Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe,

Catch the puppy by its paw,

If it growls let it go,

If it smiles we'll say "aawww".....

Knocked up & came along puppies

One day, Pretty got knocked up by Hercules. Exactly 65 days later these little ones popped out naturally, one by one. 2 pups we born on 08 March 2011 and the other 2 were after midnight on 09 March 2011.
Oh, how adorable!

I'm not lazy, I'm just a little unwell..

Pretty..., the moment she enters the house she'll drop herself on the floor like a lazy bitch and start licking her vagina. She have been doing that for few months already, even before her first heat came. So we playfully called her Lazy Pretty Bombom.


Suspected something might be wrong, we invited the vet to the house to check on her as well as giving Hercules his annual Heartworm jab. True enough, vet confirmed she have vaginal infection and her uterus is already filled with pus.


The moment the vet said that, $$$$$ I saw our household money flying $$$$$


To cure her, she have to receive weekly jab and antibiotic course, for at least 4 weeks. 1 week course costs RM100.


Poor girl, she must have been in pain all these while and we failed to notice that. We should've paid more attention to her signs...

The Golden Trivia

It has been 1 month since we have sent Hercules for obedience. This entry is to rekindle our great times together!

The Golden Trivia– 5 reasons for dog (Hercules) obedience

1. What would Hercules do if you are chasing him around the garden?
Run straight into a tree!

2. What would be the downfall of the great & mighty Hercules be?
The mythical Greek monster- vacuum cleaner

3. What does Shiv and Hercules have in common?
Both are geologists but only one puts it to practice by digging holes in the garden

4. What does Hercules and Rudolph (The Reindeer) have in common?
They both pull Santa on a sleigh except Hercules, every time he walks

5. What does Hercules do in his free time (See Picture)?
Surf the Net. Dogs love Facebook too!

Come home safe our dear Hercules!

Conspiracy Theory

Hercules and Pretty are normally like Cat & Dog, can't stand the sight of one another carrying better toys, sitting on better place or being petted by Mommy and Daddy. So when I saw these two cosing up in one bed, I knew something fishy is going on. For 5 mins I stared at them, called their names but none of them responded. They actually.. just froze!

I didn't want to disturb them so I shot pictures to find out what they were hiding. And there, my handphone charger buried in their mouths! Hercules had the head and Pretty kept the tail. Dirty doOogs!

They kept quiet, even when I was taking the charger out of their mouths. No complain at all and they froze again for at least 5 more mins before alighting the bed.

How can I get angry... I was just so amazed by how they cooperate to escape me, undetected.

These two are capable of conspiring and I wonder what conspiracy they're planning next.

Peggie has a little lamp

We were about to drive out for lunch yesterday when Daddy who was at that time holding Hercules called me frantically to look at Hercules' back. Hercules, for once understood English, came wagging to me with his sad face. He looked like he wanted to tell me something. I bent down to have a look at light colored blood coming out of his back!

I didn't panic. My initial thought was he might have tried to climb up the mango tree and fell into the hole he dug just under the mango tree. But the blood was too light to come from a fresh wound. So we decided to take him to the vet. We were lucky enough to have a vet open in this small town on Sunday.

Daddy was saddened when the vet told us that he has to shave Hercules' hair to see the wound. He can't stand the idea of Hercules losing his crowning glory. But I told him, it is only a small patch.

Hair was gone, and the truth revealed. We saw a golf-ball sized swollen skin with bite marks! I didn't bite Hercules, I only spank him - lightly. Daddy also doesn't bite Hercules, he only yells. So who's the culprit???

Preeeeetttttyyyyyy....!!!

Pretty who was with us in the vet at that time moved quietly to a corner and stayed down when we mentioned her name. Guilt drew on her face.

Hercules was so strong he didn't complain about the shaving, the wound cleaning and the jabs. All he showed was a pair of teary red eyes. Poor Hercules!

So now he has to wear a Lamp-shade collar to prevent him from licking his wounds. The moment I put it on his head, his legs were shaking thinking he was being punished. Yet he didn't complain. Just teary red eyes. So was mine!

Yesterday we were heartbroken watching Hercules clumsily adjusting to his new accessory. Today, we don't see a depressed Hercules, we have adjusted seeing a 4-legged lamp!

And Daddy gave him a new name which he happily responds to.

Lamp-post!

Genesis

When we moved in together, we decided to adopt a golden retriever puppy to signify the start of our family. We named him Hercules.

Few months down the road, we realized Hercules was lonely as we're at work most of the day. So we got another puppy to keep him company. We call her Pretty.

They get along very well that they're now inseparable.

Now that there are 2 of them, we tend to make comparisons of their distinct characters. We think Hercules is stupid, clumsy, very affectionate, gentle and too dependable on us. Pretty on the other hand is very intelligent, fast-learner, defensive, cunning and independent.

Despite of their negative characters, we are extremely proud of both of them as they are so well-behaved towards our guests. They become our topic of conversation most of the time. We'd make fun of Hercules' stupidity and Pretty's ferocious behaviour.

We thought we made a brilliant observation.

We thought they are hillarious until a family member hit us with some truth that those puppies are actually carbon copies of each of us!

That foolish dog Hercules is him, and that cunning little bitch is me!