Baby Huskee (Part 1)

After much pleading and whining, mum finally help me upload my puppy pics... These are just some of them, taken mainly during the first couple of weeks after I went 'home' with them... (we are still working on the rest).

I went home with them when I was 2 months and 1 day old. Mum was initially very fascinated by the amount of time that I slept sleeping.. subsequently she got so worried she had to check with the vet (now, how dumb is that?? Hello mum, I was a puppy then, remember??!)

Age: 2months and 1 day

This is the day that I went home with mum and dad. Zonked out after all the excitment.. (Mum loves this pic., especially my ears...)

Age: 2months and 3 days

'Sleeping Beauty' in the making

Age: 2 months and 1 week

Zzzzzzzzzzz....

Age: 3 months and 2 weeks

Ok I will go and search for the other pics. of my cute and handsome self and shall share them with you later.. Adios! Everybody have a good weekend!!

Today marks the start of JOEY-PALOOZA .. He is one lucky guy.. I only get ONE day for my birthday but Joey's fall over a span of FOUR days from 3Mar-6Mar!! (Hey, this is unfair.. I want to have a 4-day long birthday too!!)

Bumble-Kee?

Yeah yeah.. got forced into wearing yet another silly outfit. (Why can't they get clothes like the ones that I got from my friends Fu Fu and Jay for Christmas?? At least those have STYLE!!). Since I can't run away, I can only be as un-cooperative as I can by trying to look away (but hey, the woman took so many shots, I kind of raised the white flag at the end so as to get it over with..)

The weekend was pretty boring.. nothing much to do except to lounge around as it was raining a bit. Didn't get to go out as the hoomans were pretty busy too. The Maid went to the Career Fair (what??! She already has a full-time career looking after me right? What is she thinking of??) Mum and Dad went on their last minute Chinese New Year visiting (those 2 always leave things right up to the last minute..) and Grandpapa and Grandmama played mahjong with some relatives who came over.

Now how boring is that? Hmmm... the weather is making me feel so sluggish..

(Mum found some of my puppy pics the other day while she was doing her spring cleaning and she promised to post them soon.. I'm keeping my paws crossed for that one!)

Thank You, Snickers!!

I received a Valentine's Day card from Snickers!! I suspect it came late only because the postman was jealous of all the cards and gifts that I was getting, so he decided to sabotage!! Anyway, it was a customised card with my name and a picture of lovely Snickers... THANK YOU Snickers!! *Muahs*

Just felt like posing around a bit just to satisfy my mum's innate need to photograph me... (poor woman, she is so easily satisfied..) *yawn*

** Pssst... Chiyo, you have this toy too right??

I am Baaaccccckkkkk!!

Hello friends, I am back in action and I hope all my furry friends (and their families) who celebrate Chinese New Year had a fantastic time!! As always, mum insisted that I pose for some pictures with my Chinese New Year costume.. (this shirt only sees the light of day once a year.. heehehee..)!

The hoomans also gave me red packets (this has been an annual tradition) since they have always considered me as an integral part of the family... For those who do not know what a red packet is, well, it is simply a red envelope with money in it... It symbolizes luck and is usually given by adults and/ or married couples to children and/ or unmarried adults (I suppose this rule now applies to pets as well!).. I am going to save up the money to spend on toys (squeaky ones only of course) and treats for me and my friends!

Did you notice that the 'red packet' in the centre has a doggy on it??

Mum says it looks like me after my grooming sessions..

Mum also bought a take-away Yu Sheng so that I could try I also tried my paws at tossing the Yu Sheng (a raw fish salad) together with the whole family.. this is to bring good luck and prosperity for the new year.. There are many types of vegetables in there but urmm.. I can only pick out a few (who cares so long as they are yummy!!)

Oh and I missed all my friends so much.. mum was so busy eating, drinking, playing mahjong and visiting her friends that she had no time to turn on the laptop for me. I think I should try to convince them to get me a laptop all to myself so that I won't be at her mercy..

***** Out of Action Message *****

Thank you for visitng my blog, please be advised that I will be denied access to my blog by my loving hooman from 17Feb to 20Feb due to the Chinese New Year holidays. I will be back in action (hopefully!!) on 21Feb. Till then, be good and I'll be missing all of you!

XOXO, Huskee Boy

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Mum said everytime she is going on business trips or goes on vacation leave, she has to set up the 'out of office' message for her email so that anyone who emails her will get the notification, so I thought I'd do the same....

Well, with the Chines New Year just a day away, I will be very busy socialising, greeting all the guests and making sure that they feel at home (mum: and also begging for food, barking at anyone who dares to ring the doorbell or asking for a tummy rub from the poor unsuspecting visitors...), hence I might not get a chance to post until early next week.

So to all my furry friends and their hoomans who celebrate the Chines New Year, I leave you with this:

Since Chinese New Year is just a few days away, the hoomans got caught up in all the festivities and have started buying different types of ornaments to decorate the house. Some bright spark gave grandpapa a small statuette of the God of Fortune holding a gold ingot.. I was sniffing around him trying to be polite and say 'hello' and introduce myself properly when the hoomans grabbed me for (yet another) a photo-shot. (Honestly, ever since I started this blogging thing, they grab every opportunity to take pics of me.. especially in my less-than-glamourous moments..)

Here I am with Mr. God of Fortune..

Huskee: Hello there... nice to meet you!

God of Fortune: #$!*&%$#*

Huskee: Ok ok.. whatever you say...

I also got a present from my good friend Boo.. all the way from Malaysia!!

Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day came early...!!

I received a Chinese New Year card from my dear friend Fu Fu and his mummy gave us some real yummy New Year cookies! Yummm.... (I tried real hard to convince my mum not to post any pics of me with my e-collar, but she said it'd be very rude of me if we were to post pics of the cards and gifts without me in them.. Don't know how you guys feel but personally I think it is a real L.A.M.E excuse.. she just wants to embarrass me..)

I got a V-Day card and New Year card from Fu Fu!!

Yummy cookies from Fu Fu's mummy!!

Then on Saturday I got a package in the mail.. It was a Valentine's Day present and card from my dearest Baby!! I couldn't wait to show off my new outfit to the hoomans (who have not received any Valentine's Day card/ present to date.. *grin*)

V-Day card and pressie from my darling Baby!!

Dear Baby, will you love me, with my hotspots, E-collar/ satellite dish and all?

(Trust me, I think they are clearing up soon..) *crosses paws*

And the really unbelievable thing is that Fu Fu even gave V-Day cards to my 2 hamster sisters.. (Smart move buddy, otherwise they'd start bickering over who will get to keep the card!!). Heehee.. first we had a Boo Casanova, now we have a Fu Fu Casanova!

A Walk in the Park...

The Maid took me for a walk in the park yesterday but we did not get to meet any other doggies possibly because it was in the afternoon of a workday and most of their parents are at work..

'Marking' my favourite lamp-post

Aww.. quit taking photos, will ya.. $^#$%

Urmm.. can you carry me up those stairs? I am tired..

I need to rest while... *pant*


Who's calling me? Is that you Baby??

Hot Spots (continued...)

Mum said to say THANK YOU to all my friends for sharing with us their remedy for hot spots.. If they don't clear up soon (or if I can't lick them away), she'll start trying out all of them one by one *faint*... Here's what we gathered:-

1) 24 hour air conditioning to keep me nice and cool - from Fu Fu

2) Eliminate all wheat products from my diet - from Sunshade

3) Diluted pure apple cider vinegar - from Scrappy

4) Lidocaine spray - from Butchy and Snickers

5) Twice a day, wipe with wet tissue (or preferred cleanser), pat dry, apply antibacterial cream, pat off excess, apply calamine lotion, let it dry/pat off excess (powder optional) - from Chiyo

I will keep everyone posted on my progress.. I hope the dang spots go away soon cos I am getting sick and tired of knocking into furniture with the e-collar..

Oh and today is a very important day.. it is the birthday of my very good HamsTerrier friend Fu Fu:

* Fu Fu, here's a personalised birthday greeting from one of

my besotted sisters who is so in love with you*

- Oh and she also said to add this: "Pick me, pick me" (the saga continues)

Somebody Puh-leeeese tell my Mum that I am NOT Amused?

Mum insisted on posting this real un-glam pic of me with the E-collar.. I don't understand why she wants to embarrass me like this.. (Huskee's mum: Hopefully this will make you stop licking at your hot spots so that they get a chance to heal?!!)

Well, in my own defense, I was only trying to be helpful here mum... Who knows one day I'll be able to lick those dreadful hotspots AWAY?? Sigh... according to the vet, dogs with long and thick coats who live in warm and himid places are more susceptible to hot spots (Bingo!! I have met all those criterias!!)

Here's the offending pic. (even the new toy couldn't take me out of my misery)..

Mum was out the other day and saw a card with my friend, Joe Stains! (Hey Joey, I didn't know you model too!! Can I have your paw-tograph?)

I have a new TOY!!

I finally got my very first Cuz toy from The Maid!! (and like all E.V.I.L hoomans, I was made to 'sit' and 'stay' while she snapped some photos for this entry...)

Can't believe I only got my FIRST Cuz toy after so long.. Oh and this Cuz can't sqeak.. it can only make a weird farting noise.. (no, it wasn't me...).

Match(es) made in Heaven??

Lately the household hasn't been very peaceful because my 2 hamster sisters have been bickering non-stop. The reason for the feud?? Well, they both have seen this picture of my friend Fu Fu and have fallen head over paws in love with him and both want to go on a date with him in FuFuMOBILE.

Presenting the 2 'lovelies' (drumroll please):

(I did tell them to practice some self-restraint but when they knew that Fu Fu could be reading this post, there was no holding them back.. *helpless*)

Fu Fu is so lucky to have 2 gals fighting for his affection, but well, guess he can't help it cos he is just too cute! ** Fu Fu, do me a favour and let me know when you make your choice so that I can have some peace when they stop their bickering.

I can't believe the weekend is here again.. although there isn't much for me to look forward to cos I can't go and stay with my mum and dad like I did last week. Ma's going to spend the weekend in Hong Kong to attend a friend's wedding. Hope she get me some nice toys!!

(Oh and did I tell you guys that I have got hotspots on my front paws?? It's been there for a while and I am under the much dreaded 'E-collar treat aka Satellite dish' treatment'. All the creams don't seem to be helping much so I keep trying to lick them away but ended up getting a big scolding from The Maid.. sheeshh.. Life's tough).

Someone needs braces...

Gee.. thanks mum, for showing the world my less than perfect set of teeth..

Milo 'The Mechanic'

With a heavy heart, I bid a final farewell to Milo 'The Mechanic'. To honour Milo's 11 years on this plane, I'd like to dedicate this post to him and share his life with my friends.

Milo was dad's other dog but he lived in Johor, Malaysia with the rest of dad's family. He is the son of dad's previous dogs, Shorty (yes.. so named because he was short) and May (a Maltese cross something that no one knows what exactly) - both deceased.. Shorty was put to sleep a few years back as he was very old and had many ailments that was causing him a lot of pain and discomfort. May was knocked down by a car many years ago.

Dad said that Milo was a very good guard dog that protected the premises... he was very good at chasing off stray cats and dogs that sometimes walk into 'his' premises and was known to have killed snakes and attacked big iguanas when he was in his prime. Basically Milo was courageous and quite fearless (except for thunder!!).

He was nicknamed 'The Mechanic' because he loved to spend his time watching the world go by from the comfort of his favourite spot - i.e. under the car and always ended up having dark stains on his fur.

No one knows the cause of his death and it took everyone by surprise.. Milo was found lifeless on Wednesday morning.. he passed away in his sleep.

I hope Milo is now running across acres of green fields with his parents, Shorty and May, his brother Horlicks, his girlfriend who passed away giving birth prematurely to a litter of 10 pups (the hoomans don't think the pups belonged to him as they did not look like him a single bit) and his friend Husky (a rottweiler), with which he had a love-hate relationship (mum claims that the pups looked more like rotties).

Rest in peace my friend...

Traitors are bacccck...

Yes, they came back last night full of wonderful stories of the cruise.. (it's like rubbing salt on the wound).. Anyway I have not forgiven them for going away AGAIN without me. I don't understand why dogs are not allowed on cruises, especially since we are "Man's best friend" and all... why don't "man" allow their "best friends" to go on board a cruise with them?? Personally I don't think this is the way to treat a friend.. *pouts*..

The Maid bought me a new set of water and food bowl cos the old set was getting a little old.. Do you notice something though?? It is RED!! Red is for girls!! I am a boy... arrrghhhh.... But the good thing is that the new food bowl is slightly bigger than my old one.. I hope this is an indication that I will be getting a bigger food portion!

My ma and pa are going away for a holiday this weekend without me again! It's getting hard to believe they are going away so soon since they already went for a holiday last Nov. Ma said that this time they won't be taking a plane.. they are going on a cruise.

This is the crusie ship that they will be on..

Hmmm.. I really wonder how pa will 'survive' this trip because he is known to have a pretty serious problem with motion sickness (even in cars if he is not the driver)!! *snigger*..

So as they go off happily sailing into the sunset, I am stuck at home with grandpapa, grandmama and The Maid for the weekend with nothing to do. Maybe I'll go visit Fu Fu...

Oh, and I saw this picture on ma's laptop the other day. It was taken around the Christmas period. She kept saying to me "See, it's so easy to take a nice picture with Scuba cos he looks AT the camera.. why do you always look AWAY??!!.. blah.. blah.. yak...yak.." - I blocked out the rest of her nagging..

Can you spot me??!

Ma is an ardent fan of Care Bears (I can't believe how lame that is since she is no longer a child) and this is part of her 'collection' through the years. She acquired them through various sources, ebay, business trips to the US, specialty toy shops in Singapore, as gifts from friends overseas (the unique/ limited edition ones are very rare in Singapore and her friends from Australia sometimes sends them over to her)... I believe she has over 50 of them (I never really had the time to count since I'm always so busy, you know) in various sizes ranging from 3 inches to 20 inches, but her favourite is still the small 7 inch ones.. This is also mainly due to space constraints.. hiak hiak..

Anyway The Maid took all of them out for a bath last week and I just couldn't resist 'helping' out... So far I have yet to 'love' any of them to 'death' (I think I'd be in hot soup if I did!!).