Winter Jacket

Claire got a sewing machine from Cameron for Christmas.  (My buddy is such a nice guy!)
And the first sewing project?  A winter jacket for me.  Well, to tell you the truth, I do not want any jacket.  It simply doesn't fit my lifestyle...what dog wears a jacket?  That's what my fur/hair is for!!!  But I guess with the strong wind and how tiny I am, my family is a bit concern.

So here goes, my new bright orange jacket, with yellow fleece lining.  Made with 100% recycled material, aka Claire's old cloths.  I guess this is better than Lilo's pink jackets Claire tries to put on me, or that blue jacket of Lilo's that is way too small for both of us.  (yes, both of us gained weight after leaving the shelters.)

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

Lilo and I are modeling for Claire.

Soft blanket

Gizmo and I enjoy laying on soft blanket.  It's so SOFT and feels so nice on the belly! 

I'm patiently waiting for my turn to lay on it.  I hope Gizmo moves soon!!!

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

Finally my turn!!!  Ahhh, so soft. 

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

Merry Christmas

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Sorry, we are running a bit late with this holiday greetings.  You know, we are busy doggies with busy lives :)

Trivia Question Time!!!

Who doesn't love trivia question?!  The pack of string cheese has trivia question, to make your lunch break more entertaining.  I just have to laugh when I read this one...

Hmmmm...my first thought:  Not Gizmo!!! 
Well, the answer is, a crocodile.  interesting.  They always have their jaws open, it never occur to me that their tongue doesn't stick out. 

Gizmo sticking his tongue out:

Recovery

I've recovered.

about a month ago, Claire found this wound on my neck, it was quite big and painful.  We don't quite know what caused.  But Claire suspected it was from some rough plays between foster dog June and I.
The wound was really itchy, and I couldn't stop scratching it.  I wanted to lick it too, but it was impossible for my tounge to reach my neck, so I licked my front arm instead and caused much worries to my humans.  They eventually took me to Dr Zakai...I hate thr dr office.  They grabbed me and shaved my neck.  very tramatic!

anyway, after a few weeks of treatment, I'm finally healed up.  No more harness when I go on walks.  I love having my collar back. Yippie!

 

Investigating...

I wonder what Lilo is looking at in the backyard...

Sick Lilo

Poor Lilo...her barks sound like she has a sore throat. 
I will have to call the vet tomorrow to see if I need to bring her in.  :(

Lazy Afternoon

Yep, that's me being lazy...

Webpage revamping...

Karen is going to revamp the look of Lilo and Gizmo's page.  Can't wait to see the new design!!!

Finally a day in a park

It's finally not over 90 degrees and the doggies get to walk around the park.  Lilo definitely misses all the car rides.  Last summer, we hit the park at least twice a month.  This summer, we've only been there once. 


Lilo riding in the car.  Sitting at her usual spot of course, perfect block to the rear view mirror.  Good job Lilo!


Must be something interesting over there.


Gizmo and his gigantic tongue! 


This is June, our foster dog with Schnauzer Rescue of the Mid Atlantic.  Her first time out in the park with us.  Pretty happy girl.  (we put ribbons around her neck, in case you wonder)


Trying to make all three dogs walk in the same horizontal plane.  Obviously failed.



All three dogs resting a bit before we walk on again.

Gizmo and the A/C vent

I may look stupid, but I'm totally not! Guess what I found out last week??? C'mon, make a guess!

I discovered the wonder of air vent. The record heat waves in the east coast have been driving Lilo and I crazy. After all, we are the ones walking outside with thick coat of hair on. One day last week, I came home from walking, so so hot! Panting excessively! Then suddenly, I felt this cool breeze from the floor. I followed the breeze to an air vent, and I sat on top of it. Wooohoo! Nice and cool!

Gizmo and June playing...kinda

June the miniature schnazuer, is our latest foster dog. Despite being roughly the same age as Gizmo, Gizmo was totally nervous about her, not to mention about playing. Poor Gizmo, tail down, spent the entire time running away. And Lilo simply wanted to be no part of this. Too funny!

He has a cute face

So I did Gizmo's hair today because I couldn't stand his messy hair anymore. It stinks. Anyway, we can now see his cute face. =]

Bed is broken

The bed that my sister Claire and Cameron bought on Saturday is already broken. Gizmo chewed on it downstairs while everyone was upstairs doing stuff.


He chewed through the zipper and went into the inside bed.


Claire is trying to fix the bed.


It couldn't even be zipped up. This is unbelievable.

Gizmo's signature & New bed pictures

Gizmo has been to our family for 4 months now, but I hadn't made him an electronic signature. I'm very very sorry about that. Now, I finally made him one. Since Gizmo is black and white, I used black for his signature. Here it is.





Okay. Claire and Cameron bought Lilo and Gizmo a bed yesterday. I'm going to post some pictures of them sleeping together.



Lilo enjoys having the whole bed by herself.



They are struggling to get to the most comfortable spot.



After all the struggle, Lilo just lays down there, not interested in the camera at all, while Gizmo looks at the camera and smiles.

New Bed

Here's Gizmo blogging!  Claire and Cameron brought home a new bed.  It's HUGE, both Lilo and I could fit on it.  (I guess that really doesn't mean much b/c Lilo and I sleep in the same crate sometimes)  But it really is huge.  It's green and brown color, circular bed, yin-yang design.  It matches the rest of the furniture in the living room.  (not that I really care about matching, but the family does) 

It's a lot more comfy if only ONE of us sleeps on it, stretch out right in the middle :)  so Lilo and I take turns.  Sometimes we snuggle with each other.  The family tried to make us to curl up in the yin yang shape, yeah, you guess it, they took pictures of us. So I guess I will have to hunt down those pics to put on this blog. 

*Gizmo

Park Day!

Today is park day!  Yay!
Cameron and Claire took Gizmo and I to the park this morning.  The weather forecast says rain and thunderstorm all weekend.  It was nice of them to get up early and took us out for a nice long walk.  I have to say, I'm quite out of shape.  We usually walk at least one full loop around the park, longer distance when Mickey was around.  (He was so overweight and we had to help him lose a few pounds so he could get adopted.)  Today, we only did 1/2 the loop, and I was panting quite a bit.  I blame it on this winter's multiple snow storms. 


Hello everyone, here's Gizmo blogging.
Today, I went to this place and walked very far.  Lilo said it was a park.  I don't know what park means.  But it was very exciting, with all the smells, people, and lots of walking.  I love walking and running, and playing with Lilo while running.  Claire and Cameron get annoy when I do that.  hehe!  But it's so exciting to be outside and rolling around on the grass.

I still hate riding in the car.  I don't like it!  I spent half a day in a crate with my sister, inside a van, along with 30+ other dogs, traveling from South Carolina to D.C.  NOT A FUN RIDE!  all the barking and darkness.  Too stressful!  So yea, it will take me some time to adjust. 

Alright, gotta go now!
*Gizmo*
(Karen has yet to make me an electronic signature)

Geisha Girl - Adopted!

The latest shih tzu renter is finally leaving.  Congrats to her!  (and to me and Gizmo.) 
The whole family has been paying so much attention to Geisha Girl, Gizmo and I felt very neglected.  Now we can run freely in circles without being chastised by Mother Geisha.


I hope Claire doesn't bring home another dog any time soon. 

New Foster - Geisha Girl

We picked up a new foster pup on April 10th from Lucky Dog Animal Rescue.

Geisha Girl is a 6-year-old black shih tzu.  She is rescued from a backyard breeder in South Carolina.  Currently weighs 6.6 lbs, she needs to gain a few pounds!  My estimate is that she would be around 10lb once she is no longer malnourished. 
She only has a few teeth left since she didn't received proper vet care at the breeder.   But that does not stop her from eating.  Geisha Girl is capable of crunching hard food.  (although I have been soaking her food in water during the past few days). 

She is a cutie.  Check out Lucky Dog's website for more info on the adoption process. 

From Lilo The Shih Tzu

Gizmo and His New Discovery...

Gizmo is such a funny dog!  He made a new discovery about our spray bottle.  When I brush him or Lilo, I use the spray bottle to wet their hair a little, to make brushing less painful for them.  Also, with spring's arrival, we started growing yellow peppers from seeds, which we use the spray bottle to water as well.  (You can read more about our garden here:  http://cookingpossibilities.blogspot.com/)

So now, Gizmo prefers to drink out of the spray bottle than the bowl on the floor.  lol  too funny!

Farewell Lucky!

Lucky went to his permanent home yesterday.  He was a great doggie and our family enjoyed our one week with him.  I was sad to see him go, especially when he gave you that "why are you leaving me behind?" look when we dropped him off.  But he now has a huge yard to run in, rooming with a similar size black and white shih tzu sister, and a nice doggie neighbor :)

Gizmo was very sad to see him go as well.  Lucky helped build up Gizmo's courage with other dogs.  At first, Gizmo tucked his tail and was snappy towards Lucky.  After three days, they chased each other in circles and played crazy! 

Lilo on the other hand was quite happy.  She now has Gizmo all to herself.  When Lucky and Gizmo play, they were very focused on each other.  Lilo wanted to join in a few times but was ignored.  So I'm sure she is quite happy to get to play with Gizmo again.  Hehe!


Kudos to Lucky Dog Animal Rescue!  They offer us many opportunities to help other shih tzu's.  (we just love that breed!)  Along with meeting other big dogs at the weekly adoption events. 

Little Lucky and Gizmo

Little Lucky is the biggest among the three of us.  He is so playful and keeps trying to play with Gizmo.  We haven't had any foster ever since Gizmo moved in.  So he is not used to having other dogs around besides me.  I, on the other hand, ignores all the incoming dogs.  If I decide to like them, I will play with them more in a week or so.  (Just like what I did with Gizmo) 

I guess Lucky thinks he and Gizmo are long lost family members...since they are both black and white, despite the size difference.   

Little Lucky - The Foster

We have been holding off from fostering since we had just adopted Gizmo in January, and wanted to give him enough time to adjust.  (he is finally house trained after 10 weeks!  yay!) 

But Mirah asked us if we could foster a shih tzu after Sunday's adoption event.  How could you say no to a shih tzu?!  So we took Little Lucky home yesterday.

Lucky is such a sweetie.  He was definitely a house pet before.  I wonder how he made his way to the shelter.

He knows his name Lucky, and some basic commands, like sit, no, drop it, off and come.  What a smart little guy.  He seems house trained and definitely crate trained.  He is super friendly and playful, loves squeaky toys.  The only time he barks is when people leave the house. 
Would you provide Little Lucky a forever home?  Check him out on petfinder!

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15993788?recno=17

Herbie Update!

Herbie Update!

Claire and Cameron told me the story of Herbie.  He had a few rough months living in the wild in Virginia.  His former family left him behind when they were forced to move.  Herbie was also attacked by other dogs when living on the streets.  But he survived the attacks and multiple snow storms here in the mid-atlantic region.  Herbie eventually made his way to Lucky Dog Animal Rescue.  He is now recovering and rehabilitating so that he can find a family to provide him a safe place to live and never be left behind again!

Check out his blog here at
http://healingherbie.blogspot.com/

Herbie along with many other dogs need your kindness.  Please consider adopting from your local rescue groups.  Both Gizmo and I are rescues.  (If you live in MD / DC / VA areas, check out my links on the right on this web site.) 




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My Lucky Days

When Karen is in rush to leave the house for school, she forgets to push her dining chair in.  Those are my lucky days!  I would jump on the chair when no one is looking.  Open the curtains with my paws.  Spend a few hours staring out of the window.  I love looking out of the window.  Nothing really happens outside, until the mail truck comes.  Our kitchen window has the perfect view of the community mailboxes.  I would bark at the postman, just to say hi, you know.  Gotta have proper manner to be a good canine citizen!

Then my next round of excitement comes at around 3pm, when the school bus arrives and kids walk down the side walk.  That's also the time Cameron kicks me off the chair.  He says I am being loud and barky.  ::sigh:: I go back to laying on the floor.

We're tech-savvy dogs!

Gizmo and I are very technologically advanced dogs!  Just this past weekend, we spent some time with Claire and Karen's mom, half way around the world in Hong Kong, through web cam.  Maybe one day, we will get to meet her in person. 

I have been doing this for quite some time now, so I would say I'm pretty good at this web cam stuff.  But this was Gizmo first time.  After some much needed training, Gizmo took over the computer.

 

Me training Gizmo how to work the computer.  First we positioned ourselves so both of us fit in the view of webcam.  

Gizmo graduated from intro to webcam class and took over the keyboard.

Tug of War

Lilo and Gizmo love to play tug of wars.

Best Buddies

Lilo and Gizmo's friendship update:
After living under the same roof for 7 weeks, they now share Lilo's apartment. 

We are so grateful to have Gizmo in our family.  He is such a funny dog.  His tongue is too big for his mouth, he snores while awake, he loves ice cubes despite all the shivering.  When you talk to him, he always tilts his head.  What a cute face! 

Lilo and Gizmo play every day.  The only other dogs Lilo played with were Cody (bichon across the street) and Angel (mini poodle in my neighborhood).  Even though we live on the same street, we don't always see each other.  And Lilo didn't have much luck playing with our mini schnauzer fosters.  They simply weren't interested in Lilo.  I'm glad we finally find a dog that Lilo likes and enjoys being around. 

Spa Day

Spa day doesn't sound as good as you think.  I absolutely hate getting baths.  I think Gizmo feels the same too.  Gizmo finally got his first bath after moving into this house.  I heard him sobbing in the bathtub, while I waited unwillingly for my turn. 

Here's the routine, Claire gave us baths, dried us off, opened the bathroom door, we chased each other down the stairs, ran in circles for like 30 minutes.  Then the brushing began.

Claire brushed Gizmo for almost an hour.  He had a lot of mattes.  But now he is all soft and fluffy!  My hair was in a lot better condition, so my brushing session was a lot shorter in comparison. 

The worst part about spa day is the coldness.  My hair takes forever to dry, so I'm cold for hours.  And today, the sun only came out for a short period of time.  So that didn't help.  Even with blankets wrapped around me, I still shivered. 

At least now we are all clean, no more dirty paws from all the salt and snow on the ground (until we go out for our evening walk).

Taking a nap after very exhausting brushing sessions!  Gizmo stayed close to keep me warm.