Beach again!

We went to the beach last weekend coz Tommy's dad says Tommy has not gone to the beach since his baby brother arrived, which is almost 6 months! (The last time we went to the beach Tommy didn't come coz he just had his bath). I hope when my baby sister arrive I don't have to wait that long to go to the beach.

Anyway, I was the last to arrive, and my M got me a new beach toy, right out of the plastic wrapping. Unfortunately, before I have much chance of playing with it, Tommy got to it first. He even ignored his own rope toy.

Tommy: Who wants old toys when there's a new one?


He got my toy! *sulks*


I tried to complain to my MM but I don't know why he's trying to keep me at arm's length. He kept trying to push me away. Doesn't he like me no more? (M:That's because you SCRATCH him with your nails!)

Me: Tommy took my ball!
MM: Stay away from me!!


Why? Doncha love me anymore??


So I have no choice but to take the rope toy.

I'd rather have my ball...


My ball was so popular that even another GR, whom the humans thought was my big brother herbie look-a-like, took it.

But herbie doesn't like toys!


I'm still not getting my ball back


Tommy was so greedy that he took Joey's ball as well. You can't see from this photo, but Tommy actually has 2 balls in his mouth, Joey's smaller one inside and my big orange one outside.

Gimme back my ball!


So after that Joey kept a very close eye on his ball.... or rather he tried to.

Where did it go again???


So when I finally saw that my new toy (now not that new) was untaken, I leapt at the chance!

My turn finally! I leap...


And leap...


And leap again...


Still not done leaping...


Until I finally got the ball...

Gotcha!


Besides all the ball activity, I need to maintain training on my superpowers, so I practised flying again.



I also tried to practice breathing underwater, but I think that's too advanced for me... for now.



And I swam with my eyes close, to train my other supersonic senses.

I wonder if that's the right direction


Of course, my M had fun taking awful photos of me. She was laughing at my running photos, saying that when I bounce up, my eyes are opened...

Nice big eyes


But when I bounce down I have funny droopy eyes...

small beady droopy eyes


And I have beady droopy eyes when I shake as well.

Deformed eyes


But there's this peekture she likes, she says I look so puppyish in here, then I told her I AM still a puppy!



Anyway, after all that swim the humans took us to blow dry and have lunch again (they had lunch, we had nothing).

And I'm glad to say that this time, my tail was not broken. Maybe less posing did help!

More food!!

I went to the vet today for my needles. (M: Vaccination!)

They lifted me up on the cold metal table and I was a little worried. The vet said my hind legs are splayed out and I was a little hunched, so he said might be indicative of hip problems. He also said I'm too skinny. I can afford to put on another 5 kilos.

My M said she's trying to fatten me up. She has increased my food intake but I'm still not putting on much, so nice Mr Vet says feed more! I like that part. But I don't think I got hip problems. My doggie mum and dad are all hip checked so possibility of my having hip problems should be low. My M told the vet maybe coz I'm scared on the examination table and I should be better on the ground but he didn't ask to check me on the ground. Anyway I'm supposed to build up my muscle tone too.

So now my M has decided to feed me TWICE a day instead of once a day. I'll be getting an extra quarter to half a chicken every morning! And she went to the supermarket earlier to buy some wings to feed me immediately!

I think I'm gonna like my new diet!

Aunty P

Our new domestic helper finally arrived on Friday, and I am told she is Aunty P. She's very quiet, maybe she's shy. But she's not scared of me, so although I try very hard to control myself, I finally pokey her butt when my MM was teaching her how to clean the sink.

Erm... it's toy toy who poked you, I was trying to hold him back. Really!


Luckily she's all right, and she even played fetch with me. But one bad thing about her living with us is that she vacuums the floor EVERYDAY! And I don't like the vacuum.

I wonder if I can distract her enough not to vacuum the floor.

Strange granny

On Sunday, I met a strange granny with 2 dogs when my M was on her way to the ATM. Next to the ATM we were heading to, there is a coffeeshop, and while walking towards the ATM, we saw a granny waving at us, not in a 'come over and have a seat' manner, but more of a 'don't come near' manner.

Granny in purple


We were feeling puzzled but since my M needs money for a VERY important matter (she was gonna buy my dinner for the week), we ignored the granny and continued walking. Then we realized why she was trying to wave us away. Her 2 small dogs (which we didn't notice), started barking their heads off at us and everyone turned to look.

It was non-stop barking, and loud too. My M was very happy that I totally ignored the barking dogs but she rolled her eyes when she heard what the granny told her tolds. I think in her bid to make her dogs shut up, the granny was saying 'ok, enough, good, clever.' I don't know what makes her think that praising her dogs will make them shut up, it's more like she's reinforcing their bad behavior.

Well, they were still barking as we left and my M told me that it's the granny's problem she can't control her own dogs, what right does she have to tell us to stay away. And if the market is not in the opposite direction, my M would be very tempted to deliberately walk past the granny.

I think my M is very naughty to think that.

But it'll be FUN!

New addition

No, not my baby sister. But my M was telling me someone else will be coming to stay with us soon. They got a domestic worker to help with the housework and my soon to arrive baby sister and she's coming next week! She's from Indonesia like Aunty S.

My M says now she's finding it difficult to bath me, and my MM gets sneezy nose when he tries, so the new aunty (I haven't figured out her name yet) will be helping to bath me. I told my M that I don't mind no bathing if it's too difficult for her but she told me to dream on. I wonder why she said that when I was trying to show concern for her.

At least the new aunty will be home all day and she can play with me! But my M told me not to poke her butt with my nose, or at least wait until the new aunty starts liking me before I can start poking her butt. Then I ask, why would she not like me? Everyone likes me! Erm... they do, right?

Then my M says some people takes a bit of time to start liking others, so I said ok! I wait for her to like me first, then I'll poke her.

Can I pokey your butt now?


I hope she grows to like me really fast. Like in 10 seconds.

Dino Bone

Remember what Joey posted about the HUGE BONE? Well, some time ago I finally got to look at it. It is a BIG, SCARY bone. So big and scary that I don't quite know what to do with it. I suspect it might come back to life and kok me, so I didn't really wanna eat it although all the humans were trying to encourage me.



I think I still prefer smaller bones.

Training

I heard from Tommy that his baby brother wakes the whole house up in the middle of the night, so seeing that I'm getting a baby sister soon, and baby sisters are similar to baby brothers, I decided to help train my M and MM wake up in the middle of the night too. In that way, they can get used to disrupted sleep earlier.

So last night, at 3am, I started retching in the room and promptly threw up my dinner. I thought it's a bit of a waste to throw up my dinner but since I love my M and MM, a little sacrifice is nothing.

And to make sure they stay up awake longer, I told them I need to poop, badly. So my M had to bring me down for toilet break where I let out a watery blast.

But I don't think I can do this every night, I'll miss my dinner and too much pooping will strain my bum bum. Is there a better way to wake them at night without sacrificing my meals too much?

Avocado Milkshake!

My M made avocado milkshake last weekend, and coz she says avocadoes are good for the health, she gave some to me.

I had the 'healthier' version, with less sugar.



This is what she had, the less healthy version. Looks yummy, right? I wonder why she has to make a healthy drink into an unhealthy one, and why can't I have the unhealthy one as well, since I am already a very healthy boy.

Raw Nose

The uncles and aunties have been asking me what happened to my nose, which is funny coz my nose is quite all right. It's still working well, I can still smell my food and toys, and it's not painful.

Until they pointed this out:



Ahh... a small patch of skin was rubbed raw on my nose. I didn't notice it coz the nose is too near my eyes to see. But I wondered how did I skin my nose? I thought and thought and thought.... and I think I know why.



See how I dash out of the lift and into the door? I think that's how I got the raw nose.

(M: Helios likes to plaster his whole head (including the nose!) right at the gap of the lift door or main door, so once the door opens up a tiny gap, he'll start wriggling his way through. Maybe he thinks he's helping the door open faster, but occasionally he'll rub his nose raw. He is what we call in a local slang, Kancheong Spider (meaning someone who is nervous, in a hurry, etc)

Bored in Heaven

You know, being up in Heaven can be pretty boring at times. So when I keep getting junk/spam/scam mails in my inbox, I decided to play along with one of them.

This is the original mail:

CHEVRON OIL/PETROLUEM 2008
Head Office
8,Macarthy Street,
P.M.B Box 166Abuja, Nigeria.

This is to inform you that you have won a prizemoney of SevenHundred Thousand United States Dollars, ($700,000.00)for this year 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized byCHEVRON OIL/PETROLUEM NIGERIA 2008.

Batch number....................CT 091026XN
Reff number......................CT 095447XN
Winning number...............CT 097886XN

You are to contact him with this details below:NAME,ADDRESS,COUNTRY,SEX,AGE,OCCUPATION,PHONE NUMBER.

CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)
Name:bright mike
E-mail:mrbrightmike@hotmail.com
Tel:+2348058913385
Yours faithfully,Mr.John Obaseki.
(Chevron Oil Petroluem Bonanza/Lottery Coordinator).


Then I replied:

Did I really win???

Here's my details:

Name: Herbie T
Address: XXX (I put in my old address which has since been torn down)
Country: Singapore
Sex: M
Age: 8 yrs
Occupation: None
Phone: I can't use the phone.


And they replied! To an 8 year old!

CHEVRON OIL/PETROLUEM 2008 Head Office 8,Macarthy Street, P.M.B Box 166 Abuja, Nigeria.
DEAR BENEFICIARY,"Herbi T"

CONGRATULATIONS. A CHEQUE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN YOUR NAME, AND THE CHEVRON HAS CONCLUDED THE PROCESSING OF ALL DOCUMENT THAT WILL FACILITATE THE CLEARANCE OF YOU CHEQUE IN YOUR BANK.KINDLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COUNTRY IS NOT ABLE TO CARRY OUT AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OR MASTER CARD TRANSFER.THIS DOCUMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY BE SENT TO YOU VIA COURIER DELIVERY.THESE DOCUMENT INCLUDE.

1. CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF WINNINGS IN USD
2. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CHEVRON HEADQUARTER.3. CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)4. ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES(A.T.C)5. CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS(C.O.F.)6.BENEFICIARY PAYMENT FORM(KINDLY NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FORM THAT STATES THE BENEFICIARIES NAME THAT WILL RECEIVE THE CHEQUE.)7.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE NIGERIAN HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE DONATION WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE CHEVRON TEXACO OIL AND GAS COMPANY PROGRAMME, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE CHEVRON .

THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SECURELY SEALED AND PACKETED DUE TO SECURITY REASON, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO VIEW IT UNTIL DELIVERED TO YOU.

TO BEGIN THE FINAL PROCESS OF CLAIMING YOUR WINNINGS, WHICH IS SHIPPING OF YOUR WINNINGS CHEQUE TO YOU, YOU ARE HEREBY PRODUCED WITH THREE OPTIONS PRODUCED BELOW. THIS OPTION YOU ARE TO CHOOSE THE ONE MOST CONVENIENT TO YOU.

THE OPTIONS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS ARE PRESENTED BELOW. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY ALL THE NECESSARY COURIER CHARGES TO ENABLE THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR CHEQUE AND AND OTHER CLAIM DOCUMENT TO YOU.

OPTIONS:
DHL
Transfer Charges............$ 120Vat.................................$ 40
Total..............................$160

UPS
Transfer Charges............$ 155Vat.................................$ 50
Total..............................$205

FedEX
Transfer Charges............$ 180Vat.................................$ 80
Total..............................$260


Do note, That your check has been signed and parcelled ready for delivery, therefore any thought regarding deduction of charges from your winning is ruled out.

Kindly be informed that Under the enabling act of parliament, diplomatic courier delivery has to be insured by the Nigerian insurance ministry before been dispatched by courier delivery.

This company declined reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the cheque to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the cheque since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out. which makes it absolutely necessary to produce the courier fee before courier can dispatch delivery.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.

Mr. BRIGHT MIKE.
+2348058913385


For a 'Bright' Mike, he isn't very bright. So I replied again:

But I do not have a credit card or bank account. How do I make payment? Or I could ask one of my friends, maggie or mitch or Ms Sunshade to do an aire-mail?

I wanted to ask them if they accept drumsticks for payment but I don't think they'd appreciate my joke.

I think they're beginning to figure out something's not right... And now there's this James Eric signing off. ANd I think when they copied and paste the standard response, they forgot to delete this James Taylor's name. I hope poor James Taylor didn't get conned.

dear sir
If you think these is a joke then better stop mailing us well incase you are ready to make payments

INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO EFFECT PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY

Dear Customer.(james taylor)

In receiving a mail saying that your preffered option is Fedex delivery Services,you are advice to make the payment of 360 dollars via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM through the Name and Address of our Accounts Officer below. Your payment reciept must be seen here before your deliverypost man can effect delivery of your parcel to you in you home address.


NAME OF RECEIVER : MAXWELL OWEN [ACCOUNTANT IN CHARGE]COUNTRY OF RECEIVER : NIGERIA.

You are to send the following information via email as they appear on the western union transfer slip or money Gram transfer slip or you are to email us with a scan copy of the payment slip 1.Name and address of sender.2.Amount sent.3.Control number (MTCN) OR Ref Number. 4.Test question and answer .
5.Country of Receiver .
6.Country of Sender.

And immediately your payment received your winnings will be sent to you in your Country within the next 24hours as instructed after the payment have been confirmed by the delivery body.Do note that your check has been signed and parcelled ready for delivery, therefore any thought regarding deduction of charges from your winning is ruled out.

I await your urgent response.

Regards.
Mr. James Eric.


Then 'Bright' Mike wrote to me again, giving me another chance (oh how I love 2nd chances!) after realising my age. But wait, it's Bright Mike's email account used, but the person signing off is now a James Taylor! So is James Taylor their customer or their staff? *confused*

And how come there's 2 lines about question and answer (I bold it below)? Is that a trick question?

INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO EFFECT PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY
sir if you think these is a way of extracting money from you please dont reply these mail.first you started by giving us a wrong age,but we are still giving you a chance.


Dear Customer.(herbie t).

NAME OF RECEIVER : MAXWELL OWEN
[ACCOUNTANT IN CHARGE]
question;relationship
answer;friend
COUNTRY OF RECEIVER : NIGERIA.benin city edo state

You are to send the following information via email as they appear on the western union transfer slip or money Gram transfer slip or you are to email us with a scan copy of the payment slip 1.Name and address of sender.2.Amount sent.3.Control number (MTCN) OR Ref Number. 4.Test question and answer .
5.Country of Receiver .
6.Country of Sender.

And immediately your payment received your winnings will be sent to you in your Country within the next 24hours as instructed after the payment have been confirmed by the delivery body.Do note that your check has been signed and parcelled ready for delivery, therefore any thought regarding deduction of charges from your winning is ruled out.

I await your urgent response.

Regards.
Mr. James taylor.


That's when I decided I've had enough and decided to stop the game.

You only realised the age part now? For a 'Bright Mike', you're not exactly very bright, ain't you? For your information, this email belongs to a dog called Herbie, who died last year.

Next time, do your research properly before randomly sending out emails. If you want money, try sending this mail to Heaven. Not everyone is as stupid as to be scammed by you guys.

HAHAHA!

Strange but they stopped talking to me after the last mail.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.... I'm sure they're off to spend their time trying to cheat someone else instead of wasting it on a dead dog. :þ

Did I win lottery?

It's not me!

There's a strange pee smell around our dining area for the past few days and my M and MM couldn't find the source of the smell. My MM thinks I must have peed somewhere, but my M says I never pee in the house (not since I was still being toilet trained as a pup anyway).

So for the last few days they've been looking at floors and corners to find the smell.

Until this morning.... my MM realised where the smell came from. They have put a bunch of onions and garlic on an open shelf, supposedly the 'formation' is supposed to bring good luck and they are supposed to throw the stuff away when they have good news.

Well, my M and MM couldn't decide what consitutes good news so the thing has been left there forgotten... until the onions and garlic decided to rot themselves. I wonder why spoiled onions and garlic have pee smell?

Anyway, my MM said, "It's not Helios after all", and I think he felt bad about putting the blame on me so he shared his breakfast with me this morning.

I don't mind getting more blame if I can share more breakfasts!

No more carry?

My M says she can't carry me anymore, and I can't jump on her so much too. I asked her if it's because I'm too big to be carried now, she said no. Then I asked her if it's because she's too fat to carry me now, then she kok me and said no. I wonder why she kok me when she IS getting fat. But she insists it's not fats.

No more carry?


She said I'm getting a new baby sister, so I ask is my baby sister coming from Oz like me? She said no. Then I asked will my baby sister and I share toys and food? She said no again. I wonder why she keep saying no. And why can't we share?

Then my M said her friend said maybe my baby sister is my big brother Herbie reincarnated (since she said buddhists believe in reincarnation). So I asked, then am I supposed to be a big brother or a small brother?

This is all so confusing. Anyone knows what my M is talking about?

New friends?

I just found out that some fishies are living downstairs. I wanted to make friends with them but I think they're not so friendly. They don't want to come and make friends with me. And I don't think my M will allow me to go to their home to visit them.



How can I make friends with them?

Cause of my spoilt tail

My M finally finished sorting through most of the photos. And now you can see why my tail spoiled. This time, of the regular beach go-ers, only Jack and Joey came along. Scuba said it's too early and he needs his beauty sleep, and although Tommy wanted to come, his dad said they just bathed him 2 days ago so they're not bathing him again. But Aunty Sarah brought Ewan along. Apparently, Ewan is almost as old (if not older) than jack.

And I realise old dogs all have one things in common.





They all hate swimming. Like my Big Brother Herbie. I wonder if it's an old thing. Will I hate swimming when I'm old?

But at least Aunty G did not force Jack to swim. He was allowed to zone out on the beach.

Wake me up when we're ready to leave


Whereas poor uncle Ewan was dragged out to sea, kinda like my big brother Herbie, but I think he did not take it as well as my big brother. At least my big brother still loves running in the water, and he doesn't swim with a terrified expression on his face.

Terrified Ewan


Then once he got to land, he started scolding Aunty Sarah and told her to go home.



As for me, I was happily playing with my ball.





Then I noticed Joey had a better ball, so I took his. I think he wasn't too happy about that.



Then this strange black lab took MY ball. I wasn't too happy about that.



So me and Joey decided to bury our balls. We even had a competition to see who could do it faster. But I think we forgot to time ourselves.



Besides playing with my ball, I also ran around on the beach.







And shook myself.





And Swam.



And saved my MM from drowning. He was holding on to me and I have to drag him back to shore. But he didn't thank me for saving him, but it's all right, coz I love my MM too much to let him drown anyway. (M: Ermm.... I don't think he really was drowing, but if you want to feel like a hero, go ahead!)



And posing.





So after doing all these things, that's how my tail got spoiled. Maybe I should cut down on something the next time so my tail won't break down again.

Maybe less posing? Waddaya think?

Spoilt tail again

After my tail broke down the last time, it's spoiled again.

We went to the beach yesterday and I swam too much, so my tail is now wagging weirdly again. My M says I have to let it rest a little and try not to wag so much, but I can't help wagging my tail when I'm happy! Then I feel strange coz my wag is different and I try to run around in circles after my tail.

Is there a tail repair shop around? I want my power wag back.

PS: Photos will be posted as soon as my M goes through them.

Embarassing Trick

Something embarassing happened to me last week.

My M has taught me the 'food on nose' trick, and I have successfully executed it many times during parties and gatherings (it's the only way to get extra food) so my M thought that I have mastered the act.

Food on nose trick


So last week, at a friend's bbq, she decided to show me off.

This is what is supposed to happen:



This is what actually happened:



I was too excited and I threw my head too far back and the food went flying into another lady's plate.

So I guess it's now back to more training for me.

Hide and Seek

My M was upset with me this morning. Because I played hide and seek with her.

Usually she'll bring me down in the morning for my toilet break, and when we come home, she'll off leash me at out level's lift landing and I will run to our door to wait for her to open it up.

Well, today I did the usual, but I decided to play a trick on her. I ran to the door, and while her back was turned as she opened the door, I ran to hide. She turned around and didn't see me so she called my name but I was sniggering in my hiding place and didn't come out.

So she got a little worried (and angry) and walked back to the lift landing to find it empty. So she went back to lock the gate and told my MM that I ran off before going to look for me and calling my name. Just as she disappeared round the stairs, I ran back home at stood at the gate. My MM opened the door for me and called out to my M that I'm home.

She asked how did I get back and my MM said I just appeared at the door. Actually I was only hiding at the other corner.

Then I got punished. :(

How come my M can play hide and seek with me but I cannot play hide and seek with her?

Scardy Me

My M is telling everyone I'm a scardy cat again. Why does she keep calling me a cat when I'm a dog?

This happened only after an incident sometime last week. I wonder what I did that makes me a cat. What happened was, I was at the dog run when a new dog came. It looked like Rafv, so I went up to take a closer look but he's much bigger than Rafv, and about my age. It turns out he's an Alaskan Malamute.

This is what a Malamute looks like, doesn't he look like Rafv?



Anyway, I think he doesn't like me, because when he came in, I went to sniff at him but he growled at me. I got a little worried so I went to hide behind my M's legs but he was still growling a little. So when he went away a little bit, I decided to find a safe place.

The stone table.

It's the same table that my Big Brother Herbie used to eat his birthday cake on.



I usually can jump up the table in one leap, coz I'm a FLYING Super-Dog, but I don't know why that day I took a few tries before I got up. (M: That's because you were too near to the table, you were almost under the table! How do you expect to jump up from there?)

And to make myself really, really safe, I hid behind my M who was leaning against the table. But I also wanted to see what the Malamute was doing, so I poked my head through my M's arm to take a better look.

Where did he go?


The owner came over to talk to my M and it turns out that her dog was once attacked badly by a husky when still a pup, so now he growls at big dogs. She's trying to socialise him and make him better.

And I think the part about the big dog is true, coz Aunty G said that when Jack and Joey barked and nipped at him when he got too close for comfort, he just grinned and went closer.

But I'm not a big dog, I'm smaller sized than him. Why did I get growled at? And I still don't know why I'm a cat.

New Cammie

My M finally gave in to temptation and bought a new cammie. Her excuse was that the old cammie was... well, old, and there's a promo going on now.

Of this week, off we went with me and the new cammie to the park.

But my M only managed to edit these 2 peektures of me because now she's found a new online game and she has been playing it the whole weekend. *pouts*

So this is happy me running.



And another of happy me. Her friend at the dog run says I got nice chest fur, and said maybe my M should try plaiting it since it's so long. I say no no coz only girls have plaits and I am a handsome boi!



I hope my M gets sick of the game soon, or else I'll be a bored, handsome boi.

Fur-rocious play

My M decided to take her camera for servicing because there's something wrong with the flash, but before she did so, she decided to take some peektures of me because I have not taken nice peektures for a long time.

So off we went to the dog run with the camera and me, and I played with new and old friends.

This is my old friend Oscar. He's only a little older than me and we play very well together coz I can play ruff ruff (M: Rough!) with him.

Strangle!


Trying to get back at me


But I retaliated...


And FLEW up with my Super Doggie Powers


Then later I met a sheltie and played with him. We were so busy playing we forgot to introduce ourselves, so I don't know his name.

Let's play!


He may be smaller sized than me, but he's fur-rocious too!

Fighting back!


Take that!


And that!



It was a fun morning but too bad we had to leave early coz my M has an appointment. I hope I get to play with my fur-rocious friends again soon.

Nice fishy man

My M was telling me last week what a nice fishy man we have.

Every weekend, my M will bring me to the park, then we'll go to the market to buy my dinner for the week and because I usually wait at the side for her, the regular stall owners that she patronises all knows that the food is for me. And all these started way before I was born, with my big brother Herbie as well. In fact, when they stopped seeing my big brother Herbie, they asked my M what happened to him.

Me and Herbie with our dinner, waiting for more dinner!


Back to the nice fishy man. Some people have told my M that there are some stall holders who will give not so good/ fresh food if they know it's for dogs. But not this nice fishy man.

Last week, my M went to buy fishy for my dinner, and with her limited knowledge of fishies, she pointed at a very expensive one. So the nice fishy lady asked is it for her darling (that's me!) and said that fish is very expensive, so she recommended something else that's cheaper that day, tuna. There was even once that they told my M to choose another fish coz it's fresher.

So my M said ok and asked them to debone the fishy. And the nice fishy man spent more than 5 minutes deboning the fish. Usually they'll just debone the main bone along the 'spine' of the fish but there'll be tiny bones along the middle of the fish.

Where tiny bones usually are


But the man removed the tiny bones for us as well and kept running his hands through the fish to make sure there's no tiny bones, and even told my M to check again that there's no bones when she cook it.

Very boneless tuna


My M was quite pleased and impressed that he went through so much trouble even though he knows that the fishy is for a doggie.

What a nice fishy man!