My front tooth fell off

I don't know what happened, but one of my front tooth fell off. So now there are only 3 front teeth left on me. And I am only 5 years old. I think my front tooth fell off when I was chewing on kangaroo's back bone on Thursday. Oh well.....

Serangoon Garden

We went to Serangoon Garden this evening. We went to Chomp Chomp.. 'no pets allowed' sign. We went to the hawker centre, again 'no pets allowed' sign. We went to Cafe Cartel, big big 'no pets allowed' sign. We hang out at the pet shop for a while. We found a pub with alfresco sitting area. Mummy asked if dogs are allowed outside. Yes! So we have our nice dinner at the pub. This pub is not the same one where Mummy had the rubber lamb chop (Blog posted on Jan 26, 2008).

My favorite corner

This is Cookie's favorite sleeping corner when Mummy and Buttercup are working at the table above.

This is my favorite position when Mummy and Buttercup are working at the table above.

Pawtobello Dog Cafe

We finally went to Pawtobello dog cafe in town after hearing from my doggies friends how cool the place is to hang out. It was really crowded with many doggies. I ate 'muttloaf' and Cookie ate 'something fishy'. There was this small black dog (miniature pinscher) picking fight with me. Cookie jumped down from the chair to fight the dog off.

Meeting my friends on Mother's Day

This is me, Cookie and Dewey (Cocker Spaniel) on a walk today. We decided to meet at K9 Kampus to celebrate Mother's Day.

This is me and Alfie (Jack Russell Terrier) playing at K9 Kampus compound. Alfie is 5 years old like me. She loves to play fetch ball. Hey, we have a lot in common.

This is Cookie on agility. Although she has not been on agility for years, as the agility equipment in Bishan Park Dog Run was removed, she is still able to perform all the tricks!

This is Cookie on see-saw! She is still very agile and she loves to show off her agility skills!

We have a great time at K9 Kampus today celebrating Mother's Day!

My yellowish incisors

If you look closely at my incisors, you will see that they are yellowish. Mummy has been trying to clean them using the salmon oil dental care gel every day. Are they better now? I am born with not very good teeth. One of my front tooth is shaking now... It may drop off one day... Sometimes when I chew on the kangaroo bones, it will bleed.

K9 Kampus Dog Cafe

This is Kimura. He is the birthday boy, one year old. He is the son of Sakura. He is wearing a light blue two-piece tuxedo. Very handsome hor!

This is me and Cookie behaving ourselves very well in a cafe.

Starting from the left is Sakura, Kimura and Di Di. They are a happy family!

Today we went to K9 Kampus at Turf Club Road. The place was converted from a horse stable. It was awesome. We ate lamb meat balls, chicken pie, birthday cake, cheese bone, and lamb leg chew. Burrrrp!! There were about 15 dacshunds gathering for the birtday celebration. There were lots of barking going on in the dog cafe. It was a blast. I have a great time!

The beginning of skin problem

It's April, and the weather is getting hotter and more humid. My skin begins to flake. I have dandruffs! Buttercup showers me thoroughly each week and applies apple cider vinegar on my skin. I am being combed everyday now to get rid of my dandruffs. I hope my daily meal that consists of seaweed and flaxseed oil will help my skin to grow healthy again.... Mummy and Buttercup are very worried.

SPCA Dog Walk April 2008

This morning we arrived at Bishan Dog Run at 8:00 Am for the SPCA Dog Walk. There were about 50 other doggies already there. The whole group of doggies walked for 3 km around Bishan Park. As always, Cookie has to be number ONE. Buttercup and Cookie was the first to reach the end point. I was running behind Cookie, but Mummy was pulling me to slow down!

When we finished the walk, SPCA gave out so many free gifts! It was like Christmas! There were dog bowls, leather leashes, collars, harnesses, T-shirts, doggie beds, doggie houses, apples, and water bottles. Buttercup got us a bright red doggie house. Mummy got a T-shirt.

I love my new doggie home!

Pet Cafe

Although my birthday is over, this morning Mummy and Buttercup brought us to Pet Cafe for a treat. We skipped our breakfast at 8 am. I was very hungry. We reached the Pet Cafe at 9 am. Our chicken and rice order came at 9:30 and we chowed down hungrily. Oh boy it was so yummy. We ate everything except the celery branches. We met our friend at the cafe, Dewey. He was a Cocker Spaniel. His Mummy adopted him from SPCA last year. He is a vegetarian. Looks like we will be visiting the Pet Cafe again soon, as the people and doggies there are jolly friendly!

13 April 2008 - My Birthday on Sunday!

I celebrated my five years old birthday yesterday! I woke up late at 12 pm, ate my fruits and yoghurt breakfast. Mummy and Buttercup brought us to Bishan Park for walks. Then we went for late lunch at 3 pm. I ate some unsalted french fries and chicken salad. When we got home, I had a hot shower. After shower I have my steak dinner and Cookie have chicken filet. Yummy! I love my birthday!

Radio FM 95 Dog Walk

This morning we went to Bishan Park II Dog Run to meet with FM 95 DJ Glenn Ong for Dog Walk. We were late for the dog walk, so we just gathered and played with the 400 dogs there. We met Jaffe and Kayle (http://jaffeprt.blogspot.com/) there too! I heard that they will be migrating to Canada end of April 2008.

Mummy and Buttercup each had a free Anderson Ice Cream from Belgium, but none for us. Why? Because Mummy met two very fat jack russel terriers and afraid that Cookie and I will be as fat as they are after eating ice cream.

Swimming in the sea

These photos were taken two years ago at the beach. The water in the sea was gushing. I love swimming in it. They were pretty photos. I also love to sand bath at the beach.

Hanging the dogs using choke chain

I was extremely troubled all day with what I saw during a training session this morning. The doggies were supposed to learn the “stay” command. As usual, they were all leashed with the white coloured training rope, told to sit and stay while their human companions slowly walk away. However some doggies didn’t quite get the idea and started following their human companions. To my horror, their human companions were told by the trainer to lift the doggies off the ground by their necks, legs suspended in the air with choke chain around their necks and drag them back to the spot where they were supposed to remain. There were 3 dachshunds and I saw one dachshund started choking and I could tell that they were all really really so frightened. As for the Lab that didn’t get the idea, it was too big and heavy for its human companion, so it was dragged over the shoulder with hind legs suspended in the air and choke chain round its neck as well.

Mummy shouted to them and asked them to stop hanging the doggies by their necks but they carried on. Buttercup told us that in the human’s world where capital punishment is still being practised, only humans who committed serious crimes like murder, espionage, treason, or rape were hanged in this manner till they choked to their death……. Those poor doggies certainly didn’t commit any serious crime. Hope those human companions will realize that by hanging their doggies, they may cause serious neck injuries to their doggies….

Let’s pray for safety of those doggies and positive reinforcement training method which is the latest thinking in North America and Europe.

Our Potty Place

This is where we do our 'business' at home. We like to call it our newspaper garden. Every month Mummy will be collecting old newspapers from neighbours, relatives, and family members. We used about 5 - 10 KG of newspapers every month. That is a lot of newspapers! Mummy changes the newspapers every morning, every late afternoon, every evening, and every night.

Buttercup and Beijing

Last Saturday Buttercup came back from Beijing, China. We were kind of gotten used to her away for a week business trip. Last October 2007, she went to China for a week as well. This time we were less anxious. We did not wait for her at the door whole night, and we were able to sleep throughout the night. Although we wagged our tails less everytime Buttercup was away, we were able to cope better this time. The house was quiet..... Oh boy were we glad when Buttercup came back! Cookie jumped into the suitcase and sat there, until Buttercup chased her out! This time we did not get any doggy toy or treat.

Sunday Eggs

Every Sunday, after our walk in the park or swim at Sentosa, we get to eat Sunday Eggs. The eggs are submerged in boiled hot water for 8 - 10 min. We love to eat eggs! After our weekly bath, we will station ourselves in the kitchen waiting for the cracking sound of Sunday Eggs.

Tartar Removal

Mummy is using this S$60 per small bottle PetzLife Dental Care Gel to remove tartar on my teeth. Each night Mummy will use a cloth and rub the gel on my teeth. This gel contains wild salmon oil too, so it tastes good. Apparently my teeth is now cleaner, whiter, and my breath smells better too. Some tartar is also removed from my incisor. The product contains only natural ingredients and alcohol to kill the bacteria. Mmh... the natural ingredients are secret, according to the manufacturer.

Valentine's Day 14 February 2008

Look at our Valentine's Day velvet roses! So pretty pretty!

Cookie...

Mummy submitted Cookie photo to The Straits Times and it was published in the newspaper. Cookie is a very pretty dog!