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Casper's diary IV - Hero is notti again :-D

Hoorey.... Hero has recovered and become the notti big brother again. After a week of the e-collar life, Hero is 'free' again! It was an extremely heart broken experience during the time when Hero was sick.

It was a nightmare to all of us in the family. Hero neither can sit nor lie down comfortably because of his wound. Mommy couldn't sleep well at night and she has to come home everyday to check on Hero during the lunch time. I know it was very tiring for her, but I am happy because I can see mommy! And me, of course, feel so sad because Hero didn't 'talk' to me, play with me or fight with me. I know he was in pain.

Well, well...... finally... finally, it is over now. Hero is recovered and back to normal and everyone in the family is so happy.

Thank you so much for 'get well soon' wishes from all the fur pal. Hero and Casper shall be back again. Merry Christmas everyone!

Before and after

Hero: Haha.. it's Casper time for the e-collar...

Casper: Oh no..... Mommy, rescue me.............

Hero: Hurry up, don't make us wait for so long...

Casper: Mommy, mommy... faster la....................

Casper's diary III - Hero is sick

15th Dec 2007 (Saturday)


Mommy didn't sleep well again last night. So was Hero. Mommy put the collar on him. Hero was unconfortable with that and could not 'fully' lie down side way to sleep. At 6 am, mommy woke up to check on Hero, she found that Hero was not next to her bed, he was about 1 feet away from the bed with his head facing mommy's bed. His head was not lying on the floor, he was not sleeping. I don't know if he sleep last night, because I stayed at a corner far away from him so that he could have his 'space' for resting.



Poor Hero, mommy took off the collar and he started to lie down and sleep.



It's 1pm now. He is still resting, in the living room with mommy and ma ma (mommy's mommy).


Mommy is very worried, Hero didn't go to toilet to pee for more than 24 hours... while his eating and drinking is normal, may be he was drinking less water than usual. Mommy will continue monitor and see if she need to take Hero back to the vet.

Casper's diary II - Hero is sick

14th Dec 2007 (Friday)



Mommy didn't sleep well last night. She tried to monitor Hero so that he would not over-lick his wound. Mommy tried to put the collar on Hero, but Hero could not sleep with that. So, mommy decided not to let Hero wear it, but to keep on the monitoring.


At 10am, mommy made a phone call to Dr Lai Chong to confirm on the location of the vet clinic. Then mommy confined me in the play pen and took Hero to the clinic. I was nervous because I have not been alone at home since I was a puppy. I waited for about 1.5 hours before mommy came home with Hero.


Mommy told me that, she didn't see Dr Lai Chong, instead another vet called Dr Marvin. When she entered the clinic, she thought Dr Lai Chong was the onli vet in the clinich and didn't mention she wanted to see Dr Lai Chong. So, she was lead to Dr Marvin.


Dr Marvin asked for a lot of information about Hero before the examination, from his food to his medical history and record. After the 'diagnosis', he also concluded that Hero's anal gland was ruptured. Dr Marvin preferred to go for the treatment option without the anesthesia to clear off the infection. Anesthesia would be his last option if Hero could not cure within 2 weeks. Mommy felt such a relief when she knew this.



For the rest of the 1 hour, mommy worked together with Dr Marvin to clean Hero's wound. Mommy have to let Hero to put on the muzzle because when Hero got scared, he would growl and tried to bite the doc. Mommy carried Hero with one had around his weist and one hand to tighten the muzzle. Dr Marvin shaved the hair around the anus and the wound in order to proceed to the treatment. I think this would be the most difficult 1 hour in Hero's life.



Hero was given the antibiotic, anti inflammation, prebiotic pills and the iodine liquid. He has to be on medication for 2 weeks.

Casper's diary I - Hero is sick

13th Dec 2007 (Thursday)


Today was mommy birthday. It was supposed to be a happy day for celebration. But Hero fell sick. His left anal gland burst! He pood a lot and the wound was bleeding. When mommy reached home after work at 7pm and found out Hero's condition, she got so panic. I knew mommy was worried, and me too. I could not doing anything to help, so I just be good boy, behaved myself so that mommy need not to worry about me.


Immediately mommy called the vet near our house, told the vet about Hero's condition. She was about to close and she was so kind and agreed to wait for us. After the examination, mommy was being told that Hero need to be on general anesthesia in order to clear the infection. Mommy wasn't sure is this the treatment she should choose for Hero. However, mommy make an appointment with the vet on Friday morning for the 'surgery'.


After leaving the vet clinic, mommy called few of her friends and seek for opinion. Finally, mommy decided to take Hero to visit another vet, Dr Lai Chong, the vet whom Jiro visited last time.

Poor Toy II

Another toy "sacrificed", by "Hero Production Ltd"... :-P

hhmmm....

I win !!!

KKB Waterfall Trip (22th Nov 2007)

Today is a special day to us. It was our first trip to Kuala Kubu Bharu waterfall. It was also my first experience of long distance drive out of KL/PJ area and also the fist experice of Hero and Casper sit in the car for more than 2 hours!

It was a Thursday and hence not many of the homeapet member joined the trip. Only 4 members and 6 dogs.
1) Ying & Yang with one of their Maltese, Barney
2) Daniella & Gideon, the American Cockers
3) Yvonne with her Maltese, Snowie
4) ME and Hero and Casper!!!

We left home at 9.30am for Subang KTM station to meet with the other member and we departed for the waterfall at 10am. It supposed to be a 1 1/2 hours drive but it took us 2 hours to reach the waterfall because I was a slow driver :-p

Half way in the highway, Casper fell down from the back seat and he crawled to the front of through the bottom of driver seat (-_-)" I had to stop at the road side to get him out there as he was interupting my driving. dangerous de...

Finally, we reached Kg Pertak after 2 hours of driving. We had to walk for about 10 minutes to our "picnic" stop. After settling down, we started our "swimming" session.

Hero was extremely scared of the water, even with me carrying him walked across the river, he was too afraid, trying to climb to my shoulder. His legs were stiff and he was trying to grab anything he could to prevent him from falling into the water. Seeing him so afraid, I didn't force him down to the water.

To my surprise, Casper was so much better than Hero. He was scared, but he was more willing to go to the water and he could swim more. Brave boy!

We walked across the river and I left them to stand on the swallow part. Both of them were shivering. Pity the two of them. Because I couldn't fully focus on each of them, I decided to take them up to the shore. They were much more happier to explore the land and marking the territory.

Snowie was the only "girl" and she became Casper target. Casper would follow her where ever she went. even Snowie was sitting quietly next to her owner, Casper couldn't stop sniffing her and even sit next to her! Guess what, Casper 'tai go chai' already, He tried to hump Snowie... first time ever I saw him being 'naughty'! :-p It was embarass :-p

Casper: Let's go!

Hero: Go go go

Are we there yet? Sleepy already...

Here we are!!

Barney(right) & Daniella or Gideon?? can't recognise :-p

Get ready down to the water

Hmm.. can we not to go down, mommy ?

Hero: Looks fun, but.... I'm scared

Let's walk walk first

More fun up here...

Casper swim swim

ball ball...

Snowie (up), Hero (left) and Casper (right)

Bad mommy, keep 'throwing' me to the water

New Play Pen Setup

This week, mommy setup a new confined area for us. The play pen is a fencing area with hexagon shape. It is just next to the living room. Although the area is smaller than the kitchen area, but we enjoy it because we can see the whole sliding window! We can see what's outside the house! We can see mommy's car reaching the gate... It's much more excited...

But, we have to hold our pee and poo for longer time because mommy didn't place the potty inside the playpen! However, we are not worry. Mommy will be back during the lunch hour and let us out for potty and ............... some snack !!!!!

Waiting for mommy...

Mommy, faster come back after you finish work yo!

Hero: Another long day to go...

Casper: Mommy... can we have some food in here ???

Who have it ?

Time for snack!

When snacks are given to Hero and Casper, it will be either one of them finish eating before the other.

If Hero finishes first and Casper leaves it on the floor, showing no interest in that slice of food, but Casper will still be there to "guard" his food from being eaten by Hero. And Hero will sit there looking at the food!

Hero: "Mommy, can I have that orange? Casper doesn't want to eat..."

Or, when there is only 1 chewing bone and Casper "have" it, Hero will sit next to Casper, staring at the chewing bone, barks ocasionally to urge Casper to leave it.

If Hero were the one who "have" the bone or snack, Casper will just stay aside quietly. He is not scared, yet he is waiting for opportunity whereby Hero leaves the bone / snack and he will "steal" it from Hero! aha.... smarter, right :-D

Hero: "woof! faster la, if you don't want, leave it! I want it!"

Casper: "Sshh... I have it.... you line up..."

Tricks by Tobi!

These are my next target tricks to teach Hero and Casper after seeing the tricks by Tobi. He is wonderful !

1) Sit up position with the back command
2) Double "bang"
3) Close the door

Brushing time...

It is the brushing time again... aha... When Hero sees me holding the basket with their brushes and combs inside, he will stay far far away from me. Sometimes he hides in the kitchen and refuses to come out. So, Casper is always the first 'victim' for the brushing session.

A "proper" brushing can take up to 1.5 hours. Hence, both Casper and I become tired. Well, I think Casper is sleepy rather than tired... Hero will be happy when he knows I am tried because I won't spend such a long hour to comb his fur... :-P

Mommy.. faster

Casper hiding his head or he is sleepy ???

What's mommy busying with ??

This is what I've stolen from mommy 's "TV". I wonder what she has been doing that few days. About 2 weeks ago, mommy always looking at the "TV", busy clicking here and there. I also heard a lot of 'tak tak tak' sound. Hero told me it was the keyboard sound. I don't know what is that. But I definitely don't like the "TV" because there was a day mommy nearly forgot to feed us. We had our meal 1 hour later than the usual time. My tommy was making lots of noise.

Mommy's homework

Casper: hungry........

The Future I.T *Dogxpert*

When I was watching some of the Maltese videos from YouTube, Hero became manja when he heard the sound. He wanted me to carry him to watch together... Guess what he wanted to watch ???

Casper: What are you doing, Hero ?

Hero: Shhh... Don't disturb me

Hero: I am concentrating...

Hero: (Sniff sniff) How come I can't smell her ?

Casper: Aiyo... late at night already, don't 'kau lui' la...

Pet n U Carnival (9th Sep 2007)

A nice weather for outdoor activity, sunny but not too hot (in the morning). It was Sunday and also the annual Pet n U Carnival!

As usual, we didn't participate in any of the competition. Our main purpose was to walk walk and mark our territory * devil smile *

When we were walking towards the park entrance, Casper started barking, as if he was trying to tell his friend "Hey buddy, I am here... wofff wofff".

The walkway surrounding the competition area was pack and full of dogs. Big dog, small dog, fat dog, thin dog, furry dog.... etc. Hero was getting more excited and trying to make friend around. Of course, he didn't forgot to do his marking along the way...

After a few rounds of walking, finally we stopped at the grass area next to pond near the playground. There was no dog there, yeah! This piece of land is ours ! I "semi" off leash them, letting them roam around by themselves. When they saw other dogs approaching, they would take the opportunity to cross the "border" and make friend with the other furkids and I had to called them back each time. Embarrass me.... but good exercise, for chasing my own dogs. :-p

I'm the 'Maltese' King!

Resting...

Look who's calling (barking) us

They automatically lay down next to the beg...

This is Charlie, enjoying the grass while Hero was taking advantage to smell smell...

New Tricks = Weaving Between Legs

It has been a long time I wanted to teach Hero this tricks. I saw Pacco and Groovy performed it so well and really amazed by them. It is not difficult to teach, Hero is quick at learning tricks, it is the teacher problem, where by the teacher is teaching with the wrong method. Finally, I learnt the method and Hero pick up the tricks. I am so proud of Hero. It's time to show off a bit :-D

Shower Time

It's bathing time again. This week Casper took the 'lead'. He still looks 'fat' when his body is wet. It's time to keep fit to make him slim... * devil smile *... Hero is as thin as usual. Can feel his ribs.

Casper showering... fat ???

After shower (Casper)

After blow... soooo cute :-D

Showering... Hero looks like a no body child...

The wet and the dry (Hero and Casper)

Done! Two little handsome Maltese :-D