won: shushu (golden retriever) - male

I used to bring my hamsters travelling in the LRT and express bus (KL<->Ipoh).
I put them in a plastic aquarium and put the aquarium in a big paper bag and carry it with me.
It is quite convenient and my hamsters are very quiet so nobody actually notice it. They go with me when I am staying over at my aunt's place or if I am going back to my hometown.

Choke chain is like a rope with 2 rings at the end. There are metal ones as well as those made from nylon.
You must remember that a choke chain must be put on correctly, if not it will cause injury to your dog. It should be shape like a "P".
You can refer to this article:
correct way to put a choke chain
What my trainer teaches me is almost what you are doing now. When the dog pull away from you, don't pull the leash. Just walk to the opposite direction and the force from the choke chain will shock the dog. After a few times, to avoid the shock and pain (?), the dog will follow your direction. This is the hard way.

There is another way taught by the trainer, but usually only effective for food oriented doggies.
You can hold a treat in your hand and placed it on the left side of your body near the waist. Your dog will smell the treat and look up to you. Try walking and the dog will usually follow you. Walk for a short while, if the dog follow let him nibble at the treat. You can try practice walking longer and longer distance before rewarding the dog. It slowlys become a habit. This one takes time and patience.

Hope this help!

Shushu is a GR. Though he is a GR, he is as stubborn as a rottie so he is not so easy to train.
I am still trying my best with him
I bring him to obedience class once a week.
Those tips are given by the trainers there.
In fact, how to put a choke chain on the dog is actually the first lesson learnt.

something like this kah? looks uncomfortable....

I think she means the clicker.

This is so funny, I want to see......

Ooh, I love the bags. I think Taro look very nice with the bag, like going on a backpacking adventure ..... very
The last picture is very cute. Can I know how much is the bag $$ range? Would love to get one for my GR, wonder whether it fits or not

Oh, nice! Thanks for the info.
Would love to go and have a look at Joan's shop but I don't think I will be going to KL anytime soon.
Really love the bag! Yah, it would be perfect for balik kampung during CNY, haha....can put treats, tissue (GR drip a lot of salivia) and plastic bag for poo and of course...angpows!! coz during last CNY my grandma did gave my GR an angpow but there is no where to keep it with him...
I wonder if Joan can send it to me by post...hehe

Dr Teoh at Pet Care Animal Clinic in Ipoh Garden East.

Yah, I also bring my GR to grooming before CNY to be leng leng . Must look very handsome and cute so that all the relative will sayang him when he balik kampung with me...haha. Higher chance to get angpow lor ...... A lot of people do that coz before CNY weekend grooming session is very hard to book, have to book at least 2 weeks before to get a place

Not very sure on vaccination, can't help you there.
Shushu only got 3 jabs....i think it is 7-in-1(merial) for 2nd and 3rd jab. The first one is done by another vet and if not mistaken is for parvo only(pfizer).

You can stop them or bring some doggy treats and ask them to offer that to your dog if they want to feed him.

Wah, luckily my place there no price hiking wor...still same charge but they don't accept anymore once the quota is full.
Cham lor, then your furkids got people to take care or not?

Maya has really nice and floppy ears....

I think you can still take it to the groomer. For dogs that like to bite, they will put a muzzle on it while grooming. I saw this last sat while waiting for my dog to finish its grooming session.

Actually, the groomer uses their own muzzle that day.
One of my dog book has a illustration on how to make a makeshift muzzle. Unfortunately, I don't have any scanner at home.
This is the best I can find from a website---> muzzle (please scroll down at the bottom, there is an instruction on how to do it) hope this helps!

Erm, that's the best I can get at the moment. Basically you take a piece of bandage/cloth, from below the muzzle pull the two end up and tie a knot on top of the muzzle. Then, pull the 2 end down and tie another knot below. Then, pull the two end horizontally towards behind the head and tie a knot there. Hope it is clearer instead of making it more

In case you are still interested....i took use my HP to take a photo of the page.


St. bernard is a really doopy looking giant very gentle.
I have a friend who has a St. Bernard. He really love his dog. He walk his dog every early morning about 6am (colder weather) and has a fan blowing on his St. Bernard 24 hours. His St. bernard fur is still nice and thick but he really need to spend a lot of time and effort to maintain it.

Erm, I have some question to ask on food for my dog.

I am thinking of preparing homecooked food for my dog, not all the time but maybe a few days a week, so he will still get his daily kibbles.
Usually, I will boil chicken meat with some vegetables like carrot, celery, brocolli and potatoes, about 50-50.
Sometimes, I also gave him a hard boiled egg. I am not feeding him raw (BARF).
Is this meal ok/complete enough for him?
Should I also add some yogurt or other supplements? Someone recommended me to add flaxseed oil to boost his immune system.
Any advice / suggestions? Thanks!

Thanks for the advice.
I will add the internal organs into the menu. I do add a little bit of garlic into the chicken sometimes, but no sugar or salt added. Will try the vegetable puree also.

Originally I only feed kibbles to my dog , with Vit C and E daily (prescribed by vet).
However, he still fall really sick (twice). During the last sickness, he couldn't take any kibbles /can food at all so I end up cooking for him to get him eating. He has now recovered and I started feeding him kibbles again. I am just wondering that maybe adding some fresh food to his meal may help him to boost up his immune system a bit. I do notice that during the period of feeding him fresh food, he poo much lesser. He is not picky on his food at all and willing to eat anything.

here is another article, with the banned product picture.
website

Don't think it is the one you mentioned
I don't really give my dog jerky strip. I got a free one before from an online survey but feels that there is too much colouring in it, the whole thing is bright red!! . I still have the package until now.

Doggyman from Japan.
Bought some rawhide chew for shushu, "petz route" brand. The packaging is mostly in Japanese, but written as Made in Thailand...