Bean Bag

I was reading Joe Stains' blog - and there were rare glimpse of him sharing his snuggle ball with Tanner.

It reminds me years years ago - HC bought back a huge bean bag for herself back in Australia. Soon after, Jack was adopted by HC - and decided he wanted the bean bag for himself. Then, me came along - and decided I want it too.
So sometimes, we get to share the bean bag (for about 2 mins - until Jack decides to chase me away).




















I know... Jack looks very unwilling to share it with me.

Anyway, the bean bag is history now - as I've peed on it once when I was angry with HC for coming home late. :)

Sunny days

Finally.. the sun is out after weeks of rain.

HC brought me to play ball in this fantastic weather.

And lazy Jack decided to just lay down on the ground and enjoy the sun!














HC : Jack loves lying in the sun. I tried numerous times to bring him back to the shade but he simply refused to. Was worried he might get heat stroke!

Award

I received an award from Helios.















The rules for the award:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least seven other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated.


But I'm going to bend the rules a little - and not nominate any blogs.. cos there's too many blogs that I love, and it is not fair to only nominate 7!

Thank you, Helios for the award. Perhaps I'll let you invade my personal space a little when I see you next :)

Angels in Heaven

Alfie has been gone for 19 days...

and her mum has not stopped tearing. :(

We met her mum yesterday as she was burying part of Alfie's ashes at her favourite playground. And she teared more when she saw me.. as I was Alfie's boyfriend, and we behave and play similarly.

Alfie's mum finally found the courage to pack Alfie's stuff to give away.
She gave us 2 bags of deer tendon (that's almost 1kg!), some lighted balls and a floatation device.

We sincerely thank Alfie for her generosity.. and I am sure she does not lack toys and treats in heaven.

If you've notice, I've added a new link - called Angels in Heaven, to remember my good friends - Herbie and Alfie. I hope that there will be no more additions to this link :(

I am going to post these pictures- I am sure Alfie will be smiling up there if she saw it.

Alfie's lighted ball














Me trying to squash it














Roll over it..















and chewed it.















Also - belated pictures of Helios' present to me during my birthday last month.


This is one of the presents - Greenie Teddy















Within 5 mins - the neck split open for no reason!

Not for the faint hearted...

I drafted this post yesterday but didn't blog it...
Anyway... this morning, my girlfriend Alfie passed away in her mum's arms.

Here's what I drafted yesterday...

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My girlfriend - Alfie was attacked last Friday while taking a walk with her mum and her aunt + aunt's dog.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a female German shephard (GS) dashed to Alfie, pick her up with her strong jaws and shook Alfie like a stuff toy (I do that to my stuff toy too.. but not with another dog!).

The GS owner claimed that she fell and lost control of her dog, thus the dog had the opportunity to go after Alfie.

But the GS had a collar on her and no leash attached! If it is indeed that the dog ran away, she would have a leash attached to her collar right? And, the leash was picked by another bystander who witnessed the entire incident. Luckily the bystander came to help the owner to leash her dog. Furthermore, the GS had a ball in her mouth prior to the attack.. so our guess is, the owner had offleashed the GS to play fetch.

Although HC can understand that dogs need to play freely (without a leash) - she thinks it is irresponsible for the GS owner to have offleash her dog if she cannot control her dog well.

I heard from HC that Auntie SK and Alfie are deeply traumatised - and poor Alfie is suffering from nightmares and screamed in her sleep (the same way when she was bitten).. I think Auntie SK's heart bled everytime she heard Alfie screaming...


Alfie will be going for a second vet's opinion tomorrow to ensure that her organs are not damaged. I hope she will get well soon.

This is not a post about how ferocious big dogs are... but to ask all dog owners to make sure that their dogs are well trained and under their control at all times. All dogs can kill/hurt - it does not matter what size or what breed. But do bear in mind that a bite from a bigger dog does more harm than a small CHH.

These are some pictures of Alfie's wound (4 deep punctured wounds)



Right side - 2 wounds






























Left side


























Close up































Even her tail is not spared

Iherb Shopping - 99ct Shipping offer

We have just received a piece of good news - our regular online vitamins store - www.iherb.com is offering US$0.99 shipping offer!! This offer will ends on 31st Aug 2008 (I guess it's US time).

We were about to order some stuff last week, but thanks to HC's busy schedule (or rather, lazy mode), she has been unable to. Sometimes, one do get benefits when you procastinate!

For those new to this site, do use HC's referral code SIB351 - you'll get US$5.00 off.

P.S. I hate the rain....

Beach Outing

We left the house before dawn break this morning as I am worried that it might rain non-stop like the other few days.

I had fun swimming and retrieving balls. When I am tired from the swim, I will just chill out by the shore with my ball.

Trying to sink my ball...














Sometimes, my ball tried to run away...















But he is no match for me















Since I am not unable to drown my ball, I decided to bury him in the sand.

Digging his grave..















HC complained that I messed up the beach with my digging.

How it looked before I started digging.














End result!















Isn't it beautiful with all the potholes?

I'm bored....

I am officially bored....
didn't go anywhere yesterday (HC : Grrrrr.. I took you to play ball at our estate in the evening, remember?)

And today, I thought we would go out after HC's finished her work... and it had to rain!

So, I end up eating flies the entire day!
(HC : yes, Joey was really trying to eat a fly that was flying around him. I had to tell him "Stop eating flies"... but I think he might have ate it already!)

I am really really bored...

Pampered Life

After HC said I had a 'pampered' life.. I realised that the other creatures in my home enjoys a pampered life too!

During the day, when the weather gets too hot, the little creatures get to swim in their very own clean pool!

Spotted - a baby lizard coming out of the pool!

New 'things'

HC said I shouldn't be complaining about a boring 7th birthday... as I'm a very pampered (really??) dog who has alot of new 'things' almost every other week.

So.. she reminded me to post these pictures.

A new collar?














Don't I look smashing? Ermm.. actually I look smashing all the time, with or without collars.



















New toy.




















Besides trying to 'kill' the bird, sometimes I am very loving and sleep on it.

So... I guess I am luckier than most dogs..

My 7th Birthday

It's my birthday.. and HC would have forgotten all about it if not for a reminder by Auntie V :(

So, HC cancelled her appointment at night in order to spend some time with me.

She said she bought me a 'cake' from Delifrance.
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Ermmm... is that a cake? or leftover 2-day old pastry from the fridge?

It was hard as a rock and as tiny as my little paw. Worse is, I had only 2/3 of it, as Jack had to eat some too.

There are NO PRESENTS this year, and NO CELEBRATION (WITH REAL CAKES AND COOKIES) with my friends!!!!! What's happening??????

HC explained that I had presents (i.e. new toys) every other week or so, so it is not important to have any present on my birthday. Most importantly, the person I love (which is HC - according to her *roll eyes*) spend the day evening with me, right?

Oh well, I did have fun in the park with HC..... sigh...

(HC : I used to really look forward to celebrating birthdays with my dogs - but somehow not this year. I guess it is because having birthdays mean that they are reaching their old age. it is the same with my own birthday too... hahahha... I have stopped counting the birthdays since my early 20s..

I was thinking back when Joey came into my family home when he's a mere 3 months old puppy. He's mischievous, naughty, hyperactive.... I remembered the damage he did - chewing off part of the wall, chewing the legs of tables and chairs, dragging Jack's bed across the hall with Jack STILL SLEEPING on it, stealing human's socks and lingerie and ran around the house happily, eating my mum's high blood pressure pills...

I am so glad that he has passed his naughty phase. After 7 years, he has become a very good companion, and the bond between us is indescribable... I knew exactly what he is thinking/plotting even before he act it out. I am so glad that he is still very active and healthy at 7 years of age... and I hope to have many many more years with him, and of course with Jack)

Too many visitors

Max is gone !!!! YAY!



















His mum and human brother came to pick him up in the evening after HC returned home from work. Max was so so happy to see his family again! HC reminded the owner that Max's AVA tag is coming off, and advised her to also engraved their personal contact number. If they had done that, HC would be able to call them directly instead of waiting for the next morning when AVA is available to assist.

Anyway, Max's family said that Max should be enticed by the workers nearby with food cos he is very greedy (which explains his waist size!), and that Max was all along very well behaved and do not wander off on his own. He is so well bahaved that he won't step into the house until the owners give the okay (think they have a garden for Max). But they did say that they will fix the gate properly as it wasn't very secure.

Max's mum was very nice and gave HC a bottle of wine, chocolates and a thank-you card. HC gave the bottle of wine to her neighbour cos they sponsored Max's food last night. (We couldn't feed Max as we do not have kibbles at home, and all our fresh meat in the fridge are not enough to feed him! hiak hiak hiak)

Max finally left after some small talk made by the humans.... and Jack and I were so relieved to have HC all to ourselves again.

I think we had too many visitors this past week. First, we had Willy who left early this week, then now this Max!

We really need to have the bed to sleep on (HC:selfish bugger!)


Let me show you how I was denied a place on my own bed!

The injustice!

Waiting....

More waiting....

Finally, I couldn't take the waiting anymore and found a small spot on MY bed!

Found - Lab

HC found a male yellow lab sitting right outside our house!

Can all bloggers help to spread the news so that the dog can be reunited with owner soon?


Edited : Good news. This morning, HC managed to trace the owner's contact through AVA (Agri-food and Veterinary Authority) as the lab has a AVA tag on him. She has made contact with a relieved owner and will pass the lab (a.k.a MAX) tonight.

Max is really lucky cos he has actually crossed a very very busy road from his home to ours. And he is lucky to still have his AVA tag on him (which was hanged very loosely on his collar. In fact, it dropped on the floor once when HC was walking him).

It is really strange cos a neighbour who is staying on the ground floor said Max was hanging around the estate at 10a.m. or so, and when HC reached home at 6p.m, Max were up on our 3rd floor apartment sitting outside our main door and wagging his tail at the sight of HC!

I heard that the owner's children were worrying very much about Max last night.

And Max? well he slept really well. HC said he is a very polite dog and only slept on Jack's bed after HC invited him. (HC: the floor is too cold due to the air conditioning, so he slept curled up on Jack's bed the entire night. Jack's huge bed suddenly look so small with Max on it! hahaha)

You bet we can't wait to get rid of him tonight!
(HC : Jack and Joey are not the friendliest dogs especially on home ground. Jack yelled at Max alot, and Joey tried to nip Max when I wasn't looking... hahaha... poor Max)

Smart boy? NOT!

....hiak hiak hiak... Willy thought he was sooo smart...

This happened yesterday.... a video of him chewing spare rib while we were eating raw lamb bone in the kitchen.



(Please ignore the background noise. Willy tried to look knowledgeable by pretending to listen to CNA's news)

Before HC left Willy in the bedroom to clean us up, she saw that Willy still had a big piece of spare rib left. After cleaning us, she wanted to 'help' Willy to keep away the spare rib as she knew that I will snatch it from him once I am released in the bedroom. However, when she went back in the bedroom, the spare rib was nowhere to be found.

Puzzled, she decided to stop searching and let me into the room. Immediately, I was able to sniff out where Willy had hidden the spare rib and ate it ALL UP!!!!

(HC : hee hee... Willy has this bad habit of trying to hide his treats but he always fail to stop Joey from sniffing it out! This time, Willy hid the spare rib behind the table. After Joey ate up the hidden spare rib, I can see Willy going back to the hiding place to look for it! Silly boy!)

Anyway, today's menu is french duck!































After eating the sumptous french duck, Willy went to sleep. He was so contented that he had his tongue sticking out















Close up















Sometimes, he will try to act cute and wants to sit on HC's lap.


















I wonder when is he going back? sigh.....

Willy is here

Willy is here for a holiday.

His mummy bought us charm collars - same as the one Willy had.

Jack's

Mine!

Willy is back to his bad habits.

Caught on camera - HUMPING!

And he took over my comfortable bed.

See how I suffer?

But I got my revenge!

HC put Willy in her new bag just to see how 'spacious' the bag is.

hahahahaha..... the look on his face? Priceless..

HC also make sure Willy is well fed.

Steam chicken with his kibbles.

Luckily HC gave us a small piece each! (Note : we are fed raw food - so hardly get to get steam chicken.)

At night, Willy gets to sleep on HC's bed with us.

(Jack is not seen here as he likes to snuggle right inside the bed).

Distressed Call

HC received a distressed call yesterday afternoon.

Apparently, one of our friend - a white MS called Pepy ran away from his grooming salon/ petshop in Bishan area and was nowhere to be found.

HC then starting messaging her friends who stayed around the area. One of them replied that they saw a white MS running away from the petshop lady and crossed the other side of road - but lost sight of it after.

The owner was very upset with the assistant lady of the salon - as she had told them that Pepy will scratch and to let the main groomer handle her since he has done for them before. However, the assistant lady went ahead and tried to handle Pepy herself. While taking off Pepy's collar - she was scratched by Pepy and she released Pepy from her hold. Just then, a customer came into the shop and Pepy took the chance to run out.

The area that she ran away from usually is bustling with traffic and humans, and the owners were worried to death.

Luckily at about early evening, Pepy was found sitting in a corner at Salvation Army building - perhaps she didn't know the way back and decided to sit and wait. Poor girl was lost for about 4 hours or so!

HC is glad that Pepy is found, but like the owner - she is upset at the carelessness of the petshop as they didn't take the necessary precaution - the barrier separating the grooming area and main shop are not up, thus giving Pepy the chance to run out. Also, the petshop lady has been warned of Pepy's temperament and she should refrain from handling her if she is not experienced!

HC also recalled another incident whereby a dog ran out of the petshop and was knocked down by a car (not sure if the dog survived). Also, there is another incident whereby the groomer forgot to take the dog out of the drying machine after grooming - and the poor dog was left in there for too long and died of dehydration. That is a horrible way to die!

Search and Rescue Vest

Two years ago, I was given a Search and Rescue vest by the Singapore Civil Defence (SCDF) that was way too big. After that, HC got one custom made in US. Read here .

Finally, the kind officers decided to reward us with a vest that suits our size!
















I look really cool! I love it much better than the one I had.

My girlfriend - Alfie and me wearing the cool looking vests.

Don't we both look smashing? hee hee hee...

Raw Meat

We bought this raw duck and venison. I heard these are imported from Europe France & New Zealand!

I think we are luckier than HC.. teeheehee...

Update on Willy

Willy seems to be doing very well in his new home.


He has like 3 siblings now - 2 chihuahua and 1 crossbreed.

He is part of a family called Fab4!

And for the first time in his 10 years on earth, he finally knew what is a 'birthday cake'!

His mummy even asked the baker to put Willy's name on the birthday cake since no one knew exactly when he is born.

Willy's bewildered look that says, "a cake for me??? really??"

Bad habits die hard.. he still likes to hog other dogs' bed





































His mummy has set up a blog for him. Finally, the old man gets his say!
Please visit http://www.willythechihuahua.blogspot.com/