Gizmo is now a venerable 12 years old, but he hasn't yet started to slow down too much! His eyes are still bright, there is a bounce in his step, and he handles his Paws and Kisses duties (and general canine duties) just fine, thank you very much!
He is definitely the alpha dog in our canine family and he maintains his position with a firm paw (or a well-placed growl). He loves his sibling dogs, though, and would do anything for them . . . except share his chewie . . .
He loves to go for walks in the neighborhood. He leaves his 'calling card' on every tree, bush, telephone pole, etc. that he can find, just so everydog in the neighborhood knows that 'Gizmo was here'.
He also loves to go for rides in the car. Several of our friends own shops in the local area, and Gizmo is always welcome. In fact, he gets treated like a rock star when he arrives . . . leaving me feeling like his 'roadie'! He has a leather motorcycle jacket that he loves to wear on our jaunts, and he really struts his stuff when he is wearing it (and even when he isn't)!
Gizmo is a rescue, whom we adopted when he was about 4 years old. He was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn and taken to a high-kill shelter in the city, where he was rescued by a dedicated team from ARF (Animal Rescue Force), an all-volunteer rescue group based in New Jersey. We adopted Gizmo from ARF after he was returned by another adopter due to behavior issues. We worked with him and he overcame those issues and is now just the best behaved boy in the world (in our biased opinion).
Happy Birthday Gizmo!
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