SAY NO to Puppy Mills.

It's not the first time I've heard of puppy mills. But I'm sure being human, when we're at the pet store, we would tell ourselves, " Cannot be la, cannot be from puppy mills one, they look so cute." But the truth is, how do you know?

An AKC cert doesn't prove anything. They will say, and it's true, that their puppies are AKC certified, he has papers. But the thing is, 'SO?' It doesn't mean anything! It doesn't guarantee that the puppy in your hands are not from puppy mills! It just mean that the suspected puppy mills paid AKC top dollars for that cert.

I get very agitated at ignorant people who insist on BUYING puppies after I explained to them about puppy mills and suggested that they adopt. And their reason is, " I want to watch the cute puppy grow up. "

 Think your puppy is cute? Did his/her mum look like this?

[http://yovia.com/blogs/stoppuppymills/]

For people who are not sure about Puppy Mills, it's normally a huge warehouse where they 'produce' puppies like commercial products. The dogs are never socialised, no veterinarian care, limited space and food, and their sole purpose in life is to give birth to puppies. When it comes to the time where they can no longer do so, they will be killed, and who knows if it's even a humane method like animal euthanasia or ....

 They are never cared for, even if they are down with diseases.

[http://yovia.com/blogs/stoppuppymills/] 

Those people don't care about the diseases, as long as the bitch can still produce puppies for them to earn profits.

Puppies inherit much of their parent's genetic condition, health problems, temperament problems.
Lucky ones are in heaven at birth, some go shortly after, and the unlucky ones live with all the health problems for the rest of their lives. Some genetic problems can be solved with money and kind owners, some are fatal.

For more reading on Puppy Mills:
http://yovia.com/blogs/stoppuppymills/
http://milwaukeepetstoreprotest.webs.com/information.htm
http://forums.sgclub.com/singapore/puppy_mill_like_204219.html (for suspected SG puppy mill thread)

Lastly, THE TRUTH:

People, please adopt. 

More often than not, you will be able to find the breed that you want up for rehoming in forums, shelters. I've seen breeds like huskies, golden retrievers, and german shepards frequently in the shelters. And even if they are not purebreeds, it's fine. I've seen many adorable and affectionate mongrels in shelters who are more than happy to share their life with you.

If you need more info just drop me a comment, I'm always willing to share what information I have.

The adorable lamb

Awwwwwww! Ashy is just too cute at times! Don't you agree!?!?!

Today Ash let me massage his two front paws.
In the past, the scenario was:

Me/Cal: *grabs paw*
Ash: *flick paw back and hides it underneath body*

-repeat for the other paw-

He actually allowed me hold on to both his front paw and massage them! :3
Weeehehehehehheeh!

And his hind leg is recovering faster this week after giving him glucosamine supplement treats (NutriVet). But he still limps after the exercise though he's better after 2 days, in comparison to the last time which was 3 -4 days before he got his energy back.  :D

Beach Weekend!

Ash's footsteps! :D

Nic and Cal. Haha, I think they get along fine.

Distracted by a border collie over at the far end.

Ash decided to lie down and get his tummy fur all full of sand. hahah!

Changed location cus it's getting sunny at the beach.

The Brushtail, or what's left of it.

Me grooming him, but decided to stop after a while cus Calvin says, " Later u kena stomp ah!" Hahahhahah!


Went home after a few hours cus it looked like its gonna rain.

Enjoying the cool shower.

Ash look like some atas dog here.

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!!!

Heh heh.

Well, that's it for today folks. Ash is off sleeping and resting his tired body, likewise for Calvin. Hahah!

I may have to change Ash's blog title to Ash-the-Malamute (again).

Hahahaha! Adam from Wizard of Paws delivered Ash's food over and got to meet Ash for the first time! No pics of the first meeting cus I wasn't around, but it's alright...

Because I'm planning to send Ash for grooming there next month. So there'll be 2nd meetings, and cus they are such awesome people (as providing service and as a friend), I'm sure there'll be 3rd, 4th, and many times la! hahaha!

(and hopefully their groomer can help me determine he's a malamute / husky )

Canned food for Beach trip tomorrow!

New Zealand Brushtail. Squirrels. hmm... I shouldn't think so much.

To the Beach!

We bought canned food in preparation for our beach trip with Ash today!
Ash looks kind of -_- in this pic, I think he's giving me the eye cos I keep taking pictures of him. hahaha!

After an extremely long walk to the beach...

We are there! (FINALLY!)

Didn't let Ash into the water as the coastline is quite unstable during high tide.
Hahah! But he enjoyed himself with the cooling wind... food... and company!

That's Ash looking all high and mighty here after his filling dinner.

Ahhhhh~ super long walk through nature. (:
And I'm so happy to see Ash's satisfied and smiley face.

Hello! *beams*
Hide and Seek anyone?

Vet Day

Ash eyes have been looking really red ):

And we have not brought him for a vet visit since Cal adopted him. So, I scheduled an appointment on Friday (no work on good friday! yay!) at Companion Animal Surgery.

On the way there...

Ash refuse to leave Calvin's face.

 Gave me a kiss when I asked for it tho.

 Ash sitting straight on the back seat! Taller than me!

Vet said that Ash has skin sensitivity, and his left hing leg is less muscular, which after physical check-up, he inferred that, that particular limb has some problem. The ligaments which holds the joints together is torn, that's why its a lot less muscular than the other hind leg (from what I understood).

The only way to cure this once and for all is surgery because it's not a new injury and has been that way for quite awhile for the other hind leg to be so much more muscular. But of course there's risk to every surgery due to anesthesia, therefore Cal and I decided not to go for it unless absolute necessary.

We also did a heartworm check for him, negative. So we had him under 2 vaccines. Heartworm and another one. 

The heartworm prevention has 2 types, the pills which has to be administered monthly, or the jab, which is yearly by the vet. We opted for the jab, and the needle was bigger! Was worried Ash might struggle, but surprisingly he's good with jabs. 

Vet explained why Ash eyes were red. It was due to dandruff, from the top of his head which dropped into his eyes and caused irritation; also because of his skin sensitivity (which is common for many dogs in Singapore weather). So Ash has vitamins to eat, which taste like meat and has Omega 3 / 6 which is good for him! (: 

Bill came up to 300+ plus drugs and vitamins for Ash. Haha! Cal shared half with me.

Meanwhile, Ash has to be at home ): No walks for 2 weeks due to vaccine / weakened immune system.

And I shall end of with a short video of Ash in the car enjoying the wind. (: