Latte goes grooming

Hubby sent Latte to his grooming before we went on our Saturdate. Then I went with Baby to fetch him when Latte is done while hubby gets our dinner. 

Latte was placed at the display area. Baby and I walked up to him, waved and called him, but he had no reaction until much later. Sigh. Poor boy. I think he's over stimulated from too much people watching. He was all excited when I went in and fetch him. 

He was dragging us to go home asap. 

Back home, he was so so so tired. My poor boy. Does over stimulation occur in dogs just like babies? 

Latte's Happy Day

Playful boy was so happy he can go to the park for an unleash run this morning.

Then he was treated to a full groom where he looks very different from his natural messy look.

He looks neater after grooming, but I miss his thick neck "scarf". And after dinner, he got treats too for looking neat. LOL.

For all the hardwork he had put in today, he got a rub rub session with baby meimei.

Latte grooms at Pet's Lagoon
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pets-Lagoon/218899191477959
Limbang Shopping Center
534 Choa Chu Kang St 51 #01-47
Singapore 680534

Latte's jogging trip

Little sister requested to take Latte out for a jog with her. And she did. 

But I went along as I know Latte's pattern and his stamina level. 

True enough, he's all tired after a while, panting hard. I do worry about him being too exhausted. 

While he rest and she jogs her usual, I spent some time taking photos of/with him. Gotten some nice photos of him. 

My wefies with him look horrible. I look horrible. Very tired looking and in a mess. Oops. 

And he's too camera shy. Mostly he either look away or just turned his head away. Like this. He's facing the back. If you can spot his tongue. Haha. 

Little sister back from her jog. 

Latte went grooming

We brought Latte for his first grooming session. It's a Groupon deal bought for basic grooming at a pawlor in Toa Payoh. On our way there, he was all active and as usual, kaypo.

We were there earlier than the appointed timing, but Latte seems reluctant to go in. I had to go in first before he follow suit.

Inside, there were about 5 other dogs. All barking non stop. Excited? The resident dog seem to be barking at me though, since I'm the stranger human.

Latte needs a top up of $15 since he's a bigger breed, and after settling the payment, I handed the leash over to the lady. Latte DID NOT want to move. It was like moving a rock. She was unable to pull him in. Just nice, the hubby came in after parking the car. So he took back the leash and led Latte into the small space behind.

The other dogs just barked even more. And Latte looks so cutely cowardly. I feel bad to leave him alone with the other stranger dogs, but it's time to start to learn to socialise with other pawdies and not just humans.

The grooming was estimated to end in 2 hours but we received the call earlier than that. While we were at the door, we saw a Japanese Spitz. Both hubby and I were thinking, the grooming changed Latte totally??? He looks soooo different, the size and the red eye stain. Haha.. We mistook another Spitz for Latte. Oops.

The lady said that everything went well, as long as owners are not around. AND... I did not know that dogs need that much grooming. The lady was saying, once a month for basic grooming and bi-monthly for a full groom. o m g?

I'm not too sure if Latte is that keen for such regular grooming. I mean, we do shower him ourselves, towel + blow dry him, then cut his nails (and he hated it) and cleaned his ears. His first trip to a pawlor left him, exhausted. He was sleeping all the way home. And he seems all tamed down when we left the place. I wonder what had happened.

Anyway Latte does not look much different from before the groom. Nails shorter, but just as sharp.

High alert mode

My not so little stalker is always on the high alert mode. When he's resting or sleeping, he will open his eyes or even sit up to look at me at any little movement I caused. When I shift in my seat or attempt to take my phone to snap a picture of him, he got all alert. 

Maybe that's why the area below his eyes look a little darker recently. Haha. Hmm do does have dark eye bags like human does?

He's our beloved, troublemaker, cute, notti boy. Just hope he grows up to be a less notti boy like now. 

Latte vs Postman

Do you remember that during our younger days, we saw cartoons on TV showing postman being chased by dogs whenever they go round houses to deliver mail?

I truly believe all that is accurate and not exaggerated. Haha..

My dear notti boy will ALWAYS bark very loudly whenever a delivery person comes to my place, even before he/she knocks on the door. And when they do, he will bark even louder, to a point that I am unable to hear what the delivery person says (to check against my name or to sign somewhere). I feel so bad for the delivery people that they were barked at. It's pretty rude, I feel, but I have not been able to hush him. Yet.

So far, deliveries from BlackBox.sg (Taqbin), SampleStore (Singpost), Xiaomi (Fedex) and eBay (DHL), were all been barked at. Sighs... Hopefully he learns soon that these delivery people are doing me a favour of sending things to our door step and not causing me any harm. Haha.. But amazingly today, he did not bark at the delivery man from Qoo10. Maybe he was too sleepy to notice.

Gek sim

Gek sim. Hokkien. Means. Sad and disappointed to a point that the heart literally hurts. 

This is the bottom of my bed. Initially it was a smaller hole and last night, it had gotten to this, a much bigger tear. 

First my glass door, then some cables, then my sofa, now my bed. The thing is, I feel, he knows that it is wrong for him to do all these as he always run to hide whenever we discover what he's up to. But he just want to test us. 

We treated him so well, free roam in the house, play with him, give him treats, clear his pee and poo mess (esp when he decided to not settle those acts in the toilet), give him his bath and dry him up no matter how he attempt to bite us and so much more... It just saddens us that he just want to try our patience. Our limit.

Gek sim ah...

 

Here's the culprit... 

Latte's First Outdoor Trip

We brought Latte out on his first outdoor trip. Outdoor trip as in leashing him and let him walk by himself. We started off by carrying him to Sunset Way jogging track. Initially we tried to let him walk there by himself, but he just stick to the ground as if he was superglued to the ground.

Once there, we settled down on some benches and Latte was placed on the ground. He went to hide beneath the benches and cowered there. Sigh. A scaredy cat. Dog.

While the joggers went for their run, my mum and I sat by the bench and Latte stuck below the bench. Latte once in a while moved, but he moved backwards, scared. After a while, I gave up and carried him to sit on the bench with us. It was one of those rare moments that Latte sits down quietly.

It's the journey home that was funny and enjoyable. He managed to walk most of the way home, except when crossing the road where he hesitated and we think the hesitation is too dangerous. It was pretty difficult to coax him walk along, but after a while, we found a trick. The pink bag that is used as his carrier to go out (usually to my parents place), is being used as a bait. Latte followed the pink bag and pounced on it once in a while, walking on his two feet. The sight is hilarious.



Good job Latte.

Do you know dogs fart?

It's silent and it stinks badly.. Latte's fart stinks! Omg... hahaha..

Latte vs Yoghurt

Haha we were eating yoghurt and Latte just hovered around wanting to eat with us too. But too bad. Human food is not for him. Have to look for dog safe yoghurt for him to eat... In future. Haha... 

Happy Horse Year

Greetings from our little fox and us. Happy lunar new year. 

Chinese New Year Eve

How did the day went? 

Breakfast with the hubby and the in-laws at Marsiling hawker centre. Lots of the stalls were not open and alot of seats were available. Usually it's pretty difficult to find seats. And we decided to eat from the vegetarian stall that usually has a long queue and the queue maintain even today. 

A wrong choice... As it took us one hour to buy T.T and the mifen was pretty bland. 

After we got home, the hubby and I did one more round of vacuuming and mopping the floors. It's really dusting staying near MRT and LRT tracks. 

Then it's time for Latte's bath. He didn't run away as much as the other two times. Hopefully he enjoys bathing. 

Then we towelled dry him. And blow dry his fur. And combed his fur. It usually takes us 1 to 1.5 hours for the whole session including bathing. At least he looks like he enjoyed this home grooming session today. Today I combed out a bigger ball of fur compared to yesterday. He looks like some malnutrition unloved dog when he's shedding. Hopefully this phase passes by quickly. I prefer him looking like a big ball of fur. Haha

He looks cleaner and neater after the shower. 

And he's exhausted. 

We had our reunion dinner at my parents' place. It's a huge spread. We were all so full. Too much meat though. But the prawn was HUGE. And no eggs this year T.T

Even Latte also wants an angpow

Back home, prepared myself for tomorrow. Done my pastel coloured nails. Spent almost 2hours on it. Tsk. Slow..  

How to Teach Your Dog to Lie Down

Now.. to teach Latte how to lie down.. Jiayou!

Preference for metal

The teething notti boy bites almost everything. Fingers, arms, legs, paper boxes, newspaper, pee pad, pillows, legs of my chair, legs of my shelf and more...

His latest favourite is metal stuff. Legs of the table, the metal key hole on my shelves, zips.... Licks them nonstop no matter how we try to stop him. 

Latte vs Xiaopooh

Did this comic at the danger of my Pooh bear being snatch away. 

Latte's one month stay

Today marks a month since the day Latte came to our home. Ahh how I miss the cute little shy Latte. He's growing up to be a playful little puppy. 

 

Here's Latte when he just came home with us. Sleepy little pup. 

Latte's bath

Latte took a shower today. Smells sooooo much nicer. After his vaccination, he can't bathe for 5 days. So to all noobie pet owners like me, remember to bathe him before he goes for his vaccination so that he won't stink so badly. 

He looks so much bigger than before. The first time we bathe him, he's a scrawny little thing. 

Towelling and blow drying him is a challenge. He keeps struggling away and keeps playing with the air dryer, trying to eat the air blowing at him. 

Here's the nice smelling, fluffy little Latte. Hopefully he doesn't mess up his pee and poo so quickly to smell stinky again. 

My little fox smells so nice now...

Latte's 2nd vaccination

Brought Latte to The Joyous Vet for his second vaccination. He was scared the moment we went in. Had to open the carrier from the top to get him to the weighing machine. He's 1.6kg already. 

Upon entering the consultation room, he also struggled a little to hide in the carrier. And putting him on the cold metal table, he started shivering. Poor boy. 

The vaccination went quite smoothly. He did not struggle during the injection. He cried a little though, after the injection was done. Haha delayed reaction. 

Besides his vaccination, the vet also prescribed a cleansing solution for his outer ear and the back of the neck, for a suspected case of bacteria infection. 

On top of that, three stringes of syrup medication for deworming. We have to do this every month until when he's older. 

Ahh.. All the things that has to be done on him. Revolution monthly, Frontline monthly, deworming monthly, one more vaccination and all the other unknowns. Having a dog as a pet is a physical, psychological, and financial commitment. XOXO Latte, our little fox. 

The Joyous Vet

http://www.tjv.com.sg

475 Choa Chu Kang Ave 3

#01-30A Sunshine Place

Singapore 680475

Latte the Japanese Spitz

Meet Latte, a male puppy, Japanese Spitz, and our boy.

Latte came to our family on Christmas Eve. We got him from Super Puppies. When we were there, Latte was with his sister. Awhile after we met Latte, his sister was also taken home by another family.

Since then, Latte has been giving us lots of headache, pee and poo all over the house, and of course love and laughter. It is fun to see how he sleep, trips over himself, eagerness to eat, and playing with his toys. Some of his toys were bought, some were diy. He like hard knots since he is still teething. He like our fingers and palms more, but we will try to discourage that as it is painful. We also got him a colourful tent for him, which was intended for him to sleep inside, but he prefer to sleep near us, under our beds. Sometimes nearer to me, sometimes nearer to the hubby.

We hope for Latte to grow up strong and healthy. He still has 2 vaccinations to go.

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A photo a day : New pets

 

The hubby got his wish for a few new pets.