The family of cats that live in our yard

Remember how an Evil Cat gave birth to a bunch of cats in our yard last time? It's been happening again, and now there is a family of five cats living in my garden! And you know what the strange thing is? Momma's encouraging them!

HIEW!

A whole bunch of cats have

moved into my garden!

I mean, why would she want me to share my garden, the garden that I so dearly love to pee on, with cats? And these cats are selfish and mean too... the mother cat hisses at me all the time. I'm actually kinda scared of her too, cos I've seen those sharp claws of hers and she doesn't seem to be afraid of my bark. I don't think my bite matches up with her claws.

Momma kept insisting that the kittens are not as lucky as I am to have a forever home, so she wanted to give them shelter, and even fed them. They'd actually go to the pet store and get special food for the kittens! Has the world gone crazy???

Right now, we've got five cats in our garden:

1. Momma (cat)
2. Medium (cat, from the previous litter).
3. Stocking (kitten)
4. Batcat (kitten)
5. Socks (kitten)

This one's name is Stocking

After months of feeding the kittens, Momma had her friend help us trap Medium and Momma, and then they were sent to the vet to be "fixed". I'm not sure what that means, but Pops threatened to have me "fixed" too if I keep peeing where I'm not supposed to.

Now that Medium and Momma are back, they don't seem to be moving away. They're still there, even though Momma doesn't feed them as much anymore. I guess I could try to get used to them and share the garden, but they're pretty pushy and nasty about it. I've seen the kittens go up to play with my Humans, but they still get all hissy when I go near them.

The Momma cat is always around, and she's fierce!

Maybe the Dog Knight should pay them a visit one of these nights...

Kenji's birthday party

Last night, Pops came home and instead of just taking me outside to pee, he took me to the Great Outside! I went on a car ride to a place that, well, to be honest it smelled a little bit turdley. I'll explain that later.

Anyway, Pops took me for a walk through a crowded area, and there were lots of people walking and shopping. I went on a special elevator just for dogs, and went up to the rooftop of a mall.

A special elevator!

Then Pops took me to a doggy cafe, where Kenji, Baby, Alfie and this other dog that I've never met were all gathered! It was a birthday party for Kenji!

It was so cool, because dogs were allowed to run around and jump onto chairs and couches. There was a birthday cake, but I didn't really care. Pops tried to feed me, but I was too distracted by my friends to eat!

Mainly it was just sniffing each other, a few snarls so I don't want to bore you guys with the details. Instead, I'll just show you some pictures.

Kenji's birthday cake

A welcoming dog!

Me and my aunt Annabelle

I'm not interested in food, Pops!

The birthday gang

Oh wait! Something interesting did happen! For no reason, Alfie decided to pee on my uncle's girlfriend's foot! Her jeans and shoe was wet with pee!

I'm 2 years old!

This post is a little bit late, and the person to blame is of course, my Pops. But anyway, last Sunday was my birthday! I'm now 2 years old, and in dog years that would make me a teenager now!

I'm a big dog now!

Unfortunately, my Momma and Pops were away on a weekend getaway... but at least my grandparents and Aunt Mainey were around to keep my company. So I wasn't left alone or anything, and it gave me some time to think about the things that have changed since I was a little puppy.

I used to be afraid of The Great Outside, and would hide behind the door. I used to need Momma and Pops to carry me up and down the stairs, but now I can climb up and down by myself... and I'm even faster than they are!

In fact, I am completely independent now, and can do pretty much everything myself. The only things I need my Humans for are:

1. Taking a bath (though I think I can get by without ever taking one)
2. Filling my food bowl
3. Cleaning my food bowl
4. Filling my water bowl
5. Cleaning off my dingleberries
6. Traveling to Knuckles' place
7. Brushing my fur
8. Dabbing my paws clean after I pee-paw myself
9. Opening the Big Gate to the Great Outside
10. Going for a walk in the Great Outside
11. Getting onto my Humans' bed
12. Cleaning up my Golden Offerings
13. Buying more toys for me
14. Buying more food for me
15. Putting on or taking off my collar
16. Updating this blog
17. Switching on the TV so I can watch Bones
18. Protecting me from Dobermans and cat ambushes
19. Opening the container with all my treats
20. Fishing out my treats when they roll under the bed
21. Reaching for my toys when I toss them onto the table
22. Opening room doors
23. Pulling my bed out of my crate
24. Packing my toys away (not that I should need to)
25. Belly rubs!

But other than that, I can do everything by myself cos I'm a big dog!

What are some things you guys need help with?

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

I finally get my treats, and they are awesome!

So, about a week after Pops promised to give me a big fat treat, he finally delivers on his promise!!! He came back after work with Momma, carrying bags of treats! Check them out!

So much food!

There were donuts, quiches, cookies, muffins... and even four lamb meatballs! Wow that was a lot of food! I couldn't believe my eyes, and Momma laid them out all nicely for me to see. I was just drooling and drooling!

Big smiles from everyone

I finally figured out why I'm getting such a big treat. I heard that Pops got a new job at the Star Wars place, and he thinks that part of the reason is because his new boss saw my blog and thought I'm a really cute dog!

I hope Pops gets a new job every week!

Nom nom nom!

Still no treat

The very next day that Pops was supposed to get me a nice big treat, I still didn't get anything. He told me that he did drive all the way to the doggy bakery (which is a bakery for dogs, not a place that bakes dogs) after work but it was closed.

The Beagle from down the road told me something once, and it goes: "Excuses are like poopy-holes - everyone has one!"

So no, Pops! I'm not satisfied with your excuses!

In the meantime, I'm going to refuse to eat my breakfast.

These aren't the treats I'm looking for

As Randy Moss says: "I'll eat when I want to eat!"

Weekend update

Last weekend, I got a bit of a surprise - Pops took me out for a car ride in the Great Outside! We went to pick Momma and Aunt Jol up from town, and then we went to drop Aunt Jol at home. Normally, that's more or less the end of my time in the Great Outside, but this night I got more!

We drove further to pick Turdley Uncle Qian up from his place, and then we went back to Happy Daze! We haven't been back here since Uncle Qian bought me dinner a few months ago, and yeah... it wasn't as spectacular as I remembered. Both the human and the dog food served there wasn't all that nice, and the waitress snubbed us a lot. She must be part poodle.

Although I was allowed to sit at the table,
I chose to sit underneath it.

They ran out of beef meatballs (it seems like they're always out of meatballs!) so Momma ordered a banana muffin for me. It wasn't very appetizing at all.

Here's half of the muffin, cos I couldn't really finish it.

But the night wasn't all bad! Aside from the cafe, I also got to visit a pet store, where I flashed Momma a really cute smile and she couldn't help but buy me a new bed to replace my old brown one. The new one is Sonic blue in color!

Then I also got to visit the video store because the human behind the counter was kind enough to let me in. I wanted to take photos to remember this special occasion, but Pops was too busy checking out the DVDs with Uncle Qian.

Humans... so easily distracted!

Then after that, it was time to go home, where Miss Crab and I made full use of my new bed!

You're both mine now!

I scream for ice cream

Last night, Momma came home in the evening, and instead of letting me out into the garden to pee like she normally does when she comes home, she scoops me up and brings me to the car, where Pops and Turdley Uncle Qian were waiting! I got to go and visit the Great Outside!

We went to get ice cream, and well... it sounds better than it was. Basically, everyone ordered chocolate, and we all know that chocolate is dog-poison. Why humans like to eat dog-poison, I will never know.

All that ice-cream... but I get nothing

Then Turdley Uncle Qian let my Humans play with his new iPad. Guess who didn't get to play with the iPad though? That's right... me!Apparently that iPad is not paw friendly. I need to get myself an iPaw or something.

We got to hang out a bit, I barked at a few strangers (they were sneaky!) and then it was time for us to go home. I stayed out a bit later than usual, but I had a good time. Anytime I get to go to the Great Outside is a good time!

Random Video Moment

Hmmm... nothing much has been happening lately. So I figure I'll just put up this video of Knuckle and I begging for waffles when I was at grandmother's place over the weekend.

Food. Lots of food!

I guess Momma must've read all those comments you guys gave about her not buying me anything from Bali, because tonight she bought me a whole lot of food!

So much food! I can't wait to eat them all!

Now one thing about me is that I'm a fussy eater when it comes to my breakfast. I get bored of kibble very quickly. No, that's not exactly true... I get bored of the same kind of kibble very quickly. As in, I'll be all happy and eat my breakfast kibble for about two weeks, but after that I'll lose my appetite and refuse to eat my breakfast maybe 4 days a week? I'll still eat treats and snacks and human food, but I won't touch my kibble.

It irritated and worried my Humans so much that instead of buying one big bag of food, they're now buying a few smaller bags of food. Now I'll get variety! Whether or not that will improve my appetite remains to be seen though...

But the Beagle from down the road has a good point about this: why don't they just give me human-food and everyone will be happy?

My burger dream, and a doggie nightmare

This morning, I had a dream... I dreamt that we were in a burger joint, and Aunt Jol and Momma were there, with big plates of fries and giant burgers. They were feeding each other, and then they were playing around and dropping fries and bits of burger onto the floor, where I could quickly snag them into my mouth. It was like, 5 second rule heaven! Every time I finished eating a french fry, another one would bounce off my head!

And they dropped a lot of fries onto the floor for me!

But then the worst thing happened.

I woke up.

It was just a dream!

I hate it when I get woken up in the middle of a good dream!

But sadly, for many dogs this nightmare of waking up hungry is a daily reality. There are lots of dogs out there who aren't lucky enough to have a Forever Home like many of us do, so they go hungry everyday.

Luckily, Pedigree has created the Adoption Drive to help dogs like these. Please go to Facebook and like their Adoption Drive. Just search for Pedigree, and you'll be sure to find it.

For every person that "Likes" the Facebook page, Pedigree will donate a bowl of food to a shelter! And then for every blog that writes a post about it, they'll donate more food too! So please, do the right thing and spread the word around!

Cooking for Grandma's bday

I thought I'd just drop a quick post to show you some pictures of Pops' cooking yesterday. Remember how he was supposed to cook for grandma's birthday? Here's how it went.

Pops' badly handwritten recipe

The "Before" shot

The "After" shot

The "After-After" shot

The dog that didn't get to eat any of it

A sad thing happened after lunch - Momma and Pops decided to take me to the vet! They tried to trick me by taking me to a different vet, but I recognized the smell. All vets smell the same.

Get me outta here, Momma! Pleeeeeeeease?

They took me to the vet because my ear's been hurting a bit lately. Momma says there's a lotta funky-smelling stuff in it when she cleans my ears with the fluff-sticks. I usually struggle anyway, but lately I've been yelping too.

It turns out that I have a yeast infection! The doc gave me some ear drops, so hopefully my ear won't be hurting anymore. Momma says my ear is like a vajayjay... but what's a vajayjay and why is it like my ear?

I can paw!

About a week or two ago, Aunt Jol taught Knuckles how to "paw" and every time he did it, he got a snack! So I figured that it would be a great way to get extra snacks too, so Momma and I sat down one morning and together we both learned a new trick. I'd paw, and she'd feed me. It's what's best for both of us.



In the meantime, Pops slept.

Four legs good, two legs better

Although the Beagle from down the road sometimes teaches me bad things, he's sometimes full of really good advice too! Like he told us how to get human food by acting like humans. He said: "If you walk like a dog, you will get dog food. If you want to eat human food, then you'll have to walk like a human."

I tried to explain this to Knuckles, but he was too impatient to listen to the full quote so I had to break it down to a simple "Four legs good, two legs better." He understood immediately, so the two of us ran to my Momma when she brought back some fresh waffles.



And you know what? We got to eat waffles in the end!

Lamb burgers and DJ Hero

Wow last weekend was really awesome! On Saturday night, "Douchey" Uncle Qian (who insists he's not douchey) and Uncle Tim came over to cook lamb burgers for us. Well, Uncle Tim did, anyway... Uncle Qian was just here to eat. Aunt Jol and her friend Marie came along for the special treat as well.

They smell as good as they look

Uncle Tim made these lamb burgers from scratch, and they smelled really really good. Even before he started cooking them, I could smell the yumminess and I spent the whole time snooping around the kitchen. I wasn't allowed to eat the lamb burgers cos I had my own dinner, but you never know when someone might drop something on the floor and I can use the 5-second rule!

Isn't anyone going to drop something?

At the end of the cooking, here is the result:

Human food sure looks pretty

I was very very cunning and stalked everyone, but nobody dropped any food on the floor, not even my usually-klutzy Aunt Jol. I was very disappointed, but at least I got a good whiff.

The next day, Aunt Jol, Aunt Cheryl and Aunt Gen-Gen came over for a short while to play the DJ Hero game that Uncle Tim loaned to us. I could smell cousin Tails' smell all over Aunt Cheryl, so I went a bit nuts at her to sniff any messages that Tails might've left on her.

Aunt Cheryl was very shocked
when I jumped onto the couch

They enjoyed the game a lot (thanks, Uncle Tim!) but they got pretty confused by the controls, and started cheating.

I'm pretty sure you're only supposed
to use one pair of hands...

Guess humans just aren't as good as multi-tasking as dogs. Me? I can nap, look cute, and fart at the same time.

PS Today is Aunt Mainey's birthday! Happy birthday, Aunt Mainey! Come back and visit me soon!

Random Photo Moment

Humans have to learn to be more like us dogs. We lead a good life!

Tucked in my comfy blanky

Eat and sleep

Breakfast variety

Boring kibble

I want to complain about something. I don't understand how come my Humans can have different types of breakfasts everyday when all I get is kibble. I've seen them eat corn flakes, eggs, buns, bread, lots of things... but every single day, without fail, I would only get kibble.

What are my Humans thinking? Just because I'm a dog, I don't like variety? That's not true! I like different things and experiences!

Maybe it's got to do with the whole clothes thing. Like, they think just because they wear different clothes everyday, and I don't like wearing new clothes and collars, it means they're into variety and I'm not. Well that's not true! I don't like wearing clothes not because I don't like different looks, but because I'm a nudey dog! I'd rather wear nothing but fur!

I've got a couple of awards!

Wow! I've just received a couple of awards from Toby the Guide Dog in Training, and they're awesome!  First up is the Happy 101 Award.

The rules for this award are simple: You have to post up the image on your blog. List 10 things that make you happy. Do one of those things. Send this award to 10 of your friends that make you happy.

Well that's easy enough! Here are my 10 things:
1) Sniffing smelly socks
2) Getting some wind in my face during car rides
3) Cuddling up with my Momma
4) Chasing my Pops around the coffee table
5) Take a nap while snuggling GG the Giraffe
6) Getting a snack
7) Going for walkies in the Great Outside
8) Eating pork
9) Playing fetch and wrestling with Leo the Leopard
10) Dragging Ms Crab into my crate for some private time when my Humans aren't looking

The other award is the Sunshine Award.

This one has much easier rules. Just post it up on your blog, and then award it to 12 other bloggers. Oh, and you have to leave comments on their blogs to let them know they've got an award.

So to make things easier, I'll just do what Toby did and award these 2 awards to 12 dog bloggers. Here are my picks (though I'm sure many of them have already gotten these awards before, it never hurts to get more than one award), in no particular order:

1. The Thundering Herd
2. Dog Daze
3. Lorenza
4. Tank
5. The Army of Four
6. Twink
7. Bruschi
8. Santa & 9. Minnie
10. Patsy from Dragonfly Interiors
11. Maggie & Mitch the living plushies
12. Salinger the Pug

While I have your attention, I'd also like to congratulate Toby for reaching his goals before he has to return to school. If you guys helped out, then there's a big thank you for you!!!

Momma's home!!!

Yay! Momma's back! Pops was actually planning to go and pick Momma up at the airport, and surprise her with a super-tidy bedroom and flowers, but he was such a silly human and he got the dates wrong! So imagine his surprise when Momma calls up the night before we were planning to go to the airport! Luckily, grandfather was there to pick Momma and grandmother up.

What's in the bag, Momma?

Snackies!

So anyway, Momma got back and she brought snacks!!! Snacks from Sandy Yago! I gobbled one up pretty quickly, so now I'm hoping to get more.

The complete collection

Poor Momma is exhausted now though. She's been walking around like a zombie since she got back. I hope spiders didn't climb into her ear and mind-controlled her. Naw... that only happens to pitbull terriers.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Wow it's been like a week since I've last put up a blog post, and it's been because it's been a crazy week over here. Well, it's kinda crazy. Anyway, it was recently Chinese New Year over here in Singapore. I could've sworn that there was another new year about two months ago, but here it comes again, apparently.

Chinese New Year is like an excuse to put up lots of red things, and go visiting all your relatives and stuff. Aunt Mainey likes the part where all the married folk have to give money in little red packets to unmarried folk, but Momma and Pops were less enthusiastic about that.

On the first day of CNY, I didn't really think it was all that special at all. My Humans sorta just left the house early in the morning, and then didn't come back till later. It was like any other day in my life, really. Although when they came back, they brought a whole bunch of relatives with them... including a couple of human puppies for me to play with! That was pretty cool, but we forgot to take photos though.

There's some good and bad news about CNY though. The bad news is that Momma thought I really needed to take a bath before all the visitors came to play with me, so yeah... I got stuck in the Torture Chamber and she soaked me as usual. You'd think that I'd get used to this after a year, but it never gets any less icky.

The good news is that I got so clean that I was allowed onto the bed!

Cuddling with Eve

This isn't the first time I was allowed onto the bed, but Momma finally let me play with her plushie Eve! I was never allowed to go near her before, but on this day I got to snuggle up with her. That was awesome!

"Hey, I wasn't doing anything..."

Anyway, there was a lot of food going around, but I didn't get to eat any of it cos I got some wet poopies again. I hate those wet poopies. They went away for a while, but came back for a couple of days during CNY.

Oh, and everyone's all saying that this year is the year of the Tiger. To that I say "who cares?" It's just a giant cat... and cats are nobody's friends.

Anyway... I can catch up with everyone's blogs again! Yay!