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[centre][h2]GIZMO[/h2][/centre]

[quote][b]Name:[/b] Gizmo

[b]Nicknames:[/b] Giz, Gizbro

[b]Age:[/b] 7

[b]Gizmo Likes:[/b] Belly rubs, milk bones, walks, snowy weather

[b]Gizmo Dislikes:[/b] Rubber chickens (terrified of them)

[b]Personality: [/b]
Intelligent and playful. He always wants you to be spending time with him and understands a surprising amount of what you say. Whether he'll obey is another question entirely. He takes after his Golden Retriever half through and through.
Why I Love Gizmo: While he doesn't mind driving me crazy from time to time, he's the sweetest dog that could be. He's as soft as a feather but as sharp as a tack.

[b]Random Fact/Anecdote:[/b]
Gizmo is a rescue dog and was kept in a cage for the beginning of his life. It became where he felt safest, and to this day, he chooses to sleep in the same cage he had when he was a puppy.

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[centre][h2]MCKENZY[/h2][/centre]

[quote][b]Pet Name:[/b] McKenzy

[b]Pet Nicknames:[/b] Kenzy, brat dog, Kenzy girl

[b]Age:[/b] 5

[b]Kenzy's Likes:[/b]
Loves, loves LOVES to play fetch. Kenzy also enjoys performing tricks so she can guilt us into giving her treats, and she adores going for car rides so she can catch some wind and meet new friends! She also loves her cat friend Phat Boi. They are best buds.

[b]Kenzy's Dislikes:[/b]
Water. Absolutely hates the stuff. Baths??? The devil. Do not mention the b word or she will instantly get upset. She also really hates when the humans work because that means we can't give her all the attention she so obviously deserves.

[b]How would you describe Kenzy's pawsonality?[/b]
Super energetic and playful. She always wants to play and seems to have an inexhaustible resource of energy that I wish I could tap into. She's also very smart and mischievous and can often be found getting her nose into things that I never in a million years thought she could have figured out, and she's also very talkative. She likes to sass and talk back to me whenever we disagree about whether or not it's time to go outside.

[b]Why I love Kenzy:[/b]
She is so sweet and clever. If I'm having a bad day, she'll always come and sit a toy on my lap and just lean against me like she's giving me a hug, because toys make her happy so they must make human happy too, right??? Absolutely the most patient and tolerant dog I've ever had. She's never shown any aggression towards another creature and she's fantastic around kids. She's just a super goofy, adorable, and loving ray of sunshine that seems to always cut through whatever gloom is happening in my life.

[b]A Random Fact/Anecdote about Kenzy:[/b]
Her best friend is a cat that we rescued and she helped to bring out of his shell. My cat was abused before we got him, but he'd grown up with dogs so he was more comfortable around Kenzy than our other cats, and she was so sweet and patient with him while she became his friend and helped him to adjust to life with us. I often find them sitting on the bed together or looking out the window, and he's always coming over to groom her. They're truly the best of friends and he is a completely different cat than when we found him, and it's all thanks to Kenzy being the wonderful girl that she is.

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[centre][h2]BOWIE[/h2][/centre]

[quote][b]Pet Name:[/b] Bowie

[b]Pet Nicknames:[/b] Bobo, Aso, Lomperik

[b]Age:[/b]
1 year and 6 months old (roughly)

[b]Bowie's Likes:[/b]
Humans, especially children, other dogs (but they don't like him that much, since he's too energetic), stealing objects and destroying them (just today he destroyed three decorative pinecones), chewing toys (but only rope or rawhide, since he doesn't care and just straight up eats rubber toys), and for some reason sand and holes in the ground (?) will make him excited and run around in it/them

[b]Bowie's Dislikes:[/b]
Going for walks, loud noises, things that are not in the place they usually are (scare the hell out of him somehow), people wearing masks (fun in a pandemic), and he used to be incredibly scared of people in reflective clothing, like the people who do roadwork or maintain plants and shrubs in the neighborhood

[b]How would you describe Bowie's pawsonality?[/b]
Bowie is in a lot of ways a typical old English bulldog -- he likes sleeping, is very social and dependent on his owners and is incredibly stubborn to a fault, and will just sit down in the middle of the road/sidewalk if he doesn't feel like continuing on his walk. On the other hand he also has incredibly large bursts of energy where he can tear up the couch, scoot around with his ass to the ground at incredibly high speeds (no, not just wiping his ass, but just running in a stupid way) and from time to time will run right at you, and turn his body in precisely the right way to knock you over using the back of his body. He's a good boy -- when he feels like it -- and a bad boy -- mostly whenever he doesn't feel like being a good boy.

He's also very social with other dogs, but other dogs don't typically enjoy playing with him because he is what we call 'lomp' and sort of unaware of just how big and heavy he is. Playing with another bulldog is easy for him, but he doesn't realize that you can't play the same with with a Chihuahua. He's also very young still and way too high energy for older dogs -- and doesn't understand why they don't want to play. Plus he has a few habits that make him seem.. dangerous to other pet owners. When you approach him, he will lay down low, and then suddenly jumps forward when you're close enough because he wants to play. This paired with the fact that he is a bulldog (and people generally also think he's a pitbull for some reason) makes them pretty wary of him, when in reality he just wants to be pet and wants to play with their dogs.

Because of this he's probably the most child-friendly dog I've ever owned and/or met, because children apparently do not care. He's become well known by the children in the neighborhood (even those scared of dogs) as a friendly but energetic dog ("puppy" to them) and the high pitched screaming of children is enough to send him into an energetic burst trying to get to them. When I meet them when I'm walking him and they spot him and yell "Bowie!" I already know there's no way he's going to want to go for the rest of his walk.

[b]Why I love Bowie:[/b]
Dude just be chillin', for real. Perfect couch dog, but also fun to take out to the beach/play tug of war with. He's 30 kg and quite strong for a smaller sized dog, so he offers the best of both worlds.

[b]A Random Fact/Anecdote about Bowie:[/b]
When we got him as a puppy, he already had a habit of trying to eat pinecones, and we had a rather big box full of pinecones (don't ask, they're decorative, I don't know either). Every time he took one we'd take it away, and he would just walk back and grab another.

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[centre][h2]KOTORU[/h2][/centre]

[quote][b]Pet Name:[/b] Kotoru

[b]Pet Nicknames:[/b] Koto, Stubs :P

[b]Age:[/b] 3 Months

[b]Koto's Likes: [/b]
Treats, My Housemate's Boxer/Lab (who is 10 times bigger than him), Other Dogs' Toys, My Socks, Going Literally Anywhere... Even The Vet.

[b]Koto's Dislikes: [/b]
Baths, His Own Toys, His Own Teeth (teething right now :c), Me Going Literally Anywhere Without Him.

[b]How would you describe Koto's pawsonality?: [/b]
I would say Koto is extremely feisty, but because of his size that attitude just makes him more adorable. He will demand pets and then bark if you don't give it... and if you do he'll nom your hands. He's a literal ankle-biter. Right now he's got too much puppy energy for me to call "snuggly", but get him worn out and on his back and he melts at belly rubs.

[b]Why I love Koto: [/b]
He is so friendly to every single person and dog he meets! Even if they're a stranger, or bigger than him, he isn't afraid to boldly strut up to them. His confidence is infectious to me. :)

[b]A Random Fact/Anecdote about Koto: [/b]
I actually adopted him to be my trained emotional support animal (I was in the hospital for my depression earlier this year), but he surprised me by also becoming a great companion for my surly 6-year-old Chihuahua/Terrier mix, Zuko. That dog will not play with other pooches and keeps himself (and me and my husband) very guarded from everything. Well, it only took a single day of Koto being in our house for them to be wrestling together, curling up in each other's kennels, and just being amazing brothers! This little one completely transformed my prickly boi and it warms my heart to see them together! ♡

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[centre][h2]ELIN[/h2][/centre]

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[b]Pet Name:[/b] Elin

[b]Pet Nicknames:[/b] Hondje ("little dog"), Meisje ("little girl")

[b]Age:[/b] 3

[b]Elin's Likes: [/b]
Playing fetch, licking my hands, stealing my food, running through the forest like a bat out of hell, napping on the couch, playing with other dogs

[b]Elin's Dislikes: [/b]
Stranger people, plastic bags, loud noises or sudden movements, snowmen, the vacuum, rustling curtains, the wind, etc.

[b]How would you describe Elin's pawsonality?:[/b]
She's very sweet and gentle, a sensitive soul, not a mean bone in her body. She's too scared of anyone except me, my girlfriend and my daughter to show that to other humans, but when it's just us and she's comfortable she loves to huddle up against us and shower us in affection, or will demand playtime with perked ears and a swishing tail. She also loves other dogs and will be the first one out of the kennel, galavanting through the fields and the mud, and the last one back in at the doggy caycare. We adopted her through an agency that rescues stray dogs from Eastern Europe and we suspect that she went through something traumatic when she was very young. A dog therapist we hired to see if there was anything we could do to make her less fearful said it was a miracle she bonded with us in the first place. It's unlikely that she'll ever get over her fears, so the best we can do is give her a warm and loving home and accomodate her weird little quirks.

[b]Why I love Elin: [/b]
Because she trusts us, even when she trusts no one else, and she is generous with her gratitude and affection. Elin is a total coward so I could never count on her to protect me, but when she turns over on her back next to me on the couch and squirms a little until she's comfortable, belly exposed and one leg pointed up to the sky like an antenna searching for a signal, I would give my life for hers instead.

[b]A Random Fact/Anecdote about Elin: [/b]
On one hand, she dashes straight to the couch and crawls under it when the doorbell rings. The mere hint of visitors is enough to send her into hiding, which is endearingly pitiful. On the other hand, she'll readily play chicken for five minutes with a hissing swan in full threat display, barking and wagging her tail, dancing in and out of range like Muhammed Ali. I've seldom seen a faster or more agile dog, and she's just a mutt!

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