Lamb Goulash.... yummy

This is one of the meal mummy will prepare for special wkends when we have friends coming over. I am already drooling form looking at the picture. recipe? Oh yes, I've got it down.

Minced Lamb or mutton (mutton will be leaner)
Carrots, Celery & Broccoli.
A small pinch of rosemary.

Bath Time

Did I ever mention that I have a love hate situation with bathing? I like to be clean and comfortable but I really really hate the way wayer runs down my face. Mummy had to always bath my body and to make washing my head and face last. It is quite a bit of work. !st she gotta brush me to detangle my fur, then she have to bath me, blow dry, apply some leave in conditioner and then brush again. It will take her about an hour or so. It is pretty much more work when she bath Porsche because Porsche has longer coat.

Here's me, on a hot sunny day bathing in the yard at aunty Karena's place. I like outdoor bath time. Best will be the one taken at Sentosa.. because I get to swim before that ;)

Picture taken... happy when my head is still dry and then... sulking when it's wet.

Porsche's 1st post

I don't get a chance to post! Until recently that they allow post to be label that jie jie let me. She say I am still a young kid and may not know much of my grammar. Anyway, I have mummy to guide me when I type. I can't type very fast but this is our blog, I want my voice to be heard too. I am the happy go lucky kid but mummy says I am a cry baby. I don;t know, it always make me feel so sad when mummy leave the house. Now that I am older then I realised that mummy goes to work and will return home. I want to say I love grandpa! I want to say it on my very 1st post, other than mummy, I love grandpa the most. I like his kind face and round belly that I can lie on all day. Grandpa is going for an operation in Sep to get rid of his cat??? (I don't know what it is)* but I had been crossing my paws to pray for him. Fluffy says she prays too.

Mummy : Cataract, not cat.

What is good fo human is not good for us.

How many of you pals out there are living on human scraps? Some of these scraps are good for us minus all the salts etc. Some human didnt realised that we are not able to take certain food which may be toxic to us. Chocolates, onions and raisin. Left over chocolate cakes, raisin buns and dishes with lots of onions. They are poisonous to us. Tho we know what are bad for us, we know because we will feel sick after eating them but we do not know how to recognise what is what.

Porsche and I are the fortunate ones, mummy feeds us only bland food. Boiled or steam w/o salt or harmful spices. Mummy is also strict with our food begging misbehaviour. IT has been a long time since mummy cooks for us. I wish she could do that for us real soon.

Food that I like when mummy cooks for us. She cooks in maltese portions, so if your human parents cook for you, they have to go according to your size.

Meatballs :-
Mince beef or mutton, 200gm will be enough. Chopped celery and carrots, a handful each. 1 tspn of chopped garlic.
Mix all the ingredients together.
Using hand shape them into balls. Size of fishball for maltese like us. Bigger dogs, you can make it slightly bigger.
You can boil some of them and serve with brown rice
Or you can bake them and serve with mashed potatoes.

This is so easy to prepare, all should bug their human parents to cook for you.

Making a switch

There's so much changes every day.  Mummy decides to switch to beta.blogger and also had just switch my food over the wkend.  I had been eating Natual Balance and now I will be on Blue for a while.  Occasionally, I get home cooked hard boiled eggs, liver, chicken etc  In addition, I will be getting my doses of supplement.  The new addition is the Total EFA which consist of Fish oil, DHA, Flaxseed oil and Borage oil.  All these are essential oil for my overall skin health.  I used to have very bad tear stained.  I had lazy tearduct.  My tears don't flush and drain away in my eyes and they just keep flowing out.  I had been bitten by an insect recently and developed hotspot.  Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise.  I had to be on antibiotic for the spot where there's inflammation and pus, the antibiotic seems to rid of my tear stain too.  Many times mummy read that the reddish stain around our eyes are cause by bacteria, so this have somehow help get rid of the reddish bacteria infection around my eyes.  I can't wait to dish out a picture of my badly tearstained eye to compare with my recent clear up eyes.

Essential supplement

Supplement is good for our health.  Tho we are dogs, we also have organs that need to function properly.  We are prone to skin problem such as allergies and rashes.  We need supplement that will help maintain good skin health for us.  Mummy had fed us evening primrose in the past but the capsule is too large and it leaves a smell on our mouth and muzzle. She had recently bought this omega fish oil capsule for children from GNC and fed that to us.  This suppose to moisturise our skin from within and it is overall good for our health too.  I had luxated patella and mumy have to take special care of me and on top of the Omega fish oil, she is also giving me either glucosamine or shark cartilage powder. My leg is getting a little better recently and is able to jump up the sofa and bed.  During the bad days, I can't jump and if I were to get off the bed in the middle of the nite to go to the toilet, I can't return to bed and have to wake mummy up so as to carry me back on to the bed.  I know mummy in poor health too.  There was 1 nite when I woke her, she sat up and begin to cry. I am causing her to lose sleep for a few nites and it is also affecting her back. She felt helpless having ache and pain, it hurts her also to see me having difficulties with my movement. I feel so sorry for mumy but I can't help it. I am happy now because I am getting better and I won't be disturbing mummy in the middle of the night so she can get a good nite sleep without waking in the middle of the nite.

 

Porsche is a weird kid, I remember her eating whatever supplement mummy gave her whatever it tastes like.  She don't get as much shark cartilage as me but I remember her chewing the chalky taste like calcium that mummy gave her when she is a puppy. Mumy wnat her to grow up having good strong bones. She doesn't want Porsche tp develop similar problem as me and she is learning to take care of us more.

Warning

I was feeling so tired after spending a long week at grandma's house. My human cousin keeps playing with us and that really exhaust us. At times when I am so tired and wish she will leave me alone but she just doesnt seems to understand. I have no choice but to run and hide but she still come after me and drag me from under the bed. Yesterday, mummy just gave cousin a huge lecturing after she heard from grandpa that cousin had tried to piggyback me. Mummy freaks out and scolded her, she is worried that we will struggle and fall off from her back or she will may break our leg when dragging us upon her back. Mummy had given her a final warning that if she is ever trying to play with us this way, she is going to punish her. I doubt cousin will ever listen.

More Fibre for me

I had been having problem with my anal sac. Well, it isnt exactly the type of problem that you would like to discuss in public but for the benefit of fella doggies. Mummy is adding more fibre to my diet. It will give bulk to my poo poo and that suppose to help express my sac when I do my big biz. She is giving me apples, papaya sometimes, if not she add physillium husk to my food. Porsche on the other hand had mild IBS wch is Irritable bowel syndrome wch also need fibre. I wonder why irritatable coz she is such a lovable gal wch is friendly to every human being and always happy. So why irritable she ask me sometimes. Poor gal, she have to eat carefully and mummy has yet to find out what triggers her bout of diarrhea.

My 1st grooming session

Today is the 1st time ever that I am send to a groomer for grooming. It was mummy who grooms me all these 6 years. Tomorrow will be my birthday and mummy wants me to have a very special year so she send me and mei mei porsche for grooming. Mummy had been telling me about sending me to the groomer in case I misunderstood that she is sending me away. Uncle Carven from the petshop came to fetch me and I got soooooo scared. He is a tall dark man and I am so scared of him. Porsche doesn't fear and not even know what is going on. She is just simply happy go lucky.

I got to know uncle Carven and Aunty Annie better while I am at the petshop and I am feeling more at ease. Aunt Annie called mummy to confirm how short she wants to cut my fur and she began to work on me 1st and Porsche will be next. I have a surprise when I saw aunty K came to visit us at the shop!!! I feel so relief to see a familiar face. Now that my grooming is done, I have to wait for Aunty Annie to groom Porsche before uncle Carven send us home. I am so tired....*yawn* but I don't dare to sleep in case they forget to send me home.

Miss mummy

Does anybody has any idea how it felt like when you are missing someone you love alot alot. This is the kind of expression I will have when I miss mummy. I had another one that is when I knwo she is going away.

During mummy's absence

Mummy had just step out of the house after saying her goodbyes. She had just brushed Porsche and me and plant loads of kisses on us before going. I am a little anxious and worried. I am worried that I won't be seeing mummy again, ah....hmmm... nervous. I can't help it, I just want to lick my paw, it calms me down sometimes, I am going to hide in my little dark cozy corner under the sofa. I do not want to be disturb, not by my human cousin. She wouldn't leave us alone, she will tug and pull at me, I want my own space to do my own licking. I want to hide and run away from her but she is everywhere I turn. Porsche will help me entertain her at times but Porsche like to lie down beside ah ma for naps and that is when my human cousin will come and disturb me.

I have to pray that aunty Flor and Eileen will come home soon, will be better if mummy comes back now! This wkend will be a lonely wkend for me without mummy. I miss the sound of her voice, the taste of her face. Porsche is running around with the new toy mummy left for us, I'm going to play with her, I'll write again later.

Mummy is going away for a short vacation

Mummy is going away for a short break and we will be staying at mama's house. It use to be so hard to stand the absence of mummy but now it is getting better. I am spending more time at ah ma's house and gotten closer to ah ma and my aunts. Aunt Flor bath us every wkend to lighten the load of mummy but she doesn know how to empty my anal sac and I am still scooting around ;p. Little Porsche is happy go lucky and she is not bothered at all. She will perhaps whine a little and then forget all about mummy's absence. I do miss mummy and hopes she comes home soon.

I had been having quite a bit of rash lately, all trigger by a nasty insect bite. Mummy just went to the vet to collect more medicine for me in case I need them while she is away. She had the vet's emergency and Aunty K's number sticking on the fridge just in case.