How shall I put it?

There were days when he irritates the hell out of you and times when you just want to cuddle him and wonder why is he so cute??????? How to stay angry at him for long when his puppy eyes looks at you adoringly and pitifully the same time?

Darling trying to look ‘cool’ and ‘hunky’ with Tim Tam….

Tim Tam loves his toys, especially his new found friend – Duckie. He eats, play and sleeps with it.

Ok, I need to sleep now – come Duckie…

Look closely – He is already sleeping. The eye that looks opened, well it is actually rolling about coz he is dreaming…. with spasms too!

Funny isn’t he?

His favourite past time includes: Eating, playing, eating and sleeping… ZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzz well at least when he gets too comfortable, especially on the sofa! He kinda blends in eh?

Check out his positions….

Ok, he is falling asleep soon…. going, going…

K.O!!!!

ZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZ…

He also loves to do this, whenever I kneel down… he gets into position and stay comfortably on my legs. Sigh!!!

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh how nice and comfy ‘mummy’s’ legs…

Tim Tam and the ducky pillow I bought for Ed. It has become his pillow in a way now…. how he just take over our things eh? But by bit… soon everything in the house belongs to him instead….

It’s been a month since i last updated my blog… The furs are back and growing nicely… Tim Tam looks better now. Check it out

This is absolutely the best ‘daddy-doggy’ potrait….

Aaaaawwww… So sweet… “I Woof you daddy!!! Slurp!”

Sigh!! This is what i called ‘life’…

Don’t be jealous of me…

Well, I have a feeling I have pampered him too much. He started to follow me around practically everywhere!!! Even when i need to visit Mother Nature!!! He would just sit next to me and wait till I finished!!!

Taught him a few simple tricks like ‘Stay, Sit, Hand and Down” He did it within a few minutes of training each time!!! A smart dog  I must say. This coming Sunday is his first Obedient training. It will be held in Taman Desa for a period of 10 session - 1 hour each session. I can’t wait. Edwin aims to take him for Agilant training after that. His objective is to enrol Tim Tam for competitions! I have faith in Tim Tam to perform well, poodle is indeed a brilliant breed. Fast learner too! This is what he will be learning:

Lesson Plan for Basic Obedience Class

The main aim in this training class includes :-

• To establish the communication channel between dog handler and his / her dog

• To make the dog understand a series of command from the handler

Duration : 10 weeks excluding bad weather

Lesson one : Introduction to Basic Obedience Class

• Objective of training
• Housebreaking Training (toilet training) will be provided on request.
• Be a responsible dog owner and your social responsibilities
• Proper training equipment
• Introduce lead training
• Proper use of collar and leash

Lesson two: Introduce Sit on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise lead training
• Q & A

Lesson three: Introduce Stand on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise Sit exercise
• Q & A

Lesson four: Introduce Down on Heeling at normal pace

• Revise Sit and Stand Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson five: Introduce Sit Stay Exercise

• Revise Sit; Stand and Down Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson six: Introduce Down Stay Exercise

• Revise lesson five
• Q & A

Lesson seven: Introduce Recall to Present with lead

• Revise lesson six without Sit and Down Stay Exercise
• Q & A

Lesson eight: Introduce Recall to Present and Finish with lead

• Revise lesson seven heel work without sit and down
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• Q & A

Lesson nine: Introduce Stand Stay for Temperament Test with lead

• Revise all exercises required for graduation test
• Q & A

Lesson ten: Graduation Test

• Heel work on preset heeling pattern
• Recall to finish on lead
• Stand Stay on lead
• Sit Stay with lead – one minute
• Down Stay with lead – two minutes

And this is what Edwin wanted for Tim Tam in the future…

About Agility

Agility began as an exhibition sport in Great Britain and is now being introduced to countries worldwide.  The sport was patterned after equestrian events and combines handler control, agility, and confidence.  The sport of agility is comprised of a course set up of many different obstacles.  Agility is meant to be a fun, non-regimented sport, with a lot of spectator appeal.  Obstacles include jumps, tunnels, a dog walk, a see-saw or teeter, an A-frame and weave poles.

Some of the agility training materials used:

I have always loved doggies, especially golden retrievers and sharpei… They are just so adorable and smart… and I like the ones that likes to be near human and are friendly and a socialite.

Ed, my sis in-law, aunty and I went for the recent Pet’s World expo at Midvalley Megamall Convention Center.  Objective was to just check out some good looking, handsome dogs doing their ‘thang’ for the audience. Of course, most of them consist of old timers and champs. We were awed to see the dogs performed so well… We wished that children were that obedient!!!

The first thing we saw when we arrived were cages filled with yelping toy poodles!!! All vying for attention… Few of them just ignored what’s going on and slept off into lala-land. Three puppies were brought out into the viewing cage for us to play and cuddle… Also for checking if the puppy is active or not, male or female, colour light or dark… I was just so mesmerized with them I couldn’t really cared. I think I gave Ed the ‘puppy’ looked when we had to left the pups to visit other booths coz he asked if I wanted one…:) I said yes but how are we going to get one? We had to take into consideration of space, expenses, care-taking and etc…. He suggested we go thru other stalls first before deciding…

We went from stalls to stalls, most of it were selling and promoting accessories and food. Came across a few other booths selling other breeds as well… I saw a Sharpei pup!!! My favourite dog… He is so cute! Shrugged it off as space is a constraint for us… There were Maltese, pug, Chihuahua, Terrier, German Shephard, Husky, Jack Russels and Pinscher… All looked just so adorable you want to take it home… but they were all in a category of medium to large breed… I need something small!

After a round of scouting, we went back to the first booth and finally got into choosing the ‘right’ toy poodle… My criteria: must be a male, darker brown active but not too active… I hated those which keeps on jumping around and biting people’s hand! The pup found me!!! He just made himself comfortable on my hand and almost doze off!! He was so cute and sweet… Instant bonding and feeling of warmness fell onto me. I just had to have him. Bought him for RM900. There goes Ed’s pocket…but I know he did it willingly and full heartedly.

Preview cage - left is my pup

I had to go through a short briefing on the pup, do’s and don’ts and all. While at it, Aunt Lisa and Catherine went to buy some puppy things without me knowing… So sweet of them to get excited! Aunt Lisa bought him a teddy bear and Cat bought him a collar strap.  It was instant attraction - I just felt that he will be a spoiled pooch.

Fell asleep on my lap while i was briefed by the seller

Aunt Lisa just adore him - She was the one who bought Teddy for him

We did not get to name him till the next day (saturday) when we went over to my Godparents place. Everyone were trying to come up with a unique name. Finally Serah mentioned Tim Tam and I totally agreed with it instantly. It just sounded right without it being too obvious that it represents ‘chocolaty’, ‘brown’, and all that jazz… I think it’s pretty unique too… so TIM TAM it is…

Can you see the similarity of it? LOL

It is the first step into parenthood! Tim Tam acts like a baby… well he was only 7 weeks old when we bought him. Turning 2months this coming Thursday (16 July). He peed and poo-ed all over the place… it took us a few days to get him to potty on the newspaper… we succeeded except the poo-ing part… Somehow, he loves to poo elsewhere… still working on it now…

He developed skin rash within 2 days of bringing him home… took him to a vet and got him ointment… got him some vitamins as he was not eating well too… The vet informed that it’s normal as they need to get use to the new surroundings… Thank goodness, he is eating well now… he brought a lot of attention with the whole family running around taking care of him… well, he is indeed well loved though! How can we not? He is absolutely adorable and notti the same time…..

I am learning how to train him each day. Purchased an e-book which cost cheaper than sending him to an obedient school… Not fully taken off yet but am surely doing it bit by bit…. Well, at least we got the pee-ing part completed… Next will be the leash training and potty training part 2. It is tough work taking care of a pup but it is a real satisfaction when he suddenly does what you have been teaching him. Puts a smile on my face each time…..

I do go through what every mummy does each nite… Waking up for milk and such, mine is not for food but to clean up his poo and his ass… He seriously wakes us up just to let us know he had an accident and he needs us to clean up. How smart eh? But it’s better to have a pup that wakes you up than him not alerting you and finding the stench and poo and pee all over the place when you wake up in the morning!!! Or worst, when you need to pee in the middle of the nite while being groggy and steps on it… Eeeeeeew!!!

I can’t wait for him to grow!!! AND TO BE FULLY TRAINED…. My life will be easier, then perhaps, I can have back my undisturbed rest at nite….

So tiny and fragile…

His ‘housemate’ - Teddy Bear…. loves to snuggle up with Teddy, guess it feels closest to his ‘brothers and sisters’

His favourite position when i ‘dry wash’ him… he just know how to enjoy his ‘massage’ - pampered pooch!!!

His Transformer Autobots t-shirt that Pete gave. It used to be Kibble’s… Ain’t he cute???