Good morning all ......
about the only thing good about this mornings drive was coming back with a muffin and a large coffee - and the weather was pretty nice. Poor Giz didn't see one dog on the round trip. On the way back, he let out two or three howls. I looked for a dog. There were none around. Darned - he was sad ... no dogs today!!!
But ... yesterday ... Gizmo got loads of attention and went nose to nose with 4-animals at grandma's retirement home. Then, within 5-minutes after getting back home, a long nap!!!!!!
Animal report ...... Giz first saw that little white s**t toy poodle. The poodle barked from a distance - then backed off when we got near. Then Giz went nose to nose with a black (I think) miniature poodle ... no issues there and not much interest for either one of them.
Then a first ... the first time Giz ever saw a cat!!!!! There is one heavily coated cat (very nice one actually) in the section that my Mother is in. The cat was sitting in a chair. Mom sat in on small sofa next to the chair - and I sat next to Mom. I watched the cats eyes "glued" to Giz - and Giz didn't see her until ......... then he moved up to within 18" of the cat - nose to nose. Then he sat down!!! What ......... yep ....... he sat down!!!! After all, Giz is just a 42 pound *****-cat of a dog himself!!!!
And before leaving, the three of us went to another building for some entertainers that were there. Within minutes, Giz and the new boxer went nose to nose. I watched carefully. After all, the boxer's mouth isn't too far from the structure of a pit bull. Well ... all the boxer wanted to do was to play!!! After the usual dog sniffing in the usual dog places - the boxer bounced up and down .... and Giz just wanted to go home. What a putz!!!
End of true story .............
Hope you all have a good day - here, it looks like rain may be on the way!