Finding a forever home for the kittens

As you guys know, there's a family of cats living in our yard right now. My Humans have gotten quite attached to them, and it makes me pretty jealous sometimes when they feed the cats and play with them. Don't they know that the cats hiss and snarl at me all the time??? I know they don't have a home and all, but still... Momma is always telling me that we have to look out for less fortunate fur-friends who aren't as lucky as I am. Even if they're cats.

The tense border relations between me and the cats

This Christmas, Momma told Pops the only thing she wanted was to find the kittens a Forever Home of their own. So the other day, Pops went out into the garden to take photos of them so that he can post them up in Facebook, share the pics with the Cat Welfare society, and basically try to find humans to adopt them.

Now we finally have individual photos of the kitties, so we can share them with you too!

This is Medium. She was born in the previous batch,
and is the big sister of the bunch

Batcat is the bravest kittie, and always
the first to approach my Humans

Socks is the most timid, and hides from us all the time

I think you can guess why this one is named Stocking

We've had some luck with potential adopters, so hopefully Momma will get her wish this Christmas, and I'll get my garden back! I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I'm sometimes afraid to go out into the garden because I see them snooping around. Especially during the rainy season, because they're always using our garden as shelter.

This is one of their favorite spots to huddle up

If any of you guys live in Singapore and would like to adopt one (or know someone that might), please contact us! If you're interested, Pops has more photos on Facebook here.

I probably won't be online for the next few days, so Merry Christmas, fellow dog-bloggers! I hope you all get really nice presents!

Christmas is almost here!

Well, the tree's up, the presents are appearing under the tree, and my Humans have been busy wrapping presents for the past few days. Yep, Christmas is coming!

I didn't have anything to leave under the tree, so I did the next best thing and left a Golden Offering.

Anyway, for Momma's Christmas gift this year, Pops did something different and donated some money to the SPCA instead. He said that Momma would much rather have the money spent on looking after some dogs without forever homes, rather than getting something for herself.

So I decided to do something similar too. My Humans and I went through all of my old toys and towels, and decided to donate them all to dogs without forever homes. It's the first time I'm giving away something other than Golden Offerings and Poop Nuggets, so it feels quite different for me. I like the feeling though. I didn't like it at first, because I wanted to play with all my old toys again (even though I haven't touched them for a long time), but now I feel good about being so generous.

We are also trying to find forever homes for the kittens that live in our garden. Pops is going to try to take nicer photos of them today.

Happy holidays, doggy pals!

That cat that didn't care

Here's a video we took during Christmas visiting:



I saw a cat, but since it was Christmas, we didn't try to attack one another. We just did our thing, and went our own ways. That's what Christmas is about!

Christmas Vet and a poster of friends

So Christmas wasn't the best time ever for me, because during the festive season I started vomiting a lot, and it was gross. Now before you guys accuse me of stealing human food during their festive get togethers, let me tell you that I started puking before all the partying.

At first it was just in the mornings, when I would wake my Humans up with my puking, and then it happened again in the afternoons.

Pops took me to a vet on Sunday, and as usual I whined and whined and whined about that. Still, I got to meet some new dogs, like a rough collie named Merlie who also had stomach problems.

When it was my turn to see the vet, they x-rayed me, and found nothing wrong with my tummy. So the vet just gave me some meds to help comfort my tummy until I got better. And on that day, I wasn't allowed to eat a single thing - torture!!!

On the way out, I made sure I left a precautionary warning to other dogs that might have to visit the vet.

Get away while you can!

While I was waiting for my x-ray, we saw this poster of a whole bunch of different dogs, and they looked just like some of you guys. I got Pops to take photos to show you:

That looks like Khyra, the Thundering Herd,
the Army of Four and the OP Pack

(Did you guys ever realized that a lot of sibe blogs start with the word "the"? Pops said they're like John Grisham novels)

Benny and Lily, and Brutus and Carmen...
though this poster guy's ears are smaller.

At first I didn't recognize this dog, but when I imagined a pretty dress as well, it was pure Lorenza

 Maggie and Mitch, though this guy
doesn't look half as cute as they do

 Twink! And this picture was even life-sized!

This guy looks just like Salinger, and those Elgin pugs.
If you squint, it almost looks like Bruschi too.

This is the part where Pops started getting all careless. He accidentally deleted a photo of a dog that looks like Martha and Bailey, and when I asked him to snap a photo of a Goldie to represent Sugar, Simba, Samantha and Avalon, and Yanni, he snapped a photo of a lab instead! So careless! If I was taller and could reach the poster, I'd have taken the photos myself!

Oh, and I almost forgot:

My best friend, the Beagle from down the road

Merry Christmas!

Hi guys! Sorry for the lack of updates but it's been really busy here over Christmas. First, there was the many many nights and afternoons of gift wrapping. Momma and Pops just kept putting bits of chewing paper all over the presents. Why they do that, I will never know.

Look at all those presents!

I tried to help anyway, by stepping on the chewing paper to flatten them out. After a while, my Humans didn't really appreciate my help and put me in a corner... and mistakenly stacked up some gifts until I couldn't get out.

Nobody puts Sonic in a corner!

When they were finally done wrapping their gifts, they realized that they'd accidentally trapped me in the corner and let me out.

Christmas Day finally came, and Santa Paws brought me lots of gifts! I got snacks, plushies, and even some new clothes!

Mine, all mine!

We also went to visit family and grandparents, and basically it was a very family-oriented Christmas. I love that, because all my aunts and uncles always love feeding me lots of attention.

Merry Christmas to you guys out there! I'm going to go and catch up on all of your blogs now!

Meet the toys: Bunny

I got a new toy! Well, actually it's not supposed to be mine, but it is now anyway. Lemme tell you the full story...

The other day, Momma received a package. It had some food for me, a Christmas present for Knuckles, and when Momma was rummaging around in the bag, a plushie fell out! I immediately went and snatched it, and went off to play with my new toy.

My new Bunny!

But apparently, it was not my new toy... Momma said it was cousin Tails' Christmas present. She gave the "off!" command, so I had no choice but to let it go.

When Momma took it away, I started hiew hiewing the way the Beagle from down the road taught me... and it worked! Momma felt so bad, she let me keep the new toy!

And that's the story of how I got Bunny. He squeaks. I like squeaky stuff!

A present from Uncle Eff

Recently, Uncle Eff sent a present over for Pops. It was a strange and long package, and we had no idea what it was. When they got home, my Humans started opening the package to see what it is. Of course, being the curious little dog that I am, I had to find out too!

Hmmm... what's this?

Oooh! Popping AND chewing paper!

Ripping apart the stuff around the present was really tricky cos Uncle Eff used a lot of sticky tape. It was like one of those Christmas presents, but less colorful and trickier to open. And it had some happy popping paper too! We took a while, but we got around to ripping it open and we finally found out what it was.

It's a ninja umbrella!

Uncle Eff sent Pops a new umbrella with a handle like a ninja sword. You can even sling it over your shoulder and back to wear it like a real sword. Pops tried, but his short little arms couldn't pull the umbrella out that way.

Pops once bought a ninja outfit as a costume for a video, so now he can have an umbrella to go with it! Cos you know, ninjas hate rain and water. I can understand... it's just like a bath, except for the whole world!

Random Video Moment

Last Christmas, we gave our pal Yanni a Christmas present in the form of two big milk bones. Here's a video of him happily chewing his bone. Try to fast-forward to the 1:17 mark, and see him wag his big ol' tail!

The Big Christmas Party

So I just overheard my Humans talking about Christmas, and what they did Christmas evening. You see, after all the excitement from Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning and stuff, I thought it'd be time to kick back and relax, which was what I did at home. But apparently, all of my humans went to a big Christmas party without me! There was lots of food, turkey, games, prizes, and of course... presents!

So many presents!

But the thing is, Knuckles and I weren't there! And Tails was!!!

Tails and his two sisters

Since Knucks and I weren't there,

Tails got all the affection

The party sounded like lots of fun, they had the prettiest cookies and muffins there - which I didn't get to eat. I mean, I don't think I would've been able to eat any had I been there, but still...

Momma and a Snowman Muffin

All in all, it sounded like a really fun party and I totally wanted to go. Hiew hiew hiew!!!

Look at all the happy faces!

And people were even flying with joy!

You can probably figure that I'm a bit upset... and since Santa has already come and gone, well... I threw a hissy fit and left a Golden Offering on the Christmas Tree at home yesterday. I behaved and didn't go near it the whole time it was up, but now I think I deserve to pee on it.

Christmas Recap

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Things have been so crazy around here, and I haven't had time to get onto the computer and blog about it all. But now that things have quietened down, and my Humans have gone back to their normal routines, I can use the computer and blog to you guys.

Godma Des, Momma and me
(Usually, it's Momma that blinks in photo)

Wow, my first Christmas was so awesome! The night before Christmas, we all went over to my iGrandmother's place (she's the only one in the family with an iPhone) and had a big dinner. Lots of people were there. Both sets of my grandparents, Aunt Jol, Cheryl and Gen-Gen, and even Godma Des has come from Australia to visit! There were lots of presents being exchanged, and lots of food. Pops even went into the kitchen to help iGrandmother prepare some pasta (which I didn't get to eat - hiew!). There was also a giant turkey being served around (which I also didn't get to eat - hiew hiew!).

Pops and his turkey

The humans then went and sang - luckily no bug related music this time (unlike Beetles Night). It was pretty loud, and some of the songs didn't make any sense at all. But everyone looked like they were having a pretty good time.

Singing humans

Oh, and I almost forgot: this night was the first time I got to meet Tails! He was pretty rough with me, and kept jumping on me and trying to pick a fight. Everyone was quite surprised, as Knuckles was the really well-behaved between the three of us! But because of me and Tails and a whole lot of Golden Offerings, we got put into the playpen.

The Three Wise Dogs

If you look closely in the picture, you can see the Altar of Snack Conjuration. Knuckles has one at his place too!

The party went till pretty late, and I didn't get to bed till really really late, but I did snooze in the car ride home.

The next morning, my Humans woke me up early to go down to the tree to open presents!

Which ones are mine?

Between Momma, Pops, Aunt Mainey and myself, there was lots of presents under the tree. We took turns opening the presents, and I got so much cool stuff! It was so exciting, and I love Christmas!!!

Why do they hide the presents

under these chewy paper things?

When I opened all my presents, I got a Spongebob cushion, a purple puzzle thing that randomly drops snacks (I haven't quite figured out how to work it yet), a Piglet plushie, lots and lots of snacks, and my favorite:

A Milk Bone!

Christmas is soooo exciting! I can't wait for next year's Christmas. I'm going to go and check out my Bloggy Dog friends' blogs now and see what they all got for Christmas. Merry Christmas again!

Random Photo Moment

Merry Christmas, everyone!

It's gonna be a crazy day today, so I don't think I'll have a chance to post. So I prepared this post in advance in case you guys are checking the blog today. Uncle Qian wanted to give me a Christmas present, and it was kinda funny.

Uncle Qian: Hey Sonic, you like Guitar Hero, right?
Sonic: Yes, I do!
Uncle Qian: Well, how would you like the new Guitar Hero: Van Halen???
Sonic: Oh no! I can't. Momma says chocolate is poisonous to puppies. Besides, what does chocolate have to do with Guitar Hero?
Uncle Qian: That's Van Houten, Sonic! Van Halen is a band!
Sonic: Oh... hiew hiew hiew...

And here's a random photo of me when I was a puppy, singing along in Guitar Hero.

It's almost Christmas!

Yesterday, Momma woke up with a tummy ache and didn't feel very well, so Pops and I took her to see the Human Vet. While Momma went inside, Pops and I stayed outside because I wasn't allowed inside.

Waiting for Momma outside the human vet

This got me thinking... when we go to my vet, both humans and pets are welcomed inside. But now that we're at a human vet, how come I'm not allowed to go in? This isn't right at all, isn't it? Maybe there should be a new rule where humans aren't allowed in a pet vet! Fair is fair!!!

Later on, we went to pick up some cupcakes for Christmas, and then it was time to go home for a quick nap. Well, I napped anyway... Momma had presents to wrap and stuff.

After that, it was off to see Melvin the Groomer. Since I'm going to attend some parties soon, Momma wanted me to look my absolute bestest. Melvin was so nice, and he had Christmas presents prepared for us and everything. Then he cut my fur, and wow I look good! I'm looking really good. Not only that, but I smell great too! If I could put my smell into the Internet, I would just so you guys can smell how good I smell.

Look how clean I look!

Christmas is tomorrow! I'm soooo excited! I've already been to one pre-Christmas party, where I got my first present ever!

My first Christmas present! Snacky-poos!

I got to meet my cousins Baby, Alfie and Kenji here too, and I played with Kenji most of the night. Alfie was really clever, and showed off some cool tricks to get some snacks.



Anyway, I'm going to rest up. We're going over to Grandmother's place tonight, where I'll get to see Knuckles and Tails, and hopefully get more presents! It'll be so much fun!

Hello Knuckles

A lot of you guys have mentioned that my brother Knuckles has really big and cute ears, but have you guys noticed that Knuckles can hide his mouth? When he's looking at you with his big puppy eyes, Knuckles almost looks like he has no mouth. My Momma and Pops thinks he's really cute like that, but Aunt Jol insists that Knuckles has a mouth and gets upset at them whenever they say he doesn't.

Anyway, I think he kind of resembles Hello Kitty like that. What do you think? Does Knuckles look like Hello Kitty?

PS Christmas is in two days!!! I'm going crazy with excitement!

Farts are really Poop Bubbles

The other night, my Momma found a dried piece of poop stuck to my poopy hole fur and she had to clean it off. It was really uncomfortable and embarrassing, especially when my Pops was taking photos and laughing. But Momma got it out eventually, and I was left to wonder... how did this happen?

Momma's cleaning my poopy hole

The next day, I was talking to my friend the Beagle from down the road, and we saw these two human puppies walking down the street blowing gummy bubbles from their mouths. Suddenly, one of the bubbles popped and made a loud sound. That's when we realized that maybe farts are kinda like poop bubbles!

I mean, think about it. When you need to fart, you have to push air from your tummy out your poopy hole, right? And when you push enough air out, then it pops and makes a sound, just like a gum bubble. If there's not enough air, the fart just deflates and goes back inside in your tummy, with no smell and no sound... just like a gum bubble! But there's no gum in our poopy holes, so our fart bubbles must be made of poop!

The Beagle and I spent about 15 minutes trying to watch each other fart to check if it's true, but we couldn't squeeze out any farts. That's when we learned that a watched dog never farts. Later that day, I farted, but I couldn't see if there was a poop bubble because my legs and tail were in the way. I checked my humans' farts (Pops is a reliable source of farts), but they're always wearing pants so I can't see.

What about you guys? Do you know the truth about poop bubbles?

PS The presents are finally appearing under the tree! I can't wait to see what I got for Christmas!!!

The sweet new life of Tails

My Humans visited Tails over the weekend, and they were really happy to tell me that Tails is doing a lot better! He's taking some new meds, and he's generally a lot more playful and happy around humans now.

Tails and his new bed

First of all, Aunt Cheryl, Aunt Gen-Gen and their family are just showering Tails with affection and gifts. He's got a new bed to nap in now, which is like way way waaaaay better than the cage he used to be stuck inside all day long. Momma and Pops told me that they saw the cage, and it's smaller than the cage Pops used to have for his pet bird! They didn't take a photo of it, because they said it'd give me nightmares.

Tails was really playful during the visit, and he gets to run all around and play with Aunt Gen-Gen's toys... and Aunt Gen-Gen has LOTS of them! I'm pretty jealous, because while I have a lot of toys of my own, I know I'm not allowed to go near my Humans' toys.

Can you spot Tails?

But one thing is, Tails has a very high-pitched bark. It's not quite as macho as mine. So I think Knuckles and I are going to have to teach him how to bark like a big dog!



Oh, and Aunt Cheryl gave Tails a bow tie to wear on special occasions. Momma thinks it's so cute that she wants to get one for me now. I dunno... my collar is irritating enough... I don't think I'd like a bow tie at all!

Aunt Gen-Gen, Tails and Momma

Pops' day at home

Yesterday was a good day. Pops had the day off, and he spent the whole day at home with me! He had some work to do, so he was using the computer a lot, but he did manage to spend some time to chill with me. That was awesome.

Me and my friends, WALL-E and EVE

We played tag around the living room, and he took some photos of me sitting on the WALL-E bench. Do you like my friends WALL-E and EVE? My humans received this bench as a wedding present from those nice folks at Disney after they took a wedding photo with a bench like this one... and now it's my turn to take a picture! The robots used to freak me out a little bit at night, but after a while you get used to them and I think they're both really cute now.

My Christmas tree!

As you can see, Grandma and Aunt Mainey have also put up the Christmas tree, and so far I've not left a Golden Offering on it yet (Momma says Santa Paws won't bring me any presents if I do). I love the Christmas tree. It's so sparkly and pretty, and so tall! It's taller than my humans!

I also got extra garden time, and I went around sniffing out the usual bad guys like the Evil Cat and those Stalker Squirrels. Luckily for them, they weren't around so I didn't have to chase any of them.

 

No squirrels? Good!

We did find something a bit nasty though... it was a dead snake being eaten up by ants! So gross! I mean, it's bad enough that we have snakes in the garden - where did it come from??? I'll have to be extra careful in the garden now... it's kinda freaky.

Nothing grosser than a dead

snake being eaten up by ants

But what's grosser is being eaten up by ants. If I had to die, I really wouldn't want an army of little bugs crawling over my body and eating me up. YUCK!

After that, I watched a DVD with my Pops (I got to snuggle on the bed!) and waited till Momma was done with work. Momma had to work late, so I managed to fit in a nap while waiting for her. My humans have been so busy this week, they haven't even watched the football games they've recorded yet!

PS Grandpa wants to sell or give the bench away, cos he thinks it's silly. Pops is trying to delay selling it... I hope he delays it forever!