Gizmo Here.

Hello folks...pleased to meet you......my name is Gizmo. My life has been a bit topsy turvy of late, and it has made me very sad.
I loved my owner and he has disappeared. I hope it isn't something that I did.
My house has been that....just a house. Not the home that it was before my master left.
I used to like to snuggle up to him, and he used to chat to me and make a big fuss....then he went away and never came back.
The last two weeks have seemed like an eternity, and although some very kind people have come in and fed me, it hasn't been the same.
I even got to stay in a lovely warm home with another dog and his owners for a night........this made going back to an empty house even more lonely. I know that I am a big boy at 6 years of age, but I am not ashamed to tell you that I cried....well, to be truthful, I howled my heart out.
It hasn't been a nice time for me at all. I felt unloved and unwanted. I used to look through the windows and imagine my master was walking down the street.......many times I thought I heard his footsteps and barked out my usual greeting, but it was only the post man or a passer by.

Yesterday things changed.......it had been another one of those lonely days, i had wandered around the house, eaten the food that was put out for me, and was just going to settle down for the evening, when I heard a knock on the door. I barked as loud as I could and the footsteps went away.
A few minutes went by and I heard the key in the lock......and voices. Voices I didn't know. The nice lady who had had me over to stay at her house came in and stroked me, then a tall stocky man came in....my heart almost stopped. I thought it was my master returned to take care of me....but although this man looks similar, he didn't smell like my master.
He did bend down and make a fuss of me, and there was a lady with him with a kind voice......they were talking about me.....they had come to offer me a new home.
I saw my lead being taken down off the wall and I got very excited....jumping, and barking I wanted them to take me home....somewhere warm and friendly with someone to cuddle up next to....somewhere that I could sit of the sofa without getting told off, somewhere that had a nice yard to play out in......and toys to play with.

I was taken to their car and before long we were heading down a busy road......the lady talked to me all the way home and stroked my head.....we pulled into a quiet street and we got out of the car and went up the pathway to a little terraced house....it was warm and there were lights on. I ran in and had a good sniff around...it smelled very interesting. My new master took me out the back to show me the back yard, we walked up the back street and I had a little wee.....must remember to do the wees outside and not forget my manners.
When we got back inside i could smell the unmistakable aroma of roasting meat....i hoped that there would be some of that for me......and what do you know......? There was!

I spent the whole of the evening exploring and sniffing......there was just one small problem....... a little black furry one that hissed and spit at me......I think I will give that animal a wide berth....she looks like she means business.
I think I am going to like living here. They sure do know how to treat a guy....and Christmas is looking....well, a lot like Christmas.

Oh, by the way if any of you are thinking that I am a talented pooch......aw shucks, no not really........I dictated this blog entry to Magpi.