Dog Sitting!

So my neighbour got busy and left their dog with me again.  The family is okay with her... Until..... feeding time.

Cats: Let's go for her food.
Dog: Oh dinner. But I'm not exactly hungry.

Dog: I think I will just walk away and come back later since I am not hungry. 

Quite a bad mistake to leave your food alone with Ted around. 

Dog: Oh, No No! That's my food! 

So the dog learnt her lesson and start to have her dinner.

Cat: I hope this bitch can't finish and leave some for me.

Damn it! She really finish everything!!! Why is it empty!

These kids are really funny to watch. haha. I really wonder how they communicate. haha.

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Xu Bin Loves Doggie over Pussy.

I have no idea what was the context but I saw this online.

Image as seen on Facebook - Gabriel Seah

But given he is a mediacorp 8 artist: his engrish maybe not so good. So I sms him and ask him to give me a requote and also do the shoot again to clear this up.

I think this was what he really meant.

KTHXBYE.

UPDATED: P.S. was informed that the truth is that he has cat fur allergy. Okay. Give this poor man a break.

Me on the other hand loves pussy cats.

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Shooting my pets - Ted, Marshall and Brover.

I would have said that photography is one of my hobbies many moons ago if people were to ask me about my hobbies but it didn't happen because DSLR got so popular and everyone became a "photographer", camera got too expensive to buy, too big to bring out all the time and too technical for my non-technical mind.

Then again, thank God for Instagram and I could live my hobby again for snapping nonsense.

I've never had a decent camera until a few hours ago when I get a second hand camera off Claudia, my same birth date friend and also my Kampong Punggol kaki. 

What else should I start shooting other than my pets! 

I hope I can be hard working and keep using the camera and not become another white Elephant.

And if you are also lazy like me but still want your pets' nice pictures taken, check out Furry Photos!

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SOSD 1st Charity Pack Walk!

The first SOSD Charity Pack Walk is going to happen on 11 May 2014, 7.30am, at West Coast Park. 

I am going to bring my stupid dog Brover there! Hope he don't get into any fight! 

What walk? I wanna sleep whole day...

SOSD is aiming to have 1,000 owners and their dogs take part in the event and to enter the Singapore Book of
Records, for the largest pack walk in Singapore.

And if you do not have a dog, still come and join the rest as there will be talks, an adoption drive, dog contests and a lucky draw! 

Sign up now at: http://www.sosd.org.sg/reg-cpw-2014/ 

See you there! 

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"Save Our Street Dogs" Flag Day 2013!

You guys know my silly dog Brover?

Some call him a mix-breed, some call him a mongrel and some prefer to call him the Singapore Special.

There are some things about the mongrel that I really like. They look tough and they are always happy and active. In fact, from what I understand is that they are indeed tougher in terms of health wise. They are easier to maintain as a pet as well. But sad to say not every Singaporean thinks so.

Many individual still look at them as "stray dogs", "cheap dogs" or unwanted dogs. Just because they are not pedigree they are being look down as a lower life form?

If you are a real dog/animal lover, you have to believe that every animal is equal. (Fine, before you guys come and bite me and complain about how I am eating cow, pigs, chicken cause they are animals too. I say I love them too. Just differently. #SelfTrollFirst.)

Anyway, my wife and I are believer of adoption cause we know and we have seen how breeder take cares of those breeding dogs. Their living condition and the amount of lives they have sacrificed just to bring you one cute little puppy.  So where did we get Brover from? Brover was actually rescued by a guy name Clifford and Brover's "ownership" was actually under this organization call the "Save our street dogs" aka SOSD.

As much as we wished to be a volunteer to be at the shelter to help out and what not, we do have too much on our plate to commit. Thus, I am helping out in alternate ways! (Like getting you guys to do it. :D ) 

You can do your part too! 

From SOSD Facebook:

SOSD Flag Day is our largest event to date. Through it, we hope to raise awareness for our street dogs, as well as raise a a total of $150,000 so that we can progress towards our vision of builing a shelter, and caring for our street dogs.

Our real time online counter is ticking. From 10 Nov 12mn, you can visit our online donation page to donate towards Flag Day. Meanwhile, you can visit it to get notified when donations are open!:
http://geofundit.com/sosd/

Activities at the roadshow include:
» a mini-adoption drive (11am to 5.30pm)
» sale of pet merchandise
» photo-taking sessions with the dogs

From what I heard, there will be a little "dog parade" along Orchard road too! 

  
For those who likes to find out more, check out their Facebook Event!

Mr.Smith, You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful.

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Justice For Tammy The Dog.

I have no idea how I actually missed the news. I guess I was on course and work has been busy. In fact i felt like I totally felt off the surface of the (social media) world for awhile. Considering the fact that my last blog post was so long ago!

Enough of digression.

"Dog Murderer" and poor victim Tammy.

Image from The Real Singapore.

In case you are as slow as I am, this is how the story goes in short:

1. Woman adopt dog.
2. Woman claims that dog shows aggression and wish to return to foster
3. Woman did not return but instead when to the vet to put it down.
4. Vet put the dog down.
5. Foster went to look for the dog and can't and and found out this traumatizing story.

For full story: TRS

Because of this incident, the Facebook page of The Animal Clinic, a page with 700 fans have a talk about rating (PTAT) of 1,100. The power of Social Media especially when it comes to a mistake, moreover a mistake that involves a life.

1. So let's take a step back on what actually happened here. According to the foster the dog has show no aggression previously. We have no idea how the family was treating Tammy. From a dog owner perspective, there's a lot of times that it's us human making the mistake in pissing them off instead of the animal making the mistake. Just look at dog whisper (the tv show), it's more often the human getting the training than the dog.

2. The foster already mentioned that she is going to take Tammy back so why is there a hurry to put a life down? Did the dog attack anyone with that short timing? Or is it a one sided story to victimize this adopter?

3. Why did the vet put the dog down if her comment was that the dog is actually in the pink of health? I will never doubt an integrity of a vet frankly. From my understanding that there are many doctors who are doctors because their parents made them one or for other reasons but as far as I know, every vet I've met is a pet lover. So is it really more than meets the eye?

4. Why ain't the TAC or this lady speaking up if this is really a "one sided story" of the foster? I am not defending TAC or the vet but neither do I want to jump onto the band wagon and just point finger at TAC. Not that I think Tammy deserves it, I am an animal lover and I think it's pitiful that Tammy is put down this way but I still prefer to look at the "Full Story".

All these being said, it is really hard to find out the "truth" so I hope we don't jump into any conclusion here but there is something which I felt is very badly managed here: TAC's Facebook page.

Maybe killing a dog will not affect your business, maybe killing a dog ain't a crime for say but frankly "threatening" the fans ain't going to help the situation. I seriously don't see the point of putting such a message on your Facebook about taking appropriate action in the event of any defamatory statement. If you wish to address this issue than share your side of the story and not put up a message in this way. In case you guys are wondering, my vet is from TAC as well but a different branch.

You didn't ask me but...

I have a dog, a Cross pinscher also known as a mongrel or better known as Brover!

I adopted this silly boy last December at an estimated age of 2 and a half. I was attracted by him because he looks like one of those big dogs that I really like but ain't HDB approved and the good news is that he is small. In fact he is as small as my cats.

We almost didn't bring him back because the lady at the foster says that he is bad with cats and will kill my cats. Against all odds we decide to adopt him because he was very loyal, he always follow the foster around at the boarding area.

We visited him for close to 3 months at the home before bringing him home while waiting for the renovation of my new place. We visited him to build the trust.

At the beginning, he didn't like the cats and the cats didn't like him either but we took our time to let them get use to each other, 1 day at a time. It's not all fairy tale and this did not happened overnight, in fact it took us almost a year before you can see them nicely on a single frame.

It ain't all smooth sailing to have Brover at home. Unfortunately for my wife, Brover is very attached to me and sees me as his alpha. He is so protective that he would attack my wife in scenario when he thought my wife was going to attack me. In fact he attacked my wife in a few situations when he wasn't very comfortable with my wife touching him and the wounds was pretty bad I would say. I even had the idea of giving him up but the thought that he would be heart broken and have to go back to a foster or some other family to start a new breaks my heart. The thought that this cute little boy going through all these changes and getting used to something new again stopped me. And I know I will miss him.

I wouldn't say he is all nice now but i would say we have learned how to handle him. For example not touching him in quick motion, warning stranger only to touch him when he ask for it and shows comfort and such. I think when it comes to pet, patience is very important and knowing how to handle him is really an art. I am glad I still have him by me.

JUSTICE FOR TAMMY

In any case, I think Tammy's death is really sad. It is a good wake up call and message to all dog lovers out there. Dogs are cute and fluffy but it is also a commitment as well as responsibility, as soon as you have committed to it you have to stick through it. It's unfortunate to Tammy and I wish we can have justice for her.

Not sure about the source but it is being circulated around the web.

Mr.Smith, RIP Tammy.. :'(

Extra Read:
Ricky Yeo, Tammy's trainer.
Ada, the original post
EDMW Tread
SOSD Post

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New Pet Shop - "Pet Tails Online".

I've always been a fan of entrepreneurship and I am most delighted to see friend's of mine starting new businesses. Not only does it shows the passion in one can be but also to see people converting passion into action!

On this beautiful Saturday I brought my little furkid - Brover, (Yes, if you have are aware, I adopted a new furkid - Brover - Which means Brother Lover. )for his first shave of his life! And of course as a form of support to one of my few blogger friends - @lobsterpaint!

Read more about these furkids at HowIMetMyPets.tumblr.com!

Grant Opening of Pet Tails!

HUAT AHH!

I think the location at Jalan Kilat is actually pretty cool. Although it is out of the way for me but it is situated in an area where there are quite a bit of semi D houses and just by walking about the area I already see many people walking their furkids!

Grooming, Boarding, Pet Taxi, Retail and Home Delivery!

The Passionate and Young Boss, showing costumer service!

Of course, on such a special occasion, the call of super friends are always part of the plan. Another humble and nice young entrepreneur - @cooksnapeatlove with his awesome Patisserie Framboise Cup cakes!

Awesome CUPCAKES!!!

Although we have been following this two individual for quite awhile but we only got to know them better during this year's food revolution 2012 and I love this kids! They are awesome kids!

And of course, the most happy one has to be brover who got his hair cut!

That's not all! He got himself some freebies off Pet Tails too!

YAY!

And it's pretty awesome being both a cat and dog owner cause I get double goodie bag! :x

For both Ted and MarshalL!

I see lot of potential in this business considering the fact that more and more people are having pets and they really provide a whole series of service to make things so much more convenient for pets owner like us! They will actually come to my place and pick up the dog, bring him for a cut and return! Such pet grooming services are really thoughtful!

So if you are looking for pet grooming, boarding, pet taxi, retail and home delivery in Singapore, don't forget to choose "Pet Tail"!

Checkout more and Like their facebook page!

Don't forget to follow them on Twitter!

Mr.Smith, Support Support!

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Saving Doggy Crystal ! - The #TweetDog Adventure

As some of you who follows my tweet should know that we have already return Crystal or more commonly know as #TweetDog for the past few days over the twitterverse.

Here's what happened, Crystal ran loose when the owner opened the door. According to the owner,Mrs Lim it's not uncommon for Crystal to pull a "Prison break" but she normally ran around the block or just the lift lobby and never to the other side of the neighborhood. Mrs Lim last saw Crystal at 9am on the same day which means Crystal was already missing for 12hrs when we found her. That explains why she was all thirsty when @Melpig offered water.

Facts about Crystal - Crystal is actually 11 yrs old ! Which means she is 77 yrs old in Planet of the Dogs !!

How did we know who to send to? - Owner's Daughter-in-law , Sharon saw my blog through a friend and contacted me. Look ! Social Media Save the Day !!

Anyway I would like to thanks everyone who retweeted my tweet and making it happen.

The dog saving mission was made possible thanks to everyone especially @Melpig who foster her for the nite and even feed and groom her, @keongsterz who drove us around, @Chris_Goh who spent time helping out and carry her around. And also other tweeps like @appleyay, @seraphina22, @kuey_lapis, @Goshprincess who actually offered $ to feed Crystal if we never could find Crystal's real identity. and @Hai_Ren who offer lots of suggestions and ways of getting lil Crystal home. Hope I didn't miss out anyone. = P

Anyway here's some pics of the Trio picking up Crystal and sending her back home !



Lil Crystal !







YAY !



@Chris_Goh feeling emo having to say good bye to Crystal.

Believe it or not, thanks to Crystal my blog actually has a all time peak hit of 400 + just in a few hours. Social Media is really helpful !!

Should we have tweetup to visit lil #TweetDog ? hehehee

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Harmony !

From the animals,

saw these dogs this morning while walking to work..

they are really cute !






"And now ladies and gentlemen, that's the ugly truth"

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