(T_T) Why my golden sleeps all day de...? Then at night she becomes mandur and wakes everyone up one by one.

If we don't play with her, then next morning she'll show temper and sulk at a corner.

My Chelsea about 3 years old now. I don't think boredom is the problem because my dad's retired. Besides, I've a super hyperactive Rottweiler mix and an equally hyperactive Shih Tzu in the house but Chelsea likes to sleep in the daytime with her legs wide open like nobody's business.

Problem with my housing area is that there's too many malay ppl. Last time I took my dogs out for a walk, they all look at me one kind and started complaining bout my dogs 'cemarkan' their house.

I use poo-bag leh...

Anyway, I think it could be caused by the accident that Chelsea had 2 years back. We brought them to Kuala Kubu Baru for their weekly swim at the mountain stream, but they got over excited and ran off towards the main road. Chelsea was hit by a truck, but luckily she only broke her tail bone.

Her tail's a little limp now but it's still wagging like a broken helicopter blade. XD I love my Abby and Chelsea.

Guys, I wanna ask something ya.

A few years back, my Chelsea was hit by a van when she ran out to the main road when we bring her and Abby (Rotti mix) to KKB for swimming.

Her tail bone's been broken and she can't lift her tail up and wag it like normal dogs do although she can still wag it like crazy though at a much lower level.

However, whenever she pees, her tail and the fur between her thighs get stained. I was wondering, is it a good idea to cut off her thigh's fur or leave it be? I bathe her every week but the stained fur looks ugly leh...

Of course bring her to vet immediately. That time was two years ago, a few days before 31st Aug. My vet was on a holiday for a week, so we rush to another clinic in Cheras. The dumb vet there look at her condition and told us that he have to amputate Chelsea's tail and she have a high risk of being paralysed from waist down.

Can you imagine the horrible shock that we went through? My dad became angry because of the vet's attitude, so he insist that the vet gave us some pain killers and brought Chelsea home.

A day later, we bring Chelsea to our vet and the first thing he do is pinch Chelsea's tail. When she turn around and look at him, he said her tailbone is broken but she still have sensation on her tail, means no need to amputate. He then bandage her tail's base with a splinter like thingy.

Chelsea's fully healed but she tends to wet her tail and thigh furs a little everytime she pees. So now, by the 2-3rd day of every week, she'll have this ugly stain between her thighs. I try not to bathe her every other day because her fur's getting a bit dry (she's on a salmon oil supplement at the moment).

So, do you guys think it's a good idea to shave/cut of her thigh's fur? (the fluffiest part). It's getting unsightly and it smells a little.

Hmm, a bit difficult because I working leh. My dad recently had a serious skin allergy because of the new shampoo that we used to bath the dogs, so I tell him not to touch water unnecessarily.

Hmm, all along we never want to bring Chelsea to another vet but our vet's clinic was closed that day, that's why we went to another vet.

We'll try to trim her fur and see how first because it's getting stained a bit and turning yellowish, look very wat-tat. She never gets poo on her tail and hind leg because her poo's quite solid (not rock hard). So far she haven't had diarrhea type poo, so don't know yet but I guess will be stained also because her tail's touching the floor whenever she squats.

No worries. That happened two years ago. Her tailbone's broken, so she can't lift her tail up high like normal dogs but it can still wag like gila. There's nothing we can do about it because the bone's totally broken.

The vet has done all he can for the tail already. I'm very thankful to the vet because he saved my Chelsea's tail from being cut off.

Well, she's definitely very happy all the time but getting a bit overweight. Bring her out for walks also she gets tired very easily. I don't know why, but might be caused by the accident gua.

My Rotti-mix's physical shape is very fit but Chelsea's getting sluggish. Her eyes will shine when she smells/hear food.

Ayo... you guys wanna fatten your furkids, I need to slim down my Chelsea.

I still remember last time bring Abby and Chelsea go Bkt Gasing hiking. Chelsea hike 1/2 way only, then give up liao. The moment she seems a stream, she jump right into the middle and lie down there.

Everyone laugh, make me so paiseh.

Lucky my Abby strong , pull me up the hill 1/2 the time coz she trying to follow the Dobbi tai-kar-cheh up also.

If I'm not mistaken hor, she's between 100-110lbs. IMO, I think Chelsea's obese already. She's very lazy la. Bring her out for walks also she give up halfway and just sit down there and dont want move liao.

So now we cut down her kibbles lo but she always give the pitiful look with her eyes when she finished her makan. I think ar, my dad must be sneaking behind my back and feeding her.

Chelsea's fine with stairs. Only when she gets down, she sits on the steps and slide down one at a time. BTW, Won ar, how much did the groomer charge you for Shushu's grooming session? I wanna trim her thigh furs but rather let the groomer do it.

WAH! So cheap leh! Where did you send shushu for grooming? Last time I asked around Setapak area, they say for shih tzu grooming costs RM75 (but including bathing la).

Haven't bring Chelsea to groomer for a long time edi since her accident. Now her paw's fur 'boing-ing' all over the place.

It's the furs between her toes that's boing-ing all over the place. The paw pad still looks fine tho she's sorely in need of a grooming. She haven't been to a real groomer since her accident. We groom her ourselves but dare not trim too much of her fur.

Yeah, Chelsea lets us cut her nails and trim her fur. All she does is lie down and sleep sleep sleep. Ear cleaning also she like alot but need to buy medication coz her ear is getting abit smelly.

As for combing. Chelsea will always try to chew the brush. Two things will light up her eyes : Food and underwear.

Will try to take the latest pic of her. Will bring her to my brother's place next weekend, so take a nice nice pic of her being active vs sleeping.

Won, is your shushu big boned ar? My Chelsea's not big bone leh. Those big boned GR all look so smart.

Won ar, apart from the rawhide bones that you give shushu, have you bought any big pig's bone for him to chew on? My furkids love those bones to death. Some pork sellers sell a big expensive if you want the bone with some meat on it but it's nice for the furkids.

I don't know what's the name of that type of bone but it's really big and shaped almost like the rawhide. (long piece of bone with two balls at either end). XD Shushu will love it la. But prepare to bathe your furkid after the pig bone treat because their chest fur and front paws will be sticky.

Well, I give my furkids the whole bone. We just put all the bones into a big pot and boil it until it's cooked. How long it takes for them to finish the bone... it depends. Abby sapu habis the meat+cartiledge(not sure how to spell but it's the semi-transparent bone attached to both ends of the bone) in about one hour but Chelsea sapu habis in 20mins.

After that, she'll ronda ronda around the house and try to steal the other dogs' bones. The shih tzus usually take up to 1 1/2 - 2 hours to finish.

However, when your furkid finish the bone, you must throw away the leftover bone (the hardest part). It should left about 3-4 inch long bone. My Abby last time pick up all the leftover bones and bury in under my blanket. No wonder she give me the nervous look when I sit on my bed.

Give it a try la Won. Shushu will love it if he loves chewing on nylon bones. Remember ar, it's not the rib (pai kuat) bone ar. I really don't remember what that part is called but you can see it when you go to the pork seller. They usually put it at the side and ppl buy it to use as soup base. Last time I buy is RM2 per bone, then they weigh it now.


Weird ori name. Last time my brother's St.Bernard cert name was BlueKing Wong.

No la, my brother renamed him an even weird name. Starbuck. !!! Although that is his official name now but everyone calls him BuckBuck now. I know we're not supposed to call our furkids with different names but I sometimes cannot resist calling him "Tai Tau Pok".

Last time I wanted to name him Chewie (from Star Wars) but my brother don't want.

Talking bout weird names ar, Chelsea's mom's cert name was something like this (it's long la) Golden Pallas Anthena The Gentle.

Adoidoi! Name the dog after a Greek goddess. I LOLed when I saw her cert name because Anthena is not a gentle goddess - She's a goddess of war.. But Chelsea don't have a cert though, her dad's not certified but I don't care la. Cert or not, she's still my 'tua pui' (fat girl in Hokkien)

This post has been edited by chibi_tenko: Aug 24 2007, 02:48 PM