Beach outing... photo intensive!

My apologies for the slow update. My M took a lot of photos recently and didn't have the time to edit and sort through them.

Anyway, we went to the beach again on Sunday, and although it wasn't really sunny, at least it didn't rain. Poor Rafv can't come coz his dad said he just had his bath.

I had quite a good time at the beach, if you minus out the fact that I was again forced to swim. My M asked Uncle M to carry me out for a swim, and Tommy isn't helping by leading the way.

Tommy: This way, dad!


I was made to paddle my own way back slowly.

I hate swimming


They even tried to lure me into swimming with one tiny, miserable piece of muffin.

Is the muffin worth the swim? Hmm...


In the end I decided that the 1"x1" piece of muffin is not worth me expanding my effort to swim. The calories burned would have far exceeded the calories that goes in.

Nah... let's wait for a bigger piece


Other than the enforced swim, I was having a good time...

...rolling...


...running...




...hopping...


...napping...


...and playing with Tommy


Not everyone was having a good time tho. Although Scuba was looking forward to the trip to the beach, but I think he got more than he bargained for. He thought that with his Mum in Hong Kong, no one would make him swim, and there'll be more food for him. Unfortunately, this time the humans only brought enough food for themselves (selfish humans!), and he was STILL made to swim. Tommy, as usual, was not helpful at all.

Scuba: I changed my mind! I don't want the beach anymore!


Why do I have to swim? *gargle*


After a few trips being dragged into the water by Uncle M (who was not a very popular human that day, as you shall soon see...), Scuba spent the rest of the morning sulking on land.

Sulk


And here's the evidence of Mr Unpopular being given the cold shoulder, even after he offered his friendship...

Uncle M: We're still friends?
Scuba: *ponders*.... nah...


There was a slight hitch to the beginning of Joey's day. Aunty G walked all the way to the beach before she realised she left the all important thing in the car... Joey's ball. So she had to walk back and take it while Joey looks longingly towards the sea.

Joey: She's taking hell of a long time to walk back


So my kind MM, being the one holding their leash, decided to lead him into water first. But Jack resisted.

Jack: Get me away from the water!


In the end, this is how Jack spent the rest of the morning...

I wanna go hoooome....


Tommy, as usual, was having fun with his rope toy, until he got sick of it...

I need a new toy...


and saw....

a new toy!


I don't know what is it with Joey's ball. All ball loving dogs seem to have this thing about his balls. They'd rather play with his balls then their own. Erm... in case you're wondering, balls as in toy ball, because Joey doesn't have any balls of his own... erm... you know... erm...

Anyway! As I was saying, Tommy was eyeing Joey's ball.

Tommy: Say... you have a nice ball...
Joey: Get your own ball!


Joey: Go away!
Tommy: But.. I thought we're friends! Friends share!


Joey: Come back, you ^%@#*%#@ ball stealer! Go play with your own rope toy!


And so after Joey managed to find his ball back, he decided to bury it so that no one but him can find it.

Must find a good hiding place


Press the sand down so that it won't look so newly dug


Well, I'm not too sure about the ending to the ball saga. But we did end the outing with a trip to the nearby petstore.



Unfortunately, my M did not buy me anything because she forsee that I will be getting lots of food as my birthday presents this week. And actually, I saw Aunty S and Aunty W buying my presents.... hiak hiak hiak

More poor dogs for adoption!

My M just received a forwarded email from her friend's friend, which says:

"Currently there are four dogs which I am rescuing from the breeder farm

Urgently need them to be adopted otherwise the breeder might put them to sleep.pls call me if you want to adopt any of these dogs otherwise pls pass to your friends or colleague who are interested."

I don't have any further information about the dogs other than the above. Here's their pics:

Rhodesian Ridgeback


Pug


JRT 1


JRT 2


I don't know how anyone can be so cruel as to put to sleep healthy dogs just because they are no longer of any 'value' to the human. Look at their eyes, such sadness and dejection!

Anyone who can help adopt, please contact this lady, Irene at irene_lim168@yahoo.com.sg.

*Update: Only the 2 JRTs are up for adoption now. The %^@(^%#@ breeder changed his mind and wants to keep the other 2 for breeding. The JRTs are about 1-2 years old.

Are humans evil?

If this is a debate question, my answer would be a resounding YES!

This is a fine example of how eeeeeevil humans can be, making sport of nice, innocent creatures like us, building their happiness on our misery.



Look at how they were toying with my emotions. I tell you, staying in this family will leave you mentally scarred.

On another note, the egg yolk was yummy.

Sun... what??

After my last post about what Helios is, the breeder recently sent more pictures. Helios finally opened his eyes, not that it helped to determine his breed.

That's him and his brother, and most likely his brother will be coming to Singapore to live with a friend of my M.

Squished


Look at those squished up face and raisin eyes, and the huge furrow between the brows! It boggles the mind what kind of dogs they might be.

Anyway, because Helios (the real god, not the dog) is the greek god of the SUN, the breeder came up with some suggestions on the pedigree name: Sun Legend, Sun Dragon, Sun Catcher and Sun Dancer. My M was deciding between Sun Dragon and Sun Catcher, but decided in the end to choose Sun Dragon, because both M and MM are Dragons.

Uncle J said that Sun Dragon sounds very 'beng'. I hope he don't grow up to be a little beng.

Petgamart and a new home for Rocky please!

My M took me to a quite newly opened petstore the other day, and guess what I saw there? A pony!

Neighhhh


Oh wait, it's not a pony. It's the store based great dane. Oh boy, I feel so small standing next to it, and I can't imagine how Jack and Joey would feel. No wonder Jack kept growling to make sure the great dane stayed away when he came too near. Don't think it'll be a nice feeling being squashed by gigantic paws.

And can you imagine the neckache the dane would get from sniffing chihuahua's butts?

Crick in the neck


And here's a short clip of us playing, or rather me attempting to play.



And of course, no trip to the petstore goes without me checking out the food.

Can I have one of this... and this... and that...


Unfortunately, my M said that since I have diarrhoea when I eat kibbles, I can't buy any. Darn!

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On another note, is anyone interested in a labrador? Lovely Rocky is up for adoption. Here's his details:

Breed: Labrador Retriever

Age: 4 yrs

Gender: Male

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Good with Children: No info

Good with Dogs: Yes

Good with other animals: No info

Dog's Temperament: Friendly, good natured

Dog's Problems: NIL

Ideal Owner: Any, as long as is responsible

Ideal Home: Landed/ Condo - HDB need NOT apply

Other information:
- understands basic command like, sit, stay, handshake.
Be carefull when you use the command "rea aady... GO!" . He will gets very very Ready and run to fetch whatever you throw or to another mate which is at the far end. Just grab the collar firm when you say "ready" and let go as "GO!" is let out from your mouth.
- likes to swim a lot.
If you bring him to walk along the sea side, you may notice he keeps walking towards the sea if he can hear the wave. He is a very Good Swimmer. he can pop his head into the water looking for his toy.

Waterboy!





Interested parties please contact this lady galsatan@gmail.com
She would like to reinforce that Rocky is VERY affectionate.

So if you think YOU are the one for Rocky, what are you waiting for? He's waiting for someone to give all his love to!

What is Helios?

I'm not sure if my M is really getting another golden retriever. The photos I've seen, Helios don't look like a golden at all.

Aunty V said he looks like a shar-pei.

Who needs wrinkle cream!


I think he looks like a pug.

Baby Boo Boo?


So, what really is Helios?

Glorious Day

It was a glorious day for an outing, so the humans decided to have a picnic and at the same time, let us dogs play. Unfortunately, Jack & Joey's HC had to work so they couldn't come.

Tommy was having fun running after his ball and frisbee.

Catch!


Freaky Lips!!!!


As usual, we were made to take group photo.



Scuba, was still asleep. You might not be able to tell from the photo above, but the one below should illustrate very clearly what I mean.



Yeah, after all of us ran off, he was still sitting there, in dreamland.... that is, until he found a new calling as SUPER-Scuba, with his own cape as well!

Off to save the day!


As for me, I was having fun running around...

Leap!


and playing with Rafv, basically minding my own business...



until THEY thought I would look nice in a hat... so I was made to wear Aunty R,s har, and evil Uncle C suggested playing the white straw basket next to me. And the humans all went, "aw... herbie is so pretty!" *groan*

Kawaii-ne?


That's not the worse, they decided to make me a present. As in, I became a present, not making a present for me.

Can you please unwrap me?


Oh well, I wonder if Helios will regret coming into this family in future, what with the torture and all.

Helios, don't say that I didn't warn you!

Hide n Where?

We went to the new house the other day to 'inspect' the renovation work, but ended up playing hide and seek instead. Remember I once said that I was bad at hide and seek? Well, here's the video proof.

You'll have to watch this clip with your head tilted. I don't know why but my M forgot to flip her phone around to take this clip.... and notice the small look of surprise at the end when I found my M.



And this is another example. I took a total of 4 minutes to find my M, who was hiding behind the door next to me all this time!



Now I wonder if she's hiding down there?


Yeah, I'm a bad seeker.

Happy 2007!

Here's wishing all a very happy new year, with joy and health and wealth, food, treats, hugs, kisses, toys in the brand new year!



Now can someone tell me where the party is? I seem to have lost my way.

Belated Christmas Present

My M was ecstatic this morning, and not without reason! Remember that I mentioned I'll be getting a new brother, well, he was just born this morning! This is the photo the breeder emailed us, it's a litter of 4 boys and 2 girls. I'm not sure which one is Helios, since all of them have their bums to me.

Puppies!


Speaking of Helios, my M had decided on this name long ago. She liks greek/ roman mythology, and was trying to find a nice name for a boy which is pronouncable, and they did not die a horrible death, or had some weird relationships with their family. I never knew greek gods were so complicated, or that they can die. Anyway, she settled on Helios, who is the greek god of the Sun. And she thought it appropriate since we're GOLDEN retrievers, and my name starts with H as well.

Yippee!

Update: The breeder just emailed and said there are now 5 boys and 2 girls. One of the boy is a late comer, and he's dark coloured. Out of the 3 dark coloured pups in the pic, 2 are girls.

Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day everyone!~ What a wet, wet boxing day. It's been raining since this morning. Seems that Santa did not really grant all my wishes.

I finally managed to open all my presents yesterday AFTERNOON because my lazy MM was so tired from a weekend of late nights that he couldn't wake up on christmas morning to open the presents. Of course, before opening them, I had to wait again! For photos to be taken of the before...

Can you hurry up?


and the after...

When can I start eating?


I love all my presents! They're all food related, even the mat, which came from Scuba and his animal family. Even Huskee's toy came with food!

Only after numerous shots of the same things in minutely different positions, I was finally able to taste my first christmas present.

Chomp chomp


And guess what? Both Aunty R and Aunty V gave my M and MM same presents, among other things.

Frying Pans!


Well, it so happened that one day my M was commenting that she can never cook perfectly round sunny side up on her pan, even with the round metal thingy used for cooking eggs, so apparently both Aunties heard her and got the same thing. Aunty R even put a note that said "Now you can cook 'nice sunny side up' for Herbie" and ended with "Hope you have not got one". Now, not only can I have one, but TWO sunny side ups at one time!

Oh, and we dogs finally managed to take another group photo on christmas day at Scuba's house. Aunty V would like to make it a tradition to have a doggy group photo every christmas.

This is last year's photo...

Christmas 2005


and this year....

Christmas 2006


My M had to do some photoshop so that we would not look like demonic dogs hanging front of the christmas tree.... look at our red eyes! And green eyes! And blue eyes! And look at Chewie with red AND green eyes! He just needs an amber dot in the middle and he can become a traffic light.

Demonic pets


Now the next thing to look forward to is the New Year. I so love end of the year parties!

New Job

Thanks to Miss Sunshade, I have now found a new job.... as a security guard!

This vehicle is PAW-tected!


I was so happy with the present and the new job that I just can't stop grinning.

Oh.... important me!


Until my M reminded me that security are supposed to look fierce, not goofy. So I mustered up my bestest serious look...

Get away from this vehicle or I will... I will.. erm... I will bite you?


I think it's my eyes. They look so round and big that it does not strike fear in anyone at all. Maybe I should borrow Scuba's shades permanently.

Do not cross me!


Yeah... I think I look fiercer with the shades. I should have thought of the shades when my M tried to make me look fur-rocious.

X'mas Tagged.... finally!

Finally as in finally I got my bum down to post the tag... I've been tagged, and tagged and tagged.... and I was too lazy to post, but here goes...

The Rules: The player of this game starts with "3 things he/ she would love to get for Christmas" and also has to list "3 things he/ she definitely does not want to get for Christmas". Then he/she tags 5 friends and list their names. The ones who get tagged need to write on their blogs about their Christmas wishes, as well as state this rule clearly, then tag 5 more victims. And the one who tags need to leave a comment that says "you've been Christmas tagged!" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

*sings* All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth... oh wait, I still have my two front teeth... erm... ok, here's what I really, really want so.... *sings* tell me what you want, what you really really want... I wanna, I wanna, I wanna...

Sorry, getting corny with all those songs...

Here goes:
Wants
1. Food
2. To go out and play with my friends everyday
3. Good weather all year round! (good as in no rain between 3-9pm please!)


Don't wants
1. Anything inedible
2. Rain
3. Did I mention anything inedible?

Since it's so near to chrismas now, I guess I'll be a kind soul and not tag anyone... hiak hiak hiak

2007 - Gifts for pre-order

It's been a little more than a year since my blog was started, and soon we'll be ushering in the new year! And what has my M been busying herself with this festive season? Making presents and calendars!

Here's a sneak preview of what's on offer:

Year 2007 Calendar, featuring me and my friends, totally produced by my M.



Dog bowls, hand painted by my artistically challenged M. I can't show you the inside of the bowls coz my friends have not opened their presents yet, but you can make a guess from the outside of the bowl who's getting what. No prizes for guessing which one is Jack and Joey's tho...









All items are available for order. Payment will be in drumsticks, marrow bones, pork chops or in kind. There will be a waiting time for bowls, and no complaints will be entertained if you think that the picture does not look like you. Like I said, my M is artistically challenged.

Cats and Dogs

Scuba wrote a letter to Santa Paws wishing that I'll get over my fear of cats. It's not that I'm really afraid of them, it's just that I'm cautious around them, especially after the last time I was attacked by a stray cat.

To prove that I'm not afraid of cats, look at me below.

Here kitty, kitty...


See, I'm even hugging Ginger.... and no, that's not a forced grin, I was not coerced into taking the photo... really!

Group picture!


But then again, Ginger is so used to having dogs in the house that she may think she's a dog as well. Maybe the strays should go take some lessons from Ginger on how to respect other animals.

Oops, I did it again

Let me tell you, Scuba's house is dangerous nowadays. It's full of booby traps to lure unsuspecting dogs into sin. Why do I say that? Well, because after Jack's horrendous punishment, it was my turn next.

Remember what I said about not stealing cat food? Well, apparently I forgot. The cat's bowl was left temptingly in the open and I could hear it calling out to me. Just as I took a few bites, I was caught right in the act by Aunty V. She went 'Oh no, Herbie!' and my M came flying with a kok on my head, a few slaps on my muzzle and thigh. After that I was made to do a down stay.

Me grovelling


I'm sowie....


The offending cat bowl


My M warned that I better not wake her up in the middle of the night if I have diarrhoea or she'll kok my head again. When we got home, she promptly stuffed a charcoal pill down my throat.

Well, the only consolation is that only Rafv was there to witness my humiliation. Tommy and Scuba was out for their walk.

I hope the charcoal pill works. If I get a tummyache again, I'll be in deep shit.... literally and figuratively.

Double Standards

Humans are such unfair creatures, not like us dogs. From my friend's blogs, I've learnt that humans get upset when we wake them up in the middle of the night, poke them with our wet noses when they're sleeping, or attempt to steal, I mean, share their food. We get scoldings, punishments or the evil eye when we do that, so we, being nice dogs, try to avoid making our humans upset.

But do they give us the same respect? NoooOOooOOoooooo

I don't know about your humans, but my M sometimes like to take my food away while I'm still eating it, hold it for like 10 seconds and return it to me again. I don't see any point to that at all! Or when I'm asleep she will suddenly pounce on me with a bear hug and kisses. Not that I don't like kisses, but not while I'm asleep please! I just might be dreaming of a big juicy steak!

And see what they are doing to me here? I was off in zzZZzz-land, and they just had to go and disturb me. And they found it soooooo amusing that my tail will flip up in reflex thaty they just had to do it again, and again.... and again... and again!



I bet if I did the same thing to them, they'll throw a fit! We must fight for equality for us dogs! No more double standards!

PS: in case you're wondering, that's my MM's hairy leg.

Let it snow!

After reading how the other dogs at the other end of the world get to enjoy the snow, like Miss Sunshade , Miss Sunshade, and erm... Miss Sunshade. Come to think of it, I think Sunshade's the only one getting crazy over snow right now.

Anyway, I've never seen snow before, and what is christmas without snow! Since I can't go to snow and snow can't come to me, I have decided to do the next best thing. Pretend!

Brrr..... co-co-cold.....


Does look a bit like snow, ya?

I do so love photoshop!

Bad, bad weather

The weather seems to have something against us dogs these last few weeks. It would be sunny and bright in the mornings, but once evening comes, and evening is the most important time of the day, because that's when our humans get off work and bring us to the park... and of course, evenings are dinnertime. As I was saying, when evening comes, the sky would be cloudy, the thunder roaring (sometimes) and it would RAIN!

Because of the rain, I now go to the park only 2-3 times a week instead of almost everyday. And this morning, my M thought that it would be sunny, because mornings have almost always been sunny. She looked out the window, there were clouds, but not dark, there are people happily walking about, so she decided to give me a bath and a long walk to dry me off after that.

So after a very uncomfortable bath, I was ready to go for my walk but lo and behold! The moment we stepped out of the house, it rained!!!! My M only had time to give me a pee break before we made it back to the house.

I hate the weather


Can someone tell me when the Sun will come back from his vacation?