Random Updates - In the shelter and big big house

I just realised, this is gonna be the 2nd post of 2014 and its already April. My god.

Im currently lying down with Toytoy beside me (shes has been licking the pillow for the past 10 mins, and still doing so).

So... what have I been up to? 

Shelter work was quite _____ (I cant find the right word) for the past few months. Was assigned to Tex and he almost drove me crazy with the constant pulling and tugging on our walks. Tried alot of methods but it doesnt work because his attention was 0 the minute we bring him out. Felt so frustrated when I bring him for walks because he drains all my energy within 15mins. So during the Cny break I took time off to find back my determination + motivation to continue working on him. (In between then I mostly brought my bf out for walk :X)  I was at the brink of giving up rehabilitating him. And Im glad I didnt. 

In my opinion, I realised when you want to help a dog, you dont just help, help (when the care and love doesnt come from within). To me, when I work on Tex for the first few times, I help because I need to, not because I really want to (as I felt that I couldnt connect with him). You can cheat the others, or lie to yourself, but they (the dogs) can sense it. That feeling sucked. Thats when I decided to give it another shot - start building bond with him from scratched, unlike Tui which I dont know why I fall in love with him the moment I had a long eye contact with him, bond and trust need to be built. For him and for me. With love, my patience level for him increased, you dont have to purposely remind/control yourself to remain calm, you will just naturally do. Just like how I spent my time working on Tiger, Coco and socks.  Not sure how other volunteers work... but this is what I feel, I need to have a certain kind of bond with the dog before I can put my heart and time in productively.. :D

Together with "Ah Mah" Cinthia, we took turns to charge him in the kennel. I would say luckily she hanged on because somehow she was one of the reason that I didnt stop - we supposed to work as a team, if I backed out, left her only and that makes me feel bad. Tex behaves very well in the kennel, very attentive especially when there's food. But the moment he goes out *BAMMMMMM* you can fly. Then again he is really super sweet and can sit very well beside you waiting for treats. Months passed and we decided to bring him out for short walks. Sadly, he was very reluctant to leave kennel when we were all ready to bring him out. For my case, I had to coaxed/pull abit and wait for him... that took me about 15-20 mins to get to the garden area. 

With Cynthia's help (we go on different days lah, so i didnt really see her in the shelter but she brought him out for walks together with Jia Hui, Baby, Sasha and Peanut), Tex improved quite abit! Now he can go for pack walk without killing me immediately. (So far we went to pet movers nia).. Gonna try walking to Halus this weekend with him and hopefully he will maintain.. Loose leash walking yo! *Cross fingers*

Handsome boy

In between March, I embarked on my special- long procastinated-project of painting the kennel walls again. This time round, alone LOL. 

I started on a weekend and I realised Im too naive to think that I can paint the walls with 5 cans of paints, a brush, a plate and a pencil. Awesome. WHERE IS THE THINNER TO CLEAN/WASH THE BRUSH. -____-" Previously when we painted LOL kennel (Labour of Love) all the stuff were provided. See lah, take things for granted. 

So in the end I only managed to draw the rough sketch and painted the outline on that day. Went to get all the necessary items and more colors ;) before I went back on a weekday to complete my project. 

I sat there for a good 5 hours. Tiring. But the kind of simple happiness couldnt be replace. Just paint, listen to songs, occasionally gg into the kennel to play with the boys (3Ts).. Naise..

Here's the final product: 

Poop Poop

 

Poor boys had to be locked up for 5 hrs while I paint. Dont wanna risk my art work nor their lives. Later they go and lick the paint i die..

Here's Kai kai and Xin xin.

If you have watched the dance video of 2 dogs imitating korean girls (Keep jumping non-stop), yeah..

They are the ones..

They looked like 3 T's family, blend in perfectly. 

Super affectionate and love to pounce on you!

Here's a random pic of Tomas.

Signature Sio Bak pose.

Here's Lucky~ And Ps: Look at Fat jack behind..

Jackjack

Tonkin  after drinking milk.. 

He planned to save those milk for supper.. 

Visited Tonic during one of the weekday as he fainted in the shelter due to stroke. Old boy can still eat and drink alot. Luckily...

Brought Tui boy for a swim at Pasir ris park the other day. 

The sun was scotching hot but we havent go to the beach for soooo long.. 

and so....

Tui: Dont like that look at me leh, never see people swim so gracefully before meh?

It was worth the sweat when I see him running into the waters and swimming happily..

 :)

Crocodile dog

i know right, the water damn dirty. It was high tide.

Looking at the malay family having bbq. And they were looking at him too (He was showcasing all his tricks in order to get the home cooked chicken i brought). Secretly 暗爽 and Hao lian when I heard them passing comments to one another, they sound impressed. Muahaha.

This kind of face only appear when I have food in my hand -__-

The journey back was so torturing for the both of us. 

On the way back into kennel I decided to put my bag in the car first, the moment i opened the car door.... ZZZZ FATTY TUI QUICKLY RAN UP and PARK HIMSELF INFRONT OF THE AIRCON.

Kns. Den where i sit?! 

Tried coaxing him and pulling him out but he was super determined to rest for a good 10 min. I had to sit at the back while waiting for him to rest finish. Dog slave.

Meanwhile In the Big Big House...

Muddie boy had his surgery to remove his right eye. Went to visit him before his surgery 

Muddie

A Happy Mud

Indie the princess

Miller the fat boy, opps. Not anymore. After shedding 14 kg, he can now pounce on me like he only weigh 4 kg. I almost broke my back.

Dumbo~~~

Camcam, do you love Auntie May? 

*Jeanine, I really... dun wan to be called Auntie T_T*

Little boyfie giving Elliot a hug

My personal couch

Uncle Weijie giving Muddie a good massage

Our simi simi group photo. I love this pic! 

On a separate occasion, we celebrated Elliot's 10th Birthday in da big big house. 

Few days before his bday he got attacked by mudmud :( Hence the wound on his face. It was really bad...

May you live your life healthily and may we celebrate more birthdays with you in years to come Elliot. 

We love you.

I decided to do more updates another day. If not I tomorrow cannot wake up for work liao.

Good Night Peeps!!! 

TGIF!! ITS 12.00 AM.

BYEBYE~~~

Last weekend, we gave you our hearts

Okay, a cheesy title. Cant really think what a captivating title lah.

Its mid week already, so perk up people!

Anyhow. Skipped class last sat to walk the dogs :X

Cute Minghui forgot the locker password! And all the equipments are inside -_-" We make do with our spare leashes and collars while she stayed back in the shelter to decode hahahha.

this week, we went to Lorong Halus again!

It's hazel's first time embarking on such a long packwalk and she survived!

Along the way, we saw mediacorp's van parked outside. *think Artistes'nn*

Excited much, we crossed over to the other side and saw Huang Zong Yao (Dont know if u know him) acting :P

Tui being retarded by walking into ning's leg

And got stucked. HAHAHAHA. Yenyen is such a good sister by standing beside him and pose only

Spicy hot chilli goes to halus~~~ Looking happy :)

Hong weeand my partner of the day  - Junior

Joyjoy enjoying the breeze, shes smart enough to find shade

While the others exposed under the sun

This is LOVE

This is major LOVE. BIG ASS SIBLINGS YO!

Slacked there awhile and I tried walking 4 dogs at the same time. The main purpose was to take a pic for the competition, and my target was 10 dogs. But there are dogs that couldt get along. and if i were to really hold the 10 of them, once they run i die..

So i settled for Tui, Yen, nicole and joy.

i was so touched when i managed to get the 4 of them walking, even if its for a short distance.

Fast forward, while leaving halus, WE SAW ALVIN NG IN THE SETTING!'n

HANDSOME DAOOOOOOOOO ....!!! *FAN GIRL FAN BOY MODE ON*

minghui came to find us just before we left, she managed to decode by trying one by one haha.

At the dog run, alot of drama happened.

Hazel learning from shameless muddie

Hazel was so captiated by Muddie, she kept staring at him.

Staring #1

Staring #2

STILL STARING LEH!!!!

 I wonder what is she thinking while doing that. Damn cute. She went to sort of lick/ weny near mudd's face and thats the final straw. Muddie rejected her straight in the face and ask her to back off :/ *heartbreak*

Minghui's fav - Spicy Chilli

At the other end, our cesar soo was finding dogs to conquer the obstacle bridge..

 First was junior, he was scared but did well and managed to cross over quite quickly.

 Next was joy.

Joy knows she is in deep shit.

This is such a wrong choice. She was screaming like hell and swearing/ snarling at the humans.

She frozed, she flipped, she jumped, she cry and after a good 20-30 mins, SHE FINALLY MADE IT!!!

But this is the Ji nian pin given to minghui. Battle scar. Haha. I got a shock when I saw her face :O

#Picture credit to herself HAHAHHA

Her consolation prize for battling with Joy. A pic of chilli

Tui before seeing his woman being snatched.. still can roll on the floor

Still can smile.....for now..

He got so cranky when he saw joy "struggling for her life" and he kept barking and walking up and down outside the fence. He got even crakier when he saw his woman being chased and played with Junior..! Man.. Ego problem.. Nicole seem to be enjoying while flirting.

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Totally cannot imagine if both of them are not spayed..... their children will be MONSTERS!!!

Back at the kennel, it rained halfway while we are bathing the dogs. Pui pi is getting cuter day by day . Awww.

And it sort of reacts to the name, dunno if the rescuer will blame me for giving it this name anot.

Sweet dusty :)

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Sunday was Purina's event. We volunteered at Gentlepaw.

Ok I very gian the goody bag, so happy when i realise inside got one milo bottle and magee ^^

Event at 1030am but most of us had the same thing in mind- go earlier and play with our dogs first. Haha!

Momo, why u always this face?!

 

Joy still looking happy even thou she didnt get to go out. She doesnt like Puo pi.

 Always swear at him when he comes to me for treats, NEVER SEE WHOSE THE PACKLEADER, I NV CHASE HIM OFF HOW DARE U OVERRIDE ME? #$@@#%#$%

Surprisingly, she understand me when i ask her to go away and point to the other side, she will auto U turn back haha.

Puopi says hello! He is incredibly photogenic <3

Hi Jingle! I promised to take more photos of you. Are you happy? ;D

Well, maybe not. Her expression tells a thouand words.

Yenyen, its a pity are you are too fat to enrol for The Newpaper - NEWFACE contest.
You are great at posing..

This human never die before...Sit on packleader's bf *Side STARE*

Look at how the two terrorist BFF spend their day together :)

Video below.. Cant view in HP, pls go home and on your com. U HAVE TO WATCH THIS

Terrorist contented with the ball.

An old friend in the next kennel. Literally old

Poor solo's wound is so deep that it breaks our heart to see her limping and sitting at the back alone.

Will any kind souls consider adopting her? To me i feel that shelter life is so not for her as compared to the rest of the furkids. She doesnt have a pack, and failed to defend herself when the others attack her :(

Shes so happy when we walk over to find her..

See the hole? :((((

Tricia and minghui applying medicine on her :( With a very kaypo head in the pic. U guess who?

Marvin and his latest girlfriend. I think he is serious this time.

Can u see his love?

Gentle giant - SOLO, NOT ME. Im gentle but not giant ;X

On a brighter note, Goldie and Angel who were super afraid of humans suddenly opened up to us!! Normally when I go in, they will run and hide but this time they stayed outside, the mum even came to sniff and check me out! :P

The mum. 讲真的，i keep on forgetting their names individually..

I hand fed her treats, if not for the annoying nicole who keeps coming over to di siao, I could have spent more time with her.

You see you see.. she aiming for food already.

Gentlepaw event. Saw Jerline and Rasa! I was standing beside them all the while yet did not notice them.

we are in different teams thou. They will be walking the dogs while we stayed back to detox.

The next few hours were spent scrubbing and brushing the kennels.

Our assigned kennels

Ah beng and ah wee

你可以在娘一点。。。。

About 1 pm, we happily went to view our paradise to be, a new block of kennels that we will be taking over. PROJECT LOL. Everyone are so excited over it!!!!

Will talk more about that when we start to revamp it.

Went to Ah ma house after that. Little Max pee-ed all over when he saw me. Omg I love him so much. A super hyper active dog yet so sweet. Bought lots of treats and a toy for him.

Watch ah max's short clip (Only can view in comp, Hp cannot work):

Ok, thats how we gave our hearts to the dogs last weekend :D