3 years

Time flies, and it has been 3 years since I came to my present home. To celebrate the occasion, my Lady Boss bought a Cookie Monster (see below) for me.



She initially wanted to have a party for me, but was so busy with so many things that in the end, the party idea was scrapped. Still, I got a nice 3rd anniversary adoption present from Aunties FF, N and B. Thanks so much!

Dango goes to F1

The first ever F1 Grand Prix night race was held in Singapore on 28th September 2008 and I, Dango the bull terrier, was there to watch it :D Although I have watch F1 on TV many times as a dog audience and don't seem to find it terribly exciting, I must say that watching it 'live' is an entirely different thing. The mood was electrifying and you could feel the excitement in the air.

Besides, street racing, unlike track racing, is more challenging for the F1 drivers. The streets are narrower and over-taking is more difficult.

Me getting ready to go, with my F1 ticket around the neck

Hey come on, what are we waiting for? Let's go, man!!!!

This is Gate 1, the entrance to our suite.

Lots of F1 merchandise on sale. What if you didn't bring enough cash?

Not to worry, there are ATMs on site

Models of old F1 racing cars on display. This is from Rolls Royce.

This is from Mini Cooper

The whole place was like a big theme park, there was even a band jamming away to provide live music.

Some audience enjoying a little bit of quiet time by the river before the start of the race

The crowd streaming in

A make shift washroom just one level below our suite. Even though it's a make shift toilet, the interior is as clean as and looks like a hotel toilet in town.

We arrived at our suite just in time for a lavish buffet dinner catered by Hyatt Regency. Also in the suite were other Wealth Management and Global Markets clients of the institution that hosted us (as you might have guessed by now, our F1 suite ticket was an invitation)

This is the pit, it's where they changed tyres and refill fuel during the race.

We stepped out to our spectator seats after dinner to watch the race. This is how fast they moved!

There was a lot of drama and lots of excitement - Massa (representing Ferrari) was ahead of the pack for more than half the race, until he went for refuelling and some mistakes occurred. He dropped from No.1 to No.18 right away.

Plus other dramas like crashes, etc.

All in all, I had a great time. Woof!

That's disgusting

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In case you can't see clearly and are wondering what's that in the picture, it's actually a snail coiled around a piece of my dung and sucking up all its glory ;)

It was there for a good few hours and after that, I couldn't bear to watch anymore.

One man's meat, another man's poison.
One animal's dung, another animal's treasure.

The new guy

There is a new puppy in the pack, and he is none other than Yoghurt or Yoyo for short.

Yoyo is a whippet puppy and is the latest addition to Auntie B's family. Strictly speaking, its the latest addition to our big extended family. Paw, Auntie B's first dog, is the god dog of my Lady Boss. By virtue of that fact, Yoyo is also related to Auntie N, who is the owner of Zen, Paw's blood sibling. Zen is also a god dog of my Lady Boss, so that makes her "sister" Patches a god dog as well, by default. Hmm.... the extended family is getting bigger and bigger.

ANOTHER NEW FRIEND

Just came back from walking my Big Boss in the park behind our house.

Saw this young mother with her sweet looking little daughter ( 2 years old or less )

(Actually met them a few days before, the little girl was trying to mimic her mother in dance steps..so cute !It was a beautiful sight in the late evening sun.. mother & daughter. Big Boss said to me he wished he has his camera with him).

So I approached her in my usual friendly manner, dragging Big Boss along. The little girl was a bit afraid of me even though I was looking real friendly. Big Boss introduced me to them and had a chat, and guess what , when we part company, little girl called out " Bye Bye DANGO! " . She remembers my name !Yes ! I think I heard her mother told Big Boss the little girl's name is Belinda, or Melinda ?

Any way, another human will be calling out Dango ! Dango ! when ever I bring Big Boss or Lady Boss out ...heh heh . Big Boss will be jealous. Nobody call his name in the neighbourhood..

Marine aquarium

Other than Golden the golden retriever, my Lady Boss' cousin also has other pets in the house - fishes. You can see below what a fantastic collection of marine fishes and plants it is...... clown fish, star fish, corals, etc.

Dango Lost Another Toe Nail

This morning Big Boss went out to the front yard to pick up the Today papers. In the corner of his eyes he saw a woman with a small dog walking on the far side of the road out side. Hardly seconds later Dango charged pass Big Boss and smacked violently against the front garden gate, barking furiously. It was then that Big Boss realised the woman must had quite deliberately walked her dog to within inches from the gate.

Big Boss thought it was just another of Dango's show piece vigilance. But he was shocked to see Dango limping in with her front left leg, and blood all over the place. Upon close examination, the left front foot' first nail ( human's big toe position ) was bent 45 degree out wards and bleeding profusely. After the initial clean up, Big Boss sent Dango to the 'family VET' near by to get the nail removed and wound fixed.

The Vet is good and Big Boss wondered how she managed to get Dango to allow her to remove the nail ( one of her closely guarded personal weapons )

The removed nail is another one to the earlier ' collection ' Any one want top see it?

A note to dog owners of toy breeds. Dogs like Bullies do not like other dogs. They do not socialise like the way toy dog meets toy dog. It was a foolish thing that woman did this morning.

My cousin

I have not introduced my cousin to my fans out there. I have a cousin.... er, as you can see, he is not my biological cousin. He is actually the dog of my Lady Boss' cousin and his name is Golden.



As you can see, Golden is a ... well, golden retriever and is about a year younger than me.



He loves drinking water and playing tug (see above pic).

First meal of the year

Today is the first day of 2008 and what better ways to celebrate than indulging in wholesome home-cooked food from Aunty Woofy?

Aunty Woofy is the proprietress of Woofy's Choice http://woofyschoice.blogspot.com/ which serves yummy delights for me and my canine friends.

I waited for ages outside the kitchen for my food to be warmed up, but it was indeed worth waiting for. The taste was just simply beyond description. Want to see what I gobbled down?



To my canine friends out there, trust me... you can't go wrong with Aunty Woofy.

Christmas floats

A few Christmas floats recently passed by where I stay. Unfortunately the pictures were not very well taken.






Merry Christmas to all my fans out there! :)

Taking a break

Apologies to all my fans for not blogging. I have taken some time off to smell the fruits (see picture below).



I urge all canines to spend some time smelling fruits too - it's invigorating! HA HA

HELLO HELLO

HELLO HELLO ! Any body out there ?

Where are my friends ? They all seem to have disappeared from Planet Earth!!

Dango the SLY

Lady Boss was giving Dango all the goodies she can eat with her injured foot ( the nail thingy )

And Dango is learning fast : injured foot = more food. So show injure foot - food come.

So at times when she wants a share of even Big Boss's very own meals, she raised her injured foot , shaking it a bit, put on a tortured look and like saying : " PAIN PAIN, FEED ME! FEED ME! .."

For a couple of times it even moved Big Boss into breaking the discipline and fed her some of his food.

HA HA HA !!

Until Dango did it too often and Big Boss smell the trick and told Lady Boss about it.
So Lady Boss dangle Dango'favourite dried rib bone infront of her, and up went Dango's famous 'injured' left rear leg. The moment she got the bone she is off running away to chew her prize. Hey! the injure foot is down and back to normal, immediately !!

Dango ! You SLY !!

The day I lost my nail

Today is the day that my Lady Boss got freaked out..... because I lost one of my nails (see picture below).



Not only did I lose one of my nails, I lost a lot of blood too. Lady Boss thinks that I probably injured myself when I did one of my usual high impact jumps, but this time I got injured. She brought me to the vet after she was done freaking out.

I can tell that my Lady Boss loves me a lot, because halfway to the vet's, she realised that I might feel pain in my paw because of the injury. Guess what she did? She carried me for the remaining journey. All 20kg of me!

Here is how I looked like after the vet cleaned up my wound and bandaged me.

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU

SIGH ! Just heard there is another bullie abandoned and now in SPCA. Only 5.5 months old !In human terms, a 3 year old human kid !

It reminded me of my sad childhood. Thrown into the cruel lonely existance of warehouse security guard when I was only 2 months old. My lucky break came only after another two and years, when I adopted my Big Boss and Lady Boss.

How can humans have such short span of devotion, of love ?
They have all sorts of religions and philosophies, but they are so confused and lost in the basics.

Most of the times we doggies ( Bullies especially , of course ) do better than humans in this aspect. We only need some food and care & love and we are so hopelessly devoted to you, humans...

I'm proud to be a dog.

I am still a shh -small Gal

Some days back Big Boss brought me to the beach.

I was really happy when after crossing the over head bridge we head towards the underground tunnel instead of the park behind the library. The beach ! I like !

But Aiyah ! I found my self out of breath reaching the sand banks where Big Boss usually set me free from the stupid chain and let me play catch ball. This time he brought my favourite squeeking ball too.

After only a few rounds catching the balls, Big Boss looked really closed to my face and said : "what happened to your stamina ?! You are walking after the ball ! "

I was so embarassed I nearly want to run into the sea and ..and.. but I am not stupid, life is still goood neh..

May be I am getting old ? Cannot be wat ! I am still young.

I am still a shhmall girl , a small girl. Dango is only a small girl !

Better do some training at home. These few days, got reason or no reason also run to and fro the length of the house. Also doing more stairs too.

And singing along ; Dango is a Small Gal Bull Terrier, Schi-small gal Bull Terrier.. and a top notch Security Guard !...

In A Dog's Mind

Do dogs dream ?

Sometimes watching Dango's expressions when she sleeps, I would think so.

At times there are sweet calm expressions , and sometimes disturbed expressions. There are little leg kickings ( well that may be only some relex actions, or she actually thought she had to run away from someting , in the dream ? ).

Do dogs make reflections , of important incidents of their past ?

Sometimes I saw Dango looking out of the house without actually looking at any thing, her eyes in some really deep deep 'thoughts'. Even her usual alertness is gone, and quite often I can observe her for quite some time before she noticed it. Then, the even 'darker' expressions, surprised and a bit embarassed and like asking '..oops !..but why are you looking at me like lat..'

Perhaps, more than humans, they can make recollections of even their earlier lives, may be generations of dog images in their DNA..

Enough..

BIG BOSS SAYS -WAY OF THE DOG

Some times we really have to wonder and admire the attitudes, rather, philosophy, of a dog.

Imagine they have no carreers, no money , not even a piece of clothing to their name.
For most of them, they had little social life. Their owners are out most of the time. Rercreation consist of mostly walks in the neighbourhood, a game with a ball or sorts. In side the house, the dog is quite often the only one of its kind..all alone.

Yet they can always remain cheerful and faithful. Had so little, yet give so much.

In my times of low spirit, I often asked my Dango, how she keep herself happy.
In such moments, Dango always pay 100% attention, her dark but sparkling eyes look keenly into mine and always seem to say : "I don't understand a word you said, but I am with you Bro, all the way".

In martial arts we have the 'Way' , the 'DO' ; Judo, Karate-Do, Kendo... all supposed to teach the right philosophy of life through martial training. We have great philosophers from different cultures , from different ages, pointing the way, the DO... but look at Human nature..

The Way of the DOG, DOG DO...

Some years back I was so touched by a SPCA poster featuring a dog looking up to his human owner. It said; .."to you he ( dog ) is just a pet , to him you are his Whole World".

If you share the same reaction I did , then I want to say to you now , that, in itself reflects how self centred HUMANs are ..

DOG DO

Rescued bull terriers

This is a video on You Tube about rescued bull terriers. All the bullies you see in the video were abandoned and subsequently rehomed by Bullies In Need, a UK bull terrier rescue group.



We bullies are loyal, fun loving and we love human companionship. My Lady Boss always says that I'm the apple of her eye, and I hope that the rescued bullies in the video find good homes, be given a new lease of life and become the apple of their owners' eyes as well.

My Flickr Badge

Look on the right side-bar, under the chat box. My Lady Boss made a Flickr Badge for me, and she'll be adding more pictures in due course.

But she thinks that it's ugly now because it stays on the side. Anyone who knows how to change the HTML code to centralise the Flickr Badge, please leave a comment in the comment box.