Vote for me!

Hello everyone! I've submitted this photo of Ash for Chic Magazine's competition!!!

The winner will get published on the cover and a bigger picture in the magazine. ((: 

Vote for Ash by 'liking' the Chic Magazine's fan page first, then like his photo. 

If you know of anyone who likes Huskies / Ash, please get them to vote for him too!! :D

Vote for ASH THE HUSKY here! 

Vote for ASH THE HUSKY here!   

Vote for ASH THE HUSKY here!  

Note: 
30 'likes' would get him published in the Magazine, but smaller image.

Hi Paw, Hi Feet

Mini Apple Pie Idea!

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I am going to bake some mini apple pies this weekend... 

...and I bet Ash will give me his never-ending puppy eyes as per below:

He's been doing this for the past 2 weeks ever since I put him on weekends raw diet.

The moment he's done with his raw meal he would look at me (in the kitchen) with this face until I tell him,

"No more! Go find papa."

And he'll trot off to find bf...

...only to head back to the kitchen 2min later to check whether I'm serious about my 'No more.'

Unleash!

 Daddyyyy~ Where are you going?

 More pics after cut

PETS Mag

The new issue of PETS magazine is out now!

There's a beautiful bi-colour eyes Husky in this issue, and do you know how much a Tibetan Mastiff cost? 

3k?

6k?

Wrong!! It's freaking SGD$30k!!!! :0 

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I love reading about things I like. For example: Pets, Illustration, Baking, Fashion. 

For now, I've put aside my illustrations and baking to concentrate on pets (ASHYYY *snuggles*). As for fashion, well, part of my job is to practically read all the local mags cover to cover. haha!

I wonder how well the pets magazine industry is doing. There's so few of them out there, and the pet shop I frequent only carry PETS and that's how I got to know about it.

I will post an illustration of Ash if I ever did it. I'm rusty at the art now. 

Well, anyway, catch a copy if you can! It's $5 for a mag filled with info (they even have first-aid info like CPR for your dogs in case of emergencies)! 

Would be good if they have a section for shelter updates or past stories on puppy mills, to create awareness about the homeless/abandoned dogs in sg and their stories.

Weekend Menu

Breakfast: 

1 Addiction  (Canned)
Herbed Duck Confit & Sweet Potatoes

Place: Pet Shop
Price: approx $5 - 6

1 Raw Egg

Place: Any Supermarket / Wet Market
Size: Medium
Price: $2 for a pack of 10


I placed the whole egg into his bowl but he didn't know how to crack it, so I did the job and he ate everything up :DD

Eggs shells are good sources of calcium.

 

Dinner: 

2 Sutchi Fillets 
PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALMUS

Place: Cold Storage
Price: $5 for a frozen pack of 5


Taken out from the freezer and thawed overnight in the fridge before feeding.






Notes:
Ash finally pooped after that 2 days, the stools were compact and not watery at all. Hardens and becomes chalk-like if left in the air for awhile. 

Amount of poop decreased.

His fur definitely feels better (soft) and I see him with better energy! He used to be sleeping/lying around the whole day, granted that he's senior (9), but it's good to see him with more life nowadays.  :)

Dog Mill Rehomers Adoption Drive

This group of dog rescuers pooled their resources together in April 2010 to save 85 breeding dogs from a breeder (puppy-mill) in Pasir Ris.

As time passes, some were adopted, some unfortunately passed on due to in-breeding problems, some are fostered and recovering from their sicknesses, and some are waiting for their perfect human to bring them home.

Now they are holding an adoption drive this weekend to find perfect homes for these ex-breeding dogs who deserve to be part of a loving family!

If you have a home and heart big enough for them, please come down and take a look! See you guys there!

Adoption Drive
Venue: Mutt and Mittens 11 Pasir Ris Farmway 2.
Area: Front Carpark Area, Opposite the Pet Hotel.

Time: 11:00am - 5:30pm
Date: 26 & 27 June 2010 (Weekend)

Requests:

• Please do not bring your dogs
• Please park along the road

Please click HERE for their official FB event page.


*Disclaimer- Information taken from Dogmillrehomers FB page and Blog*

Kuning

Ash swallowed the raw snapper fillets whole though, didn't see him chew at all, but he chewed the Kuning well before swallowing them. 

The first fish he tried flopped all over the floor cus they keep slipping out of his mouth. My guess is that he has never tried raw fishes before, but he soon solved that. The subsequent 4 fishes I fed him the next day went down very well. 

I fed him yoghurt before I tried any raw diet to prep his digestive track, and I've not seen any watery stools. On the contary, he hasn't pooped for 2 days.  -_-


Is it the 'maximum digestion' from raw food or I'm not feeding him enough?

Menu for the Day

4 Yellowstripe Scad / Kuning

Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier)

Place: Shop n Save
Length: Approx 12 cm each
Price: $1.97 for a pack of 9

1 Raw Egg 

Place: Any Supermarket / Wet Market
Size: Medium
Price: $2 for a pack of 10

Keeping Track of Food

I've decided to keep track of what I feed Ash from now on for reference as I really hope to migrate him to BARF diet instead of commercial dog food. Or if bf cannot keep up, at least a half half.


As of now, he is still on Avoderm Lamb & Rice, which I decided to totally boycott after reading about Copper Sulphate from Genevieve's. Gonna change his kibbles, but that's a post for another day. haha!


Therefore, I'll post his progress on his diet on this blog and what he had for that day. 

I will try to video Ash eating them, but it's kinda hard when he nyoms through them in record time. 


Every post that is on his diet will be labelled with 'Food Intake'.
And also with the various other categories like:

• Raw Fishes
• Raw Meat
• Treats
• Food-others (for things like probiotics/supplements/eggs/kibbles if any)
  

Raw Fish

Been thinking of feeding fish to Ash for quite awhile for their nutrients (eg. Omega 3, 6).

I wasn't too sure on how Ash would take to raw fish as he has been on kibbles for as long as I know (with the exception of the occasional eggs/hcf). 

First I had the problem of choosing the 'correct' fish. I went to the nearest Cold Storage near bf's place when he was out. I intended to buy Sardines packed in water, but they are either packed in brine(which has oil in their ingredients list) or packed in spring water but costs about $15 for one small can. 

As I walked around, I saw salmon, sutchi fillets, snapper fillets, cod fish.. etc. 

Then I had the fear of buying something that might potentially kill him.

I went back home, googled, read forum topics, and I concluded that basically we can feed any type of fish. 

The main reason why I want to feed raw fish is because Ash has skin sensitivity (which basically most dogs have due to the humidity in Singapore), and his vet sold me this Skin X Coat supplement which is firstly, expensive and secondly, if I can feed him natural food which provides these nutrients and more, why not? 

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So I tried feeding Ash raw Snapper fillets last Sunday. He took to it immediately! I cut it into slices and he just gobbled them up in less than a minute! 

Apparently he likes raw fish fillets haha! No pics here as he's just too fast! 

I don't know if the yoghurt that I put him on 2 days before actually helped, but no loose stools, and actually less stools! 

Therefore we promoted him to whole fish. Bf drove us to this 24 hour supermarket to source for fish. I spotted Kuning fish, the one we always see in nasi lemak, or the universal name is 'Yellow-Stripe Scad".

I washed the fish, but with the innards intact, and Ash was standing right outside the kitchen looking very excited. He couldn't bite through the fish initially, maybe he has never tried raw fish before. Haha! 

Be forewarned though, it definitely smells very very fishy (pun not intended), and don't look too closely if you know you'd get grossed out by the innards spilling out of your dog's mouth.

Neck exercise

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Tumblr page for photos

Hi everyone, I've recently set up a TUMBLR page for Ash.

I find it easy to use, especially when I want to post photos from my Iphone, Tumblr actually optimises the resolution to fit their border width, which makes it a pleasure to read/browse through.

Unlike blogger where I have to select 'large', 'x-large', and I can't do all that on my iphone. If I tweeked the size of the photos (for blogger)  in my iphone, it will come out pixelated on screen. Bah.

This blog is still here to stay, but I don't really have the time to craft a proper blog post everyday/ frequently. I'll get down to it and post more once time permits.

Meanwhile, if you guys want more of Ash's photos (which I can post easily on the go), please head to:

http://ashandme.tumblr.com/

COME

K9 kulture a-dog-tion drive

K9 KULTURE at Turf Club Rd (right beside the entrance signboard of Turf City)

Ash couldn't go cause of his behavioral issues . The last image is of him whining at the balcony when we set off. He poked his head in between the bars. Sorry Ashy. ):

Recommendation Request:

We are looking for boarding options for Ash for 3 days in early October.

We would board him at wop, unless they are unable to take him in due to his behavioural issues. Therefore we're looking for 2nd options in case.

Readers do you have any recommendations? 

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New treats!!

Bought new treats for ash today. Wanted to get the usual dehydrated fish for him, but it's still out of stock.

So I got another type of dehydrated fish. 3 types in fact, since they are on promo. As usual, Ash likes them.

I got him this chicken flavoured bone, Ash loves it. But they stain his fur and teeth so I'm limiting his consumption of it.

Good thing Ash isn't food aggresive at all. Although he does try to move his bone away if I try to grab it, but no growling or biting.

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Watermelon

Have I told you guys before? Ash loves fruit/ food. He never once rejected any food we gave him.

I can't find the video of him chasing the watermelon and nipping at the flesh, but that what's left of the fruit when he was done with it.

He had his whole head in the watermelon and being a round fruit, it turned into a rolling game. Haha!

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[UPDATE on 03 June 10] 

I FOUND THE VIDEO HEHEHEHHEHEHE!!!
Sadly, it is no longer on boyfriend's phone, and can only be found on facebook. If anyone knows of a way to insert videos from facebook as an embedded object in blogger, please let me know alright! Much thanks.

Click HERE to view the video.
Or if you're a fan of ASH in facebook, it's on his wall too.

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