Reason for sterlisation

Many times, I asked myself or people asked me why I sent Mico for sterlisation. Most of the times, I could not really answer. Today I finally figured out why.

My poor Mico, it must have hurt. I know it was cruel but it would be more cruel to not to sterlise you and leave you yearning to have a sexual life. Afterall this is animal instinct. Call it kiasi, I do not want to lose you to cancer or see you kenna bullied by male dogs yearning to have sex when you do not wish to. I simply do not know how to take care of you if you got pregnant and do not want you to go through the dangers of pregnancy. Your offsprings, if you had, I would not be able to take care of them all myself. Neither did I want them to suffer and risk being abandoned. Thus I think I have made the right decision and I hope that you understand.

To me, you are more than a pet. You are my best friend, keeping me company whenever I am home. Since you came into my life, I never felt that I was at home alone you when you are around. Every morning, I wake up to receive greetings from you...yah..sometimes you are so lazy that you do not wish to leave your bed, just like me. I can disturb you even in the middle of the night and you would not have any grouches.

You bring me lots of fun and laughter with your antics and help to cement the love between your daddy and me. Your daddy, who never thought that he will have a dog, grow to love you more day by day. We will be celebrating your 1 year anniversary with us soon. Looking forward to more anniversaries. I love you, Mico.

A bad dream

Last night, I dreamt about Mico being knocked down by a car.

I off-leashed her the other day at the canal and asked her to down & stay. As i walked away from her, trying to train her stay, she simply could not bear to be away from me and would follow me. Then I wondered if this disobedience would result in her being in a car accident someday. At least I could save her if she followed my command. Thus i guess, triggered the occurence of my dream. I was so relieved that it was a dream when I woke up.

who should bear the cost

Recently someone bought a kong ball from me via Yahoo Auction. I offered 3 choices of collection, meet up , normal mail or registered mail, with the buyer bearing the cost of mail. She requested the item to be sent via normal mail. So i sent and she din receive.

Been 2 weeks and now she requested for me to give her another one or refund. Like that, it means that I bear the risk lor. But since she paid for postage and she opted for normal mail when i offered registered mail, shouldn't she be the one to bear the risk? I can also suspect that she received the item but simply wanted another. Her email din sound very nice too.

Hi AudreyI bought a kong ball recently and have yet to receiveit though you said you sent it.I have checked with Yahoo Auctions and they advised meto sort it out with you before taking any furtheraction.Can you please resend the item, or offer a refund?Alternatively, I could pick it up this time.Thanks.

Anyway, strange thing is that I had indicated my return address. Even if it din get to her, it should still return to me. I pasted 5 $0.22 stamps. Even if the item dropped out, the blank envelope should still go somewhere right?

Hubby said that do business must have goodwill, then will have good reputation. So no choice but to offer her another one lor..

In future, will not give anyone normal mail option. Learnt from my lesson.

Favourite picture of hubby & Mico

Technical difficulties

Lousy blogger. Couldn't update my blog recently as blogger was down whenever I wanted to write something...haha..so i forgot what I wanted to write.

Mico went for sterlisation on 8 May & recovered quite fast. But 1st 2 days, she pooed in the kitchen instead of the toilet. A bit loss of control. Went back to her usual self quite fast after that

The next day, she was already quite happily walking abt. So glad that I was not as what I envisioned, 1 week lying there motionless...haha

Growing old & being couch potato

Found so many strands of white hair recently. Too stressed or growing old? Sob Sob..
No choice, already have a nephew liao.

It's the time of the year for mugging books. But i don't have the determination to sit down & study. After every hour of studying, I will want to move about and do other things such as blogging, surfing net, doing housework etc. I'm a sucker for Romantic drama serials. Colleague loaned one to me recently, only to find myself unable to puck myself away from the TV screen. Corner with love. Watched & cried. So nice that I bought myself a set from yahoo auction. Also finished watching another set that sister lent me. Reason that I delayed buying a TV and lived with 14" TV for a year is that I do not want to be a couch potato. Somehow, there seems to be more important things in life to do...like filing myself with knowledge and passing my exams. Nevertheless, I love being couch potato. Can't pluck myself away from romantic drama serials. haha

Such is the life of a part-time student & full time employee. So no fun!

Sterlisation - 8 May

Countdown to Mico's sterlisation. 10 more days.
Hubby says never die a virgin! poor Mico
Anyway don't really know if Mico was humped by Boyce back then.
Maybe she isn't really a virgin anymore. hee

I only pity my poor pocket.

Jordan not coming anymore.

Jordan not coming anymore. So sad sob sob =(

Stupid Mico knows how to bark for water. because could not find water anywhere, even at the aircon pipes..show temper. Taking me for granted. I will report her to SPCO. Society Prevention of Cruelty to Owners!

Everytime bark bark bark at me. So rude. Knows I don't like her to bark she stil barks. Somemore only dares to bark at me. See other people and dogs, she don't know hide where, let alone make noise.

New doggie coming

In a few days time, Jordan will be coming to join our family. A Mini schauzner, going to be boarded with us for a long term till his mummy finds a shelter that can take herself and her 2 dogs. Quite looking forward to his arrival. Mico will have company =)

Angry with Mico

So angry with Mico. Peed on my sofa! Whacked her and scolded her till she peed and shitted! Stupid Mico. Shall ignore her for the rest of the day.

Hilarious Fren's blog

Had an interesting conversation with my sis.

J: I just spent 70 bucks on a stupid ovulation kit

Sis: how come

J: The rationale is ahem ahem after Ovulation with 6 days of ahem ahem abstinance can increase the Y chromosome & produce a Son.

J: But I cannot detect an ovualtion after using up the test kit

Sis: Who the bloody hell said tat

J: References from internet, what said u ?

Sis: TOTALLY Rubbish

Sis: the epididymis where the sperm is stored has millions and millions of sperm XX and YY

J: but YY die fast

Sis: ask ur hubby to recompartmentalise his sperms, tat's more practical

Sis: NOTHING CAN HELP..it is absolutely random; from the scientific view, nothing can coax the XY sperm to go and the XX sperm to stay in his epdidymis

J: How abt 6 days of sex abstinace

Sis: i suggest going to temple & pray to Zhu Sheng Nian Nian to pray for a Son, more practical this way

Sis: So rubbishy lor, cmon man if there is a way to choose male female, then all the diary farms will choose the best timing to get female calves (to get milk)..just cannot one lah

J: hmm

Sis: those families with 1 whole string of daughters, u think they never sought for ways to get a son meh..this kind of things how to control..dun waste $$$ liao, go Shuang Lin Shi pray for son and donate $$ if succeed

It is sheer luck & nothing else!

J: Darn

Sis: aiyah..dun be too upset lah, yi que shui yuan bah

Happy Feet

2 days ago, Mico kept tapping her feet. Only her right hind leg. Don't know why she kept tapping it. At first, I thought she was scratching. But she din seem to scratch. She even tapped while she walked, just like Happy feet. heehee. Hopefully not another case of ticks.

New Bed

New Bed from Ikea. Cheap. Only $15. Comfy Comfy. Mummy also grabbed 4 bowls from Ikea. 50 cents each only. So kiasu. I only need 2 bowls - 1 eating, 1 drinking. Mostly I hate to eat from my bowl. Mum said 4 bowls are just in case any foster dog comes by or for pet sitting purposes.

1st Trial with YouTube!

Fighting a battle with ticks

Ticks. Hate them. Dar spotted 1 crawling on Mico the other day.
All in all, this is the 4th tick found on Mico.
Irritating. What if my house is infested with ticks? Ticks will be crawling all over the walls, on Mico & even my bed!
I declare that the war with ticks has began.

Previously only using neem oil, I have given up temporarily and bought Accurate spray yesterday. Conscientiously searching for ticks on Mico every day. Washed her bedding, spray her with accurate and all over the areas which she frequently lay on. Found the ticks wounds on her as well. Poor gal. Everytime she scratches, I will search her for ticks.

Mico is such a problem dog. 1 year old but got so many accidents. Chocolate incident, scratched by stray cat, bullied by dog & now ticks.

After a long walk

Geez..i'm dead beat. Mummy took me for such a long walk.

In ASD record of fosterers

Seems like I am now in ASD's record of fosterers. They approached me to foster this dog, sunflower.

Poor gal. 8 years old. Abandoned in Pasir Ris. Believed to be used for breeding all her life & kept in a cage tied up. Legs deformed, skin problem now healed but left with scars. Unlike a typical JRT. Undemanding. Not toilet trained at all. Now fostered by the woman who has 6 dogs at home. Wish to pass onto me as she is unable to cope.

Can't decide if I should foster her or not. If I do, I wonder how long would the fostering period be. I guess this kind of dog will not be easily adopted unlike Boyce, young, active & cute. Later I grow too attached.

That time I fostered Boyce is because of someone's desperation. This time around, she is not so desperate hence I guess I will not offer my services unless people bug me again & again. Otherwise, why bring myself this kind of trouble. Coming home after work to clean pee & poo which is all over the kitchen is no fun. 8 years old dog, though trainable, will be more difficult to toilet train than a young dog. Especially she comes from a pet farm where she is used to filthy conditions.

Anyway Boyce is happy with his family and attached to them. Good for him.

Mico wins Pet photography contest?

Canberra Zone 3 RC has this dog contest which they asked us to submit a maximum of 4 photos. I submitted my favourite photo of Mico, the one with the ball to them. Seems like she won the contest as the organiser called me and asked if I would be attending the event tomorrow. These are the 3 pictures I sent to them.

I had almost completely forgotten about the event and did not even know what he was referring to. Anyway, told him that I might not be going. On morning shift tomorrow morning anyway.

Mico also weird weird today. Call her to come and she would not come but just lay down in her bed. Perhaps she missed Boyce as much as I do. They were on 'licking terms'.

Anyway, smart Mico got frightened by Dar. Jumped up our bed and leaked pee to demonstrate her unhappiness. Normally, she would not dare to jump up our bed. Then she ran back to the kitchen toilet to hide as she knew what she did was wrong. It was so deliberate. haha

My beloved Boyce - Adopted

Boyce has been adopted. The Ah Peh, his wife, teenage son & elderly mother has adopted him. They seemed to be a nice family. A retired malenurse who had numerous dogs before, a keen son eager to have a dog and a friendly mother. They gave up a beagle to someone else as it was not HDB approved. That was my only concern. Otherwise they seemed fine enough and would not ill-treat Boyce.

So I told ASD that I was comfortable with the family. And they took him this morning, 10.30 am. I met Boyce on 24 feb, 10.30am and he left me for a good family on 17 mar, 10.30am. Happily let him go, gave him my blessings and thought that I would not be so sad. He did not even look back, whine or bark. Mico still attemped to follow him.

Immediately upon reaching home, I can feel the silence in my house. No longer can I hear whining. Despite being irritated by his whining everyday and the need to bring him down to pee & poo without fail every day and night, I still think of him fondly.

He made progressed from a mad dog to a more obedient dog. Knows how to sit, down, come & respond to his name. When I brought Mico down for a walk, it was back to just Mico & me. I missed Boyce. We walked along the path we walked daily and I can acutely feel his absence. Missed the times when I saw Dar run with both of them. Mico was also sniffing away the places which he loved to pee.

Only a mere 3 weeks can my heart melt to a stubborn dog. My fostering experience, full of hardship & joy. Hardship is when he would whine and bark to wake up this pack of lazy bones without fail, mopping up after him when he leaked pee, finding time to go for vacination & sterlisation. Joy is when he started to be obedient and endearing. I did not regret fostering him.

Why din I adopt him? He did not fit into my lifestyle. Such an active dog would not do so well in my household when my working hours are so irregular. Will I foster a dog again? If I have the time and energy, I would.

Pictures of our family the night before Boyce was adopted.

2 families keen on Boyce

1 family coming to visit Boyce tomorrow. Ah Peh with his wife & son with a aged mother staying with them. They were very eager to visit Boyce and even wanted to visit tonight.

The other family is a lady with a jack russel.

Hopefully someone suitable adopts Boyce soon.

Mum's been bugging me to get rid of Boyce. Even suggested that I just open the door to let him run out. Said he is ugly looking. Face looks cute but body/fur looks ugly.