Pacco de Mongrel

KKB 4 Haji

2009-11-28T11:31:00.005+08:00

27 November 2009

It was the National Holiday inconjunction with Hari Raya Haji. Me and my JT-mates went for a dip at Kuala Kubu Bharu Waterfall. This is my 4th time visiting Kg. Pertak and my 1st wit my entire family, including Mr. Old Daddy, Old Mummy, Naked Brother and lil. Sis.

~ A family outing ~

~ Me attempting to push Ms Owner down the rock ~

PaccoMobile 2009

2009-09-26T17:04:00.004+08:00

TA DA! My PaccoMobile is finally here. I know I've been talking about it since 4 years ago, but is finally here. I'm not hallucinating. You might have wonder why it isn't red, since it is my favourite color. But there aren't red available. Can you imagine that? Anyway, we're cool with black. It suits me just right, that I can even camouflage in within. I'm sure you can't really see me in the picture above.

Let me give you a close up shot of me.

Now with my own transportation, I will back in training with my pals. I miss them so much. Hopefully they miss me too. This definately guarantee more adventures ahead.

Ms. Owner feels like she had grown a new pair of wings. Let us get a little cliche by singing 'I believe I can fly'.

Convo nite

2009-09-07T19:07:00.005+08:00

5 September 2009

It was the long awaited convo night. As Mrs Mum used to say, before the convo, you still feel like a student. I wish I was there to witness the ceremony. Ms Owner told me that the Monash Chancellor looks like a cleanly shaven Dr House.

We haven't got hold of the stage photo yet. But probably the family will take a formal family shot in studio soon. And I was schedule to be there with my red bow tie. Are you anticipating to have a look at me?

p/s: Oh yeah, did u guys notice Mr. Ironman there in the middle of the sunflower? I so pissed off that he manage to hide himself there and I don't.

Dogathon 2009

2009-08-19T21:37:00.000+08:00

16 August 2009

I know I've been a naughty pup for neglecting my blog. I miss everyone here. By the way, we signed up for a new speedier broadband. Hopefully, I can get myself back on track.

Last Sunday, we went for the UPM's annual Dogathon at Serdang. This is we gave the Dogathon run a miss. Don't ask me why. Anyhow, I'm not as energetic as I used to be. 4 runs on the agility ring and I'm exhausted.

Surprisingly, not only I manage to win Basic Jumper again, I even win Jumper With Weaves maxi class with a clean run. Maybe is time for Ms Owner to buy a lotto. Although she said I ran at the speed of a veteran, I still bag home 15kg of dog food.

MKA 62th Obedience Trial

2009-03-20T21:52:00.006+08:00

After been slacking for few months, we make an attempt to take part in the local trial hosted by Malaysia Kennel Association.

~ The pawfect pair is ready for the challenge ~

~ Not to forget my new begging trick that took me 4 years to master ~

~ Team 'Black & White' ~

~ My agility getting sucker and sucker ~

~ Surprisingly, my obedience is getting better. Here is me attempting my first MKA Pre-Novice trial ~

~ Are you sure Pacco de Mongrel got 4th place? ~

~ Okay, I'm really getting old. Sit, down and stay are meant for oldies ~

Musical Sense

2009-03-02T22:59:00.005+08:00

In case you might be wondering what's keeping my owner so busy these days. She's being too pre-occupied with her beginner piano lesson that she signed up last month and last week she bought herself a RM340 violin, hoping to start the lesson soon. All her time was used to practise and the house is getting noisier with Ms Sister learning the guitar. I wonder why they suddenly get hooked up with music. Partially, they think now is the time to end jealousy and feeling envy of their friends who knows how to play since they were in primary school.

As they said, is never to late too learn musical instrument, although she's already 24 and her tutor seems much younger than her. Old dog can learn new tricks too!

Journey to the South

2009-02-08T22:31:00.018+08:00

27 January 2009

On the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, we took a day trip to Mrs. Old Mum's hometown at Johor. It had been 5 years since Ms Owner's last visit. With our new family car available, I was able to tag along.

~ Getting ready to zoom ~

~ Bee Gees Karaoke time! ~

~ The journey was too long and I dozed away ~

~ Still non-stop Bee Gees ~

At last, we reached our destination. The family house is more than half a century old, but still standing strong. And mine you, my brickhouse did occasionally experience leakage during storm, but their wooden house won't.

~ While the human were busy socializng, I enjoyed sun-basking time. Woot! ~

~ Let me introduce you to my greatgrandma.~

We didn't spent the night and gotta rush back home in the middle of the night. Thanks to Mr Old Daddy.

My first out-of-town trip with the family is not that bad afterall. I'm surely looking forward to our next trip.

Pacco de OX

2009-01-30T22:03:00.018+08:00

Welcome the year of OX! While we used to refer these horns to devil, now I'm no longer Pacco de Devil, but instead I'm Pacco de Evil Ox!

Since our Lee family originated from Selangor, we don't travel back to hometown like most KL people. Chinese New Year in the city is not as lively as in the rural area. On the day before New Year, we went for a movie at Mid Valley and the silence was staggering. You don't even need to Q for a ticket. Therefore, the family traveled to Banting, 1 hour drive away from home to visit the local chinese temple to experience some New Year excitement.

~ Is the year of Ox, is the year of Ms Owner ! ~

The family is deciding which way to head to. They looked like a child trying to choose a sweetie in a chocolate factory.

Here I present you the 'Wishing Tree'. Hey, I thought this is Japanese tradition. Anyway, I wish for PaccoMobile, SLR camera, digital piano and debts-free for Ms Owner. Ain't I thoughtful?

~ Beware : OX-s on the loose ~

At the main hall, the room was reverberating with low-pitched human voices saying prayers and reciting rhythms. The siblings felt like an explorer learning about some mysterious nomadic tribe.

Honestly, they know nothing about religions and prayers. All they know is how to have fun whenever they are. Despite their old age, they still possess the natural exuberance of young children.

Last but not least, Pacco de Ox is enjoying the year of Ox too. I can tell this will be a prosperous year for her with all the extra cash and I can enjoy my retirement life.

Guess who is the mysterious Ox below.

Potluck Pawty

2009-01-11T18:31:00.010+08:00

On the 28th December last month, Pet-n-You organized a potluck party at the training ground. With the mentioned of 'food', that's enough to make both of us drool, but due to her unrecovered sickness, she's not in the mood to eat much.

The cakes by Brandy looks totaly awesome and too pretty to be eaten.

This is my new pal, Happy who has a pair of unique ears.

Mr Kimi bought me a new bowl for Christmas, which increased my appetite tremendously. This is my prettiest dog bowl ever, because I only have cheap plastic ones.

Ms Owner will be shifting to a new office on the 15th January, so she had yet to decorate her table. Hopefully we will be able to show some photos of the newly decorated office.

Pacco de Tortoise Daycare

2009-01-09T21:44:00.009+08:00

Since Mr Kay is pretty lonely being alone for the past 3 years, we think is time to buy him some company. Last Sunday, Ms Owner brought another 2 baby tortoise from the local aquarium.

One was named Kyle and another XY, as persisted by Ms Sister. Now I'm being assigned the duty to teach them some basic house rules.

They have daily swimming lesson at 9pm, coached by me. As you can see, even Kyle and XY are pretty good swimmers under my guidance.

I'm sure they will all grow healthy and strong under my care. Pacco de Tortoise Daycare!

Christmas Cards

2008-12-30T11:09:00.009+08:00

Christmas Tree is ready

2008-12-20T21:47:00.004+08:00

My Christmas tree is up! We did not acquired any professional help, therefore it looks kinda... funny. But the main point is those lights. With those colorful lights dancing around, it blinds your judgement and we all thinks it looks great.

Ms Sister got a job at Fitness First as a Membership Consultant while waiting for her A-Level result. Her job is to recruit as many member as possible for the fitness centre. She's having a hard time memorizing her script and she confess that is even harder than chemistry. The best part is she could get access to all the gym equipment and aerobic, yoga, bodycombat class and etc, all for free! I wonder do family member, as in me, can acquire a VIP tix.

Holiday Mood

2008-12-16T23:04:00.009+08:00

Is 2 weeks away from January, the day she will start her job. To avoid being extremely bored, she did some networking today. She paid a visit to the lawyer firm that she used to work at KL 4 years ago. Only 3 of her former colleagues remain, Ms Tay, Joey and Suet Ling, while the rest had quit and been replaced. She treated them a lunch at Pizza Hut, ordering her favourite Island Supreme and Hawaii Chicken, and bought a Polo tie as Christmas gift for her ex-boss. Who knows she might need some legal advise in the future.

~ I'm hallucinating myself maneuvering a magic carpet ~

It had been a long time since I went for an outing. So last Saturday, I went to jungle trekking with Champ and then breakfast with Yen Yen. Bump into Mr. Raja and we exchange greeting. Training session on Sunday was fabulous, I did a few round of zoomie and it felt great. Mr. Kimi told me he brought back 11 bags of dog food from the previous trial, which made me totally jealous. Anyway, I ought to negotiate with Ms Owner. Since she's working, she should be buying me food, and I mean having steak for dinner.

~ Abort magic carpet because my zoomie is even speedier ~

Have I told you she's an avid reader? She only read fiction, mostly sci-fi, crime and thriller. Never philosophy or anything that will enhance your morale. She loves it when the author actually did a thorough background research on the subject, regarding the historical (war or architecture), geographical location, technology, fire arm and etc. So even she's wasting her time indulging in fiction, atleast she did gain some basic knowledge from it. Like in a corporate thriller, how a geek can trace emails, hack into computers, worm their way through coded password, track complicated movements of cash overseas. Currently her favourite author is Jeffery Deaver. His Lincoln Rhyme series (Book 1 - 8) is about a quadriplegic crime scene investigator.

Overtime, she tends to forget, which book she had actually read 2 years ago. Thus, she came up with a complete reading list and synopsis of each book she had read. When she suspected the book is from a series, she needs to do an online research to track down the right sequence, because most of the time, they will not state it on the book itself. When she came across interesting title from Amazon.com, she will search through the public library search engine before attempting a purchased. When she wanted to purchase, she will check with the bargain bookshop at Amcorp Mall before going to the bookstore chain. More than a few occasion, she found out that she had bought the book at a more expensive price. The most extreme was Harry Potter Book 7. She bought it during the world wide release day at the price of RM99, and now the bargain bookshop is selling at RM39! That was enough to send her banging the wall.

~ Her reading list for the past 3 months ~

Bond, James Bond

2008-12-13T20:01:00.004+08:00

Ms Camilia Nugget had a new addition to the family, a baby boy name Nicolas. 2 weeks ago, they celebrated with some red eggs and really cute cupcakes made by Ms Brandy. How come Brandy's Ms Owner can come up with this kind of delicious yet beautiful piece of art? While my owner can only come up with something that only I will eat, because I'm afterall a species who don't complain.

Last month, Quantum of Solace was getting an overwhelmed of publicity. She got her photo taken at the Sony Ericson booth along with the cardboard Bond and got a free Bond sunscreen and a Bond Touch 'n Go card too. The best of all is the whole collection of previous BondMobile from Shell petrol presented to Ms Owner by honourable Mr. Kimi. Obviously, we're gonna own him a splendid dinner.

And a Bond popcorn box!

Breakthrough for Ms Sis

2008-12-12T21:25:00.005+08:00

It had been common knowledge that in the household, only Ms Owner and me brought home trophies for display. Nothing significant, just some school sports, SPM's distinction plaque and some medal's from those exhaustive run. Is also a common joke that the parents like to say to the siblings, 'Even Pacco got herself some achievement'.

~ I did contribute to the family, although there is a high failing rate ~

Last month, Ms Sister received the Top In The World Award for AS Mathematics, which was awarded by Cambridge International Examination Director, Guy Lane and Deputy Minister of Education of Malaysia.

Obviously, she's over the moon. According to what I heard, she could die with no regret since she had finally received her first award in life! Congratulation, Ms Sister, the entire family is so proud of you.

So next is Mr. Naked Brother. When are you making your first breakthrough?

Christmas is in d air

2008-12-05T20:43:00.003+08:00

I had sent out all my Christmas cards to my fellow friends. Hope it will reach your home soon. And in the meantime I have received some lovely ones from you guys.

Maggie & Mitch, Arabella, Homer, Amber-Mae, Faya, Simba, Goofy, Noah, Scottie, Joe & Tanner, you cards have safety arrived.

I don't know what happen to my laptop, but I'm unable to upload any pictures currently. Oh, blogger sucks!

Anyway, I'll figure out the problem soon.

Pacco Antics

2008-11-23T22:13:00.003+08:00

~ Shhhh..... Don't let 'em know I'm here, okay? ~

Moody me wish to go for a stroll at the park. We had not been going out lately, my bone is getting rusty. Let me pick that ideal collar to suit the fine weather.

Ms Owner seems like having another exam war. Notes flying everywhere. She's been trying to cramp all the information regarding the companies for her up coming interviews. And if she can teleport herself from one place to another, she can avoid rescheduling, which made her looks less-than-sincere. Her senior told her that he undergone 14 interviews, 4 aptitudes test and 3 presentations to find his dream job. Thanks for that news, it made her feeling even more depressing than she already is.

Quater-life Crisis

2008-11-19T23:02:00.007+08:00

Facing quater-life crisis and financial crisis at the same time is too overwhelming. While, she's busy preparing her resume, she realized that her CV is not that impressive. With just a degree to show, it looks so plain. Hmm... What's the next step? She wonder.

"Earning some money and paid off the debts, ofcoz!" I shouted. She stared at me and start conjuring up a picture of me working my part to contribute to her financially. Maybe I could work as a 'jogging partner' to accompany my neighbour to prevent them from being mug.

~ As long as we're a team, nothing can't be overcome ~

She can get really frustrated when her glucose level drop below the threshold. Thus, replenishing it will help acting as antidepressant. Eat and enjoy now, worry later. Couple with a movie, she's as fit as a fiddle. Okay, maybe she ought to learn financial management. Not that I wanna accused her, but she had bought 3 paperbacks in 2 weeks.

Oh yeah. Obama was elected as the new Mr. President. But judging from the worldwide reaction, it seems like he was elected as the President of the world. Don't you think so?

AWOL with Pillow Game

2008-11-03T11:29:00.005+08:00

Sorry that I've been AWOL for almost 2 weeks without visiting any of my cyber paws. The human is in the middle of another exam war. She's experiencing migraine due to overdose of caffeine. However, with only 3 hours of sleep per day, she still manage to squeeze some time to watch the last F1 race this morning at 12.30am. She nearly burst in tears and wet her notes when Hamilton manage to get back his 5th place at the last 2 corners, thus robbed Massa from winning the championship.What a pathetic day for sitting for the toughest paper of the year with such a lousy mood.

Meanwhile, you must be wondering what I had been doing recently. I had missed my jungle trekking and also training lesson. In fact, my paws didn't touch past the front gate for more than 2 weeks. My bone is rusting and my brain is deterioting. So we found a new game to play while Ms Owner can remain immobile, which is my new 'pillow game'! It was a great way to practise the 'auto-down' for my agility table and 'go-out' for obedience, just give me some time to move the pillow 50 ft away.

By the way, Happy Halloween to everyone and we will be back in action on this Friday. Hope that Obama will be the next US President.

Funny Friday

2008-10-24T04:21:00.001+08:00

~ I winked! ~

(Photo courtesy from Mr Rocky)

Sneak Peek: MRDO

2008-10-20T10:49:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was the annual Malaysia Responsible Dog Ownership Day 2008. We reached Central Park as early as 8am. I ran around to blow off some steam and did some heeling exercise. Then we found a pawfect spot to settle our stuff. I'm pretty lonely on that day because my friend, Mr. Mafia is missing in action.

The first game was the Hurdle Race. Ms Owner the thoughtless one, thought it will be pretty cool to run me offleash. So off I went and did a round of zoomie to impress the crowd. At the same time, I can sense the volcano eruption is boiling in her head. Thus, I quickly gather meself and zoomed back to first hurdle and off I went and cleared them all. Phew! Luckily, we still manage a 2nd spot. In a way, she's happy for the 2nd place because we got 2 packs of dog food, instead of one, which is offered for 1st (with human goodie hamper) and 3rd placing. See? I knew about that all along, that's why I went for a zoomie to delay my timing.

For the 1st time ever, I failed in Simon Says. Her brain had lost its quick thinking due to old age, I suppose. Then the bad news for getting 4th place in Longest Stay. With Mr. Mafia MIA-ing, I thought I stand a good chance. If only I hold on a little longer, I might have scrap through. Later that day, Groovy and Kimi Chai came after their training lesson at Pet-n-You, and together we threesome joined the 60 weave poles challenge. We weave and weave, till we were drunked dogs. Groovy did his classic last pole pop off syndrome, while Kimi losing gear during the final stage. As for me, my owner got out of breath from chanting 'weave, weave, weav, wea, we, v, v.....'. Finally, Kimi Chai did us proud for claiming the 3rd place. Well done, kid.

(* Photo from Malaysia Olympic Day 2008)

Mr. White, my Informant

2008-10-15T11:29:00.000+08:00

Mr. Tennis Ball that I had saved last week get up close and personal with the invasion of butterflies. He couldn't stop getting himself into trouble, and now I had given up on rescuing him anymore.

Talk about James Bond, the family members are anxiously waiting for the release of Quantum of Solace. The poster of Mr. Craig raising AK47 looks pretty menacing. In the meantime, we indulge ourselves with Burn Notice season 1 featured at 8TV. Jeffery Donovan as an ex-spy helping out people he met in Miami with his spy skills and constructing DIY spy gadgets is such a fresh theme in TV drama, since MacGyver.

Michael Westen have Sam Axe. Pacco de Mongrel have Mr. White Mongrel, who acts as my buddy and informant. Keeping me up to date regarding the local news is his vital role. Do you know that the Siberian Husky behind me is having an affair with the golden retriever opposite my house? We can never tell. Apart from daily gossip, once a blue moon he do provide me with some big, earth-shattering secrets, like how the cats had beginning to outnumber us dogs. Thanks to so-called responsible dog owners who get most of us spayed and balls chopped off.

Thanks Charlie

2008-10-15T11:17:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Charlie for this award.

Cracking 'Flyball-box' Code

2008-10-09T12:25:00.000+08:00

We dogs at Pet-n-You not only possess the 1st Flyball box in Malaysia, but now we had upgrade ourselves with the coolest flyball box, newly constructed by Mr. Kimi Chai. Ta dah!

When I first introduced myself to a flyball box, I wonder what the heck is that? A box that kidnap my tennis ball. I look and look, stuck my muzzle in and nothing seems to work. My precious ball is trap and he's demanding me to come to his rescue.

Soon after, I learnt about the mechanism behind this complicated work. I need to trigger the paddle with my manicured paws to release the ball. After I had succeeded, I felt a twinge of pride, like James Bond breaking the code to save the world.

~ Pacco to the tennis-ball-rescue ~

She had finally brought herself to read the first Ian Fleming novel, the Casino Royale and noticed what a huge difference this novel adaptation had with other novels that made into movie. Take Harry Potter for example, almost 70% of the novel's content are being butchered in the movie. What a waste. But in the case of Casino Royale, the novel only talks about the poker game, and Mr. Bond got physically tortured by Le Chiffre. No Jamaica chasing stunt, no Miami airport chasing scene and no Venice building collapsing. Those are the parts that made a great action movie.

From Hero and Thor

2008-10-09T12:22:00.001+08:00

Thanks to Hero for this brillante weblog award.

Thanks to Thor for giving me this two awards.

Field Dog Wannabe

2008-09-28T21:02:00.000+08:00

To compensate for me not getting to go Cherating with my friends just because she got poster presentation on Friday, she brought me to the local Central Park. Totally a different league if you mind to compare. Artificial field with artificial lake, nuff said. I would have prefer the Gasing Hill which is more physical demanding. Anyway according to her, Gasing Hill is a place for me to become a hooligan, this field is a place for me to be a well trained field dog. Understand the term? Nope.

First, observe and analyze the surrounding. My head keeps swiveling from left to right, like someone watching a tennis game, while taking note of the fun and danger at every corner.

I've known all along that Border Collie has been on her top of her wishlist. But I can assured her that's nothing about them which I can't do. I'm fast, agile and a high jumper too, in fact I might jump even higher. I just lack some passion in me. And all of a sudden I realized, I can HERD too. Is easy. Keep your head low, tip toed, and ambush! Yes, that's exactly what the herding breed does. Is so easy and being totally overrated.

Huh?! What?! Okay. She said I'm not herding, I'm ATTACKing. Anyway, the concept is pretty much the same. Forget the herding, field is meant for ZOOMIESsss... Whenever I run, I put all baggage, all worries and lost myself in the most euphoric sensation that I ever feel, as if I had returned to my mother's womb, a place where I feel so free, so safe and so pure.

As I patrolling the lake, I couldn't help but begin picturing myself strolling by the Cherating beach. I'm sure the feeling is the same, walking on four legs, searching out for potential interesting stuff along, while she laying on the sand, instead of grass, reading her paperback.

As I sample the water... Hmm, yummy. Is better than drinking salt water, right?

Reaching noon, I'm done sneaking around and wanted to settle down. She turned to me "Do you wanna do something?" Oh, no. I know exactly what she meant. Nope. I don't want to practice those eyes staring and heeling stuff on this wonderful day. She always insist that if we keep practising everyday for few years, one day I will be pawfect. But by the time I'm good enough, the world will probably have blown up, or something. Who knows whether 5 years later I'm still around. Why not enjoy yourself while you can. I totally advocate for the latter.

Dumbell Workout

2008-09-24T11:00:00.001+08:00

Wanna be as slim as me? Or be as muscular as Kimi? This is the secret to the body structure that you can dream for. Lifting the dumbell 30 times a day, as prescribed.

When she told me that dumbell is an essential piece of equipment in the obedience right, I shrug and give her an amused grin, like I care. But once she redirect her approach and told me that how the dumbell exercise and keep me slim and slender, with muscular jaw, I'm in awed. How can it never occur to me in that sense? Now I'm untterly devoted to workout every evening.

Lesson 2 from Control Unleashed, the game 'LAT' (Look at That). According to Leslie McDevitt, the owner needs to cue the reactive pooch to look at the 'subject' that will trigger a reaction before the dog spot it first. Once the dog LAT and before reacting, reward for the calmness. So, if the dog starts going nuts, barking and lunging, forget it and try again next time. The aim is to teach the dog to re-orient his focus back to the owner for the reward, instead of reacting to the particular trigger.

I hope what Ms Owner had deduce from her limited resources is right, afterall we didn't actually purchase the book. As a highly trained science student, is time to test out the hypothesis. Subject: The little chihuahua with the body size barely bigger than my head coming across the field. She starts to point and said "Look at That". Huh?! What? Oh, I see, it a little mouse. He looks interesting. She continue "Look at That". Hey, I think I should check him out to confirm his species. She still continue "Look at That". Erm... I know, is a new chihuahua. She doesn't seem to stop. "Look at That". Okay, now I'm annoyed. What's the big deal about the mouse-like dog. Can't we do something else?

I can clarify here, she is all wrong. I thought she is suppose to treat me when I look. Although it doesn't seems to follow the intended idea of re-orient the focus, at least she achieve making me loss focus of the subject that suppose to triger.

By the way, I would like to recommend this poo bag that we bought from Ikea, cost RM2.50 with 50 pcs. It easy and neat, no hassle anymore. Okay, I know we're being environmental un-friendly for buying poo bags instead of recycling from the kitchen, but now we can save time searching for it every weekend. Not cost saving, but time saving. Is still saving, nonetheless.

Burpday Cakes

2008-09-22T11:17:00.000+08:00

The Sunday training day had turned itself to a chain of Burpday celebration days for my pals. First, it was Kimi Chai who celebrated his 1st birthday. Therefore, I will forgive him for bringing the wrong cake for the occasion. A chocolate cake for a doggie birthday is just a tad weird, I must say.

Next it was Camilia Nugget's Burpday. Yes, she is wise enough to bring a doggie cake for her friends. I can't wait to stomach it. The photography session last too long, and I'm sick with anticipation. Hurry up, guys.

The first lesson we learned from Control Unleashed is the Relaxation Protocol. It pretty much tells you how to teach your reactive pooch to relax. But she complained that I'm always way TOO relax and having such a good time harnessing my chi. That's the spiritual side of me that made communicating with me is like talking to a brick wall. Mostly I'm day dreaming or my mind drift to the la-la land. So, skip relaxation protocol. We will move on the the next technique.

P/s: I heard the next pooch to celebrate his barkday is Archer. Yum yum.

I'm DWB Pawlimpic 2008 Champion

2008-09-18T13:44:00.001+08:00

~ Pacco de Mongrel from Malaysia ~

Lenny had officially announce that I'm the pup (okay, maybe not that young) had won the most medals from the event. It had given me a touch of pride, which I haven't felt for a long time after my recent hideous work ethic.

Million thanks to the organizer, honourable judges, friends supports and not to forget Opy and Charlie for awarding me the DWB T-shirt. I can't wait to receive it, we will proudly wear it to my local doggie outing. Watchout, Mr. Postman, I will be stalking after you every afternoon.

Mooncake Festival 2008

2008-09-18T12:56:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday was the annual Mooncake festival again. The family and relatives have a relatively big dinner with i-dunno-how-many dishes, because my owner got sick and was bedridden. Duck, chicken, big fat pork were all missed.

See that two Pamelo above? They bought it for RM25 each! If I were back in Ipoh, we could buy 5 pcs with the sum of money. The person who sold it must be laughing his butt off behind counting the notes.

Among the relatives who were present, our little cousin sister who is barely 13 yrs old brought along her current boyfriend. Oh gosh, do people now a days actually got attached earlier and earlier? The scene actually made my owner and Ms Sister looks like odd siblings. But the funniest part of the evening is when I was released from my cage, as usual I charge out running off like zoomie, that little guy actually got panic, scream, and ran behind a gate and quickly locked himself in. That was totally hilarious. His reaction made me felt like I'm a german shepherd, dobermann or a rottweiler. If he happens to be an older guy, she will definately shout out 'You Pussy!'.

~ Am I so scary looking that people need to run and scream their heart out? I assume that's a compliment ~

I Love Your Blog

2008-09-17T13:29:00.000+08:00

It had been nearly a week since I last blog. The main reason is definately the lazy missy who had not sense of priority.

Thanks to Kess and Biggie-Z for the "I Love Your Blog" award.

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P for Pamelo

2008-09-11T12:41:00.000+08:00

I know eating wallymelon is a trend in DWB. Here I would like to introduce my pals to another yummy fruits name Pamelo. Ipoh is famous for their locally bred Pamelo, and during my last rendezvous to the place, I grabbed 1 as an evidence I've been there.

You must be wondering where's the picture of the eatable part itself. Opppsie. It just too well received and all been loaded into the humans stomach before I can snap a picture.

Do you think I look like an artist? Michelangelo maybe? Leonardo Da Vinci maybe?

Although my painting might not be as good, no doubt I'm a certified artist. Pacco de Mongrel is a professional 'Escape artist!'.

I'm Fine

2008-09-09T21:48:00.000+08:00

We came across this picture of me from Cami's blog, attempting the 60 weave poles challenge during the annual Dog Olympic Day. No wonder I'm slow, because I'm busy posing for the cameraman. Say cheese.

After a month of rehab, no significant improvement whatsoever. Unhappiness lay sour and inert inside her like indigestion. Her patience with me is wearing off, and starts acting like a vindictive school teacher. She's convinced that I have a loose screw somewhere in my brain or limbs, that I can't control when to move, when to stay, when to stop and which direction to head. I'm addicted to self-amusement and like a bear with a sore head. She swear that the next dog she's gonna adopt, besides being black and slim, nothing is gonna resemble Pacco de Heartache, or else, she will need to bid farewell to dog agility. After she kick-start her career, she might attempt horse agility.

She's in her quest of becoming the most determine dog owner or maybe the owner with the worst dog in ring. A dog being diagnosed with 'Attention Deficit Disorder', 'claustrophobia', 'stranger-phobia', 'hydrophobia', 'ring-phobia', possess 100% offleash unreliability with strong tendency of zoomie and the list goes on... Are there any other dog who after 3 years of vigorous training, is still reaching nowhere. We do not only train on Sunday, we trained EVERYDAY. Maybe she should get hold of Leslie McDevitt's Control Unleash as prescribed by Team Small Dog. Anyhow, the record for a dog to successfully qualified for Open was 13 years old. I still have 10 years ahead of me. No rush.

On the other hand, I'm convinced that's nothing wrong with my mental health. No dogs can be deemed more healthier than I do. No food for a day, drinking from dirty drain, soaking under rain, eating cat's poo, no bath for a month, and yet I'm still jumping and running.

Here I dedicates Mary J. Blige's song title 'Just Fine' to let my owner know that I'm FINE. That's absolutely nothing wrong with my brain and she can rest in peace.

"Having a really good time, I'm not complaining
And I'm still wear a smile if it's raining
I gotta enjoy myself regardless
I appreciate my life, I'm so glad is mine
See I wouldn't change my life, my life's just fine

Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooh!
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooh!
Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooh!
See I wouldn't change my life, my life's just fine

I ain't gon' let nothing get in my way, no
No matter what nobody has to say

Feels so good
When you're doing all the things that you wanna do
Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new
It's a really good thing to say that I wouldn't change my life
My life's just fine"

FYI, while we are browsing through the internet, we came across this hilarious video during the recent USDAA trial, labelled by Taj Mutthall as Border Collie to the rescue. Take a peek.

Federer wins in US Open!

2008-09-09T11:07:00.001+08:00

Tonight sport headlines will be featuring the US Open 2008 champion Roger Federer. After handing his #1 spot to Rafael Nadal. Honestly, we thought he will continue with his unlucky streak and never gonna win any Grand Slam this season after being diagnosed with mononucleosis early this year. However, after watching his semi final against Novak Djokovic, he's still pulling the magic 'overhead' shot, we were in awed. Now with his 13th Grand Slam, just another one shy from Sampras.

Doggie Muffin not for Dogs

2008-09-06T22:28:00.000+08:00

Two weeks ago, fellow trainee Brandy, the mixed terrier's owner baked us some cute muffin with bones and dogs as decor. However, these doggie-looking muffin weren't meant for us. My evil owner ate 3 pcs alone, and told me it taste superb. Yeah right, not only the taste was good, the art looks great too. Which is something impossible for her to do. She can hardly fry an egg. That's the main reason why we eat raw eggs, and I unwillingly shared her peculiar habit.

It was the beginning of the month again, time to receive the monthly allowance that she's suppose to be too old to get. The shameless her open up her big wide palm for the big note. Bookstore is the place she's heading. After getting bored with Tom Clancy's techno-thriller and Dan Brown's historical thriller, someone suggested her to try Jilliane Hoffman's Legal Thriller. Oh, not another John Grisham wannabe, please. She planned to view the book first, but after searching through, MPH, Border and Popular, she still failed to find it. The frustration grow and it made her even more determined. Ended up taking the train to KLCC, the trip cost RM5. If she can't find the book in Kinokuniya, I'm sure she will start cursing in public. Then, finally she bought the book without viewing it.

This is Book 1 of the CJ Townsend series, about an attorney who withheld evidence to frame her rapist for a crime he did not commit, the brutal killing of 11 girls by removing their hearts. Eww...

Whenever she starts reading, I'm totally being neglected. In Desperate Housewives, whenever Lynette wanted to read a book, she fed her sons with overdose of cough medicine in order for her to have a peaceful evening. So I better not mess around, or else she will kick me back into the prison without any remorse.

Awards from Key West Collies

2008-09-05T12:45:00.000+08:00

Thanks for Key West Collies for giving me this two cool awards.

The rules are:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog

2. Link the person you received your award from

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Put links of those blogs on yours, and

5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated

Here I would like to bestow these awards to the following brilliant blogs I treasure: one of my oldest blogger pal, late T-man, new trekking pal, Scotch, the King who always go boating, Simba, the airedale siblings, Maggie & Mictch, black & white spitz, Comet & BLU, the boy who was worried about hurricane, Mack, the 3 wild heeler's, Gus, Louie and Callie.

Schutzhund Ipoh feat. PAAP 16th Agility Trial

2008-09-02T10:40:00.000+08:00

The ground that host the joint Schutzhund Ipoh and PAAPP 16th Agility Trial was the splendid Iskandar Polo Club. Mountains, lakes, enormous field, yummy dinner and lunch provided, what can you ask for more?

Did someone said 'lake'? Scruffy and Ginger wouldn't let go a chance for a good swim. Scruffy practically staring, whinning and screaming at the lake the entire evening, dying to get wet.

~ The aqua babe having a splash before the trial commence ~

~ The course was getting ready and we pose a nice group picture before disembark into mission ~

Across the agility field, 80% of the ground was utilize by the Schutzhund trial. It was a knee-dissolving sight for my owner. What it takes to capture a zoomie dog on that ground? We dare not imagine. She had settled for not admitting me as her dog if I ever tried running across. Who's dog? Oh, it must be stray.

~ The enormous field awaiting my 'zoomies' ~

~ Someone who apparent had zero faith in me, was facing nervous breakdown ~

On the first day of trial, Novice and Gambler were being ran. Pet-n-You gang comprised of Groovy, Kimi and Archer swept the Top 3 prizes. Just like their usual standard. As for me, I stayed at the sideline until I nearly dozed off. Wake me up when you guys are done, okay?

I only ran for Basic Jumper on the next day. Since the yummy chicken liver can't last another day, she only had biscuit at her disposal. On my 1st run, I ran a clean 'zoomie'. Excuse me, I just saw my most favourite family on this green earth, I gotta says a 'hello' and 'congratulations'. I heard she cursed 'Oh shit!' under her breath. During my 2nd run, although with Groovy out of sight, her confidence level had reduced from 50% to 10%. Phew! We manage to get over it, with a fault at the tyre and settled for 3rd. Mine you, there were only 3 dogs anyway.

The headlines of the day was ofcourse Groovy who successfully obtained his Malaysia Champion Agility (MACH).

~ Groovy attained his maiden title on his 5th barkday. Groovy M.A.CH. ~

~ Ginger had one of her best run to date in Novice. Great rear cross there and they won the Basic Jumper. ~

~ Kimi says: Not tomorrow. Not today. But EVERYDAY. ~

~ Susan in tennis outfit running 2 dogs simultaneously. What a great stamina. ~

~ The scenario whereby handler is the one 'barking' instead. Bark collar, anyone? ~

All excitement had came to an end. After collecting our precious dog food, was time to pose again.

KKB's Waterfall Trip V3 (II)

2008-08-29T20:58:00.000+08:00

Along with my training mates and JT pals, we're set off to disembark on yet another waterfall trip to Kuala Kubu Bharu. Early in the morning, I can gelt the jolt of excitement stirring on my small tummy.

~ I'm Queen of the world ~

Our triumphant arrival was warmly welcome by the residential mutts. "Aloha". There were a large group of them accompanied by their owners. They put me in shamed by demonstrating their impecable obedience skills.

Once, the residential mutts have set off into the woods, giving us their consent to enjoy at their territory, Scruffy and Ginger were the first to kick off the electric buzz of excitement by jumping, swimming and splashing with the balls.

~ The rascal gang, Russell, Groovy and Piper ~

~ Max, the Mr Bodyguard ~

~ She's contemplating how to get me into the water ~

~ Pacco de Mongrel with a life jacket, how irony ~

~ Jiro and Ayako after their waterfall-bath ~

After tiring out ourselves with swimming and running, the humans were ready enjoy their breakfast. The menu includes, sandwiches (delicious), banana (yucks), pure lotus mooncake (our favourite!), nasi lemak and chicken liver (for dogs!). While, we dogs, snooping around opportunistically awaiting for a chunk of food to fall from above. However, all we got was our head soaked with overflow of mayonise dripped from the sandwiches.

DWB Pawlimpics II

2008-08-27T09:00:00.000+08:00

DWB Summer Pawlimpics had finally came to an end, with the wrestling entries being the last event. I had acquired another 2 silver and 1 bronze apart from my previous 2 gold and 1 silver. In total I had 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. I'm anxiously awaiting for Lenny's medals tally to see at which rank did I land.

~ Howling: As long as you are a descendant from the wolves, you can howl ~

~ Begging: Over-dose-of-innocent-cy ~

~ Gymnastic: Slim, flexible and versatile body structure ~

KKB V3 (I): Black Mutt Unleashed

2008-08-25T09:08:00.001+08:00

Are you ready for some surrealistic intense action that promise you will be gripping at the edge of your seat? Let's unleash the urban black mutt. Track geographically located at 3° 34' 11" North and 101° 39' 0" East.

Quick reflexes and super-fast navigation skills are highly recommended. I'm in my quest to challenge Usain Bolt to become the best field-sprint athlete.

What makes an fast revving engine? The length of the stride, connection of the bones, ignition timing and fuel delivery. Consumption of high calories food is required to replenish your fuel. 2 to 3 raw eggs per week to keep me in tip top condition. Remember the quote 'Eat like Michael Phelps'.

Impersonification of Michael Phelps

2008-08-19T10:23:00.001+08:00

No doubt Michael Phelps is the new phenomenan on the aquatic pool. During Athens 2004, we were fixated on Aussie's 3 times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe, but unfortunately he had retire. Naturally, we switch out attention to the America megastar swimmer who manage a with a crazy haul of 8 gold medals. The media now labelled him as 'Pool Shark'.

~ How can that be possible. Is he human? Or super sapien? ~

I myself, don't fancy swimming that much. If I can help it, I don't even wanna get my shinny black fur soaking wet. You had no idea how long do I need to blow and groom it, is a high maintenance. But I had always tremendously admire legendary sportmens. From Micheal Schumacher, Theo Bos to Ian Thorpe. Now I would like to invite Phelps to have a friendly match with me. As a courtesy host, I shall choose his favourite style, Butterfly.

~ Michael Phelps (USA) vs Pacco de Mongrel (MAS)

~ On your mark, get set, jump! ~

~ Vigorously lethal Butterfly stroke ~

~ Huff and puff. Let us even out our breath ~

~Okay, he beats me, but only by a small margin. 1 minute is obviously insignificant ~

Afterall, swimming is not my specialty. I would have prefer racing on land. Track & Field would suit me better. Last but not least, congratulation to Phelps and all American for producing such a shattering record in Olympic history.

~ Congratulation to Michael Phelps and America ~

DWB Paw-Limpics

2008-08-17T01:09:00.000+08:00

DWB 2008 Paw-limpics games hosted by Lenny began on 8 August 2008. There are a total of 18 events available for participation. I can't recall, but I guess I took part in 8 of them. Currently I had won myself 2 gold and 1 bronze medal.

My first gold from non-other than my favourite event, the High Jump. Special thanks to Mr. Jiro as the honourable photographer.

My 2nd gold was a photo taken during Pet-n-You's party at YMCA during December last year. As you can see I was busybody-ing around the food. This event is 'Being a Nuisance'.

For the 'Hurdles' event, I got won myself a bronze medal. This photo was snap at my previous training ground by Mr. Groovy. Here I would like to thank the panel judges for voting for me.

Dogathon 2008

2008-08-13T11:42:00.000+08:00

This year Dogathon's theme was Aerospace. Every year, I never fails to initiate a big drama at the 'vet's physical examination tent'. She told me that we should be embarassed of ourselves and ask me not to act like spoil brat, who showed nervous breakdown when approach by the vet student. Okay, change of subject. The display figures are fascinating. I took pictures with robots and extra-terrestrial species. They reminds me of Star Wars!

The day started off with the traditional 3.5 km Dogathon race at 8.30am sharp. As the registration Q was moving at the pace of snail, we were concerned that we might not make it to the starting line in time. Anyway, we did made it there and met up with Groovy. I ended the race as 1st runner up in maxi class, while Groovy was the champ for mini dog category. What a relief to us, as this year we did not train for it. She just made a strong mental note: 'Don't stop although you felt like collapsing'. She will have plenty of opportunity to collapse later. Nonetheless, I did contributed to slow us down by having pitstop to pee and poo during the run.

~ Hello, Mr. Alien. Did you by chance saw Mr. Obi-wan somewhere? ~

The Pet-n-You demonstration were a crowd attraction. Frisbee, Flyball, Tricks, Freestyle and Obedience, you name it. Groovy showcasing some of his new moves together with a refreshing new song apart from his routine 'Save d Last Dance'.

I played my favourite Master Hunt game and unfortunately got myself stuck somewhere in the middle. The outcome was I turned out to be 3rd. Ginger made up to my failure by claiming the 1st place. As for 'Alien Says', it was not much obedience orientated, thus it took a very long time to get the winners. She got me knock-out by messing up with my right and left paw. While, Scruffy won during the 1st round. Later, she team up with Ginger and won in the 2nd round.

Not to forget, the Pet-n-You 5th Agility trial was also ongoing. She walked around the entire premise with me non-stop with the only thing in mine 'A tired dog is a good dog'. Okay, I certified that I'm indeed really tired, I need a rest. I promise I will not zoom away.

Drum rolls. The moment that was highly anticipated. To witness herself whether the crazy mutt will zoom off or not. Thank God, finally I'm not a disgrace to my family. This is the first time that despite losing, she felt thrill. But now I'm the one who was dissapointed with her. What the hell with all her mayhem crosses. She disorientated my flow and nearly cause me to crash to the broad jump. Shame on her. Anyway, she told me that I shall will remain in Jumper class till the doomsday.

The eventful day came to an end. Time for a group picture with my pals, Scruffy, Ginger and Tasha. See you again next year.

P/s: Hope next year they will get sponsor that provide dog food and treats for my materialistic owner.

Rest 'n Recuperate with New Bedding

2008-08-11T22:13:00.000+08:00

I'm back from one of the most tiring dog event of the year. Running for 3.5km, joining almost every single games and then spending the rest of the day walking north, south, east and west. All because she attempt to tire off her energizer bunny. When she reached home, all four limbs felt detached from the body, as if they doesn't belong to her. She had declared Monday as a holiday for herself as she can hardly walk without experiencing pain.

We are still busy trying to organize and edit the photos taken during the day. Meanwhile, let me show you the most satisfying prizes I got from the day. This was won from the 'Alien Says' games by my owner with Ginger, and not with ME! After she got me disqualified, she abducted Ginger and joined in the subsequent round and they won. Ginger was kind enough to let us have her prize.

Honestly, it looks like its meant for baby Lera, but I find it really comfy. Nothing is better than a nice bedding for you to rest on after a hectic day. It also came with a pillow, 2 booster and 2 doggie pal to sleep with. Lets snore away.

Now I have 2 nice bedding, although not being an indoor dog myself. I can only be with them a few hours a day. One from Dogathon 2007, another 2008, if I were to follow the statistic, next year I should be able to add another into my collection. I'm facing a hard time to choose which to sleep on.

In addition for acknowledging my owner's presence and behaving like a dog with a decent brain for the day, I deserved a meal with Blackwood canned food mixed with all the dog kibble samples that I got.

I can't described to you how delicious this meal was to me because I'm under rehad and boring dog food was being serve everyday. Even treats was being limited to only dog biscuit. Don't I remind you of a prisoner who had committed a felony? This is obviously bowl licking good. Yummy.

Pre-Dogathon

2008-08-09T21:09:00.000+08:00

I'm flutter with excitement as though Dave were trapped in my ribcage and beating his wings. The long anticipated annual Dogathon will be tomorrow. She didn't bother to practise her running and I'd be damn if we're the last to cross the finishing line. Pardon for my short post, I shall start packing for tomorrow. Will keep all my fur-pals update regarding my eventful day.

Dave's Departure

2008-08-03T15:57:00.000+08:00

Dear Dave,

Where are you, Dave? I miss you so much. I walk over wanted to greet you, but you was nowhere to be found. I search through your favourite sleeping place, but to no avail. I can't believe you leave me without saying goodbye.

~ Dave finally decided to leave ~

The memories are still fresh in my mind. Do you still remember the day? It was 15 March 2008, a rainy day. You landed on my yard, wet, bleeding and scared. You were petrified, unable to move, eat or drink. I whisper to your ears 'Don't give up'.

~ The injured and terrified, Dave ~

It felt just like yesterday, that I met you, but 5 months had past. You had nurse back to your prime health. You never understand how thrill I felt when I saw you flapping your wings every night. I teased that your flying skill is lousy, but you never gave up.

~Dave practise vigorously every night~

~ After 5 months, the handsome Dave ~

The day had come when you had decided to leave me behind. I understand. You need to return to where you belong, the place you can find true happiness and enjoy the freedom. You had finally become a beautiful pigeon, spreading out your magnificient wings, soaring high above the horizon. I hope you will never forget me.

~ The last picture of Dave, on the house roof ~

~ Dave returns to where he belongs ~

Now, whenever I gaze up the sky, I know I had a pigeon friend, named Dave. You proved to everyone out there, that they are wrong. Broken wing did not stop you from flying again. You showed me ruthless determination can overcome all obstacle in life. I am so proud of you, my one and only birdie pal. I hope you will always remember me, I know I will.

Love,
Pacco

~ I miss you, Dave. I always will ~

Lera & I

2008-07-30T13:03:00.000+08:00

August is approaching, she's getting busy and overwhelm, while I'm developing lazy bones. The only thing she said to me was 'Come!' and 'COME!' and more 'come', with different wavelength and frequency. She was carrying out some sort of sound testing to see which tone suits me best. Don't you think I'm too old to learn recall? Nope, actually I'm re-learning, re-call.

According to old myth, owners need to call their dog in the most cheerful and idiotic way to grab their dog attention. I beg to differ, as this might only work on naive dog. She had done countless of replication at different setting, mostly just in yard and in park with the long line attach. When she called out 'Pacco girl' in the sweet candy way, I'm under selective deafness. Finally, she need to resort to 'PACCO, get your ass here!', then I quickly rush back before she burst in flames again.

Recently, almost every weekend, baby Lera came to pay me a visit. We experience a 'forbidden love', because we could never get in touch with each other physically, only emotionally. It reminds me of the TV series 'Pushing Daisie' by Lee Pace, currently showing at 8TV. Ned can't touch Chuck, or else, she will DIE! Everyone was worried that I might get possess by evil spirit and launch an unexpected attack on her. How cruel.

~ She drools whenever she sees me ~

My Soul Mate : Mr Brother

2008-07-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

This week family was full of drama. The parents wanted to fixed something, which deemed beyond repair, Mr. Brother state of mind. The annual report-card-collecting-day had just passed and as usual, Mrs. Mum ravings and Mr. Dad act denial.

Ms. Owner being blamed for not tutoring her own brother. Obviously, she isn't capable of waving such magic wand, or else Pacco de Mongrel wouldn't get a failing score in her recent obedience trial. Okay, I was being dragged into the heated discussion too.

~ We both like a ship torn from its moorings and thrown adrift in a raging sea, when it comes to doing anything serious ~

I truly understand his feelings. Obviously we both have problems living up to expectation and suffered from 'Attention Deficit Disorder'. The worst is, we don't have a slight hint of regret for being who we are. He still enjoys playing racing games in the arcade, while I still enjoys being the household lunatic. Give me a 5!

She watched X-Files yesterday, but found out that X-files is losing its charm. This movie was nothing about government conspiracy and extraterrestrial species. She was slightly dissapointed.

Back 2 School

2008-07-23T22:56:00.000+08:00

~ How you been doing? Obviously situation here is totally un-interesting ~

As you can see I'm still pretty much remain in a bad mood. I didn't got to eat the pizza.

She was back to school this week. Things have been back to normal in the household. No more DvDs watching and novels reading while laying on bed eating peanuts until ants were crawling all over. Just after 3 days, she started complaining about hectic schedule and her 3 years old Nike sneaker gave up on her. Today, she wore her Reebok running sneaker to school instead. She's mortified. Anyway, since when money quarantee you quality. 'Just Do It' sucks big time, she should get herself 'Impossible Is Nothing'. Our new slogan.

~ The dull and cold laboratory reminds me of the morgue. Wonder why she loves the place so much ~

Last semester, her baby plants didn't yield the desirable result. Poor plants looked wilted and malnourish. She just need to admit she doesn't possess the green fingers. She will be better off dealing with microbes afterall, which will be her main focus this new semester. Hopefully, she's satisfied with her thesis and made a closure to her schooling life.

Facebook can be a great resource sometimes, beside the constant junk mail we tend to receive. She got in touch with a a former college-mate and found a candid shot of herself taken 5 years ago during her early days at Taylor's College in a Physic Lab.

~ Team work is not something she prefer. She's totally ego-centered ~

Have you guys watch 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth? We watched it by paying RM17 for the 3D version. Is even more costly than Digi IMAX. The movie was base on Jule Verne's 1864 sci-fi classic. The 'centre of earth' as pictured, resemble the pre-historic era when dinosaurs were still alive. As usual in a 3D movie, you will have a roller coaster ride, this time was in a mine and there were a few shocking moment which intend to trigger you to jump from your seat. Yes, she did jumped.

~ Adapted from Jules Verne's 1864 sci-fi classic, a century old fiction ~

Arte-y Pico

2008-07-23T13:10:00.000+08:00

The Goofy and Lenny sent me this award! -- Arte-y Pico!

This award was created to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creativity and their talents, also for contributing to the blogging world in whatever medium. When you receive this award it is considered a special honor." (Extracted from Origin, Sen & Tom)

New Mobile

2008-07-20T21:05:00.000+08:00

Finally, after months of anticipation, our family's Toyota Avanza had arrived. Blue. That's not my preference color. I have the best seat among others. The boot is spacious and comfy.

I even have a clear view of the mini TV, which Mr. Daddy the driver complaint 'not fair'! She planned to hijack to car and I will be her first passenger. Honestly, I'm honoured, but she haven't been driving since she got her driver license 4 years ago. I need to be worried. Sweat.

She also got busy with the new book until she unable to wake up on Saturday morning and I miss my jungle trekking.

Bleeding Love

2008-07-18T20:41:00.000+08:00

'She reminds me of "Marley & Me", the neurotic dog'

"But I don't care what they say,
I'm in love with you,
They try to pull me away,
But they don't know the truth,
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing...."

Rehab

2008-07-16T00:19:00.000+08:00

I’m now undergoing rehabilitation. Is definitely not going to be a nice experience. She had restricted my free access to the garden because most of the time I’m so engage in playing with the froggies till I often ignore her calling. She will be getting a 50ft dragline for me to be use at the training ground. Absolutely no more idiotic zoomie will be tolerate, or else either she will break my neck off or her own. Only one is allow to survive.

~ I'm suffocating ~

I tried my best to talk her off, but she looks so determined. Tonight I was even staying out of sight with a camera on me while she was in the loo. She’s getting insane to think that I’m capable of fooling around and then return to the original position.

The purple dumbell is so heavy, I guess approximately 50lbs. I desperately in need of jaw massage. She looking forward to purchase a new red dumbell for me, it will look striking. Vrooommm.... made me think of Ferrari.

By the way, we have received the Dogathon 2008 pamphlet through mail. Surprisingly there were three, so much for cost conservation. She had not been running or jogging for more than 6 months, only weekly hiking. I would advise her to do her part to train up herself, while I take a peaceful nap in my cold steel cage.

Blue Mood

2008-07-15T00:07:00.000+08:00

~ Time to act innocent ~

We have came home from our disaster weekend at Penang. If she can foresee the future, we wouldn’t have went for the trip because is costly. Maybe when we were facing transportation problem earlier on, is a hint that we shouldn’t be going. But every trial, no matter what the outcome, that lots to learn from. Thanks to my helpful friends who made the trip possible for us.

Group stay exercise is always the thing we fear most. The 2 minutes stay feels like eternity. When the handlers were ordered to return to their dogs, seeing me still maintaining my position, she was on cloud nine. But just a fraction of seconds before the steward announce ‘exercise finish’, I stood from down to a sit. The thoughtful me had earned NQ.

~ My first offleash heeling in the ring ~

We have learnt not to take things for granted. When my stinky rope and chicken meat were not available at our disposal, we screwed up so badly. I barely acknowledge her presence throughout the weekend. Getting eliminated for agility is not something new to me, we have pretty much expected it coming. But not even looking at her at the starting line and burst into zoomie, really cause her to have a mental breakdown.

~ At least I did something to get this decent picture ~

To say she was just upset is an understatement. On the first night, she thought of retiring me. But after a good sleep, she thought it would be silly to give up. Not running off the ring during the offleash heeling, passing the recall and stand stay are some of the good sign. She will be seeking professional help to curb my chronic runaway and reliability issue. Meanwhile, we will be putting all agility run on hold until further notice and shift our focus to obedience.

Cerberus: De Designer Mutt Gang

2008-07-07T21:56:00.000+08:00

Scruffy and Ginger have got themselves another sister, who apparently resemble a Husky mix due to her magnificiet blue eyes, named Sheeba. They found her straying around the residential area and decided to save her from all misery. Last weekend, Sheeba went for her maiden jungle trekking.

~ Ms Janice's designer gang: Schnauzer mix, Dalmation mix and now Husky mix ~

Scruffy's owner still haven't decided to keep her for good. They are currently looking for a potential adopter who will provide her a forever home. She's really sweet, friendly to both dogs and human, even much more well-behaved than me do.

~ I joined them to make up the 4 sleigh dog group ~

Malaysia 3rd Dog Olympic Day 2008

2008-07-03T22:02:00.000+08:00

29 June 2008

~ Face it. This not the worst thing you caught me doing. As I maintained my 100% elimination rate on grass ~

We thought of delaying this post until she manage grab as many photos as possible from someone else. At the same time, she's afraid of amnesia and forgotten what to brag about. This year, the Dog Olympic Day was not as crowded as previous year, might be due to the MKA Dog Show scheduled on the same day.

We signed up for the Agility Trial. No class being specify, only maxi and mini dogs category. My pal claimed that it looks like a Snooker course, although I had totally no idea about it. All I heard before is Steeplechase. The fact is, the course is a non-regular agility course. Seeing Hannah have to 'fuss' aka 'heel' from one end of the ring to the opposite end just to do the next obstacle without going off-course, speak volumes. Bravo to the teams who manage to pull this off with minimum faults. Congratulations to Amber and Cami who appear to be among the top finishers.

Even after 10 contestant had finished their run, my handler's vision of the course remain very hazy. To save her from embrassment, standing in the middle wondering where to head next, I decided to take off by myself running and circling the field on my own. She stare at me with her laser eye that's capable of burning through my head. 'Oooops, I did it again'. So she paid RM30 just to let me put my paws on the dog walk and A frame.

~ She was trying to force some positive karma to my head ~

However, that was no time for regret, mourning or busy pissing each other. We composed ourselves and concentrate on our remaining workload of the day. As usual, I succeed in Simon Say again for the 3rd time and the game was getting more and more obedience orientated. Previously, their emphasize alot on 'down stay'. 'Down stay' while your owner jump over and running around you. This time, they emphasize on 'stand stay'. 'Stand stay' while your owner run around you and walk away 20 steps.

There was also hurdle race, which I bobbled twice during the course, thus I didn't stand a chance. But Top 3 prizes all won by my own pals, Groovy, Cami and Russell, which was sweet. I got pretty embrassed with myself as I own the longest legs among them. Next there was 60 weave poles challenge. She was so worried that I might pop out, until she tried to guide me into every single poles. I completed it clean, but was so slow. Trust Pacco to know when to use the right speed. When she wants 'slow', I go maniac, when she wants 'fast', I'm taking my own sweet time. That's my way to keep her feeling entertain.

~ Russell completing the 60 weave poles challenge and he got 3rd ~

~ A group photo with my friends along with our hard earned medals ~

I only earned 2 bags, while she eagerly went to answer a Trivia question and got me another bag. Obviously she's shameless and will do whatever it takes for the dog food. By the end of the day, that's what matter most for us, another 3 months of food supply.

~ Me with a decent haul. 3 bags, not bad huh? ~

Fur : The Peculiar Black Kid

2008-06-30T01:33:00.000+08:00

My pal once said that 'A dog is just a kid with fur'. She not only gotten herself a kid with black fur, but one that constantly capable of making a fool out of itself and she joined that peculiar furry kid by making a fool of herself. At times, they can be so pissed off with each other until they reluctant to talk. After calming down the nerves, they both laugh out at themselves and by the end of the day, she hug on her peculiar black mutt who've not taken a bath for 3 weeks, telling her how much she loves to smell her stinky black fur.

The cycle keep repeating routinely and they will never be bore of it.

~ She and her peculiar mutt who doesn't act according to the specify gender, never fails to keep her hyperventilating ~

Overcome Spitting Syndrome

2008-06-28T21:17:00.000+08:00

She said we can't afford to lay all our chips on agility anymore. If I didn't made any progress after years of agility, is time to redirect our focus on something else. I don't think getting a qualifying score for Pre-Novice and Novice Obedience will be much of a problem. No running in the ring that will trigger me to go berserk. The exercise we fear most is 'stay'. But that we will resort to more proofing, then cross our paws and pray.

Nonetheless, overdose of heeling and stay for Novice can really make me a dull girl. Why not stimulate your mind with some of the Intermediate and Open exercise. We started off with retrieve, not retrieve and spit, but retrieve and hold to show your respect. But why dumbell? I can understand we heel on left, because hunter on field carry their gun on right, and when we walk oppose to traffic, we are suppose to be on the left. 'Out of sight stay' are meant for dogs who used to stay outside the store, while their owner went in shopping for grocery. Anyway people are fear of dognapping currently. But dumbell? I can't reason it. A plush duck might be more reasonable. Okay, I'm saying this because I'm just a poor bugger who still can't retrieve a dumbell.

While being stuck with the retrieving part, we proceed on how to complete the retrieving exercise. Mastering the 'hold'. This is what we call 'backchaining' method. I have a major item spitting syndrome. Whatever I fetch, I will spit on her feet and trained her to pick it up. This behaviour really doesn't contribute much to our dumbell work. It had took me months, with lotsa troubleshooting, especially holding it until its being removed, not to drop it when you see your owner's hand came close to it. Whenever I did that, she redraw her hand, let it drop and indicate to me, I'm screwed. After 2 freaking months, finally a breakthrough. Is not a surprise though, since I need 2 years to learn how to stay for 10 second and another year to stay for 1 minute.

~ Looking dumb is the only expression and I can make out of this situation ~

She decided not to train on tennis balls because when we played flyball, I don't think she had this dicipline of demanding me to 'hold' it.

~ 'Sit and stare' not longer works in my household. They treat me as Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman ~

~ But who can resist this? 'Sit, stare and bowl', the new trend of begging. Food, please....... ~

Last Friday, Ms Owner went for a movie marathon. 3 movies in a day, The Happening, Get Smart and Wanted. Who the jerk who told her that 'The Happening' isn't scary?! It freaked the hell out of her and she ended up only watching 60% of the film, while the remaining she blocked the whole screen with her bag. But 'sci-fi' had been one of her favourite genre. Luckily, there's nothing gore. Get Smart is a forgettable movie, nothing impressive and the worst is, she can't bring herself to laugh. Maybe she was too concentrate test messaging with Ms Sister, discussing how many Euro Cup T-shirt they should purchase at Jusco. They were being sold at 70% discount!

~ The Happening, Wanted and Get Smart ~

'Wanted' was really crazy action movie with all the 'curve bullet' moves that doesn't comply with the law of physics. Angelina Jolie doesn't have an impact on the movie, we wonder why her big gorgeous face was plastered on the poster, suggesting to us that she was the protagonist. Afterall, we got to enjoy some superbly impressive action moves, they even wreck the new version of Viper, which made us weep and there's a twist in the end.

Coming up next: Malayia 3rd Olympic Day 2008: A Review

New Table

2008-06-26T21:02:00.000+08:00

~ A new table for me. Higher and bigger than before. Sweet ~

A table meant for mini sized dog is the equipment I usually trained on. In a way I find it embrassing, I am a big girl. To expressed my disapproval I always show my refusal, no matter how clear the cue was. 'Get your ass up the table', she bellowed. In order to satisfy my desire, she brought out Mr Naked Brother table for me to try on. It was high, that's for sure. We give it a few try to see wether do I have any difficulty to climb on it. Staring at the high table this Sunday is not something that she wanted. She keep lifting me in her arms to bring me down and ask me to climb up again. Okay, I'm not a toddler. Stop treating me like one.

~ Kimi's car able to wreck in all possible ways. Broken exhaust pipe seem to be a new one. ~

Last week Magny Cours GP, he was leading 7sec infront of Massa and the Ferraris were more than 20sec away from the 2nd best team. What seemed like a stroll in the park for Kimi turn upside down when his car experience a broken exhaust pipe half way down the race. Oh no! Not again another Kimi misfortunate incident. Massa ease passed him and took the lead away. Now all he need to do is keep the P2 position. Safely reaching the chequered flag would be a relief. Yes, Kimi did it! Although he reported that his car nearly went dead twice and suffered severely burnt up hole.

While, Italian had been knock out from the title race. Boo hoo. Germany is heading to the final. Ms Sister non-stop bragging how awesome is Mr Klose. Ms Owner nonchalant even to bother. She had been out from mental prison since she had handed in the last exam paper. To the MPPJ Community library she headed, borrowed 2 novels and start indulging herself in something that doesn't include me. She's simply too fascinated with reading crime novel. Yes, the truth is, deep in the heart everyone wants to be a criminal, that's why they watch 'The Godfather' 10 times.

Back on Trek

2008-06-22T00:53:00.000+08:00

~ Is good to be back on trek. I bet all the trees, bushes, flowers, stream, mud and mosquitoes miss me lot ~

The Schutzhund trial is next weekend and there were still a number of trainers around at the Padang Merbuk up till 12pm. We got to watch their bite work routine. I love the sound of the whip, it got me really excited, I seek around for the source of the unusual sound. Hannah was driving full force forward to grab on the helper, is simply amazing. Ginger got a go at trying out her bite work on the smaller version of the sleeve. Bite work looks cool, just too bad that I'm only capable of biting rope.

Ms Owner wanted to test out my temperament, as she had been wondering all the time whether do I really had the gut to attack someone. Hannah's owner held an article and tried to agitate me. My reaction was 'non-stop furious barking with only slight lunging'. They said I'm just being 'defensive' not 'aggresive'. Nonetheless, he asked Ms Owner to give me a praise. This makes me love the Schutzhund ground, as I was being praise for doing what I wanted to do, and not for doing what I was asked to do. In conclusion, Ms Owner can't rely on me to be her guard dog, as I'm only capable of scaring off pussy human.

~ I would rather die a man, than live for all eternity a machine ~

We had just done watching Bicentennial Man 2 hours ago. The movie start off with a slow pace and you might consider switching the channels. But no matter how terrible a movie is, Ms Owner never give up until the credit rolls. Just like she never give up on me, no matter how terrible I am. Upon reaching the end of this sci-fi movie, it gets more meaningful and we started debating about humanity vs religion. Is a fact that current law forbid human to have rights to euthanize themselves, left many of the elderly and ill living in misery. I surely wish my life will be terminated when I can no longer enjoy being on this earth. The theme of the movie is 'what defines a human?'

Leggy Problem

2008-06-21T00:48:00.000+08:00

I think my hind leggy looks alright. This picture was taken 2 months ago. Is still looks the same as today, but Ms Owner said I'm getting lousy at my landing. She saw me landing awkwardly twice recently when I'm jumping too high up the air to catch whatever there's available to catch. When I'm limping, she felt like fainting. She got paranoid about my high leaping skill and demand me not to perform that silly stunt anymore. No matter how cute people think it is. She will try her best to minimize throwing balls and treats at high angles because I simply won't wait for them to drop, I just jump without knowing my limit.

~ According to the studies, early spaying before puberty cause me to be so 'leggy' and have a lower bone density, no wonder I hardly hit 14kg ~

We find this small table really useful for me to practise the distance control exercise. I won't have the chance to move forward during the interval. But doing 'down' is demanding as I have a too big body to fit.

~ Can't you get me a bigger table? ~

In Remembrance of Bank

2008-06-17T18:12:00.000+08:00

"God's finger touched him, and he slept. At the rainbow bridge, he waited for us. The day will come when we will all be reunited"

I still remember that beautiful Sunday
As usual you are drooling away
You show us your elegant weaving
Because you say you will be competiting

Dumbell is your favourite toy
the article bring you so much joy
By your master side you heel
confidence is what you feel

Time has past since that memorable day
when the God decided to bring you away
The emptiness still lingers from time to time
but when I think about you I know we'll be fine

You were more than just a friend
you were our best friend
Faithful companion
from beginning to end

With your friendly bark and wagging tail
you never showed if you ailed
Running and playing morning to night
never a mean growl or a bite

We wish you were still here right by our side
but you'll always be with us deep down inside
We gave you a smile and you gave us your heart
there is no way we will ever part

The love that you showed us we'll never forget
Obedience title, we will help you to get
We'll love you forever
You are our friend

When we look out; into the dark of night
You'll be that bright star; our guiding light
We'll meet again at the Bridge one day
when we'll walk in the light; together to stay

Bad week for Italian

2008-06-13T12:40:00.000+08:00

While I'm really boring all on my own, a resident dog came over to send his regards. He must had realized I didn't step out from the house anymore and he expressed his concern. I should have suggest to Ms Owner to give me permission to go 'wandering' by the streets with my pal. ("Didn't you heard that there's a black pup got knock dead by car yesterday!") Oh my, that's devastating. Anyway, I'm sure it helps if I wear a yellow jacket, right?

Montreal GP was another disaster race for Ferrari. We're relieve to see the Safety car when Hamilton was leading with a 7 seconds gap. When Kimi manage to leap frog Hamilton during the pit stop, we're cheering. Guess what's up next? 'Someone' actually didn't notice the red light. Hamilton's head was actually pointing towards Kubica when he approach the lane, but then he did a 'smart' move and decided to take off Kimi instead of Kubica. Way to go, man. With all the chaos on the front runners, BMW made the biggest turnover from the opportunity and get their maiden victory and also 1-2 finish.

Ofcourse we would miss out on the opening on Euro 2008 either. Watching the football match is a great way to prevent you from falling asleep while studying. Ms Sister brought out her 2 year old Klose t-shirt for the first time since World Cup 2006. Still remember the days, whenever Germany won a match, she would happily wore it to school. With no England appearance for Ms Owner, she's back for the Italian team. Too bad, their jersey isn't scarlet red. Francesco Totti was nowhere to be seen. Anyway, the Azzuri's match against the Dutch was another disaster. For the record, this was the first time in 30 years, Dutch manage to win against Italy. 3-nil! Although Cannavaro was not fielded, this is not an excuse for not scoring. As predicted, the media frenzzy got banana the next day, and Mr Don is facing the risk to be sack.

Pacco de Dogzilla

2008-06-08T16:32:00.000+08:00

This is another weekend to be forgotten. Ms Owner was banned from hiking by the parent until 25 June. According to what I've heard, they didn't want to encounter any misfortunate accident in the jungle that might cause her unable to attend to examination. That's really thoughtful of them.

Last week, I'm slothy. This week I'm a Dogzilla. While, Ms Owner was trying to capture some video with her camera, I went over to launch an attack on Angel. This was not the first time we have a rough encounter. We are life time enermy. Okay, I'm just jealous because she's a Border Collie, and I'm not. Ms Owner felt so sorry about my 'insane' behaviour, but she don't think I will ever learn a lesson. She feels like strangle me to death, chop me into 18 pieces and then distribute my meat to every dog. She warn me not to force her buy a muzzle or a prong collar, or even worse, electric collar. Thinking of it makes me shiver.

Anyway, although this didn't turn out according to her plan of capturing the flyball video for all the 4 dogs, including me, we have a complete video of Groovy. As you can see, I appear as the cameo. Talking about cameo, we heard that Robert Downey Jr. will appear as cameo in "The Incredible Hulk". Although we don't fancy watching gigantic green CGI monster, we might give it a go.

We also attempt 36 weave poles challenge, which can really make me dizzy. I can't even reliably weave 12 poles, 36 will be too much, and the sight 60 can make me faint on the spot.

The next agility trial will be 3 days after Ms Owner last paper. We don't think with 2 days interval, we can fix anything. If I didn't wander off the ring, I will most likely miss all contact, skip the weaves and fly-off from the teeter. So rather than washing done the entry fees into the drain, we might as well donate it to the charity, at least it was for a good cause.

Sloth-y Week

2008-06-03T22:50:00.000+08:00

Sorry for not able to visit my fellow friends blog for the week. Ms Owner is busy indulging herself with mountain of books. I even skipped my weekend hiking, which was a total bummer. But fortunately, she still manage to scrap some time off her hectic schedule and bring me to the new training ground at Bandar Utama for some workout and flyball time. For the first time ever, she forgotten to bring along the camera, so no chance to share with you how the new training place looks like.

Since I'd arrived at a new ground, I'm back into my default behaviour, stuff that I did best. Wandering, sneaking, and lurking around. I did everything from sniffing around to grazing the grass, but not pay attention to the agility work. When is time to run the course, I act sloth-y and complaint about the heat, just to annoy Ms Owner for abandoning me for 6 days. The most unforgivable is for her to skip my HIKING session. I hate YOU.

Injury Woos II

2008-05-29T21:45:00.001+08:00

Not again! This was the 3rd time in my life that I gotta wear the ridiculous e-collar. The person who invented this need to be crucified. I got injured, yet AGAIN, it seems like I can't get myself away from trouble. I'm definately not a lady, my behaviour is even worst that a guy. This time I injured my left thigh and Ms Owner gave my 1 week leave. But I'm too restless to calm down, even if not being requested, I'm still jumping up and down like there's no tomorrow.

I was tagged by Baylee to answer a few simply questions.
1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Hmm.. I bet I was at the doggie rainbow bridge awaiting my turn to be deliver to the beautiful earth.

2) What are the five things on my to do list today?
I still haven't get my dinner yet. After eating, annoy Ms Owner, act lazy, lick my butt and dozed off.

3) Snacks I enjoy.
Everything except commercial.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire.
I will ask Ms Owner to stop her studies and bring me for hiking daily. Then I will travel with her around the world to watch every single F1 race. Not to forget, buy her a Ferrari Enzo. Okay, as for myself, I will have a full set agility equipment in my own backyard and adopt all homeless black mongrels to join my "De Black Mongrel Team".

5) Three of my bad habits.
Snapping at stranger, bullying young dogs and running amok.

6) Five places I have lived.
Playpen, cage and living hall, all in the same house.
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7) Five jobs I have had.
Ms Owner's private bodyguard, live-vacuum cleaner, big bully, field hijacker and most importantly "Dog Food Earn-er"

Dreadfulness of a FurMinator

2008-05-25T16:00:00.000+08:00

Sometimes having commentators that were being too patriotic can be extremely annoying. It really got under our skin. That's always the case whenever Hamilton leading a race. They will be yelling in hysteria and manage to find 10 different bombastic vocabularly to describe that fine moment. We really feel like putting the TV on mute, but that would stop us from enjoying the sound of engine revving. While, when Ferraris were leading at times, they were like "Oh yeah, so what".

Monaco GP was as predicted. Chaotic. Although Ferraris secured the front grid, but the weather and mistakes screwed up everything. Massa settled for 3rd, while Kimi did a little dancing and then decide to invite Sutil to join him. What a great manuerer to spoil Force India's best race ever in history. With Sutil crying in the garage, now everyone who watched F1 hates Kimi. Some even go as far as to describe the situation as a 'kamikaze' move.

Last Saturday was a total torture for me. Jungle trekking used to mean fun and blasting time, but apparently it had turn into a dreadful grooming session for me. I was being undergo full body trimming with the renowed 'FurMinator'.

~See that black furball laying beside of me? Those 'was' my beloved coat ~

It had been a long time since I saw Groovy on trek and he was back in harness that he used to wear during his younger days. He did suffered the same fate as me, being under reign of the 'Evil FurMinator'. Ouch!

American Idol Season 7

2008-05-24T01:39:00.000+08:00

Apparently this week was not as sad as it seemed to be, although Chelsea suffered a terrible champion league finale defeat. Thinking of it bring tears to our eyes. Sob. Mr. Terry, we felt so sorry for you. Try harder next year.

On the bright side, David Cook was announced as American Idol Season 7 winner. First time in 7 years, Ms Owner managed to mark the right winner. Last year, she did came close when she start marking over Blake Lewis since the Seatle audition. Mr. Beatboxer came out as runner-up. Not bad actually. But this year was simply amazing. Mr. Cook, you ROCK!

To add up to the spices, guess who we saw while we were watching the result show? Yes, is Robert Downey Jr.! Ms Owner can't actually recognize him, as he appeared different from Tony Stark. But after watching the movie twice in the huge cinema screen, it was hard to not recognize his face. Yes, we watched it twice in a row.

Mr Downey, along with Ben Stiller and Jack Black appeared as Gladys Knight's new Pips. It was simply hilarious to see all 3 funny man dancing awkwardly and try to sing along. But this was the best finale show ever!

This is the video clip we found from YouTube. Strictly meant for Ms Owner to watch it over and over again in near future.

Okay, Ms Owner, I think is time for you to stop drooling over men with some beard. Is time to get back in business. Exam is lurking around the corner. You see, I'm trying to be helpful to accompany you for the night so that you wouldn't yawn and eventually fall asleep.

Scary Eye

2008-05-21T22:35:00.000+08:00

Guess what! I took part in the Scary Eye contest, hosted by Deetz the Airedale Terror, and I won in the 'Very Scary' catergory. I'm thrilled and proud of my scary eyes. Thanks to everyone who had voted for me.

Indeed in reality, my eyes really did manage to impressed and at the same time scare off some faint-hearted ones. "Oh gosh, look at those eye", "You eyes are unique", "Oh my, that's scary looking pair of eyes" and etc... are compliment and harsh comments I usually received.

~ So what do you think about my eyes? ~

Contact-phile

2008-05-18T15:17:00.000+08:00

Contacts, here I come! You had cost me dearly in my standard run. But now I'm determine to get rid of you. Say No to Fly-Off! I'm on my way to be a 'Contact-phile'.

I had always associate yellow with "Danger"! Thanks for having an owner who spent quater of her lifetime inside a hazardous laboratory. I wonder why would the human paint the contact yellow, if they didn't want us to treat it differently. If running contact is the best way to execute, then they should have painted the entire dog walk with the same colour.

I had to go against my better judgement to stop avoiding the yellow zone. In fact, I desperately in need to develop a loving relationship with Mr. Contact. I was being showered with treats when I maintained my 4on position. Slurp!

By the end of the day, I had consistently conquer the Dog Walk. Now we are moving on to the 'Evil A Frame'. This week, the A Frame was being lowered, best to make use of the prime opportunity.

~ Tell me when you're done, I'm gonna slip at any second ~

On the same day, we also suffered a major humiliation when Little Kimi Chai came bragging to me, saying that he can close one of his eye and yet still easily beat me off in agility. He sounds totally arrogant and I'm not amused. I nearly wanted to say that 'I can go blindfolded and beat you in high jump'. But Ms Owner said humiliation equals motivation, that's all it takes to make me even more determine to work my ass off. Although I carry the surname 'Mongrel', but it isn't an indication of being LOUSY!

~ Kimi Chai, one day you will know, Pacco de Mongrel, is not someone you can play a fool with ~

Linear Weave Entry

2008-05-17T13:32:00.000+08:00

This week I'm working on my 'linear weave entry'. We tried to increase our speed as much as possible, while still being able to hit the correct entry. After several repetation, I learn how to launch my brake and find the correct entry independently. But is difficult to make mistake with only 4 obstacles on limited spaces, and Ms Owner complaint that I weave like a middle age woman. Duh!

Hit de Entries n' Mother's Day Dinner

2008-05-14T21:12:00.000+08:00

Due to the limited spaces available at my backyard, there's not much running to do. It gives me a false impression that my weave entries are good. When my gear are up at the agility field, most of the time I can't find the entry, which is a total bummer. Now, instead of doing lead out and direct me to the obstacle, Ms Owner run along with me from the start position, which can really gear me up a little even in our own little backyard.

Regarding the family Mother's Day celebration, they just went out for a dinner. It was pretty uneventful because they're out at 8pm and most of the restaurant are fully occupied. Since they were in no mood to wait for the Q, Mr Old Daddy keep circling Kepong, Happy Garden and Old Klang Road, finally they settle for a restaurant back at New Town.

By coincidence, the TV was showing the Turkish GP live from StarSport. What a treat! So for the rest of the night, the humans were too preoccupied to eat, couldn't stop staring at the TV and wouldn't wanna paid the bill until the race was over.

The race ended with Massa winning from pole position and Kimi settled for third. Hamilton nearly gave us an 'ooooppss' when we saw him overtook Massa during the initially stage, but fortunately he was on 3 pit stop strategy. That's the downside of not keeping yourself update with the F1 news, therefore causing some unneccessary worries.

~ Some Ferraris collection. Front row contributed by Mr. Bank. ~

Obedience Weekend

2008-05-11T17:42:00.000+08:00

~ What's up with this talking-toy? I want FurMinator! ~

Finally, I had realized why Ms Owner claimed that she can't afford a FurMinator for me. Thanks to Mr Iron Man. She had manage to dry up her purse for this talking-toy, that does nothing beside non-stop saying 'I Am Iron Man' plus some other sound effect.

Last Saturday, my agility mates went for a trip to the waterfall, while I didn't get to go. Ms Owner said I doesn't deserved a holiday. No wonder she even make me skip the charity fair at Brickfields. So instead of having fun doing some tricks and scaring off everybody that approach me, I was drag to train obedience with Scruffy and Ginger.

Seems like my reliability is pretty 'okay' nowadays. At least I don't act deaf when being at a new ground. We did some heelwork both onleash and offleash, figure 8 and plenty of 'stay'. My heelwork was 'okay', beside nearly knocking Ms Owner over during the left turn. 'Stay' was totally unreliable, although I did succeed in a few attempts. Scruffy's owner even suggest me to attempt 'stand stay' for temperament test. Surprisingly, I didn't runaway or snap at her, although I did moved all my 4 paws.

I find it strange that I didn't got to jump anything today. Later, we went to enjoy chicken rice near my housing area. We dogs got to enjoy some chicken liver. Yummy! Hanging out Scruffy and Ginger is indeed rewarding. Next week, we will be back in action for agility, while we will try to improve on high speed entry for weave poles in my backyard.

National Stuffie Appreciation Day

2008-05-08T21:38:00.000+08:00

On this day, 8 May 2008, Mr. T-Bone Beasley had officially declared this meaningful date to be "National Stuffie Appreciation Day". This is the opportunity for everydoggie in the blog-o-sphere to showcase not only their beloved stuffie, but also the stuffie that they hated most, the stuffie that had passed away and also those who suffered concussion or being amputated. May all stuffie 'rest in peace' and go to 'heaven'.

If you have been hanging around my blog for quite sometime, you should notice that I'm not a stuffie mania. This brown ball might be the only one I have and I love him to bits. He showed my that he's not just a stuffie ball. Whenever I shake him vigorously, he will notify me that he's in pain by exerting a ringing sound. But most of the time, I wouldn't care-less. I've been wondering, after all this time of torment, why hadn't he died. He sure is one tough stuffie. Salute!

Mr. Grandpa had been complaining that the house is full of my junk. Ms Owner only have me alone, but yet it seems like there are 4 or maybe more dogs in the household. From the front porch, living room, kitchen, bedroom to backyard, you will not miss a dog item laying around the corner. So is time again for us to clean up some junk. Sob. Don't throw away my favourite rope!

Meanwhile, Ms Owner had been trying to get Dave crate trained. Every evening, he will be allow to come out from his vege-like cage to spread his wing. After 1/2 hour, Ms Owner bribe him with some food and there he goes into the cage. Ms Owner told me how well behave Dave was, but I'm not impressed. He just own a pea-sized brain.

Barkyard Horror 'n Iron Man

2008-05-05T16:01:00.000+08:00

It was half past 9, as usual, I was patrolling through the backyard for a final inspection before I head indoor to enjoy some TV. Just as I ended my duty, I notice something out from ordinary. I can feel this strange sensation creeping around my entire body. I went lunge forward to investigate and I jump frantically when I confirmed it was a SNAKE! I alerted the household and members of the family came forward. It was yet again, code red signal and Ms Owner tried her best to call me back. Recall was a total failure when I was in such a high drive mode. Due to the absence of a handy torchlight, Mr. Old Daddy was unable to locate the snake. I was being manhandled by Ms Owner and locked indoor. End of suspence.

The month of May and June will be rather busy and packed for us. Ms Owner coming home after dusk, cleaning up Dave and my mess. After her dinner, its our feeding time. We make use of the limited time to practise on my 'stay'. Ofcoz my 'stay' for dinner is near perfection and couldn't be better. Next, she will indulge herself in the mountain of books and papers, and non-stop cursing something that I don't understand. She mentioned something about group assignments that she dreaded most, everyone is always waiting for another. We hate waiting, that's final.

Thank God is Friday. Friday is the most relax day of the week. Ms Owner finish class early, she can put behind all the fuss in school and starts to enjoy her weekend. Last Friday, Mr. Naked Brother and Ms Owner went to watch 2 movies at Mid Valley. First, they watched the forgettable Fool's Gold, by the sizzling hot and sexy hunk, Matthew McConaughey. Okay, she didn't regret much because she gotta see Matt being topless, but Mr. Naked Brother nearly dozed off beside her yawning. Moving on to the next blockbuster of the month, Iron Man. 4 paws up! It was exceptionally brilliant movie with action-packed flick and humourous Downey Jr. We rated it the best comic-adaptation movie so far, putting behind Batman, Superman, Spiderman, X-men, Fanstastic 4, Daredevil and Hulk. We will definately watch it again this Friday!

Back to business regarding my agility. Last Sunday training ended up pretty sucked. I can't find my weave pole entry and refusal at table. I act like a little lost puppy wondering what I'm doing in the middle of an agility course. Flyball practise was not much better either, I was back to dropping balls. It can be conclude that I can easily get rusty without some backyard practise. Below are the pictures we obtain from PAAPP website on my previous trial at Penang.

Jane's Wedding Dinner

2008-05-01T22:48:00.000+08:00

Happy Labour's Day. Today I went jungle trekking with 3 new pals. It was like a rescued dogs reunion day, cause everyone of us are rescued mutt. While, yesterday the humans attended cousin Jane's wedding dinner at One World Hotel at Bandar Utama. Ms Owner dressed in total black to match with my black suit. Whoopee.Huh?! I'm not going? I thought the invitation card stated "Lee & Family". I'm positive that I'm part of the family.

We don't actually fancy attending social dinners because you need to plaster that fake smile on your face the entire night and wearing that heels can really kills your feet. Chinese food in hotel will never come in par with traditional chinese restaurant. Food portions were small and the tea taste like flower. For a fraction of second, we thought we are drinking perfume. Right after first dish, Ms Sister whispering "We definately in need of instant noodles as supper later tonight".

The bright side is, the place looks sophisicated and interior designs were decent. Audio visual works fine, no electrical failure and microphone problem, unlike prior dinners that we had attended.

~ The host's table ~

~ The crowd consist of relatives, friends and politicians ~

~ The pinks couple ~

~ Black devil vs White angel ~

Meanwhile, I was stuck at home with the little flying monster! While I was trying to concentrate on practising my table skill, she's diverting my attention.

Dave favourite past time is to act as effigy. Mind you, she's totally pro. Her wing is getting better and she's a big show off, trying to impress me how high she could fly. But the truth is just barely 3 feet and she thinks she's cool.

Code Red @ Gasing Hill

2008-04-29T10:14:00.000+08:00

~ I'm tempted to slide down the hill. Whoopee! ~

According to the newspaper, it stated that Gasing Hill had suffered a massive landslide and public are advised not to enter until re-contruction work had completed. But mind you, media loves to exaggerate at everything. It was just a minor landslide near the entrance.

~ Hang on, Mr. Rocky ~

Just incase, there might be reception interuption, I decided to bring alot my satellite for communication purposes.

This is Daisy, my new friend who resemble a German Shorthaired Pointer together with her sister, Ell. They are both newbies to jungle trekking and I never failed to remind them I'm the Queen of Gasing Hill!

Sunday morning, there was a doggie event at Botanic Park, but I didn't make it due to my sexy ass.

By the way, yesterday night we watched the Catalunya GP and Ferraris made the 1-2 finish again from Kimi's pole position. Its Ferraris 3rd win in 4 races and they are leading in the championship points with a healthy margin. Forza Ferrari!

Scary Eye

2008-04-25T22:17:00.000+08:00

Deetz the Airedale Terror had host a Scary Eye Contest for us pup to showcase the scawy side of us. Photo featured below were not digitally edited in any form.

Below was my diamond-looking eye. It was a picture taken 2 years ago from my vintage camera, that time I'm still sleeping outdoor with my blankey.

Tomorrow will be the weekend. I'm going jungle trekking with my pal. Recently, our group had shrunk to just a few of us. Fortunately, we had recruited a new trekker, is Daisy, a mixed who resemble a Pointer. As usual I try to bully every new kid that came to my jungle, Ms Owner assume I had now taken over the title "JT's Big Bully". Anyway, I will try to capture a picture of Daisy soon.

PAAPP 11th Agility & 4th Obedience Trial

2008-04-24T00:12:00.000+08:00

~ 3 mutt representing team from KL. Scruffy, Ginger and me ~

The day started off with the Obedience trial, and by the time I reached the venue, Intermediate class had already begun. This was Scruffy's Intermediate class debut and he nearly nail it with the score of 163, only missing out the retrieve over jump exercise. While Ginger did us proud by beating off Steven Tan's and Max Lee's Golden Retrievers to claim the Obedience Novice Champion award, while Scruffy settled for 3rd place.

~ Scruffy competiting along with the OB big guns ~

~ Ginger claiming top spot for Novice Obedience ~

I had a long day before my run began at 3.00pm. Since no warm up jumps are available, I did some heeling practise and playing rough with my stinky tug. This time the treat was Ms Janice's famous "buttered-chicken-liver"! Anything that isn't commercial works great for me. Slurp.

~ The Fanstastic Duo are set to dominate the OB ring ~

The number of participants was low and some of the registered ones didn't turn up. Groovy's lady boss messaged me some words of encouragement and it really boost up my confidence until it nearly spilled, coupled with our request to Bank's owner, asking him to pray for us that we will win in all 3 class. But the 'blur' him, didn't even realize I was up in Penang, when the rest of the world knows about it.

We started off with the jumper class. It was a totally right handler course if only you want to have a beautiful run. But we choose to go ugly and keep switching side. 1st attempt - off course. 2nd attempt - CLEAN RUN, but I did some wide turning, hence record time 23 second. 1st placing for me.

Qualifying for the Elementary class was our main aim for this trial, although I expect to miss the contact for dog walk. Table wouldn't be much of a problem, since we had been practising table everyday and night for the past 2 weeks, working on every direction and distance. But this time, it was the teeter! 1st attempt: Standing in the middle of the teeter without tilting it down. Ms Owner made me repeat the teeter several times, but I still bailed off without tilting it. 2nd attempt: Still the same. What a bummer and she was got real pissed off. We were in such high confidence that we will definately get it this time. Argg!! Ms Owner feels like throwing me down the Penang bridge and let me swim back to KL.

~ Getting some decent rest in between runs ~

Final run, the Gambler Test I. The gambler sequence was hurdle, hurdle, tyre, hurdle, table. The distance was comfortable for us, but later we notice it had a difficult entry. During the opening sequence, we choose to weave, but I weaved like an old grandma and then I refuse to enter the tunnel. I doesn't seems like my usual self, I never hesitate to enter the open tunnel. But atleast I successfully touch the table this time with Ms Owner giving only 1 cue. Daily practise had made me a table pawfect. Surpringly, 1st placing.

At 7.00pm there was Flyball Mock run. The aim of this mock run was to enable the judge and steward to try out their rules and made any adjustment if necessary. I don't even bring my flyball box along, hence I'm just doing some retrieving work here. The banner was set up in between 2 lanes to ensure the green dogs don't run into each other. Ms Owner predict I will run like an auntie and skip the jumps during the run back. But the outcome was better than expected. During my first 2 runs, Kofi came over to my lane to say 'hi' and ask if he could try out my tennis ball. I got rather paranoid and drop my own ball, but I manage to control myself from snapping innocent dog, and return to Ms Owner. Later, the authority secure the banner from all gaps. Despite all the tiredness, I'm still hitting 7 seconds. Whoopee! But Ms Owner wonder how come I'm not faster at the training ground.

~ I'm analyzing the strange white hurdles ~

By the end of the day, I did not contribute anything to earn points toward the agility title. Nonetheless, the food prizes were bigger than before. We got 7.5kg bag for 1st placing. Archer's owner got pretty anxious and ring me up demanding for results. She's really happy that I didn't let Pet-n-You down, as this time I came as a sole ranger. Ginger's trophy was really beautiful and yet again I'm so tempted to participate in the OB trial. Scruffy came in 2nd for Jumper class and 3rd in Novice obedience, thus he only manage to bag home the food prizes.

~ 1 clean run medal, 2 winner trophies, 2 big packs of food and smiling faces~

~ The mafia gang's haul. We, the proudest mutts in town ~

PetFinder.my

2008-04-23T10:54:00.000+08:00

PetFinder.my is up and running. There's the place you should go if you intend to adopt a dog, help in rescue or fostering a pup. There will be lists of dogs and puppies available for adoption being featured.

Meanwhile, me, Pacco de Proud Adopted Mutt had bag home 15kg of dog food and 2 winner trophies from my recent trials and awaiting Scruffy's lady boss to forward me our photos.

Surprisingly, we had been informed by Sue that Scruffy and me were being featured in the local paper. Although Ms Owner can't understand what the paper says and my pretty face isn't there, but at least my proud name does.

Going Up North

2008-04-18T16:47:00.000+08:00

Uncle Richard's family had finally arrived Malaysia on Tuesday night for their first visit back home after migrated to UK for 3 years. He'll be here until 3 May and yesterday night the families went out for a reunion dinner, while engaging themselves in a serious disccusion regarding his daughter's marriage.

~ Me, Ginger & Scruffy are going to Penang ~

Meanwhile, I'm busy packing up the luggage for my trip to Penang Island to participate in the PAAPP 11th Agility Trial. I will be travelling 229 miles up north along with Scruffy & Ginger to represent the teams from Klang Valley.

~ I'm bringing the balls for the Flyball Mock Tournament ~

~ My confirmation of entries letter ~

~ An egg for me, so that I will score 0 fault ~

~ Getting some decent rest before the journey begins ~

I will be departing today at 4.30pm and be back on Sunday evening. I hope my friends won't miss me too much. Or maybe they are breathing a sigh of relief that Pacco won't be around to bully them for the weekend.

~ I'm going off now. See yeah! ~

Ti-Ratana Family Day feat. Pet-n-You Dog Demo

2008-04-16T13:31:00.000+08:00

~ Gigantic A-frame awaiting me to conquer ~

Last Sunday, we were at Ti-Ratana's Family Day 2008 in Methodist Primary School, Brickfields, featuring Pet-n-You Dog Demo. As soon as I reach the ground, there was the ear pricking, glass shatering "Lion Dance". My fluffy tail hid herself under my slim belly, being so shy.

~ Finally, we had got it right. Ms Owner in black and so do I. Way to show our team spirit! ~

Pet-n-You team was there to perform a routine of dog sport demonstration, which comprised of Heelwork to Music, tricks, simply agility that include weave poles and obedience. Cami kickstart the show with her neat tricks and then was my turn. Take a deep breath and off we go!

Yeap, I really did 'go' with a zoomie. I ran a lap of honour before returning to Ms Owner. After introducing myself to the crowd, showing them I'm a black mutt with nice body and shinning coat, I'm back into serious business.

~ I warm up with some jumps ~

~Groovy dance on the floor, while I can dance in the AIR. Whoopee! ~

~ HANDSTAND trick ?!?! Nope, is just our Olympic-style startline posture ~

~ I got a little over the top and start to pose for pupparazi, nearly forgotten what I'm doing ~

Then was Groovy's Heelwork to Music slot.

Coming up next was time for agility. We bought along our powerful tools, chicken and stinky rope, and can't wait to find out how will I fare in this situation, kids running around, camera flashing and open field for being zoomie.

~ Groovy with the horn of demon ~

~ Kimi Chai playing peek-a-boo with his boss ~

We didn't opt for a lead-out because there was such a high tendency for my to zoom off, so Ms Owner de Snail started along with me, and right after the first jump, I had successfully ditched her. Hurray! Sniff my fart!

~ Numbers? Who care about numbers, there ain't no judge here ~

There I go, skipped a few jumps here and there. So did her, she really did cheated. She ran straight to the tunnel to get ahead of me. Once I get out from the tunnel, she was ahead and then we did the weaves.

~ Hey Ms Owner, I thought YOU are suppose to follow the numbers! ~

Upon finishing with the obedience routine. We end our show with a 'group stay' for the pupparazi. It was really challenging for me, as we were not only doing a 'down stay', but we did it on a 45 degree slope!

~ I'm slipping here, HELP! ~

Is time to chill out after the work. There were many stalls available selling a variety of foods, raging from chinese noodles, western dish to japanese sushi. Many thanks to Ms Suzie for offering us free brunch too.

~ Cami : I'm ready to dine-in. Slurp. ~

~ Cami : Oh boy, you really did ruined my appetite ~

~ Groovy : Pity you. But my appetite is as good as ever. Slurp! ~
~ Cami : Help! Someone please evacuate him away from me. ~

~ Shadow boy to the rescue ~

~ Kimi Chai : I think I heard someone calling for help ~

~ Bank : Oh yes, so did I ~

Enough from the Cami Groove affair, is time for the black team to head home. Thanks to the muddy field, Ms Owner white sneaker is turning black to match with my black paws. Sayonara.

Obedience Wannabe

2008-04-12T21:12:00.000+08:00

Looking really professional here with my training pals. We looks like representative for some sort of serious training regime. Come join us if you wanna be, a 'jumper' like Pacco, 'obedience-advocate' like Bank and Sissy, a 'smooth weaver' like Angel or a 'speed demon' like Groovy.

Not to forget, Cami the 'Frisbee Lover' right behind there, while I'm on my way to win this 'Fastest Recall' game, with my head looking awkwardly weird.

Ms Owner had purchased the super glue for my ass. We are now doing the preliminary testing to examine its effectiveness. I'm doing a 'down stay' with little Camilia Nugget lurking around tempting me to chase her down.

Is time to stop being envy at others who can 'stay' so perfectly. Me, Pacco de Mongrel, can 'stay' too. All I need is to exert some 'laziness' in me or maybe some alternative remedy, such as .....

~ For a 3 minutes 'down stay', all I need is some sleeping pills ~

Bone of the Month

2008-04-09T12:11:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday, Bahrain GP was uneventful apart from Lewis claimed that he had a problematic start and then he can't help much with his position after kissing on Fernando's butt and losing his front wing. So, the Ferraris strolled to an easy win with BMW Sauber trying to challenge the 2nd spot. The race ended with Felipe's (finally he got the points) much needed to win to mute the press, and Kimi settle for 2nd.

The 'De Mongrel' kennel had been having a good rest for the entire weekdays last week. The poles and jumps were not being touched at all. Ms Owner was rushing for her assignments and mid term exam is lurking around the corner. We spent the night brushing up on our rusty tricks and catching balls. She's getting a little crazy with this ball catching stuff until now the way she throw was like gun shooting, right into my face. "Ouch!", that will be the consequence if I miss it.

With no weaving practise for 6 days, it seemed like I'm back to square one again. Last Sunday, I keep popping out in the middle. I think we need to purchase an extra 6poles to make up to the numbers during backyard practise. The first 5 jumps of the course were so challenging, so much turning to do, Ms Owner can't think properly and I'm totally confused. I have order her to make a mental note and practise her run at home with an invisible dog, while I supervise her by the side.

By the way, is time for my teeth cleaning routine again. This time we have pork bone. Previously, we tried mutton, but we ended up with the entire front porch and my face smelling mutton, and that's awful. So next time, no more mutton, it will be either pork or beef.

~ I feels like a beast. I can growl. Grr..... I want to have the speed of cheetah ~

After 3 hours....... still remain at the same position gnawing. I have finally succeeded in 'stay out of sight' for 3 hours!! Ms Owner must be thrill.

The truth behind Pacco. Contractory to the believe that black dogs can't stand heat and being under the sun, I do enjoy sun-tanning, and I did it everyday for a long duration. Just wanna make sure I absorb enough of solar power for speed work, Vitamin Ds, my black coat stays black and resemble shinny amour, unlike some of my pals who had their black fur turned brownish. But people tends to believe the myth about black dogs getting overheat. Thanks for being so considerate and I really appreciate it, cause I always use this excuse for not training under the hot sun. Bravo me! But I don't appreciate it when the whole family are claiming me as being the 'Insane Dog'.

~ I'm enjoying sun-tanning under the blazing hot sun at noon ~

PetsWorld 2008 Recap

2008-04-05T15:38:00.000+08:00

Yo! Time to show you guys some interesting photos from the last week event. All the below photos from the event are courtesy by Pet-n-You.

This is Ms Owner and I awaiting Money's arrival. We found out about the timer function in our camera. So, here is our neat group picture after almost dozen of attempts. Yeah, is easy for her to look into the camera, but I don't really get the idea of hallucinating an invisible cameraman.

~ Me and my gear, team color = black. Ms Owner, go change your shirt, please ~

Once we reach and set up my crate, with cloths covering all four direction to prevent me from barking, I'm suffocating.

~ Pacco's corner. Look messy? Yeah, this is how our bedroom looks like too. Can't help it, dirty and messy is our culture ~

The obedience trial was taking place and this was the first time we witness how the Intermediate and Open class competition. Looks interesting but tedious and it take a long time. They doesn't had a standard course time of 2metre per second.

~ Bank doing a long jump. I can't pull this stunt with no worries ~

The most difficult task in the whole game of obedience is to 'stay' and doing it out of sight of your handler, which is absolutely 'IMPOSSIBLE'!!!!

~ These dogs had super glue on their ass ~

~ The aim of the exercise is to make your dog goes Zzzzzzz....... ~

Enough of watching obedience work for me, is time to greet my friends.

~ The Chan's family, Bank de Super Drooler and Kimi Chai de Samseng ~

~ The Ho's family, Money the sophisticated JRT ~

~ Amber-Mae's Family, together with Faith an Chloe ~

~ Groovy de Land Torpedo trying to fool you with the mischievous look ~

Apart from the serious obedience trial, there was also some casual games to cater all pet dog lovers, which include Fancy Dressing, Biggest and Smallest dog, Best Trick, Longest Tail and Most Adorable Puppy.

~ Scruffy de Red Indian participating in Fancy Dressing Contest ~

~ This purplish pink poodle seems to be another species of four-legged. She even have padicure ~

~ Ms Owner threatened to turn me into a purplish pink mongrel, if I wash her 50 bucks into drain, by screwing up all my runs. I'm scared ~

~ Archer, the most consistent team ~

~ Can't recognize who this Border Collie belongs to, there are 3 collies that day and they all looks identical. Our bet is Chester ~

There was a large crowd, and all the other dogs before me have some nice run. People were clapping and cheering, yet it didn't mentally affect me. Maybe I'm already partially deaf after so much of exposure to loud noises.

~ This mutt, you doesn't need a 2nd second guess. Who will looks as skinny with out of proportion body structure and sharp brown eyes like me do. Nonetheless, my black coat looks really shinny here and I'm not on any kind of supplement, no cod liver fish oil for me ~

I'm the dog who did the most of run of the day again. This has always been our approach to agility trial. Invest as much as you can in different classes, and by the end of the day, you will have a higher probability of getting something in return. Fortunately, I'm a mutt with good stamina, or else, someone might need to call up 911 for me. Due to my hectic schedule, I might reconsider letting Ms Owner to adopt another mutt, just to keep her occupied and give me some decent rest that I deserve. BUT, make sure she is no even close to be prettier than me do.

Groovy end the show will style with his groovy dance moves. I love his 'hop on feet' moves and attempts to try it on Ms Owner skinny legs, hoping it will break and we can all rest in peace.

~ Job done and is time to head home. Sayonara ~

Hind Legs Trick

2008-04-01T23:01:00.000+08:00

Happy April Fool, everyone. Time to rest from agility practise and do something fresh to keep our mind stimulated. Since, I never learn how to 'beg', while sitting up on hind legs, I decided to 'stand on 2' instead.

~ I'm tall like a stork ~

Ms Owner had gone into a movie-maker frenzy. So, here's the video of how I execute the trick out in an amateur way. I even attempt going backwards while standing on two, like what we watch from a Mary Ray's video.

Pet-n-You 4th Agility Trial Recap

2008-04-01T11:25:00.000+08:00

~ The best agility trial venue ever ~

Objective of the day
1. Better offleash control and avoid the appearance of Pacco de Amuck Runner
2. Winning the easiest class - Jumper

Hyphothesis
We predict that Pacco will be less zoomie, but can't guarantee she might attempt to do a lap of honour during her run. Since this is an indoor trial with no grass in the near proximity, there is a high tendency for her to foul the ring.

Materials
1. Yummy treats - stimmed chicken meat
2. Favourite toy - Stinky rotten tug

Methods
1. Keep reminding Pacco that freshly stimmed chicken is around when she pay attention
2. Rest her in crate to prevent 'auntie' performance later
3. Bring her for potty after every 2 hours
4. Practise some heelwork, 'down' and tricks for warm-up prior to run
5. Remove the collar early and get her heel to the start line, to avoid over-reaction

Results
1. In total of 6 runs, fouled the ring twice, initially poo-ed, later pee-ed.
2. Staring at the 'pause table' like she never seen it before in her life. Fortunately, no shouting is require for 'down on table'.
3. Many overshot at obstacles (adding some 'auntie performance' can help to prevent this)
4. Weave poles - no pop-out and no last-pole-mistake. Daily weaving practise finally paid-off.
5. 'E' and 'NQ' for both standard run, Elementary and Novice class.
6. Only 1Q and 1 clean run for the day, that result in 1st place for Jumper.

Discussion
1. Luckily there isn't 6 different ways of fouling the ring, or else, Pacco might attempt it.
2. We should get a table with standard height at home and practise on jumping on it 100 times a day!
3. Obviously the course need a 'right side weaving'. So we should start to train for it.

Conclusion
Objective of the day were achieved. Upcoming trial objective is to "Go get that placing for 'standard' course!"

Pet-n-You 4th Agility Trial at Mid Valley

2008-03-30T23:09:00.000+08:00

Pet-n-You 4th Agility & Obedience Trial was successfully held yesterday inconjuction with PetsWorld 2008 at Mid Valley, Exhibition Hall. This was a picture of me, getting all set up and ready to go.

~ The crate, a new addition to my gear, that cost Ms Owner purse to burn a hole ~

Money and her generous humans gave me a lift, and we reached Mid Valley at 10.00am. The obedience trial seemed to take forever, cause I'm so boring sitting in my crate. Maybe I should enrol for obedience next time, just to make my mind occupied (just a suggestion, after I noticed the 'huge' Happy Dog food).

~ The big crowd by obedience ring ~

The clock was ticking down to 2pm. Ms Owner bring me for potty a few times. I actually poo-ed once and pee-ed twice at the assigned doggie toilet, and yet I still fouled the ring (I'll elaborate about it in the next post).

~ When's my turn? I can't wait to stretch my muscle ~

Due to the stressed Ms Owner was experiencing, she was in no mood to capture any picture of the agility course itself. She was too preoccupied in memorizing the course, and asking me to 'focus!' and 'stop snapping human's finger!' (Sorry, just can't control myself, those fingers looks like sausages to me).

Apart from some Pacco's bloopers during the standard run, finally I manage to win my 'Jumper' class with style. Ms Owner feels that I'm darn fast, just like ballistic missiles. But I still didn't know my timing, all I knew was I won and I wanted to go home.

Upon reaching home, we had our dinner. Then.....

~ The K.O. team ~

Here, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate my pal, Scruffy for winning the Obedience Novice class. Well done, boy!

1st production from 'Movie Maker'

2008-03-27T23:20:00.000+08:00

Inspired by Mr Chan's DVD production, we are amazed by his talented IT skills. It was such a shamed that Ms Owner often need to seek advise regarding computer knowledge from him. While, Ms Owner suddenly found out that her laptop had this 'Movie Maker' program, she keep herself busy for the entire day, making a video out of me. I think her mind was to preoccupied until she nearly forgot that she have three assignments due on Monday.

Being a newbie in video editing, there are still alot to learn and Ms Owner doesn't know how to fully utilize all the functions available. By the way, this is not a 'tribute'. I'm still alive and jumping.

Heelwork

2008-03-24T21:01:00.000+08:00

Happy Easter Day, everyone. The church near my home cause a massive traffic jam on Easter morning. Grandparents brought back some eggs painted red for me. Yummy! After my agility training, Ms Owner enjoyed the F1 race with the family. This round the race was held in our country, Malaysia at Sepang Circuit. Is was such a shamed that Ms Owner was watching from home. After 1/2 the race remaining, we were pretty confident that Ferrari will secure both the 1st and 2nd placing, but unfortunately Massa spunned off into the gravel during lap 30. What a major heartbreak and Ms Owner nearly suffered cardiac arrest. While, it was a relief Kimi manage to stroll to the chequered flag with 20sec to spare.

~ Mr Felipe, you seemed to be pretty unreliable with your performance. Unrealibilty had been my major issue too ~

Ms Owner was having a break from school today. Since both of us was pretty lazy to practise on weaving, we just settle for doing some heelwork. With less effort, I got equal amount of treats. Whoopee! Below picture simply focus on my sexy and Ms Owner skinny legs. Mind her.

~ First is 'Attention!' (as per what Mr. Chan tends to command). ~

"Right-about-turn"

~ Pretty dressage. Left, right, left, right....... ~

~ Attention Heelwork. Yes, just focus on the palm. There' something yummy in there, which will be release at any second ~

By the end of the session, I had develop a stiff neck injury. Definately in need of a massage therapist. Obedience seems to be fun, when the 'stay' routine is being eliminated.

Dave de Mongrel

2008-03-22T09:08:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was a public holiday and my trekker pals went for a trip to the Kuala Kubu Bharu's waterfall again. I'm glad that Ms Owner seemed to be busy with her assignment and decided not to join the trip. Phew! The fact is, I HATE swimming! I would rather snuggle up in my kennel reading the recently downloaded Clean Run magazine. We manage to find out that Clean Run website offer free digital copy of Decomber 2007 issue. Whoopee!

~ I'm glad I miss out that waterfall trip ~

By the way, guess what I got here. I've received my belated birthday gifts from Amber the NihonChihuahua. Thank you so much. Ms. Owner love the 'Dog Training Dummy' the most. Yes, according to her, she need that 'dummy' to teach 'Pacco de Dummy'. Grrr.......

Updates regarding the pigeon with a broken wing, she had been eating alot and poo-ing alot too. Ms Owner, grandma and grandpa, all three of them, take turns to feed her. I bet she will get obese in no time. Since, there is no avian vet around and obviously the wing won't heal by its own, she decided to keep her as our new pet bird. We had decided to name her, Dave de Mongrel.

~ The miserable pigeon, Dave de Mongrel ~

Last Sunday, was Mr. Grandpa's 84th birthday, I suppose. As people get older, we lost count of their age. Although we had a bitter sweet relationship, I would still like to wish him a 'happy birthday' and may he has the best of health. The humans have a small reunion-like dinner among some of the family members. Someone was obviously leftout here, is non-other-than Uncle Richard and his family. Oh yeah, and Pacco de Mongrel too.

Pacco de Hunting Dog

2008-03-18T10:57:00.000+08:00

~ Courtesy from Groovy, this is a neat group photo during the Petster Launch last weekend ~

Yesterday, I look pretty sluggish on the field. Ms Owner claimed that she feels like 'vomiting blood' and 'strangle my neck' when she look at me. That must be the 'sign'. A sign that Ferrari had a disasterous weekend. Kimi's performance yesterday make us feeling heart attack. From 15, move up to 3 and then dropped to 11, increase to 7 and finally 'DNF'. The race ended with only 7 cars, the direct outcome of retracting the traction control. Or maybe the driver simply forgotten the skills of racing after hibernating for months. Ms Owner sms-ed, Ms Sister saying 'I'm fainted'. While Ms Sister replied 'I'm dead'. So with one fainted and another dead, a sluggish Pacco will be insignificant.

Later the evening, I came across a grounded pigeon. As usual, with my great preying instinct I will zoom at full speed and catch it. Wow! I'm feeling great! Finally, after years of preying, I manage to catch a pigeon. I'm so proud of my achievement.

Ms Owner yelled like a frantic woman. She went to pick up the poor pigeon and bring her home. Huh?! I think she's going to cook it for my dinner. Finally, I'm Pacco de Hunter, hunting for my own meal. Yummy.

Then we found out that the pigeon had suffered a broken wing. Obviously she had injured her wing that the reason she can't fly. Yeap, this all make sense. Only a handicapped animal will let Pacco de Lousy Hunter catch.

We call up the local vet, and so dissapointing to hear that they are not Avian Vet, they simply don't treat birds, especially wild birds. I wonder what can we do. Will she heal on her own? Heaven knows.

Pacco's (nearly disaster) Trick Demo and Easter Bonnet Contest

2008-03-13T11:19:00.000+08:00

Here's the photo of my current nose. It looks bad and I have to attend the Petster Magazine Launching at Ikano in this condition. Many of you had read about the event from Amber-Mae's blog. I'm slow in updating, plus still didn't manage to get enough pictures to post up. Below pictures are courtesy from Mr. Rocky.

~ Me going to a show with broken nose? No way! ~

I was there to represent Pet-n-You for the Dog Tricks Demonstration along with Groovy, Sissy and Cami. But things didn't goes like we had planned. With all the noise, loud music, crowded area, and dancing disco lights, Ms Owner can now confirmed that I suffered from Acousticophonia and Agoraphobia. I'm so nervous start I walk with my body lowered and tail tugged. My minds was focusing on the crowd, Ms Owner's command was inaudible and can't focus on hand signals either with all the flashing lights (Lame excuse by me *Ahem). She thinks I got super ears and vision, I suppose. While my fellow pals aren't sensitive as I do, probably they are used to going clubbing and disco with their owners. or maybe I'm just being over paranoid.

Finally, the host symphatize our chaotic situation up there and they assist me by shutting down the dancing lights and lower down speaker volume. Yeah, I felt pretty honoured, so much effort need to be done, just to get a mutt to perform her trick. I nearly thought they will ask me to give up. Maybe is an advantage of being a mutt. Whoopee.

After much persuasion from Ms Owner, I did a' low jump' for her. Just to keep her satisfied, but apparently she's not.

Then I did another pose, as what Johann described as 'Danger!'. We usually called this 'Home', but for now, the situation up at the stage really makes me feeling in 'Danger!'.

Okay, to end up my mess, I did my trademark, 'Jump over the Back' to finish up my work. Phew! Then I quickly rush down the stage and hide myself.

For my far away from ideal tricks demonstration, I came home with some goodies courtesy from Mr. Archer. Maybe he wanna peace talk with me after our unfortunate incident that morning. Okay, for the sake of the food, I'll consider to forgive him for once.

~ Thank you, Mr Archer ~

By the way, Koobuss organized an 'Easter Bonnet Contest'. Not many people actually celebrate Easter Day in Malaysia, cause there was not a public holiday for us. So when there is no holiday, it means no celebration. Previously, all I knew is there will be some colorful eggs around. But now, I knew that we have to wear a 'Bonnet' on Easter Day too!

~ Me in 'Big Pink Bonner' looks disaster or hilarious? Take a good look at it now, is seldom to see Pacco in Pink! ~

Pacco de Snappy Mutt learning 2on/2off

2008-03-10T15:24:00.000+08:00

People said with more socialization, dog will get more friendly towards others. But why aren't the same happen on me? Recently, Ms Owner notice that I got even more aggressive at the training ground and during my jungle trekking session. Weaker and shy dogs or hyperactive puppies tends to be my victims. What's going on with my brain? I wonder. Must be another typical Pacco's breed unusual temperament. Fortunately my attack never result in physical damage, no dogs are harm in the process. They just suffered major freak-out and shocked (I don't exactly attack them, I'm just trying to 'alpha roll' on them).

"Wait till u gets home". That what Ms Owner tends to say, with me yawning by the side. She just simply pull me away, but threatens to buy me a 'cage-muzzle' if situation goes uncontrollable, together with a big label on me that writes 'Aggressive Mutt. Approach at your own risk', just to warn off the public.

Yesterday morning during my training session, I went over to provoke another new victim, which is non-other-than Mr Archer. I ended up losing in the duel and got a bite on my nose, it was BLEEDING! Boo hoo...

~ Serve me right.... (This photo was taken previously, with my beautiful nose, prior to injury) ~

Not to worry about my injured nose. Actually was just a minor sratch, not being entirely bitten off. I don't require to undergo plastic surgery to fix it. Ms Owner hope that I had learnt my lesson, and will never attempt to head over and provoke other dogs anymore. Yeah, right. Next week, I'll pay my revenge. "Watch your back, Mr Archer!"

If the aggressiveness means more drives, then we hope we can improve on our trials. Anyway, Ms Owner wish that I will transfer my overdose of steroid hormones and extra energy on attacking the agility course and flyball box instead. Is time to talk about something positive. For the last 2 weeks of training, I never ran out of the ring (but still didn't manage to achieve a clean run yet<------ handler's fault!) during my agility practise and I'm really focus in my flyball part. Too focus until I went over to hit the flyball box when I'm suppose to finish the agility course. We had came up with a good way to utilize the plank that I found earlier. Although it was unstable for me to try 'running contact', but is good enough for me to practise my '2on/2off', since this is all we got at the moment. We are desperately in need on improving our contacts.

~ When being 'non-jumpy' is rewarded. What kind of obstacle is this?! ~

By the way, I'm participating in Johann's "Get on the Fun Dog Tricks Train!

-------Copy and paste starting with this line and everything below----------

There are all kinds of fun tricks for us dogs, right? Well, let's make a list! And share it with the dog world!

Here's how it works:

1.) Copy and paste this post beginning with the "copy and paste" line at the top of the post to the "copy and paste" line at the end of the post, courtesy of Johann The Dog!

2.) Substitute the Host Tag (see below) and one of the vacant “Tricks” spots with the name of your dog trick and the URL of your blog, just like I did.

3.) When you find out that someone has added this link post to their blog and their trick isn't listed on your post, practice good paw and add their link in one of your “Tricks” slots, by copying his/her 'Host Tag’ and paste it over one of your “Tricks” slots below, and republish. This makes the list the same on everyone's blog!

4.) Encourage and invite your readers to do the same and soon this can grow fast. And if your not a dog, but you blog about dogs, or own a dog, you are also welcome to participate!

Host Tag: Jump over Back! - Pacco de Mongrel

1. Danger! (run and sit between your 2-leggers legs) - JohannTheDog
2. Rollover - Rescue Me
3. Beg - Raise a Green Dog
4. Bang! (play dead) - Fun Dog Tricks
5. Jump over 2-leggers' Back - Pacco de Mongrel
6. Super chase dogs - Gus & Louie
7. Cover your eyes - Tummy Scratch!
8. Push the door closed - Jake's Progress
9. Trick
10. Trick
11. Trick
12. Trick
13. Trick
14. Trick
15. Trick
16. Trick
17. Trick
18. Trick
19. Trick
20. Trick

There it is! It's as easy as that! I hope to make lots new friends with this project and learn about all kinds of new tricks I can learn! Please leave a comment here if you have added this project to your blog, so that I can add you to the list!

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Month of Charity

2008-03-07T22:25:00.000+08:00

March seems to be like a month of charity for the ladies. With Ms Sister went for a blood donation drive at her local college. This was her first time being a blood donor, and she's excited about it. While, Ms Owner is trying hard to gain some weight by eating bigger meals.

~ Donate your blood NOW! ~

Apart from that, Ms Owner got to know about World Vision Child Sponsorship programme through her university. It only takes RM50 per month to sponsor a needy child to provide them with food, shelter, health care and education. Now we started to realize how big Malaysia currency had gone up to. The best part is there will be no contract. Sponsor can redraw sponsorship anytime or when they can no longer afford to continue. World Vision will be having a similar campaign at Mid Valley Exhibition Hall on 15 and 16 March inconjuction with NAIPEI Education Fair. They will have a set up exhition corner to allow visitors to step in the shoes of children suffered from HIV and living in poverty. So do drop by to find out how you can contribute and spread the words to create awareness, with their slogan "Discrimination Kills, Not AIDS".

While Ms Sister and Ms Owner busy with charity and contributing, I wouldn't want to feel left out either. During the recent rainy season, I'm stuck at home with studying and more studying. Hoping to improve myself in agility and with all the food I will win future, I will consider donating a portion to the local independant dog rescue group.

~ Studying is tiring ~

New Tug Toy

2008-03-06T11:55:00.000+08:00

~ Thank you, Blue for the lovely cover ~

Wondering how I spent my '3rd barkday'? With the evil owner back from school only at 7pm, plus an excuse she's out of budget to buy anything special for me, and out of time to cook anything like previous year (Lame excuse), all I got was an opportunity to pose infront of a cake that doesn't meant for me.

How I wish I can spend my big day in the woods, chasing after flying fox with my flying skills and retrieving ducks for Ms Owner to cook. That's what we call 'paradise'.

By the way, I got myself a new tug toy. Is not exactly 'new' to be precise. Ms Owner bought it 2 years ago, and that time I didn't get the idea of tugging, so she just kept it on the shelves. From what we read in previous years, some trainers came up with an idea of 'not-letting-your-dog-to-win' the tug game to show your superiority over them. But what's the point of playing if I knew I never going to win? I got pretty demotivated to continue and prefer chasing the ball instead.

Our tugging experience was put on halt for 2 years and now we are back in action again after reading Art of K9Disc: Tugging for Retrieve, which explains everything you need to train a dog to enjoy the game of tugging. The most important point is, you must let the dog win the game!

Not sure whether is it due to my 'New-Toilet-Syndrome', I got pretty obsessed with they rope, until I kept jumping up at Ms Owner to grab it with my 'fang'. Then, I would voluntarily bring the rope back to tug for another tug. After every evening practise session, she will keep my toys near the window plate. The tennis ball never fails to be there, but I never attempt to steal it. The new tug toy laying there manage to tempt me to commit a crime, I leaped up and grab it from the window. Ms Owner was delighted to see me loving my new toy, hopefully I will love it as much when she bring it outdoor, then she can have a slight hope of weaning me away from being too dependent on food.

We got some tips from Surf Stormers Flyball Dogs on how to increase my accuracy in 'catching-ball-skill'. We can make use of the time at home to practise on catching, by throwing the ball at a lower arc gradually, until directly straight at my face, just like how the ball shoot out from the flyball box

3rd Barkday on 3rd of 3rd Month

2008-03-04T10:05:00.000+08:00

Today is my 3rd Barkday. I'm now 'mature-r', a dog with more self-control and wisdom. *Ahem. Since Ms Owner is back to school, I need to spent my special day all alone. Heard she mentioned that I should make use of my free time at home to brush up on my 'table' skill, while waiting for her to be back from school.

Thanks to Mr. Grandpa for removing some of the flower pots. Now we got ourselves a new obstacle at the yard. We thought of utilizing it as a mini dog walk, but the plank that we manage to find is unstable for the purpose. Or else, we will be able to train for my "running contacts".

However, we still have our own 'table'. Although its pretty narrow and I have to adjust my butt accordingly. Is still a great opportunity for me to master my 'down on table', before Mr. Grandpa decided to put up some new flower pots.

Update regarding my flyball progression. Yesterday we spent some time working on the box alone trying to achieve some accurate catches. I only got my reward when I manage to 'catch'. My accuracy increase from 0% to 50%. When is time to practise on the relay, with all the speed in running and jumping, I miss the 'catch' again. Ms Owner still reward me with my bad catches, because she think I did good in the retrieving part. So next practise, she promise not to reward for bad catches.

So long for now. I'm anxiously awaiting Ms Owner's arrival to celebrate my 3rd BARKDAY!

Fetch the Bowl

2008-02-28T23:00:00.000+08:00

Remember I told you before that I had Master Degree in Arts majoring in 'Begging'? I decided to further my studies, so I did some research and now I'm on my way to earn myself a PhD. The Degree level of Begging is the easiest part, staring into your owner's eye and tailing them like a shadow for novice. In Master level, you have to possess some neat trick, like 'sit up' or 'stay', that last forever.

Now in order to earn myself the PhD title, I'm on my way to learn the 'fetch d bowl' trick. 1st, I gotta know how to hold the 'bowl'. 2nd, I need to retrieve the bowl to Ms Owner at a near distance. Next, Ms Owner set up designated place to place my bowl, so it will be easier for me to locate it. Location will either be at the front porch or the dining room. The command is 'Bring the bowl'.

Now, during every dinner, I need to successfully bring the bowl over, or else, I wouldn't have my dinner. Ms Owner will hold on to me, whisper to my ears the command 'Bring d bowl' and then she 'sent' me away. I will run a few metres away and then look back at her, looking miserable, not sure what I'm suppose to do. Ms Owner claimed that I suffered from 'short-term-memory syndrome'. When I run, I tends to forget what I'm doing. Sigh. Then she will recall me back and repeat the procedure again. Usually after 3rd attempt, I will successfully bring her the bowl. Current distance is retrieving from the front porch to the dining room, through the verandah.

Flyball Try-out

2008-02-27T09:23:00.000+08:00

The Flyball: Step-by-Step that Ms Owner taught me nearly 3 weeks ago really works. Now I know how to 'bash' the flyball box. Here's the photo shot last Sunday, my flyball training along with Groovy and Russell, the 2 JRT. Groovy is already a pro in this sport, as he learnt it long time ago. As for me and Russell, we only decided to indulge after we find out about the tournament. Therefore he just need to bear with the incompetence of us.

~ Me the flying mongrel, attempting Flyball, the combination should 'rocks' ~

~ Groovy, the 'land torpedo', no doubt, fastest in the inaugural team ~

~ Russell, the 'kangaroo hooper', who loves escaping with the ball ~

Unfortunately I still haven't get the idea of 'grab'. I tends to allow the ball to drop on the ground before picking it up. This is all because Ms Owner forbid me to grab it directly from the hole before I learn to hit the box. Whenever I approach the hole with my muzzle, she shouted 'No!'. Now, I was in dilemma.

And when the ball rolls off to the side, I ended up with a wide turn and skip the jumps. Maybe there's something wrong with my eye-sight, I tends to focus only on jumps that available directly infront of me. There's need for more efforts to put on. Firstly, I need to learn 'bash and grab' at the same time, and retrieving back without any miss jump eventhough the ball roll 10 feet away.

Flyball is much more fun than agility, as I can worked independently after being released. There's no need to follow orders from my poor handler, who tends to point me here and there. This cause plenty of frustration to me. Maybe she should think what she really wants before asking.

The Almighty King King presented me the 'Funky Blog' award. So now, I'm " Funk.... Funk... Funky.... Pacco ! " Thanks you, King King.

Pawty Back-2-Back

2008-02-24T22:12:00.000+08:00

On Friday night, Amber-Mae invited me and my fellow trekking pal's, Duchess and Bentley over to her home for a pawty, while Mr. Rocky was the driver of the night. We got lost in the way and only reach after 8.00pm. So once we arrived, Ms. Owner enjoyed the pasta, while I started demonstrating my begging skill. There are cooked liver, doggie cakes and KFC up for grab. Slurp!

~ Me with the white mutt ~

~ The host, Amber-Mae, Faith and Chloe ~

~ Me with the host ~

After filling our stomach out, there were some games and demo organized by the host. I won their 'Best Trick' and 'Longest Sit-Stay' game. What a record for me, as this is the first time I make to the podium for a 'Longest Stay'. Whoopee!

~ I'm on the podium! ~

~ Duchess enjoying body massage ~

~ The TV was showing the freestyle training and I was hooked up ~

Great things never seemed to end. On Saturday night, Groovy brought me over to Kimi's home. As we reached, Kimi starts barking saying 'Welcome! Welcome!'. Mrs. Chan cooked 'asam laksa', curry chicken and there was also steamboat. Slurp!

But we dogs only got doggie biscuit. Totally unfair as Ms Owner ate great dishes till her stomach nearly explode. So here I am, together with Groovy and Kimi launching a protest! "Say No to Dog Biscuit"!

~ Bring us the steamboat! ~

Later, there was live performance by Kimi's owner, Ms Wen Shing and her cousin. They were so talented. Hey Ms Owner, what talent do you have up in your sleeves, I wonder? For the 2 1/2 years since I knew you, you didn't do anything beside forcing me to do idiot chores and I notice your room looks like a private library albeit un-organized. Sigh.

~ Live performance by Ms Wen Shing ~

Chinese New Year pawty had finally came to an end. Thanks to everyone for the food, the entertainment and pleasure. Is time to catch up on training. The trial is around the corner, to be specific it will be on 29 March at Mid Valley Exhibition Hall organized by Pet-n-You in conjunction with Malaysia Pet Expo 2008. You ought to be there regardless whether you are a trialer or not.