THE MIGHTY SCRUFF

Mummy?

2008-05-06T23:55:00.002+08:00

Mummy, where are you? =(

Suddenly the house is so empty with no one to give me treats, no one to secretly sneak onto the bed with, and most importantly, no one to update my blog!

Jie Jie says you've gone off to some far off place for business. Why didn't you take me with you?? =( I am such an unhappy dog.

Come back soon Mummy! Toto and I miss you.

The Big Walk

2008-04-06T12:17:00.015+08:00

Its here! Its here!

The morning began nice and early. Mummy woke us up and started getting us ready really early. She says we have to get there early or we won't find a place to park the car. So we got there nice and early but there were other doggies who were even earlier.

Look! There were so may doggies and their family around. All kinds of breeds, sizes and shapes. So exciting. I had a great time sniffing furbutts and making new friends.

Look at all those doggies and their family

Other doggies waiting for the big start

Mummy registered us for the walk and we got a goodie bag. There were loads of things in the goodie bag. There were dog food, cookies and even a nice leather lead. Personally, I liked the cookies best.

After the registration we hung around poking around and making friends while waiting for the BIG walk to start.

Hanging around

Toto and I waiting for the flag off. Those blue bags are our goodie bags.

The big flag off! There were so many dogs angling to be the first to start off. It was like a long choo choo train of doggies and their family.

Both Toto and I started off at a run. It was great fun. We tugged at our leads to join the doggies in the front of the train. But of course, Mummy who was holding my lead couldn't keep up and I had to humour her by holding back. Toto was luckier. Jie Jie was holding his lead and the both of them ran to the front of the pack and lead the rest of us along the path. Doggies stopped every now and then to sniff at the stuff along the pathway and of course each other as well. Some even pooped making their parents stop to scoop up the poopie. And of course, all of us peed at one time or another.

Finally we reached the end which was also the starting poing of the walk. There is a big dog run there and our parents took us in and let us off our leads. Toto and I both ran around sniffing at the interesting things. We also made friends with other doggies who were also running around.

Here I am roving around

Here's Toto among all the other doggies

After all the excitement Toto and I were just exhausted. At the end the both of us were just lying in the cool mud (Mummy wasn't pleased) and resting.

I am already dreaming of next year's Dog Walk when I can come here and do it all over again.

My Kor Kor The Star!

2008-03-30T16:30:00.007+08:00

My Kor Kor is a big star! This week my brother premiered in his school play before a packed audience of friends and family. As usual Toto and I were not invited.

My Kor Kor acted the role of Kurt von Trapp in the play The Sound of Music. It is a story about how a noviate (her name is Maria) went to work as a governess for the von Trapp family children. The von Trapp family are a family of 7 (yes seven!) children. My Kor Kor is one of the kids. Can you imagine how many treats their father will have to get to reward them!!

Anyway the father is a mean old sea captain that treats his children like they were his sailors on his ship. Can you imagine he whistled on a loud whistle when he wanted his kids. My parents never did that to me and I'm a furkid!!

Well to cut a long story short, and this is where it gets soppy and eeky! Girls would like this part. Maria managed to win over the hearts of all 7 children. Not only that she made the mean ole Captain fall in love with her. Ha! Ha! Sick! Eeky! All this love stuff.

The exciting part only came when the Captain had to report to the Nazi naval place and become a Nazi Captain. This was all set during the big war that happened way before I was born. The Captain didn't want to become a Nazi so he and his family (Maria and all 7 children) ran away. They were chased by the bad Gestapo but they managed to escape over the mountains into another country.

My Kor Kor singing his heart out.

And here he is singing with meanie Captain, Maria and the other 6 children

Mummy says that Kor Kor had a lot of hidden talents. He could dance and sing and act! Wish they let me go and see him.

I'm So Excited

2008-03-24T20:18:00.003+08:00

I'm so excited. I can hardly wait. The local radio station is once again having a Dog Walk. They had one last year and my parents took me. It was really exciting. There were so many furkids and their parents around. I had a great time making friends and sniffing furbutts.

Mummy says we can go again this year. Toto had not been adopted last year so he didn't go. This year will be the first time he is going. I have been telling him all about it and he's also very excited.

Calling all Singapawean dogs! Come to the Dog Walk. We can have a right roaring time. Hope to see you all there.

HAPPY EASTER!!

2008-03-21T09:36:00.003+08:00

Don't eat too many easter eggs now. And stay away especially from those yummy chocolate ones. Mummy says they will make us furkids sick.

Bad Boy Scruffy

2008-03-18T17:20:00.004+08:00

I have been a very bad boy. I have been too lazy to update my blog for a while. Please, please, please forgive me. Actually also nothing much has been happening.

Last week, my Mummy was sick. She had a throat infection and she spent 3 days away from work. She was really lazy too. All she did during those few days was lie in bed and groan and sound funny. She didn't even play with us much. She says she's too sick. Actually I think she was bluffing. She didn't seem very sick when she watched all the old series for CSI on TV. Anyway now she is better and she also sounds normal.

My Mummy has been moaning and groaning about something else though. She keeps on going on and on about being very lonely. Lonely my foot. She has Toto and I right. Anyway, she says that now Jie Jie and Kor Kor are growing up, they no longer want to go out with her and do things with her. So she is very lonely at home with only Daddy for company. She keeps forgetting about us. Bad Mummy. Anyway, to make her feel better I have been extra good and have kept close to her keeping her company.

Anyway there is one very exciting news though. My good friend Balboa gave me a funky blog award. Thank you soooooo much Balboa.

Singapore Flyer

2008-02-28T17:01:00.007+08:00

On Tuesday Mummy and Daddy went for a ride on the Singapore Flyer. What do you ask is the Singapore Flyer. Well its a giant size ferris wheel. It is very very tall. Much much taller than me. Its supposed to be the tallest on in the world right now.

Then there are these little cages on the wheel and hoomans go inside them. Then the wheel turns taking the hoomans up up into the sky. Quite exciting. I wish I could go. But as usual, some hoomans are so un-dog-friendly. They don't allow furkids. Its not fair.

Mummy says it moves really slowly but the view is very very good. She wasn't scared at all. So brave. She could almost see our house (and me of course) from the top. Daddy as usual was too busy taking photos of the flyer and the wheel. Here are some of his photos. Sorry about the wierd colour but they were taken at dusk. Also the funny curved bits is because he used his fish eye lens. Hmmm! Interesting. Do you think Daddy actually caught a fish and took its eye. Then put the eye on his camera.

The flyer is actually not open to the public yet. But Daddy says they are going again (without me as usual) during the day when the flyer is open to the public this weekend. He says that you can even see Malaysia and Indonesia from it during the day.

Singapore Flyer from the ground.

View of Singapore's skyline from the little cages in the wheel. Here is a picture of one of the cages. Quite scary! My parents were actually in one of these things.

Finally! Happy Birthday To Me!!!

2008-02-27T16:18:00.009+08:00

Finally! I get my birthday cake. I had 2 candles. One more than Toto. Its because I'm the older brother. Here are some videos of my birthday celebration.

Here is Jie Jie, Kor Kor and Jie Jie's boy friend, Impy Kor Kor singing me my birthday song. Not too melodious but I love it anyway.

Here is another one of me cutting my birthday cake. I wasn't very cooperative as you can see but I was already salivating at the thought of the cake.

And finally one of us feasting on cake. I eat mine so gentlemenly but Toto is just a greedy pig - gobbling it down.

Where is Jie Jie?

2008-02-20T17:10:00.002+08:00

My Jie Jie has gone MIA!!! I have not seen her for 10 days already. All she does is wake up, go to school, come home in the middle of the night. And it has gone on for the last 10 days.

Mummy is getting very upset with her. So am I!!! We were supposed to have got my birthday cake last weekend but because Jie Jie was not even around during the weekend, we didn't get it. We wanted to celebrate as a whole family. Bad Jie Jie!!

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T09:18:00.000+08:00

Abuse! Abuse! Child Abuse!

2008-02-13T15:34:00.003+08:00

I hate my Mummy!! She's mean!! She's cruel!! She's abusive!!

For no reason whatsoever she took Toto and I to the VET today. And we got jabs!!!! I don't even feel sick. I don't see why I have to get jabbed.

My cruel Mummy claims that it is good for us to have the jabs. She says its to vacinate us against nasty illness and we need to do this once a year, every year. Why do I need it?! I am big and strong and healthy. I can fight all the nasty diseases.

The only saviour is that Toto the big baby cried when the vet jabbed him. Ha! Ha! He squealed like a baby!!! I was brave. I didn't make any noise whatsoever. But it did hurt.

I'm going to sulk and not speak with my Mummy for the rest of today. That will teach her to be so mean to me. Taking me for jabs I don't need.

Chinese New Year & My Birthday

2008-02-12T14:32:00.000+08:00

The whole of last week was really quite exciting. First we had Chinese New Year (CNY). Did you know that the CNY is actually celebrated for a full 15 days. But the most important days are of course the first and second day. This is the time when we go to our older relatives' homes to wish them Gong Xi Fa Cai, pay our respects with Mandarin oranges and to collect ang pow. What is ang pow you say. Well its a very quaint hooman custom that during the CNY, the married people give unmarried little red packets containing money!! Real cool this custom. Unfortunately both Toto and I didn't get any.

For our CNY we first visited Poh Poh's house in the morning. Mummy brought Mandarin oranges and we all said Gong Xi Fa Cai to Poh Poh. It was really quite fun. We raced up and down her house and poked our noses into every crook and crany. Very interesting.

After that we went to Mah Mah and Kong Kong's house. Once again Mummy brought Mandarin oranges and we all said Gong Xi Fa Cai. We love Mah Mah and Kong Kong's house. It has a huge garden and their neighbours had other furkids too. We raced up and down the garden and made friends with their neighbour's furkids.

Later in the afternoon, Daddy's aunties, uncles and many cousins all came over and paid respects as well. There were loads of kids around. The boy cousins also brought along a football and Toto and I played football with them in the garden. Meantime, Jie Jie and Kor Kor went around collecting ang pows from all the uncles and aunties and the married cousins. They seem to be pleased with their "takings" for the day. I sure hope they buy some pressies for us with their loot. After all they didn't do anything and they got money!!

Altogether it was a really exciting day. We went home in the evening and we were all real tired.

Did you know that during the CNY there is a special dish that is eaten by every one. My family had it during the Reunion dinner before the CNY. Its called Yu Sheng or Raw Fish. Its a dish filled with vegetable and pieces of raw fish that is mixed with crispy crullers and a dressing. While the dish is being prepared, good wishes and blessings are said over the dish so that whoever eats it also gets the wishes and blessings. However before its eaten everyone uses their chopsticks and tosses the salad really high into the air. Its to make wishes and blessings to all around the dinner table.

Yu Sheng being prepared before the BIG toss

Then my birthday came along. I was really surprised. You remember my Mummy asked if I wanted to celebrate on my birthday or have a belated one so that I can get a cake like Toto did last year. So on my birthday morning I didn't expect anything special. But I was really surprised. I got loads of presents. I got my favourite treats and a new squeaky toy. I love those squeaky toys.

See my birthday presents

Not only that Mummy made me a special dinner that day. I had beef steak. Wow! Yummy! I never had my own beef steak before.

Me gobbling down my steak dinner

Anyway all in all it was a wonderful birthday. And I still get to celebrate one more time this weekend when Mummy will get me my cake.

Eat your heart out Toto! I celebrate twice. You only celebrated once.

Chinese New Year

2008-02-06T13:56:00.000+08:00

The Chinese Lunar New Year is tomorrow. Mummy says its going to be the year of the Rat. This year is the year of the Pig. There will be many celebrations and good things to eat over the new year.

It is also very important for Chinese to have a Reunion Dinner with all the family on the eve of the New Year. Its a time for everyone in the family to come home from near and far and sit down together for a huge slap up meal. Tonight we will be having our Reunion Dinner. Mummy normally cooks the Reunion Dinner at home and I get to eat all the good stuff that she will for sure pass to me surreptitiously. But this year, Mummy is not cooking. Its going to be at a restaurant and I DON'T GET TO GO!!!! Its not fair, I am family too!! Why can't I go? Sulk! Sulk!

Its my birthday coming up this Sunday. Mummy asked me if I wanted to celebrate it on that day or to have a belated celebration. The reason is that she wants to get me this yummy cake for my birthday with 2 candles. But the bakery is closed for the Chinese New Year until 12 February which is after my birthday. I am opting for the yummy cake!! I sure hope its worth the wait.

I would also like to update you on Toto's operation. He now has no boy bits. Ha! Ha! He weathered through the operation like it was nothing. When he came back, he was back to his greedy pigginess and had a whopping huge meal. The anaesthetic didn't affect him at all. He is running around like it never happened. That's my brother for you!!

I would like to wish all my furfriends and their hoomans

GONG XI FA CAI!!

May you all have a prosperous and happy new year of the Rat!!

Poor Toto

2008-01-24T14:26:00.000+08:00

Guess what! Mummy tells me that this weekend Toto is having his boy bits taken out. I had mine done ages ago. And if I remember correctly, Toto will hate it.

First, he can't eat or drink from the night before. Mummy says this is because they will put Toto under general anaesthetic. This makes him go to sleep and not feel the pain.

Then he will wake up and feel really whoosy and sleepy for the rest of the day. And worst of all, the lampshade!! He will have to wear it at least 2 weeks.

Poor Toto! My heart goes out to him.

Silly Toto

2008-01-21T16:18:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, our parents brought the whole family to Tanjong Beach. It was a very hot and muggy afternoon. I was panting and panting as it was really hot. When we finally got to the beach, I could hardly wait for my Kor Kor and Jie Jie to change so that they can take me to the sea. Finally into the cold cold sea - I leapt in.

Meanwhile Toto thought he was Superman and followed me jump in as well. This is where he became totally silly. That twit, he kept drinking the sea water. Lapping it up with his greedy tongue. Daddy told him not to do it and that he would get sick, but did he listen - no he did not. True enough, when we went to rest on the beach with Mummy, that silly brother of mine puked his guts out. Serves him right for not listening to Daddy.

But that's not the end of his silliness. When we got home, Toto suddenly started shivering and wouldn't stop. And horrors - he didn't want to eat his dinner. This is very very very unusual as we all know how greedy Toto is. Food is his first love. And sea water it seems!!

Mummy got real worried and kept holding him and covering him with a warm towel. I have to say I got rather jealous and wished I was sick too. Daddy said it was probably all the sea water he insisted on drinking and exhaustion. He is littler than I so he's not so used to hectic activity. Anyway, luckily after all the mothering Mummy gave him he felt better. After sleeping the whole night, today he is right as rain and gobbling down his breakfast like he always does. I sure hope he learnt his lesson and listen to Daddy next time. But I know my brother, he will forget and do exactly the same thing the next time we go. That silly boy!!

Pictures

2008-01-03T14:57:00.000+08:00

Its now 2008. A brand new year. I thought that as a first post for the year, I would share some recent pictures which my Daddy took.

Here's one of my Mummy and I.

I love you Mummy! You are such a nice soft pillow.

Hark! Who goes there?

How do you like my bling bling collar? Mummy made it out of teeny weeny beads and crystals for me. I only wear it for special occasions.

So that Toto doesn't feel left out here's one of him.

Happy New Year!!!

2007-12-31T15:56:00.000+08:00

Toto and I wish all our doggy friends and their hoomans a very happy and successful 2008. May the new year bring with it loads of treats for us furkids and their hoomans.

Today is the very last day of 2007. This year has been quite eventful for me. First off, I had my boy bits taken out this year. I was sorry to see them go but Mummy says she loves me with or without my boy bits so I guess that was OK.

I also gained a brother this year. I went from a single dog family to having to share my hoomans with a pesky little brother. I am still getting used to being a big brother.

And another very exciting event in my doggy world - I found Dogs With Blogs! I am so happy to have found such a happy and caring community out there in cyberspace. I am enjoying myself very much with all the friends that I have found.

I now look forward to 2008. I wonder what the year will bring for me.

Post Christmas

2007-12-27T11:55:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas to all my friends and their parents!

Its been ages since Mummy updated my blog for me. She has been deserting us and travelling all over the place in the last month. That is why I am so back dated. Anyway better late than never now that Mummy is home.

Well, Christmas has come and gone. I just love Christmas and I wish it came more than once a year. Loads of yummy things to eat and pressies. Lovely! We always have a lovely tree all decorated with glittery things and lights. And of course, loads of pressies under it. It was Toto's first Christmas with us so he was a bit confused in the beginning but he soon got the idea when the food came along.

With Mummy and our tree (and our pressies)

Christmas in our house is a time to be with family and this year was no exception. Mummy made a yummy dinner of roast beef and rack of lamb. We were given some for our Christmas dinner so I can tell you it was good. And we had Por Por (my maternal Grandmother), Mah Mah (my paternal Grandmother) and Qong Qong (my paternal Grandfather) over for dinner.

Jie Jie as usual clowning around at the dinner table

After dinner we opened all our presents and there were loads of presents to be opened. It was really quite exciting. Kor Kor and Jie Jie were squealing and jumping around with excitement. I had been smelling something really yummy around the tree the last couple of days. I've been wondering if its my present.

I was right. It was my present.Kor Kor in raptures over his Christmas present

All too soon, all the presents were opened. The very last bit of roast beef and lamb were gone. Its time to get back to our favourite pasttime - lazing around till next Christmas

Busy Busy

2007-11-28T15:24:00.000+08:00

Sorry! Sorry! A thousand apologies my fur friends. The last 10 days have been really very hectic. Many things have happened and I just couldn't find the time to sit down with Mummy and work on my blog.

Firstly, Daddy got real sick with food poisoning and had to go to hospital! He was there for 4 whole days. He is now fine and is back at home. But during those days, Mummy, Jie Jie and Kor Kor had to go to hospital everyday. Mummy says Daddy was just like a big baby when he was in hospital. Personally I think Daddy was faking it. He doesn't look sick to me. He just wanted some babying!

After the big hooha with Daddy, Toto turned 1 year old. He's a big boy now. I must say I like this birthday thing. Even though it was Toto's birthday I also enjoyed his presents. I had such a good time that day.

The day started out as usual with Toto in his favorite pose.

Then we had the present giving session. I can see treats and my favorite squeaky toys in there. I wanted them but Mummy says they are for Toto because its his birthday presents. Its not fair. I also want pressies too.

Thank goodness Toto shared his presents with me. I love my brother! Here's a video of us playing with his toy.

Well! Its actually a video of me playing with his toy!

After playing for a bit, Mummy said it was time to have cake. Cake! Cake! I love cake! So we gathered around and Mummy brought out Toto's birthday cake. It had a little doggie on it and one candle for his 1st birthday. See his cake. Next year, I will get my own cake Mummy says. I will have 2 candles on mine.

After Toto, well Jie Jie helped, blew out the candle Toto cut his cake. Here he is doing the honours with Jie Jie's help.

Then we each got a huge piece of cake. It is vanilla pandan flavor. Yum Yum! Here we are wolfing down our cake.

To end off a perfect day, we even had a special dinner that night. We had lamb with pasta. What a treat. I have to tell you I didn't like the lettuce and broccoli but I ate everything else. Toto as usual ate every drop and tried to get mine too.

I've Been Away

2007-11-18T07:39:00.000+08:00

Sorry my furfriends. My Mummy has been really busy this last week. She had this big meeting happening and had many people from all over the world visiting so she has not been free to update my blog. As a result of that too, our lives have been rather boring of late. But the good news is that we are now back to normal. I have missed reading all your blogs and will be spending the next few days doing so.

In the meantime, I am so happy that I have been given 2 awards. The first one is the I "Heart" Your Blog! from Petbeach. Its a blog about stories of furkids and their adventures. They are new and depend on stories from fellow furkids. So please do visit them and give them stories about yourselves.

The second award is Be The Blog from my fellow Cairn terrors, Maya and Kena. Thanks a million you guys. You're the greatest. I just love reading about your exploits.

This award is presented to a successful blogger, one who can “be the blog” - making it their own, staying with it, interacting with the readers, and just plain having fun. At the same time, I would also like to give this award to my good friend Precious, Girl Girl The Hamsterberian, Lorenza and Balboa & his Mummy. They are just the greatest bloggers.

And very importantly, my Jie Jie has asked me to thank all of you for your kind barkday wishes. She had a great time eating and eating like a pig. (The pig part I added in myself.)

She also has more great news. She learnt yesterday that she has been accepted into the junior college of her choice. She will be reading Theatre Studies and Drama. This means that we will have to put up with more wailing and screeching from her trying to sing!!! More of her prancing around doing something she calls dancing! She looks rather funny when she does this. Anyway, congratulations Jie Jie.

Jie Jie's Birthday

2007-11-05T11:54:00.000+08:00

This weekend Jie Jie celebrated her Sweet Sixteen (I agree with the 16 bit but the sweet - Hmmm! Not so sure about that) birthday. She had this really yummilicious cheese cake. I know because my Mummy sneaked me a small piece. (Psst! Don't tell my Daddy)

The yummilicious cake

Jie Jie spent the whole of her birthday eating. That pig!! She started the day off with Roti Prata. For my foreign friends who don't know what prata is, it is a yummy pancake-like bread that you eat with curry.

Jie Jie all ready to attack her prata

The boys totally satisfied after their prata.

I don't have any pictures of it but I was told that she then had a really huge lunch. She had braised goose, char siew pow (steamed bun with roasted meat), glutinous rice in lotus leaf, braised bean curd and many more. Told you my sister is a gluttony pig. She had all this without Toto and I. It was so mean of her.

Then for dinner, she had this huge piece of roast beef with creamed corn, yorkshire pudding and mashed potatoes. Its so unfair, she didn't share any with us! Wait till its my birthday, I won't share any of my cake with her.

See her huge piece of roast beef which she ate all by herself!

Me with my Jie Jie. I'm licking my lips because I just had the yummilicious cake that Mummy sneaked me.

Sunday Morning

2007-10-29T15:01:00.000+08:00

On Sunday we went to the beach to our favorite pub for breakfast. Its called Scruffy Murphy. As they have used my name to name their establishment, I strongly believe that we should get a discount whenever we visit. And they should also treat me like royalty. So far it has not happened.

After breakfast (Well, the hoomans had their breakfast. We just had water!!!) we went for our usual long walkie. Here are some pictures of Toto and I on our ramble.

Here are Toto and I taking a breather with Mum and Dad.

Here's Toto trampling on the flower bed. Dreadful dog! And he's my brother!!!

Here we are waiting for Mum to buy breakfast home for Jie Jie. As usual, we couldn't get her out of bed. She's such a pig!!!

Brotherly Love

2007-10-24T16:00:00.000+08:00

As I mentioned in one of my previous post, Toto and I are often at odds with each other. Especially when it comes to whose territory our parents' bed is. Mummy decided to take a video of us having it out with each other on her bed. I have to say she was not very amused after we were through with her bed. We made a "little" mess.

The video's not very good. Mummy says there wasn't enough light but I think you get the picture of how much "love" there is between Toto and I.

Weekend

2007-10-15T12:24:00.000+08:00

I love weekends. Its when Mummy, Daddy, Jie Jie, Kor Kor and of course Toto and I get to spend time together. Sometimes we do loads of things when the mood takes us and sometimes we do nothing and act like couch potatoes.

This weekend started out a bit slow but on Sunday, Daddy decided that we were growing fat from not doing anything and took us to the beach in the evening. We had a super long walk. We saw loads of other doggies having their walkies too. There were also plenty of hoomans having BBQ at the beach and camping out. Loads of lovely exciting new smells.

After the long walkie, we went home and my family sat down and had dinner. Mummy made a chicken casserole and the smells were just killing me. But guess what happened. Toto and I actually already had our dinner earlier but Mummy (Bless her soft heart!) gave us another dinner of chicken casserole. My Mummy sure can cook! And we had 2 dinners that night! What more can I ask for!

Mummy's Annoyed

2007-10-11T14:45:00.000+08:00

Firstly I was given a very lovely award by my friend Precious. Thank you so much and I want to give the award back to you too. I love reading your blog too.

Now you must be wondering how my mild mannered Mummy can get annoyed with an adorable pup like me. Well you see last few days Daddy has been away and I really feel that as the alpha male in the house now I must be the only one to sleep next to my Mummy and protect her. I have been doing just that. In the mornings we have one-to-one time when Mummy plays with me on the bed before she leaves for work. She has been doing that since I was young.

But horrors of horrors! Of late she has been putting Toto (my upstart of a brother) onto the bed at night! This is definitely not on. The bed and Mummy are mine. (Well! I let Daddy share her sometimes.) I am not sharing with Toto too! And to top it all off, I even now have to share my one-to-one playtime with Toto.

So this morning, I couldn't take it anymore. That rascal! I snapped at Toto! That naughty boy. Usurping me from my position. How dare he? Of course Mummy saw me do it and now she's annoyed with me. She even smacked me. She keeps going on and on about how I must learn to share and to love my brother.

Hey I love my brother and all but you know Mummy and the bed are special. They've been mine since I was a baby. Its sacrosanct. Its not fair. I don't want to share.

Is This My Brother?

2007-10-03T12:41:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, my parents sent both Toto and I to see Auntie Eileen, our groomer. This was Toto's first full head to toe grooming session. And after he was done, I was so amazed. Toto actually looked cute!!

Before - wild and fuzzy

After - neat as a pin

See my cute little brother!

Mid-Autumn Festival

2007-09-30T08:16:00.000+08:00

My sincere apologies for not blogging about this earlier but frankly I have been really busy. Busy eating that is.

Not sure if my furfriends are aware of this but they make mooncakes for furkids! See what the hoomans have we also have. My Mummy bought them from the doggie bakery for us.

The one on the left is mine and the right is Mummy's

Mummy's mooncake is made from lotus seed paste with 2 (she's a bit greedy) salted egg yolks inside. Mine is made from red bean paste and no salted egg yolks. Mummy says its not good for me to eat salted eggs. It will ruin my beautiful coat of hair.

Mine is still on the left and Mummy's (with her double egg yolk) is on the right

Mummy tells me that there is actually a story behind these mooncakes. Many many moons (pun fully intended) ago there was actually no such thing like mooncakes. But less many moons ago there was a group of people who were plotting a revolution in far off China. This revolution was to take place on mid-autumn night.

Now this was all well and good but if you can't talk to all the other revolutionaries to plan this, its not going to happen. So someone came up with this bright idea.

Eureka! Let's make these mooncakes. They are sticky inside so let's cut them open and stick our secret messages in them. We can then pass mooncakes/messages and the Emperor and his bad soldiers won't know how we tell each other when to revolt and how.

I thought this was rather clever. Its better than carrier pigeons because after getting message you can actually eat the mooncakes! What a bonus.

Hope all of you enjoyed the Mid-Autumn festival. I sure did. Yum! Yum! Mid-autumn should come around more than once a year.

My Weekend

2007-09-25T10:52:00.000+08:00

9 am

11 am

Lunch!

3 pm

6 pm

Need I say more. What an idyllic way to spend the weekend. BTW Daddy was in the other chair doing the same thing too.

I'm So Excited

2007-09-18T16:42:00.000+08:00

Guess what! I have been selected to be the Cool Dogsite Of The Day on 20 September! I always knew I was cool. Snigger! Snigger!

Anyway back to more serious things. From my last posting, I asked all my friends to tell me what their obsessions are. I have to admit, furkids are really quite creative in their obsessions. And of course Toto's obsession is not confined to him alone. Quite a lot of my friends have the same obsession. It would appear that it is the most popular obsession.

Not missing out are tissues, towels and blankets. Most creative I have to admit is this obsession with bras! And somedog did like the underarm of used stinky T-shirts though. Hmmmm! Maybe I should try it someday.

I am sure you must all be wondering what my obession is. Its of course shoes! Remember my Jie Jie's new shoes. That's me!

Toto's Obsession

2007-09-10T12:51:00.000+08:00

I have to tell you this. Toto has a really disgusting obsession! He is obsessed with stinky, smelly pooey socks. The stinkier the better. He only grabs all the used socks. He leaves the clean ones alone. Look at him! Isn't he disgusting!!!

Toto with Kor Kor's stinky socks

Tell me all about your obsessions.

My First Couple Of Days

2007-09-08T13:43:00.000+08:00

I have been tagged by Precious to tell all about my first day/night. So here goes.

I need to give you a bit of background first. I came to sunny Singapore from Down Under. I had to sit in an aeroplane for hours before I got here and was sent to a pet shop. I had only been at the pet shop for a day when this lady spied me in my cage. Unbeknownst to me, she is to be my Mummy.

To be honest with you, my Mummy didn't want me or rather a furkid to begin with. First Jie Jie had gone to Heaven not too long ago and she wasn't sure that she wanted to be a Mummy again. Daddy was the one who insisted that she at least looked at furkids.

Anyway to cut a long story short, she spied me at the pet shop. She didn't even want to hold me at first but the kind Uncle at the pet shop picked me up and put me in her arms. Once in her arms I looked up at her, gave her one of my killer appealing looks and I'm glad to say I had her! Hee! Hee!

But I still couldn't go home yet. I had to stay another night at the pet shop while they dolled me up for the trip home. So bright and early the next day, Mummy came and brought me home.

When we got home, I was a bit bewildered and overcome. First there were my Kor Kor and Jie Jie to get to know. Then there was my new home to find my way around. Naturally as I didn't know any better then, I pooped and peed all over the house and it drove Mummy crazy. Luckily she was still in a mothering mood as I had only just come home and didn't scold me too much. Of course, I have learnt since.

That night I was getting a bit worried. I never had to sleep by myself until I was at the pet shop and I didn't like it. I admit it, I'm a bit cowardly in this area. I prayed and prayed hard that I didn't have to do that. Thank doGness Mummy swooped me up in her arms and brought me upstairs to her room to sleep. And I have been there ever since.

That about sums up my first couple of days with my family. Uneventful but I'm glad Mummy changed her mind about furkids.

Looking handsome even at the tender age of 4 months

My first visit to the beach.

By the way if you want to know about Toto's first week, here is the link. Toto's first week.

The Life Of A Neglected Pup

2007-09-03T11:56:00.000+08:00

With that stupid TV in the house I am really getting neglected. Now they are watching DVDs too. I had to sit through all the Harry Potter movies with my Jie Jie!!! Yawn!

BTW I tried some of your advice and I am afraid that snatching the remote only got Daddy livid! I had never seen him so upset with me, I was terrified. He chased after me and I ran and ran for the safety of my kennel.

Daddy I won't do it again, I promise!

To stave off boredom, I decided that it would be a good time to turn one of my toys into a has been. See the results of my handiwork.

Before

After

Psst! My Mummy had to use Photoshop to put back the part I chewed off. Ha! Ha! Wish we could reverse time that easily. I would erase that stupid TV out of our lifes!

I Feel Ignored!!!

2007-08-24T17:04:00.001+08:00

I am bored. I am being ignored by everyone in the family. Why won't someone play with me?

Its not fair. My parents recently bought this monster of a TV and now everyone is crowding around the TV. Its just a TV. A piece of plastic and wires. I am alive and of flesh and blood. Play with me! Play with me! I am better than that piece of inanimate object.

Public Enemy No 1

I really don't see what the big deal is. Daddy ignores me. Kor Kor ignores me. Jie Jie ignores me. Even my Mummy ignores me. SULK! SULK!

I know I know, there's Toto. But he's just a silly puppy! Not a grown up like me!

Will someone please play with me?

My Big Adventure

2007-08-21T16:30:00.000+08:00

Hi

This is Toto here today. My Second Kor Kor, Scruffy, says I should share with you my big adventure.

Like Kor Kor says it started Sunday morning. We saw the gate open and Kor Kor said let's go for an adventure so I followed him out. I knew this was wrong because the parents always scolded us for going out but my Kor Kor said it was OK. If not, they would have closed the gate. So I went.

We did come to a fork in the road and I told Kor Kor I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to go home. Actually it was because I saw the big road in front and frankly I got a bit scared. He didn't want to go home so I told him I would turn back.

Unfortunately this where I went wrong. I went into the wrong fork in the road and wound up in a small lane. I walked a bit trying to find my scent so that I could follow it home. But I couldn't find it.

Then something very scary happened. I came to the gate of another house and there were 2 big German Shephard dogs there. They were really fierce. They scolded me and yelled at me. I was so scared I couldn't move. I almost peed!

They made such a racket that their hooman came out to see what was going on. The kind man took one look at my scared pathetic face and knew I was lost. I was really terrified by then you know. Lucky for me he checked my name tag which I also wear all the time and he called my Daddy. He was also kind enough to take me home as he only lived 5 minutes away.

I tell you I will never listen to that Kor Kor again. He got me into so much trouble. I knew I should never have gone outside by ourselves. He made everyone so upset and we got such a scolding after that. I swear I will never go outside again without permission.

Its really not my fault. It was all Kor Kor.

Scruff :

Toto is lying. He wanted to go out as much as me. He didn't have to follow me. Next time I will never take him anywhere.

The Great Escape

2007-08-20T15:35:00.000+08:00

We really did it this time. Escaped again. This time Toto escaped too.

It all started mid-morning on Sunday. Toto and I just had our weekly (urgh!) bath and was running out to the garden to rub ourselves on the grass as usual. Lo and behold! Guess what! The gate is open!!! I think Kor Kor's tutor left it open when she left the house after tuition. Anway, I don't really care. Opportunity presents itself.

I was out of there. I ran and ran. Sniffing and poking my nose at all the interesting smells that Daddy won't let me sniff at when we went for our walkies. We came to a fork in the road and Toto decided that he wanted to turn left while I continued on. I can see the big main road in front where all the wheeled thingys are whizzing by. Excitement! Excitement! I charged on.

When I got to the big road, I decided I didn't really want to try and cross with all the wheeled thingys whizzing by so I walked along it. I came to the food centre. Oh my dog! All those smells and exciting things to explore. I feel like the great Indiana Jones off to adventures. Exploring and finding lost artifacts. Of course, I am more dashing than Harrison Ford.

By the by, I came to this place where all the wheeled thingys were parked. I was getting rather tired by then. I wanted to go home. But .... which way? I was in big trouble. I didn't know. Daddy never brought me here before. Where oh where should I go? I am beginning to feel the first signs of panic. I want my Mummy!

Oh! There's a lady there. I shall go ask her where I should go. Maybe she'll know.

Obviously my pathetic look must have worked. The lady patted me and kindly asked if I was lost. I must have looked lost. Please! Please! Tell me where my house is. The lady looked at my name tag which I always wear round my neck. Oh! I think this is your parent's phone number, she says. She makes a call. After that she started patting me and playing with me. By then I really was in no mood to play. I want my Mummy! Where is my Mummy?!

I looked across the park thing and I spy Jie Jie. Jie Jie come get me. I'm here. I struggled out of the kindly lady's arms and ran and ran to Jie Jie. Boy! Am I glad to see you! Take me home please.

Jie Jie wasn't amused. She scolded me and smacked me. (But gently. Not her usual big smack like when I attacked her shoes.) She went on and on about losing the way. Bad men taking me. Getting knocked down by the wheeled thingys. Come on Jie Jie. I'm a big dog now. I had the sense not to cross the road and not to follow bad men. Okay! Okay! So I wasn't sure how to get home but you came to get me didn't you.

To cut a long story short, I am now home. I have been chastised long and loud by everyone in the family. Including my usually soft Mummy. I spent the rest of the day sulking because of all the scoldings I got. Nothing happened to me right. I got home alright. So I don't see what all the big fuss is about. But just to make peace with everyone.

Please please please forgive me.

PS : Now what happened to Toto you ask. I will leave Toto to tell you about his adventures tomorrow. Mum says she had better do some work now. BTW he is home too.

The Mighty Scruff Returns

2007-08-18T21:11:00.000+08:00

I am back! I am back! Finally!

My torture is over. I no longer have to put up with Jie Jie and Kor Kor. I no longer have to pretend to enjoy their antics. I don't have to entertain them anymore. And I no longer have to beg Jie Jie for her write my blog. She only did it a measly two times. Mummy and Daddy are HOME!

It was so exciting. I kissed and kissed Mummy and Daddy. I missed them sooooo much. Also of course, Mummy bought us loads of treats. So that was also good.

She got us some gravy that we can have with our kibble. Yum! Yum! I had some and my kibble never tasted so good. She also got us some fruit smoothies. Nice and cold. Especially after a nice long walkie with Daddy. (We finally went out after so long. Jie Jie and Kor Kor were too lazy to take us.)

I had heard about Petco from some of my friends and I asked Mummy to go see what it was like and she did. She told me it was this huge store just for pets and it had loads and loads of fun and good stuff. Daddy took a picture to show us what it was like.

And it even had a dog bar filled with yummy biscuits that you could buy by the pound. Shucks! Mummy didn't get us any. She said she had no more space in her suitcase.

And the reason she had no more space was ...... See below.

As usual she went beserk when it comes to clothes. Women! Yes! Yes! You guessed it. She got us more instruments of shame and torture - clothes. I guess I will have to humour her and wear the new clothes she got us. What do you think? Do I look smart?

Toto had a matching one with me too but his is blue. He didn't seem to mind wearing clothes.

I have to thank all my furfriends who have dropped by in hope that my Jie Jie was not too lazy to update my blog. I will be visiting all your blogs over the next few days and try to get caught up with all that has been happening. I feel so deprived because my lazy Jie Jie won't help me read your blogs either. But now my torture is over. Mummy is back and I can get back to blogging.

See ya'll soon.

Toto's Great Leap Forward!

2007-08-01T19:21:00.000+08:00

BEHOLD!

Toto is my brother after all! Today, for the first time, he took his first jump onto higher ground!

You see, up till now, we'd all thought that Toto was not quite the athletic prowess that I am (obviously - no one is), and come to accept it. I mean, come on, I had that couch conquered within the first week of coming home.

Toto, he took months! Nevertheless, I'm so proud of him! He's on his way to becoming just like me, his big brother. And his obvious teacher. I must be such an inspiration. Maybe he'll conquer the parent's bed soon (though I think that's gonna take another couple of months to accomplish).

Life! Or so it seems...

2007-07-26T17:27:00.000+08:00

Hello all my friends and their hooman families, I return from this abysmal off blogging community black hole I have been living in ever since Mummy and Daddy's departure 6 days ago. Only 6 days, and I'm missing them already! Especially Mummy, now that there's no one to look imploringly at for an extra treat or two (Jie Jie and Kor Kor have long since learnt to see through to my ulterior motives). It truly is a sad life indeed. I spend my days - and very long days they are - with no walkies, no exciting excursions to the beach, no one to torture, no one to play with but Toto, gosh, what's a dog got to do to get some excitement around here??

I'm bored, can you tell?

Anyhoo, seeing as external factors were obviously not going to change things, I set myself the task of finding things to do for myself (and Toto tagged along, predictably). I finally managed to get Jie Jie to update my blog (and believe me, it was hard! She spends her time out of school eating, sleeping, studying, and going back to sleep. Her life seems even more mundane than mine, really.

So here's what's been happening lately:

With nothing better to do, we spent our days lounging about in Jie Jie's room... And of course causing destruction to whatever we could lay our teeth on!

She had to say goodbye to her once new, never-before-worn pair of Marks and Sparks shoes. It was a satisfying cause, it was! Which, unfortunately, also earned Toto and I several smacks on the back.

Toto spends most of his time (as always) getting excited over seemingly... nothing.

I'm not related to him. Really.

And other times, like this... Toto looking forlorn. Mummy when are you coming back?

I, on the other hand, have taken to being what most nowadays would deem emo, but I like to say that I'm simply... misunderstood.

But you understand me, don't you, my fellow furfriends? You understand what kind of a painful and miserable life I've been subjected to!

And I suppose that's all I've got time for now, because Jie Jie is getting annoyed. So farewell for now... I'll be back! I think. With Jie Jie, you can never be sure.

But do keep checking back regularly for the continued Adventures of... Scruffy and Toto.

Astalavista, baby!

(Yes, watching silly cartoons on TV over Kor Kor's shoulder has also proved an entertaining -though not quite intellectually stimulating - way to pass time.)

See You Soon (Hopefully)

2007-07-19T11:03:00.001+08:00

My friends and their hooman family

My parents are going away on holiday without us kids, hooman and furry. As some of you may know, I have actually trained my Mum to update my blog for me. Since she is going on holiday she has entrusted my blogging to my Jie Jie. But I know my Jie Jie! Its going to be patchy. She's really quite lazy.

So hopefully I will see you all soon. When I can get Jie Jie off her big you-know-what to help me blog. Otherwise, both Toto and I are signing out till end August.

See you guys soon! (Hopefully)
Scruffy & Toto

PS : My Mummy says I should tell you all this just in case you think we are gone. We're not. We're still around. Just silent. (Maybe)

Banished!

2007-07-17T11:05:00.001+08:00

Hee! Hee! Hee! Toto has been banished from sleeping in Jie Jie's room. Recently Jie Jie decided to let Toto spend the night in her room. But in the morning, we heard loud squeals and yelps coming from her room. No it wasn't Toto. It was Jie Jie's very voluble horror.

Toto had decided in the night to have a good chew on her sheepskin rug!!! Look at all the circled bits. Tufts of wool are missing!! It looks really funny now.

Toto : Noooooooo! Noooooo! It wasn't me. Look at my face. How can you say this innocent face is the one that did it. The other dog did it. Its unfair to punish me for somedog's naughtiness.

Scruffy : And finally, I HATE MY NEW HAIRCUT. My hair is so short now. See! Don't I look NAKED.

Double Whammy Weekend

2007-07-16T09:14:00.000+08:00

This weekend started out great with the whole family going down to the beach for our normal breakfast and walkie. But after that it was a real nightmare for me!!!

The nightmare began first thing Sunday morning. I went to the VET! Argh! After much prodding, peering, hmmming and hawing, I was declared fit as a fiddle. Fully recovered from my ear infection. Yes its good news but its all the other stuff that is as usual such a nightmare. By the way, thank you to all my friends who have sent me good wishes for my speedy recovery. You have all helped lift my spirits through all the ear cleaning and medicine dropping into my ear.

The second whammy came immediately after that. I thought great no more vet, I can get back to my normal life. But no, guess what! I was taken straight to Auntie Eileen. Nightmare! The second most hated thing in my entire short life after the vet. The groomers! Once again, a stranger bathing me, cutting my hair, prodding my privates, clipping my nails. What an ordeal!

The only good thing after that was I got a special treat since I had such a harrowing day. Mummy went to the doggie bakery and bought me a special Cheesy Biscuit as a treat. I love licking the cheese off first then eat the cookie. Its like a great big cheesy oreo cookie.

Vet! Vet! Vet!

2007-07-13T11:08:00.000+08:00

It has been a dreadfully busy week for me. My ear infection has not fully healed. As a result, Mummy has to take me to the vet everyday to have them clean my ear properly. She's very squeamish about these things and doesn't do it properly. They are so cruel to me at the vets. Dig! Dig! Dig in my ear. Yucks!

One good laugh did come out of the whole thing though. One evening at the vet, my Mum asked my Dad to take Jie Jie to the nearby shopping mall to get some of her stuff bound into a book while she waited with me for the vet. We finished rather quickly that night and as the mall was only a 5 minute walk away, Mum called Dad on the mobile and said she would go over to the mall instead of him coming to pick us up.

Now this may not seem strange to most of us but you must understand my mother. She is the type that would refuse to walk 5 minutes to the neighbourhood supermarket. She insists when parking the car to park at the lot closest to whatever place she is going to. She grumbles when she has to walk up a flight of stairs. She must take the car everywhere no matter how near it is. So you can imagine my Dad's reaction. First thing he said was "How are you getting here? (thinking he will have to get the car and bring her to the mall) What?! Walk?! Did I hear right?" Rather mean of him I thought. To make matters worse, before he hung up "I will have the ambulance and paramedics on standby. Just in case you need them." Mean Daddy! Anyway, Jie Jie and Kor Kor had a great laugh about this. My Mother - walking. Very unusual and really one for the history books.

We made it there by the way, on foot!

Another happening this week, my Dad, the photographer decided that he needed to practise his skills and take some family pictures to hang on the walls. So he made all of us get dressed and dolled up. Toto and I had our hair combed of course. We all had to be his models while he framed and shot all the photos. So boring. Anyway, here are the results of his handiwork.

With Kor Kor. I wasn't cooperating as ususal.

Toto with Daddy. I thought Toto looked rather "retarded" here. Hee! Hee! He's not photogenic unlike me.

With my two lovely ladies.

Actually I thought the pictures turned out quite nicely. We will have them hanging on the walls quite soon. Just as soon as Daddy stays awake long enough to get them printed and framed. Hee! Hee!

A Busy Saturday

2007-07-07T18:37:00.000+08:00

Its been a mix bag this week. Nothing much happened for us furkids earlier during the week. Firstly Mummy went off to Kuala Lumpur early in the week. Then she came back and Daddy went to Bangkok. I only had one night with both my parents in the same place this week. So us furkids were left very much on our own for the week. Then Mummy got busy at work (but I think she was just lazy) and didn't update my blog!

I have forgiven her though. Yesterday, Mummy and my hooman siblings went to the airport to bring Daddy home and on the way home, Mummy stopped by the Doggie Bakery again. Since they were having a sale on all their goodies, Mummy got us 4, yes 4 differnt kinds of biscuits!!! Yippee! We've got Meal in a biscuit again, then carob chews, cheesy stick thingys and honey bears.

Not only that we got cake too!! YUMMY! Jie Jie decided that she wanted to try some of our cake to see how it compared with hooman cake.

Jie Jie looking like she died and went to heaven after tasting our cake

Judging from the look of sastisfaction on her face, I guess she thought our cake tasted good too. I also got Mummy to get more evidence of my brother the pig eating his cake. Just in case you guys didn't believe me when I said he is a pig. Here he is gobbling it down while I slowly enjoyed every delectable morsel.

Toto also had his first taste of the groomers today. Hee! Hee! He went to Auntie Eileen because Daddy said he was looking very scruffy around the face. So off he went.

Toto : I hated it! She touched me all over and she cut my nails. No wonder Scruffy always grumbles about it.

Here are the before and after pictures of Toto. I have to admit he does look more handsome after his grooming.

Before with hair all over his eyes

After : Looking almost as handsome as me

My brother the greedy pig!

2007-07-01T14:36:00.000+08:00

As you may know we had shepherd's pie and meatballs for dinner last night.

We really enjoyed it. It was absolutely yummy. You can see it by how we are concentrating on our food.

My brother, Toto, as usual gulped down his share. He's such a pig. My parents are always worried about him choking on his food. He doesn't take the time to chew. Me, I take the time to really enjoy each mouthful.

After he finished his share, he started eyeing mine as usual. By the way, yesterday morning he actually stole some of my cake as well.

Look, you can almost see his saliva drooling.

Finally, Jie Jie had to restrain him. He was going to eat my share too!!

Here's a video of Toto doing his pigging act. Look at him gulping down his dinner like there's no tomorrow.

Here's another quickie video of Toto eyeing my dinner.

Sorry the videos are a bit short. Daddy had to make them short or else you will fall asleep waiting for the videos to stream. But I do think he made them too short. Ha! Ha!

Joy! Joy! Joy!

2007-06-30T12:32:00.000+08:00

Look what Mummy did today. I love her. I love her. I love her sooooooooo much.

She went to the Doggies Bakery and got us a piece of blueberry cake each. Look at how delicious they are. She gave it to us as a mid morning treat.

And to make sure that I really enjoyed my cake, she even took off my lampshade. Freedom!

That's us really digging into it

And then it was all gone!

Not only did my wonderful Mummy get us a sweet treat, she also got us dinner at the same time. We're having shepherd's pie and lamb meatballs. Of course, we only get to eat it this evening.

And for tidbits she got us these great biscuits called Meal In A Biscuit. I had one, it was great.

All I can say is - Its a beautiful day! And Mummy, I LOVE YOU! You're the bestest Mummy in the whole wide world. I'm sorry I said you were mean to me the other day over my lampshade.

Cruelty to me

2007-06-28T13:17:00.000+08:00

I have half a mind to report my parents to the SPCA. They jolly well know that with the stupid lampshade I can't go through the front door grill like I used to. The stupid lampshade is just too big to fit into one of the grill holes. So I can't go out to the garden as and when I want.

And you know what they had the audacity to do. Just because they wanted a video of me in my misery, they kept calling me through the grill asking me to go out. They know jolly well I can't get through.

Here is the said video. Aren't they cruel? Look at me bumbling with the lampshade.

I have to wear the lampshade!!!

2007-06-27T16:41:00.001+08:00

I have been having this ear ache for the last couple of days. Mummy was wondering why I was worrying my ear so much so she took me to the vet this morning. (Shudder! Horrors!) And true enough I have a horrible bacterial infection in my ear.

I was jabbed with this cruel needle. The vet says its a long acting pain killer so I won't feel the infection so much. And then worst of all, I had to have my infected ear cleaned. All I can say is that I didn't give the vet an easy time with it. It took 2 big hoomans to hold me down. They even had to put a muzzle on me because I was ready to bite. It was so awful.

Anyway, now I have to take these anti-biotics for 2 weeks and my ear has to be cleaned everyday by Daddy. I don't mind so much about the anti-biotics. Mummy always puts my medicine inside a small sausage and gives it to me. She thinks I don't know that the medicine is inside. To humour her, I eat the sausage with no complaints!! Hee! Hee!

But frankly the worst part of it all is that I have to wear the dreaded lampshade for about 2 weeks. I hate the thing. I feel so clumsy with it. And Toto won't leave me alone. He thinks its really funny to see my misery.

Don't I look pitiful?

I Protest!!!

2007-06-25T10:56:00.000+08:00

This is Toto here.

Its not fair. I have to protest. My Second Kor Kor, Scruffy is bigger than me and he can do things that I can't yet; but will very soon.

Although I sometimes poop and pee in the wrong places, its not because I don't know where to go. I just can't control myself. Especially when I am excited. My muscles are still young and don't work too well yet. I will learn to control it. Anyway, even Mummy says I'm much better now. Hey! I even get to sleep in Mummy's room like you now.

Second Kor Kor, you have had a lot of time to learn all the commands from Daddy and so you know what to do. But I only know a few like "Mum mum time" (time to eat) and "Come". Daddy will teach me more soon and I will be as good as you.

Importantly, in the loving department the whole family agrees that I am a much more loving furkid than you. I allow my family to hold me in their arms for hours on end. You always want to get down after a bit. And you still don't want to kiss Mummy when she asks you to.

Actually, in reality I am the angel of the family.

Saint Scruffy

2007-06-22T10:58:00.000+08:00

Now that we are a 2 furkid family my parents estimation of me has changed a great deal. In the past when I was an only furkid, my parents always complained that I am such a naughty, agressive, independent, bad tempered dog. But now that there are 2 of us and the parents have a point of comparison, I am a SAINT!!

My litany of virtues are :

I do not pee pee and poo poo all over the place. I do it in the garden like I am supposed to.
I do not gobble down my food unlike someone else that I know.
I obey instructions to stay in the house when I am told to.
I stop barking and making a racket when I am told to stop.
I behave myself extremely well in public.

Of course, you know who doesn't do all those things!

Father's Day

2007-06-18T12:01:00.000+08:00

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Yesterday was Father's Day. Toto and my present to Daddy was that we leapt on the bed and licked him until he woke up. Hee! Hee! That was fun.

Even Jie Jie who usually does not wake up until the hour is in the double digit woke up early. She cooked Daddy breakfast for Father's Day. As Daddy is quite a health nut, Jie Jie made Daddy a healthy breakfast. Me I would have prefered unhealthy sausages, bacon and eggs. So we all had pancakes, fruits and muesli with yoghurt. It was pretty good actually.

However, even though it was a healthy breakfast, Mummy got sick after eating it. She said she had food poisoning and had to see the doctor. We all blamed Jie Jie's cooking. She needs more practice cooking I guess.

Then of course, we had to have our official Father's Day portrait. I was trying to kiss Daddy while Mummy was taking the picture.

Another very strange hooman thing happened too. Mummy and Jie Jie got really excited Saturday afternoon. I heard them say something about having a girl's day out and having their nails done. Now why would anyone get excited about having their nails done. I can't understand it. I hate having mine done when I go to the groomers. These hoomans are really quite nutty sometimes.

Anyway, Mummy and Jie Jie came home after and they had red nails with flowers on them. Is that what they call getting their nails done. What's the big deal? Must be a girl thing.

Mummy's toe nails

Jie Jie's toe nails

Lazy Weekend

2007-06-11T08:49:00.001+08:00

We didn't do too much this weekend. All we did was go for our usual breakfast weekend walkie at the beach. Actually it wasn't too bad. It gave us a chance to learn from Daddy what should be done during the weekend.

Daddy teaching us the right way to spend a weekend.

Mummy did buy some yummy thick steaks and we had a BBQ. The smells were really driving me crazy when she was cooking it. I was salivating. I was worried that Daddy would forbid Mummy from giving us any. He says we are getting a bit too fat. Especially Toto. But luckily for us, Mummy gave us some steaks when it was cooked. Yummy! Yummy!

Our dinner getting cooked

Lastly I would also like to thank all my friends for their concern with my running away. I have now learnt my lesson. I will not try to escape any more. (Well at least for the time being!)

Video

2007-06-08T10:34:00.000+08:00

Sometime ago, my friend Balboa asked me to post a video of me pouncing on Toto. Mum spent the whole weekend trying to catch me doing my act on film. Unfortunately I did not cooperate so she didn't get anything.

Anyway, here is a video of Mum torturing us with the bones before finally giving it to us. We look a bit wet here. It was just after our bath. Mum gave us the bones as a reward for being good boys.

You have to forgive the quality of the video. It was my Jie Jie's camera skills. (Not very good is she?)

I Ran Away!!!

2007-06-07T13:16:00.000+08:00

I was bad. Real bad. I have made Mummy very upset.

Remember the break in the fence I told you about. Well, yesterday I squeezed myself through it. I ran from our house all the way down the hill and onto the big drain near our house that runs to the main canal.

My Kor Kor was the one to realise I had left the house. He looked high and low for me but couldn't find me. Actually I heard him calling me but I wanted to explore still. Then Mummy came back from work and she drove around with Kor Kor. Then she spotted me.

I have to admit that by then I was getting a bit scared. I didn't know the way home! I was kind of glad that Mummy found me. I was so afraid that Kor Kor and Mummy would spank me for running away. But luckily for me, I think they were so relieved to find me and I only got a minor scolding.

But Mummy was still very upset. She kept asking me what if a bad man came and took me away. Or what if I get into an accident like my First Jie Jie last time. She ran away and got hit by a car. Luckily she was just slightly injured.

I am sorry Mummy. Don't scold.

Please please please don't scold. I won't do it again. Actually now I can't. Kor Kor and Mummy got some plastic grill and patched up the gap in the fence. They didn't want to wait for Daddy to do it. Now I can't escape anymore.

Pretty please Mummy. Don't scold.

Please forgive me. See how repentent I am.

Tagged Again

2007-06-04T09:26:00.000+08:00

I have been tagged by my friend Precious to show you a picture of a celebrity that I look like. It was a bit of challenge. I really am so handsome that none of them really compares. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Anyway after much soul searching (and internet searching too) I know who I look like.

Sauve, sophisticated, debonair, lean, mysterious - my doppelgänger and I rising out of the sea. What do you think? Doesn't James Bond and I look alike.

For more doggie celebrities I now tag José, Ume and Lorenza to share with us which celebrity they think they look like.

Did you know?

2007-06-03T10:05:00.001+08:00

Did you know that hoomans go to the groomers just like us furkids? I never knew. It seems they get the same treatment as us when they go their groomers.

They get bathe.

Then they get their hair cut.

And you know how at the end of it, if we have been good, we get a bandanna to put round our necks. Well! Hoomans get a decoration too. Instead of bandannas they get these weird green things that look like ears to put on their head.

If hoomans know what awful things happen at the groomers, why do they send us to the groomers? Don't tell me they actually enjoy going to the groomers!!!!

I've Been Tagged

2007-05-29T11:43:00.000+08:00

I have been tagged by Ume to tell you guys 7 of my deep dark secrets. So here goes.

1. I hate Mummy’s woo woo machine. She uses it to woo woo her hair every morning. I always scold it and Mum points the d**n thing at me for a laugh. She knows it upsets me.

2. I give the most powerful, silent but extremely deadly expulsion of air from my rear end.

3. I love to watch Toto from my parents’ bed and then do a flying leap onto him. Ha! Ha!

4. I have found a gap in the garden fence that I use to “escape” into the big wide world. Daddy’s been too lazy to fix it even though Mummy’s been going on at him about it.

5. My favourite sleeping position

6. Everyone thinks my job is to provide entertainment for my family. But actually I am ….

7. I love all the doggies on Dogs With Blogs. They are all so COOOOL!

All Tired Out

2007-05-28T14:04:00.000+08:00

I had a great Sunday. First thing early in the morning, I took Daddy for a very long run around the neighbourhood. Toto had to stay at home because he can't keep up with us big boys and he gets tired too easily. So I had Daddy to myself.

In the afternoon, we all went to Tanjong Beach again. I had a great time. I just love the water and there were also plenty of dogs there to play with. It was really hot though.

Toto and I after our swim

Look I'm a water baby

Swimming with Kor Kor

Toto didn't like the water. He wouldn't swim. He was really scared and had to stay in Mummy's arms all the time. Silly boy! He does not know what he is missing.

Toto with Mummy

Toto scrambling to get to shore. Look at the panic on his face.

After a long hard day - All tired out!

Yummeeeee!

2007-05-24T12:17:00.000+08:00

I have to tell you my bones were really delicious. Oops! Did I say bones? That's right - bones. Well Toto got tired of his bone after a while. So I decided to dig a new hole in the garden and bury my own bone. Then I started to help Toto finish his bone. What are brothers for? Hee! Hee! Hee! Sneaky huh?

Toto and I playing tug of war with our squeaky toy

A Surprise Treat

2007-05-20T13:31:00.000+08:00

Mummy went to the supermarket early this morning and guess what. She bought us a great big bone each as a special treat. I just love bones. I can gnaw at them for hours on end. Yummy! Yummy!

Here I am busy with the bone

This is Toto's first bone. The bone that Mummy got for him was so huge that Toto can't carry it in his small mouth! He says to tell you all that his new favouritest food is now bone.

Toto with the bone that is almost bigger than him

Trouble!!

2007-05-18T15:43:00.000+08:00

Toto is in BIG BIG trouble. He chewed on the edge of the staircase going upstairs and destroyed the wooden flooring. The parents are livid. He got smacked big time.

I don't know how he managed to do this. His teeth must be really strong. I don't know why he would want to do it even. Wood doesn't taste that good. In my time, all I did was chew up some shoes, nothing as big as this.

Here I am sucking up to Jie Jie while Toto was being smacked. I let her use me as a pillow.

What goes on?

2007-05-17T10:16:00.000+08:00

I really am not sure what is going on. My Jie Jie has been in a frenzy over the last few days. She has been throwing bags of stuff from her room.

You have to understand my Jie Jie. Her room is like the black holes that they have in space. It attracts all sorts of things and is always filled to the point where we have to climb over her things to walk into it. I loved it - loads of strange and exciting smells and I even found some biscuits one time. Yummy!

Puzzled!!

Anyway I think she is either not feeling too well or going insane. She has been packing and throwing things away. All that lovely rubbish that I used to love sniffing and poking around. Its all gone. Mummy is totally dumbfounded. For once she has nothing to say other than "Let's see how long it lasts".

Look you can see the floor

Finally!

2007-05-15T15:20:00.000+08:00

My Mummy's finally home. Now I can get her to update my blog for me. I have missed doing so.

I have missed my Mummy so much. On the day Mummy came home, she slept the whole day because she was so tired. I wasn't tired but I slept the whole day next to my Mummy on her soft bed with her as well. I have to keep her company and protect her.

Hee! Hee! Toto wasn't allowed on the bed. He is still having trouble controlling his peeing so Mummy wouldn't let him up. Ha! I had my Mummy all to myself.

Mummy's Going Away

2007-05-02T10:47:00.000+08:00

My Mummy has to go away again. This time she says she is going to Milan, Italy. It is very far away. She has to take an aeroplane for many hours. She says her bum is going to be sore sitting so long.

I won't be able to write on my blog for a bit. You see Mummy is the one I have trained to update my blog for me. She says that unless she can get a net connection she won't be able to help me write it.

With Mummy away I also won't be able to pretend to look pathetic so that I can get treats and tidbits of food. Mummy is always the one who will go soft and gooey when I look at her with my big brown eyes. She will always relent and give me these "illegal" treats. It never seems to work on Daddy and my hooman siblings. They know my tricks too well.

So signing out for a bit
The Mighty Scruff

Daddy The "Pro" Photographer

2007-04-30T10:34:00.000+08:00

Daddy was in a picture taking mood this week. He brought out all his camera equipment and lenses. He wanted to take pictures of dogs at the Singapore Kennel Club Doggie Show which we all went to. But that was not enough for Daddy. When we got home he continued to keep snapping even though we were really tired and not very good models then.

Here is Toto doing what he usually does. He likes to hide in this corner behind Mummy's wine cabinet thingy and sleep. He is sneaky. He hides there because he knows I am too big to squeeze between the cracks to get into his hiding place. Mummy says he's smart. He knows how to get away from me for some peace and quiet. I'm hurt though. I only wanted to play with him.

More horizontal Toto pictures

Mummy took this picture of Daddy taking pictures. Ha! Ha! Photograph of a photographer.

Mummy especially likes this picture of me that Daddy took. She says it reminds her of my First Jie Jie, Muffet who went to heaven. She really misses First Jie Jie. She says First Jie Jie is her firstborn.

This is me.

This is First Jie Jie.

Muffet actually is my First Jie Jie and my hooman sister is my Second Jie Jie. The reason for this is that before Mummy had us kids, she wasn't sure if she wanted kids at all. So she adopted my First Jie Jie to see if she could look after kids. She says its her Mummy training course. That's how I had a First Jie Jie.

I never met her but Mummy says that she was a beautiful dog with a wonderful loving, gentle personality unlike me. I think she is trying to tell me that I am a real rascal. Anyway, like they say the rest is history. She now has had 5 babies. I'm glad she passed her Mummy training course.

By the way, my First Jie Jie was not a Cairn terror (oops! terrier). She was actually a Silky terrier mixed with a "Sausage" dog. But to me she looked like a Princess.

Our New Duds!

2007-04-29T17:45:00.000+08:00

Mum bought us some new clothes and toys. I don't really like wearing clothes. But for my Mum, I'll suffer the indignity. Sigh! She got us these silly FBI ones.

Toto & I with our new shirts and new soft toys

This morning we went to the beach for breakfast as usual and everyone was pointing at Toto and I because we had on our new shirts. It was embarrassing. When we got to the beach, Dad parked the car and guess what. My silly parents forgot to bring my lead!! We had to asked the nice manager at the pub if he had a spare lead somewhere but he didn't. He was nice enough to bring a long string though. Even more indignities - I was tethered with a string! I guess that was the only way I could get a walk. My parents very wisely refuse to let me off my lead. I have been known to wander off.

Toto doing his thing in the garden. See he loved his toy so much he wouldn't let go of it. Its his first toy.

More Toto & toy pics
Special Agent In Charge Scruffy

Special Agent In Training Toto

And of course, I saw Auntie Eileen this morning. I was scrubbed and snipped and clipped and washed and brushed ....

Here is the result. What do you think? Was my Mum right?

The Dreaded Vet

2007-04-28T09:06:00.000+08:00

Hee! Hee! Toto has to go for his first visit to the vet this morning. I'm so glad its not me. I'm scared of the vet. The doctors poke you, prod you, stick sharp things into you which they claim will make you feel better. Shudder! Urgh!

Mum says Toto is going to have a microchip put in behind his ear. I already have one so I don't need to go. Mum says that should any of us get lost or (Heaven forbid!) dognapped, she will always be able to identify us and prove that we are her baby Cairn terrors from the microchip. So dognappers beware! My Mum will never let you dognap us for long.

Mum says I'm quite brave when I go to the vet. I don't run away or give her a hard time. I wonder if Toto will be brave too?

UPDATE

Here are some pictures of Toto's ordeal. Mum said Toto was a brave little puppy at the vet. Just like his Second Kor Kor!

The Vet

The doctor listening to Toto's heart.

At last its over. With Mummy & Jie Jie.

Sucking up to Jie Jie so that she would carry him.

Enjoying a bowl of noodles with Jie Jie after the ordeal. (Not really!)

One Week Anniversary

2007-04-27T10:37:00.000+08:00

It is exactly one week since Toto came home. I shall let him have my blog space today for him to tell you how he fared in the last week. (To Toto : Make sure you say only good things!)

Toto :

Hi I'm Toto. It has been a confusing but very good week for me. I have been learning a great deal from my parents as well as my big brother, Scruffy.

Talking about big brothers, I am in a Chinese family. According to Chinese customs I must call my brothers that are older than me Kor Kor (It means big brother). Since I now have 2 big brothers I have to call my hooman brother, First Kor Kor and Scruffy, Second Kor Kor. I know its a bit of a mouthful but my Second Kor Kor insists on it. He says it is disrespectful otherwise.

Let me tell you a bit about how I came to my current family. I was in a pet place before this. I used to be kept in an enclosure with my birth brother and another Westie. They were bigger than me in size and sometimes they bully me. One day, my Mum and Dad came to the pet place. They were looking for a brother or sister for Second Kor Kor.

Mum spied me in the enclosure and asked the pet place person to bring me and my birth brother out for her to look at. After much hmmming and hawing from Mum and Dad, Mum decided that I should be the one. I am so happy that she chose me.

After doing all the paperwork, my parents brought me home. I was a bit frightened on the way back as I had never been in a car before this. Mum held onto me tightly and spoke to me gently and I wasn't so scared after a while.

When we got home, I met Second Kor Kor for the first time. At first, he was a bit upset. After all until now he has been an Only dog in the family. We talked about it a bit and I promised to listen to him and respect him. Now we play with each other everyday and he teaches me loads of things. I love my Second Kor Kor. He is a good Kor Kor.

Scruffy :

I love you too Toto!

Me - Scruffy?

2007-04-26T10:09:00.000+08:00

Sigh! I have to pay a visit to Auntie Eileen this weekend. She's my hair stylist and personal groomer. I like Auntie Eileen and all but I really hate it when she clips my nails, cleans my ears and (urgh!) touch my privates!! I know she is just trying to bathe me and cut my hair but pleasssse leave me some dignity.

I tried getting my Mum out of sending me but she is adamant. She says I look like I escaped from some Siberian gulag with long hair all over me! Hey! I'm not complaining so I don't know why she must. She keeps telling me that after my visit I will be handsome and more girl doggies will want to talk to me. But I don't want to be handsome. It is no fun. I'd rather be scruffy! And anyways, loads of girls talk to me now so I don't need to look more handsome!

You are all my friends. See the pictures below and tell me if I'm really scruffy. My Mum just won't believe me when I say I'm not.

Please Mum I don't want to go to Auntie Eileen

Relaxing on Mum's bed

I think I look quite handsome already

We Made A Mess!

2007-04-25T09:31:00.000+08:00

This morning Mummy brought Toto onto her bed for the first time. I was not too happy about this. After all the bed is my domain and I only share it with my parents.

But after a while, Toto and I started fooling around. We chased each other around the bed messing up all the bed clothes. Pillows were flying all over the place. It was such fun. Mummy was at her wits end trying to pick everything up after us. She says we play too rough. But Mum, we're boys!

Anyway after that I didn't mind so much that Toto comes on the bed. I will share it with him as well.

Daddy's New Toy

2007-04-24T10:32:00.000+08:00

Over the weekend, Daddy got himself a new toy. Its this new fangled phone that does everything and is supposed to keep him connected to everyone all the time anywhere in the world. I wonder why he would want to be. Isn't being connected to me enough?

Anyway to continue with my story, Daddy was really excited about it. We came home and he started fiddling with his computer and his new phone. After about 3 hours and a lot of muttering, head scratching and cussing, Daddy gave up! He couldn't get his phone to talk to his computer. Hmmm! I never knew computers talked.

So the family (without us dogs unfortunately!) trooped down to the shop and got the nice lady at the store fix it. Unfortunately for Daddy it would appear that he has to do something called reinstalling his OS on his computer before it can talk to his phone. I gather its a bad thing cuz Daddy wasn't pleased at all and I am afraid there was a bit more cussing.

Frankly, Daddy I don't see what the big deal is. Your phone can talk to us instead of the computer. I'm sure we are more entertaining.

Daddy's new toy

An update on Toto's training. I am doing quite well with him after all. He is quite obedient and he listens to me quite a lot. He's still nosy but he has learnt to keep clear of my cherished toys.

Yummy!

2007-04-23T07:42:00.000+08:00

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon. Toto and I were a bit bored and we just lazed around and watched the front door to see who walked by. I must say it wasn't exactly stimulating.
But in the evening, we had a treat. Mummy decided that we have been good and took us to the Doggie Bakery and got us great treats and dinners. I chose a Chicken Pot Pie and Toto chose a Quiche. (I think he is a bit of a whimp eating this French food. He should learn to eat real food like me!)

She also got us some Honey Buns, Cheesy Bones and Peanut Stars. I like the Peanut Stars the most. Toto is like a rubbish bin. He eats anything.

The food was yummy. In fact, Jie Jie couldn't help herself. She tasted some of our food as well. Here she is pinching a bit of Toto's Quiche. She says it tastes alright but a bit bland. Not unlike hospital food. Not sure what she means. I have not come across the word hospital before. Doesn't sound like a nice place if they don't have good food.

Whew! I'm Tired Already

2007-04-22T10:16:00.000+08:00

Whew! Its such hard work being a big brother. I have to follow Toto around all the time to make sure that he doesn't hurt himself or get lost. (He doesn't know the house very well yet.) Importantly I have to make sure he doesn't mess around with my things. Its a non-stop job. Mum you should have got a hooman baby instead. I'm not used to this hard work.

Some privacy please Daddy!

Yesterday we had to go to the store in the evening to get Toto's baby food. He can't eat the adult food yet. I tasted some of his food and I must say the baby stuff is quite good.

We went to the big pet mart in Pasir Ris where the dog run is. Its the first time I have gone there in the evening and I must say it was great. There were a lot more dogs there in the evening than in the morning. I had a great time running around. Toto wasn't let loose in the dog run. He! He! He! Mum was afraid he was too small and may catch things from the other dogs. So he will have to wait till he is bigger.

With Mummy

See! I do love Toto. Who says I am jealous.

I Have A Brother!

2007-04-21T11:21:00.000+08:00

Mummy wasn't kidding about a new brother! I have now lost my status as an Only dog. I now have a brother! My parents brought him home yesterday afternoon.

He is also a Cairn terrier and he is now 5 months old. Jie Jie has decided that he should be called Toto after Toto in Wizard of Oz. He's kind of cute but he needs to learn that I am the BIG brother and he is just the kid. I'm teaching him that right now. Hope he learns quick.

This morning, we went for our first walkie together at the beach. He was quite useless. Didn't walk very far before he wanted to be carried. I had my usual nice long run. After that we had breakfast. Well Mummy & Daddy had breakfast, Toto and I had water!

Here are some pictures of us.

Toto

Toto & I

With Daddy at the beach

Mummy's Home

2007-04-19T12:41:00.000+08:00

Mummy's home. I slept next to my soft and warm Mummy last night. It was heaven.

But I was a bad boy. I was so angry my parents went away without me, I left them a "present" on Mummy's silk Persian carpet. She was not amused and I got spanked.

It's scary!

2007-04-17T22:30:00.000+08:00

I am scared. It is dark and there are shadowy things around. I don't want to sleep by myself. I want my Mummy & Daddy. Come home quick.

Woe is me!

2007-04-16T11:43:00.000+08:00

Daddy has gone to America. Mummy says she has to go to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. This means I will be relegated to the backyard at night. Woe is me! No more soft downy bed and air-conditioned comfort at night.

I wish my parents won't go away so much. Kor Kor and Jie Jie won't let me sleep in their rooms. They complain that I am always "exploring" their things!! Hey! What are nice and strange smells for if not exploring.

Anyway, Daddy just told Mummy that the airline lost his bags. So now he has to wear dirty clothes until the shops open. Hee! Hee! I sure hope he didn't put my presents in his bag. They would be lost too then.

I'm Delirious With Joy!

2007-04-15T09:35:00.000+08:00

I am such a lucky dog. Not only did I go out for breakfast with Mummy & Daddy yesterday, we went to Tanjong Beach in Sentosa in the afternoon as well.

I also realised I have been such a silly puppy in the past. You see I used to hate swimming. My parents would encourage me and swim with me but I really HATED it! But something changed yesterday. I have become a water baby!! I pranced and dived and swam around like a mad dog making up for lost time. What joy swimming can be. I can't understand why I didn't like it before.

There were other dogs at the beach as well. I made friends with some of them. There was Biru the Labrador. He really loved to swim. And there was Goldie the Cocker Spaniel. He was very playful. And finally there was Copper the Corgi. Now him I had a problem with. He kept sneaking up to my Kor Kor and Jie Jie and kissing them. How dare he! They are my Kor Kor and Jie Jie and only I am allowed to kiss them.

In spite of Copper the Corgi I had a great time. I was sooooo tired that I fell asleep in the car on the way back. I can hardly wait for the next time we go to Tanjong Beach. I do hope that Mummy & Daddy will take me there again soon.

Me looking every inch of my name after a swim!

Kor Kor and I

Saturday Morning

2007-04-14T10:44:00.000+08:00

The house was up bright and early today. Kor Kor had badminton lesson and Jie Jie had her 2.4km run. After sending Kor Kor and Jie Jie, Mum & Dad brought darling me to our favourite pub at the beach for breakfast.

Boy it was rather crowded this morning. There were 2 chihuahuas, a border collie and a beagle having breakfast with their humans. I tried to be friendly with one of the chihuahuas but it kept shying away. Not very friendly that one.

Then Mummy brought me to say hello to the collie. He's nice.

That's it for now. Sniff you later!

Confused

2007-04-13T09:44:00.000+08:00

Mummy has been going on about another brother or sister for me! I wonder what she means. As it is I already have to share Mummy & Daddy with 2 siblings.

Babies are so noisy. All they ever do is sleep, eat, poop and CRY!!!! Why would she want another kid? It is very puzzling. I am sure she is just rambling on about nothing.

A Narrow Escape

2007-04-12T20:54:00.000+08:00

I didn't have a name when my parents brought me home. There was a great debate among my family about what I should be called.

I had a very narrow escape when the naming was going on. My Mummy and Jie Jie wanted to call me Remington!!!! I was supposed to be named after their favourite TV character Remington Steele (aka Pierce Brosnan). Thank God my Daddy came to my rescue and insisted that a noble dog like me should not be named after the whimpy Remington Steele.

After much debate and several unsavoury options, it was finally decided that I looked like a Scruffy. You see I have a double coat of hair - a soft downy undercoat and a slightly longer shaggier stiff coat. So I look perpetually scruffy and Scruffy I became.

I must say this is certainly an improvement on Remington!! I'm happy with it. Being neat, suave and sophisticated all the time does take the fun out of being a dog!

My First Post

2007-04-12T14:55:00.000+08:00

Hi! My name is Scruffy. I am now 14 months old. I am a Cairn terrier but my Mummy calls me her little Cairn Terror. Today my Mummy decided that she must share her adorable precious with all dog lovers so here is my blog.

I was born in Australia but came to sunny Singapore when I was a mere toddler. My parents brought me home in May last year. I have an older sister and brother.

Here is a pix of me having one of my favourite snacks.