Charity Doggieshoot - Round 2!

Hey everypup! Due to the good response we had last weekend for the doggieshoot (we collected a total of $2130!), the organisers have decided to do it again next week!

They'll open up Sat 11 Jul for bookings and if there's enough response, they'll do it on Sun 12 Jul as well. However, if there is not enough bookings, the shoot will be cancelled and the money paid will be refunded (unless you still want to donate to Charmaine).

Charges are:
$30 for 1 layout and 2 digital files.
$50 for 2 layouts and 5 digital files

Extra digital file at $10 each
Additional layout at $20 each
Maximum 2 dogs, if you have more than 2 dogs, additional dog at $10 each.

Please note that this is for CHARITY, and ALL proceeds will go to the family. Bookings are confirmed with payment. Changes subject to slot availability. No refunds (except in the case of shoot cancelled due to not enough bookings)

Please email your preferred time slots or any enquiries to
doggieshoot@gmail.com

PS: Please feel free to cross-post this to any other dog forums

Here are some sample pics taken over the weekend!










Help spread the word!

Doggie Photoshoot and Grooming

This was a really eventful weekend! First there was the charity doggie photoshoot, and we managed to raise almost $2K for Charmaine. My M hopes that the figure can past $2k after the nice doggie owners have seen the nice pictures and decide to buy more.

The Shoot was held at Aunty Cynthia's grooming shop, which is called the Doggy Salon. Aunty Cynthia has kindly agreed to let us use her shop for free for the shoot, and she donated a handsome (but I'm still handsome-er!) amount to our cause too!

Anyway, my M decided to bring me in for grooming at the same time since she won't have time to bath me, not that I would have minded. At the same time, she reminded me not to 'sia suay' (ie: to embarass her) during the grooming coz I'm such a scardey cat and she even reminded the groomers that I'm a scardey cat. I tried to tell her I'm a dog but I don't think she cares.

Here's me getting ready to be groomed!


From this vantage point, I can check out the doggie 'studio' below.


Can you see me??


Another look at the 'work in progress'. We had a lot of human dogs that day too, coz everyone was barking mad! They wruffed and howled and barked their way to get the dog's attention.



If you thought taking pictures of dogs were hard... try taking pictures of dogs AND kids!


Ok, back to my grooming.... first they combed out my undercoat.


That's my butt....


Check out all the fur they combed out! I'm glad I still got loads to spare!


Ohh.. that tickles!


Remember my M told me not to do anything to embarass her? Well, I did 2 things.

Firstly I tried to hang myself.

From the grooming table.

Not that I wanted too.

I think I slipped and fell coz my M saw me going down butt first instead of head first.

And then I pooped as well.

The groomers thought the smelt something funny, and it was me. My M thought maybe I'm so frightened I pooped my pants coz I'm reliably toilet trained... unless I have a tummyache, which I don't yesterday.



After that I was washed...


And placed in the oven at 220 degrees for 30 minutes.... to be served hot....

Hotdogs!


All right, that was a joke! I wasn't baked.... but my M did call it the Oven.

And that's nice smelling me after the grooming, although you can't really smell me now.


But to make sure I don't distract the other doggies in the shoot, I had to be imprisoned.

Let me out!



It was a exciting and tiring day for me and I was glad to meet some of my fans! Thank you for continuing to read the blog even after my big brother Herbie left! Also thanks to all the nice doggie owners who supported this event!

Slots still available!

Hey, we still have the following slots available for the shoot this weekend to help Charmaine.


27/06/2009 (Sat) 28/06/2009 (sun)
10:30 - 11:00 NA taken
11:00 - 11:30 taken reserved
11:30 - 12:00 taken taken
12:00 - 12:30 taken
12:30 - 13:00 taken taken
13:00 - 13:30 reserved
13:30 - 14:00 taken
14:00 - 14:30 taken taken
14:30 - 15:00 taken taken
15:00 - 15:30 taken taken
15:30 - 16:00 taken taken
16:00 - 16:30 taken
16:30 - 17:00 taken
17:00 - 17:30 taken taken
17:30 - 18:00 taken


Please help to spread the word! Also many thanks to those who has already signed up!

Waiting.... for more takers...

Helios Potter!

My M always thought I look a bit like Harry Potter if she pretends my cowlick is the 'lightning scar'.

Abracadabra! Or... explodimous!


Harry Potter?


But apparently her friend thought I look more like Dumbledore... or rather, Dumbledawg.



I don't care.... I still think I'm Helios Potter! Be careful about your comments or I may turn you into a frog!

PS: Sunday afternoon slots for the photoshoot are all taken, but we still have slots for Saturdays and Sunday morning!

The bully bullying the Bully

That sounds like a tongue twister!

Anyway, here's further proof that my baby sister is bully. Look what she's doing to Scuba!




PS: We still have slots for the doggie photoshoot, please help to support or spread the word!

Doggieshoot Charity Drive

Hey everypup! Need your help here! My M is helping to organise a Doggieshoot Charity drive for this poor 4 year old girl called Charmaine.

Here's her story:
www.ourfeistyprincess.com

"Charmaine, a sweet and cheerful girl (she’s turning 4 years old this July) is unfortunately suffering from Stage 4 neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a cancer that forms in one’s nerve tissue and is the most common cancer in infancy.

For her case, the cancer cells were first detected in her liver some time around February 2009, which started off as a 12cm tumour. It was later discovered that traces of cancer were also detected in her bone marrow, which led to this final diagnosis of neuroblastoma.

According to the doctors, Charmaine has a 10% to 20% chance of recovery after undergoing the strongest chemotherapy available, which is what she has been going through.

There is another treatment available which would increase the chance of her survival to 40%, but it could only be done in the US since the drug is still in its clinical trial phase. Requests to have the drug shipped to Singapore have been rejected.

Unfortunately, the treatment requires a US$350,000 deposit upfront, which is about half a million Singapore dollars! This is a ridiculously large sum of money to most of us, and it’s no different to Charmaine’s family and friends."

So we're gonna have a doggie photoshoot.

All proceeds will be donated to Charmaine. We're all doing this out of our own time and pockets and we have volunteer photographers waiting to help out. All photos will be given in soft copies only.

It'll be a make-shift studio set-up, location will be confirmed at a later date. Each time slot will be 30 minutes.

Charges are:
$30 for 1 backdrop and 2 digital files.
$50 for 2 backdrops and 5 digital files

Extra digital file at $10 each
Additional layout at $20 each
Maximum 2 dogs, if you have more than 2 dogs, additional dog at $10 each.


We're looking at starting next weekend, ie: 27 & 28 June, starting at 10:30am.

Please note that this is for CHARITY, and ALL proceeds will go to the family. So please don't ask for refund, or book a time slot and decide not to show up at the last minute.

Please email your preferred time slots or any enquiries to
doggieshoot@gmail.com

So doggies, please help spread the word, or come down to take nice handsome/ pretty pictures of yourselves and help save a life at the same time!

Photos!

My M went to buy some cloth yesterday, and put up a DIY studio in our living room. Guess who's the model?

Handsome me!


Actually, I was just the test subject while she tried to get the setup correct. :(

Very smart test subject


Do I look like a genius?



And then my baby sister joined in. I was kinda worried what sort of nefarious plan would she have for my paw.



Luckily she only wanted some loving...


So I loved her back...


My M thinks she need to improve on the shoot, so I think there'll be more to come...

Someone who loves me

Although she likes to pull my ears...



... and grab my toys...


... which sometimes she succeeds...


... or even attempt to pluck my fur...


... and sometimes she even stinks...


... I know that deep down inside, she still loves me...


... although sometimes she does it at the wrong spot...


(M: Sherylyn's version of sayang (Malay term for love) is to put her head next to the object. When we told her to sayang Helios, she happened to crawl to his hindleg and just conveniently bumped her head at his thigh.)

But it's ok... coz I love my baby sister too!

Rescue me!

My M decided that I was too much a scaredey cat, and I need to be braver. I don't know why she keeps calling me a scardey cat, when I'm not a cat, and there's not that many things I'm scared of.

I mean, I'm only scared of washine machines, vacumn cleaners, bamboo poles, big burley man, big bags, sudden noises, big boxes, men in army uniform, big male dogs, ronald macdonalds, electricity generators at fairs, huge crowds, hissing cats, falling things... etc etc etc etc. That's not a lot, right?

(M: Trust me, the list is longer than that...)


So she decided to try Bach Flower Remedies. She was reading through the list and thought there's a whole bunch I could use.



Aspen sounds suitable for 'vague and unaccountable fears' or
Impatiens for 'Impatient and seeming to have boundless energy' or
Larch for 'Lack of self-confidence' or
Mimulus for 'For fears; Shy and timid animals' or
Vervain for 'Enthusiastic, always want to be involved, high strung' or
Rescue Remedy for 'Stressful situations'.

In the end she felt that she could live with my excitable behavior, I just need to be a little braver. And since Aunty G has a few bottles of the bachflower, she made me a concoction of Larch and Mimulus. I'm supposed to have 4-5 drops about 4 times a day, but since my M is working, she'll give it to me 3 times a day.

I wonder if this will really make be braver. I don't wanna be a cat anymore. I'm a DOG!

Face off!

Me and Scuba having a rawhide competition!

Look at us both eating so intently!


And nothing beats having a tummy rubba at the same time.


And guess who still came up the winner?

ME!!


Unfortunately, the winner doesn't get any extra. And Scuba is not giving his up too.

(PS: Ignore my sister screaming in the background, she's just trying to make conversation.)

Answers out!

And here are the answers to 'How well do you know me?'

Many got tricked by questions 3 and 5.

Many guessed that I doesn't like nail clipping but in fact, I'm quite ok with nail clipping. I dislike bathing, my M will have to push and slide me nearer the showerhead everytime I take my bath.

And I will 'die' when banged at but my tail will keep wagging and my head would usually be still off the ground.


1) What is Helios afraid of?
a) Loud noises
b) Big, burly, strangers
c) Large bags
d) Sudden movement
e) All of the above.... and more

2) What is Helios commonly also known as?
a) Cutie pie
b) Siao Gao (Dialect for crazy dog)
c) Handsome boy
d) Smarty Pants
e) Itchy Mouth

3) What does Helios dislike most?
a) Cleaning ears
b) Cutting nails
c) Bathing
d) Clipping paw fur
e) Biscuit on nose trick

4) What can get Helios excited?
a) Food
b) Toys
c) Beach
d) Humans
e) Everything and anything

5) If you play 'bang' with Helios, what would his most likely reaction?
a) "argh! I'm dead!"
b) "I'll die, but I'm not happy about it at all"
c) "I'm too young to die! "
d) "Why are you doing pointy fingers at me?"
e) *chomp! * "That was a yummy finger"

6) If you're standing, where would Helios most likely poke you?
a) Butt
b) Jump up and poke your face
c) Toes
d) Knees
e) Hands

7) What is Helio's play style with other dogs?
a) Rough and tumble
b) The stalker
c) Sweet kissing
d) Doesn't play with other dogs
e) Relax one corner together

8) What fetish does Helios has?
a) Diaper fetish
b) Butt fetish
c) Garbage bin fetish
d) Foot fetish
e) Toilet bowl fetish

How well do you know me?

My M set up this list of questions to see how well her friends know me. Here's the questions reproduced here. Take it and let me know how well you know (and love) ME!

1) What is Helios afraid of?
a) Loud noises
b) Big, burly, strangers
c) Large bags
d) Sudden movement
e) All of the above.... and more

2) What is Helios commonly also known as?
a) Cutie pie
b) Siao Gao (Dialect for crazy dog)
c) Handsome boy
d) Smarty Pants
e) Itchy Mouth

3) What does Helios dislike most?
a) Cleaning ears
b) Cutting nails
c) Bathing
d) Clipping paw fur
e) Biscuit on nose trick

4) What can get Helios excited?
a) Food
b) Toys
c) Beach
d) Humans
e) Everything and anything

5) If you play 'bang' with Helios, what would his most likely reaction?
a) "argh! I'm dead!"
b) "I'll die, but I'm not happy about it at all"
c) "I'm too young to die! "
d) "Why are you doing pointy fingers at me?"
e) *chomp! * "That was a yummy finger"

6) If you're standing, where would Helios most likely poke you?
a) Butt
b) Jump up and poke your face
c) Toes
d) Knees
e) Hands

7) What is Helio's play style with other dogs?
a) Rough and tumble
b) The stalker
c) Sweet kissing
d) Doesn't play with other dogs
e) Relax one corner together

8) What fetish does Helios has?
a) Diaper fetish
b) Butt fetish
c) Garbage bin fetish
d) Foot fetish
e) Toilet bowl fetish


Answers will be revealed next week!

Irritating me?

My M was talking to her friends the other day, and I overheard her saying that I'm lucky I'm a dog. Coz if I'm a human, I'll be a very irritating human. It's only because I'm a cute dog that I can get away so so many things.

She said: Imagine you have a friend or colleague who constantly bugs you, and when you tell them off or is sarcastic, all the sarcasm goes past their heads and they still smile at you goofily, as if you're in love with them.

Imagine a friend or colleague who basically has 3 modes in life
- I love everyone and EVERYONE loves ME!
- What's happening? What's happening? What what what?? Who who who??
- Me! Me! Me! I want in! Memememememe!!!

Irritating me?


I'm so glad I'm a dog if human me is gonna be so unpopular.

But precisely because I'm a cute dog, EVERYONE loves ME!!!!

(M: Groan)

Play with me! Part 2

After failing to get Joey to play with me, I next tried with Scuba's other brother, Pepper.



But strangely, Pepper can't be bothered with me as well.

I wonder why won't anyone play with me. Is there something wrong with me?


(PS: Pepper won't play with my baby sister as well. But then again, apparently my baby sister is scared of cats. She screams when cats get too close to her or meows at her. The humans are wondering why she's ok with dogs of all sizes and barking, but screams when she's near a cat. My M thinks maybe coz she's born under the chinese Year of the Rat.)

Please help the poor dogs of Pulau Ketam

This is a very sad post I have to make. My M received a link from my previous post, highlighting the poor plights of strays in Pulau Ketam in Malaysia.

Some 300 strays were rounded by the residents there and dumped on a deserted island with no food, shelter whatsoever and left to fend for themselves. These poor dogs have no way of surviving, and many died, with the living eating the carcasses of the dead dogs to stay alive.

Luckily, there are some kind souls who are now embarking on a rescue mission to save the surviving dogs. Full story can be read here.




If you are in Malaysia and would like to help, please contact the rescue team. If you are overseas and can contribute some money, you can Paypal to tvsmith@gmail.com

Superglue me!

Last friday was a howliday, to the humans decided to bring us out for a run and picnic at a nice field. My M was expecting me to run like the wind since we're in such a big open area.

Wind~~


But instead I superglued myself to Jack the whole time. And since Jack refused to move much, neither did I.

I love Jack!


Even if he scolds me...


Even if he tries to run away from me...


My M was complaining that 90% of the photos she took of me that day has Jack in it...

Me and Jack... again!


Other than the one she forced me aside to take a nice handsome picture of me.

Handsome me


Even when my baby sister told me Jack doesn't like me, I didn't believe her.

Sherylyn: Go away, Jack doesn't like you
Jack: Yeah, buzz off!
Helios: I don't believe you.


Even when there was food, I still preferred Jack, although he preferred the bun.



(Anyone noticed that my baby sister is begging.... AGAIN?!)

Scuba, for once, had a happy outing coz there's no swimming.

Yippeee


Joey was as usual playing ball.


Joey has this habit of throwing his ball at a chosen human's feet and it will be that human's turn to throw his ball. And if the human is slow, he'll bark to hurry them up. But I don't know why he'd think that my baby sister will throw his ball for him.



(Note: Scuba is in the background where all the food is)

Look how my baby sister is totally ignoring him.



Well, it was a happy day for all of us since it was different from our usual outing places. I hope we can get to go again soon!

(Note: Helios has this strange habit of supergluing himself to the dog that he likes. He'll choose a dog for the day (sometimes he doesn't find any that he loves so he'll be minding his own business), and once he finds a target, he'll shadow the dog all over the place like a serial stalker. He doesn't mind being scolded by the dog, he just likes to stick really close and get the dog to play.)