Mid-Nov updates

1st Nov marks the day that Micole receives her first award in her life... she got 3rd place in her Pre-Novice... woohoo dun play play leh... a trophy at her 2nd attempt in the obedience trial... :) and a pass for Novice too!! But honestly her novice wasn't well done... many lags... really need a lot of brush up for her off-leash.

As for Schnappi... she was erm... an "extremely happy" dog that day. Went "bonkers" in the trial ring... didnt do her send-away... didn't do her retrieve over jumps correctly. It was rather hilarious to see her went wild, minus Bb's erm... "not-so-happy" face... :P

This marks the end of all trials for 2009... better luck next year!!

Updates on the girls

Juz realised it's been real long since I last posted updates on the girls... been bz like hell... :( Let me try and recall what happen these 2 months...

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  Micole went for her annual jab... and had her anal sacs cleared. Doc said the sacs "felt full"... and that squeeze costed me 16 bucks!!
  
  
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  Schnappi weighs 22.2kg now... and many said she's grown fatter... :P need to trim down a little...
  
  
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  Micole's training is erm... not too good... not sure what went wrong :( too much correction? too much ear pinching? hmmm... anyway her drive went down and her good heelwork seems way off now... changed her training treats to something of more "value" and "quality" - chicken and cheese jerky... and she seems to respond a bit better. Hopefully she can go back to her old self by end of the month....
  
  
• Chewie celebrated her 3rd birthday last Sunday... and my, the mummy really prep lotsa food (for dogs)... shephard's pie, chicken rice, cakes, tarts, meatballs... Schnappi and Micole really had a good treat... first time i see Micole savouring her food so quickly... hahaha...

• Lucky kena fungal and bacterial infections... Bb says must monitor Schnappi and Micole too.... scary scary~~ anyway sending them for grooming tmr...

• Schnappi visited the vet again... had bladder infection... she started peeing drops every few minutes. Doc says consumption of water is too low... need at least of 1.5ltrs a day...

That's about it at the moment...

Some updates on the girls...

Recently Schnappi is very picky with her food... not sure if she's lost interest in the food or she's just finding trouble... :P she would take few bites, then walk off and lie somewhere... or she just sniff a bit and walk away... Bb says she's being choosy... may be true though, cuz when we added wet food in she licked the bowl clean clean... haha!!

Micole is currently on her 2nd heat... right after National Day... and she didnt seem much bothered by it... except me having to wash her butt every nite to keep it clean... in a dilenma whether to sterilise her or not... she's such a happy active dog now, i definitely dun want to change this part of her. So am still thinking... anyway have to send her grooming after her heat, then off for her annual jab...

Conquering the waves... savouring popeyes... and the artistic side of me!!

Finally the long-awaited PH arrived.. and we've decided to bring the dogs out to Hort Park together with Hippo and family..

So came Sunday morning, and we drove off with the girls on board... and my fav mac breakfast... and Hippo & family following in the car behind... around 20mins later, a bridge hanging high up captured our eyes... and so we turned into the car park. And there were are... minutes from the Henderson Wave.

The view was quite beautiful, considering that it's the highest overhead bridge in Singapore... weather was hot... wished it was windier... :) I'm surprised that this little Micole really can walk but she was a little cranky that morning... growling at the dogs that passed her... hahaha... dunno whether to be mad or laugh at her... but she did cause a little stir along the way... bringing some smiles to the passer-bys... thou i'm not sure if the other dog owners are exactly pleased to see her growls at their dogs... :P anyway no harm done so who cares... :P

Schnappi was in demand for photo taking... shd have charged for every photo taken... could really help a little in the "Save-Ivy-Fund"... Micole did get a few fans herself... suddenly i'm felt like a 星妈... muahahaha!!

After ard 1.5hrs, back to the car we went... the girls were hot and so were we. So while they enjoyed the aircon in the car, the rest of us enjoyed our ice cream before heading off to drop the girls back home then meeting Hippo's family at Kovan for lunch.

Had planned to bring the girls out to Marina Barrage on the next day. But the weather didn't permit, hence the humans handed to T3 for popeyes while the dogs have a snooze at home. After savouring the chix, we strolled around T3 and came across an "artisitic zone". There were sculpted wood blocks with papers and crayons provided... and so I had a go to inflinch myself with art and colors. It was a fun and "no-need-to-use-so-much-braincell" event for me!! Very de-stressing too!! Moreover papers and crayons are free to use!! see some of my work... 1st time I perspire doing arts... hahahaa!! U might just see me back there again!! :P

Pity the weekend flew past so quickly.... arghhh!! when's the next PH ya??

My near champion... my near runner-up... my qualifier... MY HEROS!!!

My "near" champion: 02 August 09 marks the first-ever trial for my dear Micole (#300). She was the first dog to start the OB trial for the day. She topped the heelwork and scored full marks for all the rest... except for the "fatal" recall... not that she didn't do... but she did it on the 2nd command... boo hoo... "ai-wan" ah!! Such a near miss to the Champion!!!

My "near" runner-up: Just 2 points away from the qualifying score, again dear Micole (#311) missed her runner-up placing... she missed 2 stands and an auto-sit. And she licked the judge's hand when he touched her on stand stay... judge commented that she's a very friendly dog... muahahaha!!!! Her recall is real fast this time... to the extent that she LP... and the judge had an "ouch" look on his face... :P

My Qualifier: Dear Schnappi finally made it!!! She got her PASS in her open trial, well not without some heart-stopping moments. Her heelwork was scored quite good, she made it thru her distance control and god-damn send away (which she always flunked). Then she got high and held on to the dumb-bell and towel during the last 2 exercises, refusing to give to Bb initially!! Her sit-stay was one of her best so far i think, then came the worrying down stay. She had those hallucinating moments... commando-crawl moments... rolling around moments (Bb call this "roti-prata" stance - flipping here and there)... so for her not-to-move for 10mins is rather impossible... she did got distracted and there was a min or so, she lied down poking her 2 legs in the air and nibbling her back!! Trust me, those were the worse heart-stopping 10mins in the entire trial!!

My HEROS: Bb - All the hard work for training the 2 noti girls. Micole - Although she missed the placings but nevertheless she was wonderful at her 1st attempt.. and we'll try again the next round. Schnappi - Well done!! Finally hard work paid off.. of cuz there's still lots of room for improvement!! But my hero and heroines, 3 cheers for u!! Hip hip hurray... Hip hip hurray... Hip hip hurray!!!

Judge for the day

Yesterday afternoon, Bb helped Chris judged for the pm class... and my my, was he stingy with the scores... :P highest score was only 187/200 i think, and lowest is 156/200... think the am class has a top scorer of 190+... haha... Bb said if he minus 1 point 2 pont, then the scores will be very close or even same... that's why he ga-ga-lai... muahahaha!! But heng lar, all passed... else they'll let loose their dogs to bite him liao... :P Think next time Chris dun dare to get Bb to help judge liao... wahahaha!!

Btw, Jack and his husky Jamie also passed too.. Congrats!! Looking forward to see the photos in the CD Trainer's website... :)

Angry with Micole!!

Ki-si-ah~~~ last night this noti Micole chewed up my phone stylus and left bite marks on my poor phone... :( then she bite off the velco on my phone pouch... :( and the ribbons on my bunnie's ears... *boohoo boohoo*...

Few months back, she started to sleep in our room, together with Schnappi... separated of course. Then she had the luxury of sleeping on our bed whilst Schnappi was made to sleep on hers at the side of ours. This Micole must have "over-enjoyed" her privilege and guess it's time to knock some sense back into her...

Dunno why she seems to "enjoy" chewing... I saw the threads of her new bolster coming off after a week... and she chews on our "personal huggies" too!! and if you tell her to stop, she'll start again when u are not looking... >_<>

I spanked her butt this morning and she blink blink her watery eyes at me... but sorry, mummy is not soft-hearted when she's pissed. And i left clear instructions to Bb that NO biscuits for her in the morning!! And tonite she's confined back into her little house... no more jumping on the bed, and till she learns her manners... that's where she'll sleep.

不知死活!!

Yes... that's Micole... :P

Last night we were having training at Buangkok and around 9+, Stanley came over to join us with Mina. Mina is a Belgium Shephard added to Stanley's latest "dog collection"... :P

All was ok when i sat down with Micole at one corner... then came Stanley and Mina, sitted a distance away... and suddenly off Micole went - growling and barking non-stop at Mina!! Then Mina got "provoked" and the 2 of them started the "bark war"... :P hahaha... it may seem norm for 2 dogs to bark at each other... but this Micole, she's small in size compared to Mina... furthermore, Mina is to be trained as a "protection dog", so by nature she would be more aggressive and powerful... and this Micole daringly bark and growl at her... so we all think this Micole really 不知死活, dare to 在太岁头上动土... :P

Coming August trial..

After some thots, we decided to register Micole for Pre-Novice and Novice... and Schnappi for her usual open category... on 2nd Aug.

Micole's off leash work seems ok (but got slight lagging i think)... and people "encouraged" us to go for it :P... so here we go... let her try out and see what the girl can do.

Brushing up on Schnappi's send away too... most of the time it's ok... but there's always these few times that she runs halfway and turns back.

With these little nitty gritties, we can only do our best to reinforce their training... but whatever happens that day really is in God's hands... or rather their moods~~ haha!! :P

The girls have grown fatter!!!

Schnappi went for her annual vac last Sunday... and for the 1st time in her life... she weighed 20.20kg... hahaha!!! she has never managed to hit the 20s before... even with her highly expandable tummy... always alert at the slightest possible of food!!

And Micole has grown much more too... she's now 3.3kg!! no wonder my arms ache now after carrying her... hee~~ she's picky and it's always a hassle feeding her... but so long as she's healthy... can poo can pee can play can sleep, i'll make do with the "ordeal" of her dinner hour... :P