Scuba's birthday

It was Scuba, the bull terrier birthday last Friday.

HC brought us to celebrate his birthday with him. (read : eat his cake! lol)

Our presents to him (HC: ya right... Joey tried to steal the presents back from Scuba a couple of times, luckily I managed to remind him it was supposed to be a 'present' and you can't take it back. lol)



Scuba's mum bought him some cookies and a cake (see later pic).


Since it was his birthday, HC decided to do something unheard of... she encouraged Scuba to take the dog cookies from the human table! That was a NO-NO for all of us.

But Scuba, being the most gentle and s-l-o-w (as in movement.. not intellect, ok?) dog need lots of physical encouragement.

(Note from HC : Scuba is unlike any bull terrier, or any other dog for that matter. He's very gentle, has a good temperament, sleeps alot (like 22hrs a day), walks a little, He spend whatever little waking moments in a trance-like state.... he's a really sweet but peculiar dog)

HC formed a 'bridge' for him to cross to the table.


It took him like 5 long mins and baits to get him to cross the 'bridge'. LOL

Finally... he's m-o-v-i-n-g.... s-l-o-w-l-y to the target.

Can u see Jack waiting patiently behind the table? I was actually right beside Scuba, like a jumping kangaroo!

Can you save some crumbs for me, Scubs?

Finally his cake!

Front view

Side view

Scuba thinking if he should eat it?

Then he decided to slowly lick the cream off!

We got so impatient with Scuba that we were screaming our lungs off. It took a long time before the humans decided to do him (and us) a favor and cut it into smaller pieces.

We had fun that night. Who's birthday next? MINE! And I want a double storey house, with an extra attic, ok? oh.. and maybe a large garden?

Random

Last weekend, we found a secluded spot to walk off-leash. This area is out of bounds for cars and almost deserted! Thanks to BJ & Cookie's owners for bringing us there.





A few weeks ago, HC bought us a huge water-filled pad as the weather was very hot. However, we refused to sleep on it cos it is not as comfortable as our 6 inch thick bed. So HC had to resort on putting the pad on our bed.

Jack enjoying his new cool pad.


HC also received a gift from Auntie SK - my late girlfriend's mum.

It is a very heartwarming book! Go get one and read it!

Cob Corn

This is possibly my cob corn #4.. or is it #5?? oh.. I can't remember but is my favorite chew toy.



I have to wait patiently for HC to remove the packaging and her mini-training (sit, stay, wait, speak etc.. OMG.. can I have it NOW?).



I love my cob corn.

Role reversal

There are dogs who sleeps like human...




And human who like to sleep on dog's bed.


HAHAHAHA

Visitor

We had a little visitor the other day - HC's 4 year old niece.

She came specially to see me as she loved me lots (only me, not Jack!)

See how happy she was to see me?

She laid on my bed to watch me chew my toy.

Jack Rejuvenated

Jack is an avid chew. See how he chewed through the key ring?

Just a month after his 13th birthday, (HC's guess)

HC found a strand of black hair on Jack.

She's surprised cos she had never seen this black hair before.

Is he getting younger or what? HC wished Jack could share his secret with her? hahaha.. I bet alot of women wants to know his secret too!

Gifts

We received some gifts from Willy's mummy.

A tight-tight tee-shirt for me! Can you see my muscles?


Jack received a raincoat.

HC likes the color combination very much. She said the orange make Jack look younger and more vibrant. Haha - ya, good old boring Jack.

There is 1 more raincoat - unfortunately HC said she have to chop off our legs to fit it in. So, she said to wait and let 'puppy' wear it! (what 'puppy'?????)

Thank you, Willy's mummy!

Dogs for adoption

Jack and I have a very happy and enviable life. But I know there are alot of homeless dogs out there looking for love and a place to call home. Do look at this site for dogs for adoption.

Happy News

It was a very happy week for all of us.

Remember Jack was due for his cornea operation last Saturday?

On the day of op, HC had wanted to just drop Jack off at the clinic. But the vet told HC he wants to do a pre-op check. During the check, the vet was very surprised to find that the cornea had healed. It was a miracle as the cornea didn't heal at all for the last 3 weeks, and just before the op - it healed! (The last review was 5 days before the op, and the wound was still quite big).... so really it is a miracle.

Then Billyjean and Cookie visited us at our place. Both Cookie and I had a 'bad experience' with each other many years back. But surprisingly, we were all cordial and well-behaved. I am sure looking forward to more visits from them.
(sorry - no photo as the humans were more preoccupied with eating and yakking)

Yesterday, Jack had a belated cake as HC didn't buy him 1 last week for fear of upsetting his stomach before surgery.

He had a 'shou tou' - peach that usually for older people as it symbolises longevity. HC said only dogs who are about 100 yrs old will get it.

Jack also had a choir to sing him a birthday song. Although one of them keep singing "happy birthday to JOEYYYY"... hahahaha.. it was funny.

Jack likes to call them N.L.B. - nasty little things ... hahahahaha.. now I know why.

Bad news and more rain

After the last vet review, it is confirmed that Jack's cornea has still not healed. So surgery is the only option for him - and is on this Saturday! Poor Jack - knowing that Sat was the day after his birthday.



There are more rainfall this week, and the infuriating thing is that it usually happens in the evening - when we were due for our walks! Grrr....



To make up for it, HC bought more deer tendon for us.

Here's 1 kg worth of deer tendons!

The lady at the shop was surprised and asked HC : "Woah.. your doggies ate the deer tendons so fast?" as the last time she bought it were about a month or two ago!

Jack enjoying his deer tendon. His eye seems ok, and don't squint as much. But still didn't heal well enough.

I tried all angles to get a better bite.


After an hour of wrestling with the deer tendon, I am still full of energy and wants to play. So HC gave me a new toy : Eggplant Giggle!



I like it so much that I took it to bed with me last night!

Can the rain please go away?

News on Jacks....

Firstly - updates about the 'abandoned' JRT (DIDI) found by Auntie S.

Auntie S decided to walk around the Kovan estate - hoping to see if any one recognises DIDI. At one particular house, 2 young girls were very excited upon seeing DIDI - and after much 'interrogation' by Auntie S - it was found that DIDI was NOT abandoned by the owners. In fact, the family (grandfather and 2 young girls) spent the afternoon combing the estate for DIDI. When Auntie S told them what she saw in the morning (a mother and son pair with DIDI) - they concluded that these two are their tenants from China. The grandparents were very upset that the tenants didn't care to return the dog safely back home in the morning nor took the effort to inform them.

The family was really happy and grateful that Auntie S found DIDI and took the effort to walk around the estate to look for the owners. By the way, the dog's real name is DAISY!

Second - updates about the "JACK" at home.

He had his third review a couple of days ago, and the vet suggested surgery since it has been two weeks and the cornea ulcer is still there. So HC decided that Jack will have to go for the surgery if the eye didn't heal by this week. Let's hope his corner heal fast. *fingers crosssed*

As for me - I was utterly bored at home cos it has been raining non-stop. The only good thing is that we are given daily deer tendon to chew to keep us occupied. Cos, HC know that I will be up to no good if I am too bored....

oops... caught in the act


I stole HC's socks and decided to play tug when she tried to retrieve it.

Abandoned Dog

HC received an email from Auntie S (Alfie's and Happy's owner )

To cut a long story short, Auntie S saw this unleashed dog with a woman and a boy about 6a.m.. The unleashed dog came to Happy - and Auntie S asked the owner why her dog was not leashed. The owner ignored the question and the boy called the dog "DiDi" which the dog responded. However, Auntie S noticed that the woman had her arm on the boy's shoulder as if to stop him from calling the dog back.

Auntie S continued to walked on home, but felt that something wasn't right as the woman was in working clothes, the boy in school uniform and the dog was not leashed. She turned back to Kovan MRT - and true enough, only the dog was nearby pacing up and down looking for the owner.

Obviously the poor dog was abandoned by both the woman and her son. Auntie S had no choice but to bring the JRT home first even though Happy was not happy about it.

Personally I hate these people. Why buy dogs and abandoned them? If life situation is so bad that you can't have the dog - at least have the decency to rehome the dog properly. And what values isa the mother trying to teach her son? That abandonment is ok? So years to come, can the son abandoned the mum when she's no longer needed in his life?

There are alot of parents feel that the school is not doing enough to teach the child right moral education such as filial peity, family values, intergrity....even sex education. However, how much can the authorities do? Ultimately, it all boils them to the right upbringing by the parents. There is a saying " the apple never falls far from the tree".

(Joey : ok, the last 2 para not written by me. Obviously, I have never been abandoned and am also too preoccupied with playing balls than to pay any attention to human(not-so)kind.

Jack was the angry one here as he was abandoned too! unlucky for him - he had to wait for his owner at the same place for 3-4 days, even when its raining, before an acquaintance of HC lured Jack back to her home.)

Picture of the female JRT. She must be thinking "is this an April Fools' Joke? Is my mum and human brother coming to pick me up soon?"

One eye Jack

Since last Friday, HC noticed that Jack was squinting his left eye. His squinting got worse on Sat, and HC feared that he had (again) tore his cornea and sent him to the vet.

True enough, the vet said that Jack had tore his cornea. This was like the 3-4th time he did it for the last 10 years. The most serious was back in 2001, whereby the eye specialist - Dr Stanley did a surgery on him - and sewed his third eyelid shut for a week. Ya.. during that week, he was a one-eyed Jack.. hahaha

This time, the tear was not that bad - and he only requires to administered eye drops 3-4 times before the next review tomorrow.

How he looked this morning after putting the eye drop. He squinted very badly at home, but when he is out - he hardly squint. Perhaps Mr. Cool wants to look good when he's out.



There are 3 types of eye drop. The red one has to be administered in a dark environment as it will make his eye very sensitive to light. So HC applied it on Jack before bedtime.

As there is no one at home during the day, Jack couldn't have his eye drop. Let's hope he heal before tomorrow's medical review.

Other presents

The other presents that we received from HC's recent overseas trip.

Personalised collars. HC's mobile number is embroidered on the underside of the collar in case we ever get lost.

T-shirts for me.

Jumper - cos I like to jump up to catch my ball. I am almost 99% accurate in ball catching. I'm also a good agility dog many many years ago :)



Another t-shirt. I am chewing a deer tendon in both pic.




These t-shirts are to protect my belly from the grass area. So since Jack doesn't roll on the grass - he didn't get any t-shirt from HC. And he didn't get any balls too ... hiak hiak hiak


On a separate note :
I love playing with my rubber squeaky balls. My favourite is the small spiky ones ..



I don't know if anyone has seen this report about toys having phthalates added in to increase its flexibility and durability.

http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/pressreleases.aspx?id=23926

The effects of phthalates caused vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps.

Now, HC is worried that the balls I played with - has this ingredient in it.

However, she can't stop me from playing with such toys as my life (and happiness) revolved around the balls!!!

P.S. We did something really naughty while HC was away... will update later!

Back from a short trip

We went for a 4N5D trip at Scuba's place recently.

It was really fun but I missed my HC alot. When HC picked us up at Scuba's place - we whined non-stop - for about 5 mins or more.


When we went home, we saw what HC bought for us:

We have like 4-5 beds at home - but a dog can never have 'too many beds', right? heehee

I am most pleased with these presents...

BALLS!

I will post up my other presents another day. Too busy killing my rubber ball now :)

Skinny me

We have always been on the lean side as HC was worried overweight will do us more harm than good, esp for Jack since he had joint ligament surgery and was diagnosed with arthritis and spondolysis many years back.

And you know how usually one doesn’t notice the other when they see each other too often?

So, she was taken aback when she saw this photo of us.

See how skinny I am?


The culprit was my granny’s new domestic helper!

As we don’t live near any wet market, HC would place a phone order with the butcher near my granny’s place and asked the domestic helper to collect. She also taught the domestic helper how to weigh our portions and even gave her written detailed instructions on packing. HC couldn’t do the packing herself as she feels that it is fresher to immediately repack and freeze the meat.

So the other day, HC went to granny’s place and personally supervised the packing. To her horror, the domestic helper actually weighed our meat portion including the bowl! So a 160g portion only consists of 120g meat as the bowl was about 40g!!

HC finally realized we were underfed for the past month, and she made up for it by overfeeding us this weekend. (HC: which explains the amount of shit I had to clear!!)