Adventures of Gino the Dog

Hi Friends! Oh boy have I been busy in my new home, and I have tons to share. My humans and I have been visiting family in different cities and learning all about the City of Gothenburg. It's been a blast. For now, I'm planning on writing BIG blog entries on Sundays, but in my attempt to captivate your attention I'm going to throw in some "Gino-sized" blog posts from time to time. This is my first Gino-sized blog post: A Gino-sized geography lesson on the nation of Sweden. First, an adorable image of me being good in my bed. Me. Being good in my bed. Now, here is Sweden outlined in RED . Sweden is the largest country in Scandinavia, by both population and land area. Its 2018 population is just a bit over 10 million , or a little bit smaller than the US State of North Carolina. Its land area is 450, 295 km^2, which is just a bit larger than the US State of California or the country of Uzbekistan.  Sweden is looooong. The distance betwe...

I'm Gino.  I'm an 11year-old, half-blind, mostly deaf dog. The source of my maladies is a longer story. We'll get there. But the sad part of my story ends with a garage sale where I was rescued and, after a short stint in foster care, adopted by ManHuman and LadyHuman. I've been with them since October 2017. It's not bad. You might not expect such energy and general joie de vivre from an old dog with major sensory limitations, but blindness is a minor issue when your humans hunt for you, and let's just say that the deafness is a mixed blessing in a noisy neighborhood. Also, I deal in snuggles, and snuggles are all about the feels . I also lean heavily on my spatial memory to get around the house. I know what dresser is where. I know the number of steps between the food bowl and the bed. I have my safe space on the rug where I bring my peanut butter snacks and assorted food I find on the floor.You get it. So you can understand how weird things got when ...