Adventures at Singapore Botanic Garden (Part 2)

Hey there!

It's finally the end of the week and the hoomans will be able to spend quality time with me again. My nails are getting a tad bit long and Mom says we may need to go get a manicure. Anyhoo, Mom's sister (does that make her my aunt?) intends to get a doggy and she asked if the hoomans can go check out the pup with her. Seriously, what better way to check out a pup by bringing *ME* along? But I guess that's not going to happen cos they don't trust me enough around a young pup. That's really crappy....

Oh yeah, here's Part 2 of my adventures. Sorry about ranting but I had to get that off my very chesty chest before I go crazy. Mr Brown Bear hasn't been playing with me much cos he lost all his limbs and I dunno where he disappeared to.


I saw this black swan in the pond and Dad said there was some problem with the poor swan's leg.


Isn't this cute? Tortises in a row!


New smells..hmm..very interesting.


Ah, I wanna get into the shady area.

This is so much fun. If only Mom would unleash me..har har har...

Enjoying the shady area with Mom.

I had expected to see more dogs around but my silly hoomans parked at the wrong carpark so we were quite far from the main park where most doggies hang out. I suspect it's a PLOT to keep me away from making new friends. :(

Adventures at Singapore Botanic Gardens (Part 1)

Dear frenz,

The hoomans brought me to one of Singapore's oldest Park - Singapore Botanic Gardens last weekend. It was a very crowded with people enjoying the sun and also enjoying their yummylicious picnic spread (I saw lotsa food on the ground but Mom said it's not for me). Hooman pups were running around screaming and playing, I don't get it..why aren't those hooman pups leashed up like me? I felt kinda shy with so many hoomans around me but I wasn't too shy to turn over to show them my belly when they try to pet me. haha..Mom says I'm a shameless hussy.

I made Dad take lotsa pics to show you what was at the park. :)


Isn't this a pwetty flower? Reminds me of my red harnass!


This is the same flower as above but in another color! It's called Bouganvilla and grows very well in hot tropical weather! We see this everywhere in Singapore.


Dad says this tree has very interesting looking branches.

Boy was it hot!

Oh look, Mom's calling me to go over....

I wonder what's going on over there...Hmm...

Side profile...Mom said I put on some weight recently. That's really mean of her. I'd like to remind her that it's all because of those yummy treats I get while we go through our daily training session.

Sniff sniff...who goes there?

I like this shot. Just look at the very lady-like manner I'm sitting. My hind legs are curled up nicely behind me.

Phew, Mom can you please carry me now?

That's me & Mom walking off and leaving poor Dad behind. hee hee.. I realised I looked really teeny beside Mom.

Waking up to a brand new DAY!

Hiya frenz,

The hoomans woke me up really early on Saturday cos they wanted to go see the sunrise. I had never seen the sunrise or the sunset before so I was glad Mom managed to persuade Dad to let me go along with them. Mom said it was around 5.30am so that's why the roads were dark and it seemed like it was night time. I didn't see any doggies around maybe cos it was too early. Who would want to wake up at that unearthly hour except for my crazy hoomans?

While Dad spent his time sending up his tripod and camera for the sunrise, Mom and I took a stroll along the area. We went to a reservoir (Selatar Reservoir) and it was still very dark when we got there.


This is what we saw! It didn't look like the sun was going to come out anytime soon. So we waited and waited.....


Ah, I think I see Mr Sun waking up!!


Good Morning Mr SUN!!! :)


That's me - sitting down with Mom enjoying the sunrise.


Relaxing while the hoomans pack up their stuff. Yes, Mom brings a petite rawhide for me so I am occupied in the car. :)

Mom goes BANG!

Hello!!

Happy Easter everydog & frendz ~ I hope the Easter Bunny came along with lots of eggs for you. I didn't manage to find any eggs at my house though. The hoomans brought me out this weekend and it was very exciting!! Can't wait to show ya the piktures!!

I am happy to announce that Mom is now well trained to play BANG (play dead) with me. In fact, I managed to find some time to teach Dad to play BANG with me too. Yeah, I managed to get my hoomans to capture me in my very own first BANG BANG video feat Mom. I had to share my screen time with Mom and well, please don't take your attention away from me alright? :) Gosh, can you believe I had to play dead 3 times just to get her to feed me?

I wanna train Mom to shake paws with me next...so dear frendz, how did you train your hooman to shake their paw with ya?



PS : Did ya notice that even my tail was very very straight? I take this play dead business very seriously.

So so tired....

Hey frenz,

It's a long weekend coming up in Singapore. Tomorow is Good Friday and yeah, the hoomans are off from work and they get to enjoy 3 days break from work. I think they're looking forward to that and guess what? I overheard them talking about bringing me out!! Yippppeee!! I can't wait for tomorrow!

It's really tiring doing chores for Mom. And you know what? After my chores, I have to train Mom to teach me how to play Bang Bang (play dead) and you know, hoomans can be quite s...l....o...w... so it takes up a lot of my time to train her up to standard. Thanks Hana for posting up those educational videos of how to do your version of BANG BANG. I see you have your Mom well trained! She doesn't even need to call out any commands and you'll do the entire sequence. hehe..well done Hana!! Mom showed me your videos and yeah, I certainly learnt a thing or two. I am now well-versed with the Down command (after a week of intensive training), and Mom proceeded with BANG BANG. And yes ~ I did it I did it!!! :) I laid down to the side and rested my head on the floor till Mom said it was ok to move. Phew, I hope Mom doesn't think we can keep playing dead all day long. I certainly have better things to do!! As a reward, Mom let Mr Monkey out to play with me. I haven't seen Mr Monkey for quite some time now, hmm, I have no idea what he has been up to. He hasn't been visiting me much and I think Mr Big Brown Bear misses him. Do you think Mr Monkey went to jail or something? Or maybe he went on a long holiday??


So tired...so nice to rest my head on Mr Brown Bear....


Doing the laundry is no easy business I tell ya!


Let me give you a BIG BIG HUG! MUACK!!


Hey Mom ~ we need some pivacy. Do you MIND???


Nothing beats spending time with my favourite toy.

Anyhoo, these were taken before I took care of one of his legs. So now, erm...he only has one leg left. But I still love you Mr Brown Bear!!

Oh that reminds me, Andy also used Mr Chicken as his pillow! Gosh, we look almost the same with our pillows eh?

Helping Mom with the laundy...

Hiya ~

I have been a very good girl volunteering to help Mom with her chores. You know how hoomans are *always* complaining about doing housework? Yeah, I try my very best to help Mom so that she can finish up her chores sooner and play with me.

I didn't get to help Mom finish her cookies - she said none for me cos I can't have chocolates. Drats, Mr Big Brown Bear didn't get any either cos he didn't have any hands to help himself to the cookies (By the way, as of last evening, he just lost one of his legs too. Pics coming soon!!) But, Mom was kind enuff to give me some dawgy biscuits so it wasn't that bad. Oh wait, that reminds me - I had to work for the treats too. She has been working me hard on the DOWN command. Nothing comes free in this world I tell ya...

It was laundry day yesterday so I decided to help Mom so she could do her cooking. :) It was kinda tough cos I have short legs so I can't see what's inside.


Checking out the laundry basket...


Whoa, that's a lot of clothes!!


Sheesh, I hope I'm getting paid for this.


Making sure the clothes are inside...


Okie, next one...

It sure took me a long time to load all the clothes into the washer. heh heh...Mom said GOOD GIRL LUCKIE and I had a nice treat to snack on. :)

C is for Cookies!

Hiya frendz,

I didn't get to go for any walkies this weekend but the hoomans are in a much better mood (I think it's the Cable TV). I get time off to relax on my own. Seriously, how could they resist this sad sad face?


I'm sorry, please forgive me?
It's always nice to have a friend here with me. Mr Brown Bear always keeps me company. I bring him to bed on my own.


Sad sad face....ears are down..tail curled inwards.....

I always run to my bed when I sense that I'm in any possible OOPS situation, I'll quickly go to my bed and well, act very busy hoping that the hoomans will not scold me. Sometimes that works and well, they don't get so angry. :P

Anyhoo, Mom baked cookies over the weekend. I had to help her out by walking up and down when she's busy baking. She said I was trying to trip her so I could get to her cookies - yeah right, as if I would resort to that.

I wasn't able to check out the cookies cos meanie Mom put them out of my reach. Drats, I had to send Mr Big Brown Bear to check out the Chocolate Chips Cookies. It was tough on him considering he had no hands and it took a little more effort for him to climb up the table legs.

My, he looks very pleased with himself huh? So many cookies..but none for us?


Yummylicious!!! :)

Mom didn't feed me those Chocolate Cookies, so not to worry!! :)

Making Snow for the very FIRST time

Hello frendz,

I am still in jail but I get do some time off to relax outside of jail under the strict supervision of my hoomans. I'm trying *really* hard to behave myself for now. Mom says NO walkies this weekend, that's just too bad. :( Thank goodness the weather is kinda lousy too so I'm not missing too much. The hoomans just got Cable TV hooked up so I think they'll be busy watching TV. Hopefully, that puts them in a better mood. Not to worry, food is provided in jail but I'm not getting any TREATS for now. But, I haven't been eating much - gee, I wonder if that'd make Mom feel worried and let me regain my freedom soon.

Well, a picture tells a thousand words. I do have some pics of me creating snow for the very first time. Yeah, talk about being deprived, I never had the chance to make snow from toilet rolls or tissues paper. The hoomans *never* leave them around for me. Now I know why...it's so much fun. Erm...not the aftermath though.

Here's a movie of me having fun making snow. I was so engrossed and didn't even realised that Dad was around!




Gee, Mr Big Brown Bear looks like he's having fun in the snow too!!


That's me - very engrossed of course.


I love making snow!!


Snow in the toilet too!


One final shot. Mom says if she sees any more of these snow pictures, she may start getting angry again so no more for now. :P

Oh yeah, here's a final look at snow in my kitchen. :)

I'm in trouble *again*

Dear frendz,

I'm in big trouble again - this has to be a short post cos I don't think the hoomans are happy with me right now.

There was a heavy thunderstorm while the folks were at work yesterday and a strong gust of wind blew the toilet door open. I happily wondered in and helped myself to the toilet roll and made a huge huge huge mess. :( Unfortunately for me, Dad was home early and he was very very very very very *angry* with me. I've been grounded and Dad says I am not allowed to wonder around in the kitchen while they are at work. So it's back to my jail now. Mom's very upset with me and she doesn't want to talk to me.

I have no idea when I will be out. Darn, what do these things happen to me? Mom said no BLOGGING and do not touch the com-poo-ter but I knew you guys would be worried if I disappeared for too long.

Guess that means no walkies and lovey huggies for me....i feel so unloved.

Poor Mr Big Brown Bear.....

Hiya !!

It was just terrible last night. I was minding my own business having a one to one session with Mr Big Brown Bear when the hoomans started running about the house in the middle of the night.

Well, they were watching some movie (yes - again...and neglecting me of course) called Night at the Muesum. Mom said there was this really cute T-rex inside that enjoys playing fetch. Oh yeah, need I remind that woman she hasn't been playing fetch with me recently? She keeps telling me "Luckie, DOWN!" Well, sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't. HA! And the more I don't get it means she'll be able to spend more time with me. :)

Anyhoo, half way through the show, something huge and black flew into the house and towards the hoomans. As the room was rather dark, both of them had a shock and started jumping around switching on the lights and going after that mysterious black creature. Silly hoomans - they had to stop watching their movie for over an hour just to conduct a search for it cos Dad wasn't too sure if it was a flying cockroach or some other harmless insects. Yeah, they hate cockroaches..especially those big nasty flying cockroaches. Mom says it's so strange but these creatures tend to fly towards you instead of trying to avoid you and that freaks her out big time. I thought it was really silly, they should have let *me* help them with the search! I'm a hound dog and I have really good tracking senses plus it's a bonus for me if I can play with that creature before I get rid of it. har har.... Being a good girl, I waited as the hoomans turned their entire room topy-turvy! They even lifted up the heavy bed cos they were afriad the creature would crawl under the bed. They removed the comforter covers cos Dad thought it may have crawled inside (that's really DUMB). I bet you're laughing and holding your sides by now.

Finally, the creature revealed itself..it was erm..behind the curtains all the while. It was a very big black moth and Dad got rid of it. Phew, well done Dad ~ Job done, excitement over, they went back to their movie. Me? I went back to Mr Big Brown Bear. Just another day in the life of my crazy hoomans.


I love your Mr Big Brown Bear even though you no longer have two hands. You still keep that smile on your face. :) Let me work on your feet now.


Hanging around with Mr Big Brown Bear.


Dad playing fetch with me. Just a short clip to remind you how much I like playing fetch. I did a couple of high jumps too.

Mom, get me one of those beds!

Hello frendz,

Mom has been in a bad mood and I am really trying my best to keep out of her way. Gee, she can't even let me use the com-poo-ter in peace!

Anyhoo, I have been surfing around and I decided I want a new bed. :) I deserve a nicer, more comfy & plush bed cos maybe then the hoomans will decide to come sleep with me. har har har.... You see, they don't allow me to share their bed!!! Isn't that horrid??


What do you think of this? Isn't it cute?



I'll probably have a good time chewing on Winnie the Pooh! Maybe I can give her a liposuction too!! Make her slimmer. Hmmm....


How about this? Our dawgy pup seems to be enjoying herself inside the log.


Aww man....look at it!!


This one looks like my current bed. :) But much nicer of course.


How about this?? I can have my own Luckiemobile!!! Yipee!

Drats, I just need to figure out how to convince Mom to buy them for me.

Teach me how to play bang bang with Mom.....

Hiya frendz,

It was another quiet and uneventful weekend. I got to go out for a short walk (it was really short - period) so I don't have much to say about that. I was expecting a trip to some park again but Mom said they had some places to go and things to do (yeah yeah yeah...*nag nag nag*).

The hoomans have been busy watching movies late into the night and that kinda annoys me cos I really need my beauty sleep. Just last night, they watched this silly moooovie called Happy Feet. It's a about some bird dancing or tapping. Lotsa of singing and dancing...I hope Mom doesn't get some idea about teaching me how to dance or worse, Mom decides to learn how to dance! She's got two left feet right now and I already need to avoid her in the kitchen. Don't get me started on those times my poor tail was stepped on by the hoomans! Mom complains that I always try to trip them by going between their legs while they walk. That's quite silly, why should I do that? Don't they look before they walk? They are in *MY* way cos the kitchen belongs to me. :)

Mom has been trying to train me to play BANG BANG (Luckie's Mom : I think she means play dead) with her. She didn't want to use my yummylicious treats - cheapskate Mom (Luckie's Mom : That's not true, I wanted the treats to be healthy so I gave her apples!). Anyway, she didn't succeed with the BANG BANG trick, in fact, I heard her say she wanted to go BANG BANG her head against the wall or something. hahaha...that's farnie. Imagine me going BANG BANG..and Mom goes bang her head against the wall or something. Do you think I could train her to do that?

Seriously, I think the problem lies with Mom cos we dawgs can do anything we want to right? So friends, please teach Mom how to play BANG BANG - play dead with me? I'm not very good with the DOWN command so I'll work on that in the mean time.

Just some random shots. :)

Mom seems quite afraid that her fingers will be bitten off by me. har har har

Why do apples taste so good? Especially if they are COLD and oh so sweet!!

It's just one of those boring day....

Hey frendz,

I was worried that my boxing video was too violent but it's good to know everyone had a good laff and enjoyed it. You should try convincing your hoomans to hang some toys up for you to have a good workout. Don't our hoomans have those workout punching bags too? We need to workout and keep fit too. Sometimes taking walks, runs and playing fetch is *just* not enuff!

Mom applied some Frontline on me and mumbled something about getting my flea & tick prevention in place so she can bring me out this weekend. Hmm...this weekend would mean TOMORROW! I wonder what plans the hoomans have for me. I hope it's not some manicure session again.

I have been reading about our friends' Moms and all their nifty handicraft work! :) I must say these hoomans are really good with their paws!! Unfortunately, my Mom has never passed her art & craft lessons in school so I don't get nice ribbon necklaces or fancy drawings or even nice knitting and handmade dawgy clothes.

Mom loves to cook though and she's always trying out new recipes for hoomans. She's trying to get creative with my food so well, I'm a picky eater so that kinda frustrates her. In fact, this morning, I refused to eat my breakfast again and Mom had to cajole me to eat the kibbles from her hand. Ah-HA! I have trained Mom to feed me by hand. :) Now she has to spend more time with me in the morning to ensure I eat at least a little for the day and that makes her even *later* for work. Like I said before, work is totally over-rated. So maybe as she gets in later and later for work, she'll realised one day, hey - I don't need to go in to work at all! I know deep down inside, Mom would rather just bum around at home catering to my needs.

I'm really *bored* and also very tired from my workout.


Is there anything for me to do around here? Man, I don't get it...why does Mr Brown Bear insist on appearing in my every photo!


I think Mom was trying to talk to me but I found her nagging quite unbearable so I decided to turn away from her hoping she'll get the hint and perhaps switch off the lights for me to sleep? Oh, I don't sleep here. I just lay here until the lights are off and the hoomans go to bed (yes, I make sure the house is nice and safe) before heading to my own bed.

Have a good weekend ~ I'm outta here.

I love my Zanies!!!

Hiya frendz,

I realised nothing really exciting happens here. I don't think there'll be exciting car trips this weekend or even puppy classes for me to write about. *pout* I do have a major weakness for Zanies toys!! It's so hard to get my paws on them in Singapore and if Mom gets to buy them for me, they are usually very expensive (well, not as cheap as what you can get in the US of A). I only dig those soft Zanies toys....I guess I'm really not such a big fan of rubber toys. Hard rubber toys especially. Mom has been trying to surf around and get more Zanies toys for me but she always gets out-bidded at the auctions. Tough luck Mom.

Mom was clearing my toys basket and she came across my old Zanies Toy. It's a long dumb-bell toy. It's stretchable and the two ends have squeekers in them. The hoomans are really crazy at times, alright, so it was Dad's idea. He decided to string the dumb-bell up so that it looks like a boxing bag hanging in the air. And then they decided to sit down and watch me have a go at it. GO Luckie GO!

It was a very good workout for me. Phew, I was dog-tired at the end of it.

These two videos were taken with our new camera. I hope you enjoy them. Hmm..do you think I should consider boxing professionally?