/hand. Wish we could have got him as well. But he was soooo tiny and we definitely wanted a hardier pup, plus Penny was a little bit more assertive while we were there.
and some vids of Penny playing (scuse the mess, we were moving)-
Sorry for the totally long post. I
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