tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276860672024-03-13T12:18:49.227+08:00All about Brandymydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-54637255727436941122007-04-09T19:20:00.000+08:002007-04-09T19:50:28.132+08:00The lazy bug has bitten....Poor Brandy...I've put her bad points out for the world to see, but have not posted any of her good points yet.<br /><br />You see, I've been bitten by the lazy bug and have not felt up to updating. The lazy bug is very devious and hides in your house, usually in the most comfy chair or in your bed. It bites without warning and the effect of the bite can be fleeting or remain for weeks. The only counter to the effects of the lazy bug is to get out of the chair or bed and move your body as vigorously as possible for as long as you can manage. The venom of the lazy bug hates movement of any sort. As soon as it detects movement, especially the vigorous sort, it oozes out of your pores and dissipates into the air. But the venom of the lazy bug is very strong and if you are bitten as badly as I have been, you will need quite a few rounds of vigorous exercise to rid the body of all the lazy bug's toxins.<br /><br />If you keep active and maintain your vigorous daily activities, the lazy bug will eventually move out from your home and into your neighbour's house.<br /><br />Posting about Brandy's good points will resume when I have recovered.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-18918491223436420342007-03-12T13:41:00.000+08:002007-03-19T17:43:48.221+08:00Brandy's Bad Points - Part 2<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brandy has been a little dear this last ten days. It's as if she knows I'm posting about her not-so-desirable points and making it tough for me to do so by being extra good, *grin* but I shall try not to let it get to me.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In continutation,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">6. Taking revenge - Brandy hates being left alone in the house. We don't do it very often and never for long. She follows us around the house when we are getting ready, and when I unlock the front door, she starts to howl. When we get back, there is usually a gift waiting for us in the form of a poop or a puddle on the floor. And the poop/puddle isn't in the main areas of the house but in her little 'backyard' corner, on the floor right next to her poop tray. Me thinks its revenge from the little hairy monster for us having the nerve to leave her all by her lonesome self. (But I have got to be honest here and say that in the last ten days, she has not gifted me with an unmentionable in the wrong place)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7. Now this next one is not Brandy's fault at all, and most house dog owners will have experience with it. It's.....dog hair, the hair thats been shed and lying all around the house. It's fine, short, flies around a lot and gathers into big hairballs in corners if left alone long enough. Constant vigilant cleaning is required. Just that cleaning is not my strong point. But I wouldn't exchange Brandy for any non-shedding poodle.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Hmm...I have been sitting here for a good five minutes, trying to come up with some more bad points. I did think of saying something about her greed (but she's actually less greedy than my previous dogs and her greed is sometimes cute), or about her poking her nose into everything that's going on in the house (but that's also kind of irritatingly cute). </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Sigh, I guess I will have to end her bad points at no.7 . I think her being extra good lately has affected my memory after all. Now I wonder if I can come up with 7 good points for her. That will be in my next post.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rf5Z6wZl7CI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yxgDlg-MLug/s1600-h/IMG_0669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043567498661063714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rf5Z6wZl7CI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yxgDlg-MLug/s320/IMG_0669.JPG" border="0" /></a><em>Brandy looking a little unkempt (my fault, I'm her groomer) but still managing to lie down as if to say this is my patch of white clean floor, go and get your own patch.</em><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-81635907584710598902007-03-09T11:23:00.001+08:002007-03-12T13:40:55.136+08:00Brandy's Bad Points<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RfEKQZtcPhI/AAAAAAAAADI/xdfKvpRl1r0/s1600-h/IMG_0891+cropped.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039820734899961362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RfEKQZtcPhI/AAAAAAAAADI/xdfKvpRl1r0/s320/IMG_0891+cropped.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>(Here is Brandy shamelessly asking a family member for food, not that we encourage food giving from the table, but she's ever hopeful)</em><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RfEIuZtcPgI/AAAAAAAAADA/9liZaDxcPAA/s1600-h/IMG_0829.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div>I<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> thought I would do a 'bad points/good points' post about Brandy. However, since there are so many bad points, I will have to leave the good points to another day *grin*. I also think that I will have to split the bad points into at least two posts (if not more). *Heh heh*<br /><br />1. Barking - I think this will fall under both the bad points and good points lists. I've mentioned before about her barking madness. It's still bad altho' if I show her a rolled up newspaper, she does get quiet real fast. I don't have to smack her, just show it to her or get her attention by hitting the wall with the rolled up paper. At least something works. I'm sure Mr. Dog Trainer Guru (the one from Oprah whom I can never remember the name) will say that I'm failing terribly at being the pack leader in the house.<br /><br />2. Fawning at visitors - Brandy is shameless. Once the visitor (repairman, friend, relative, complete stranger) has entered the house, the barking stops and the fawning begins. Everyone is her friend. She jumps to get attention and gets into everyone's way. If you, the visitor, ignore her, she will still stay around but sort of in the background, but if you pet her, she will stick to you like glue, begging for every ounce of attention you can spare her. A little more circumspect behaviour would be nice.<br /><br />3. Dust licker - This is one of the strangest habits that Brandy has. I've kept dogs for many years and never had one that had this same habit. Put her in a room with a dusty floor and she will go round licking the floor. It's weird. She's definitely not hungry, dust can't possibly taste good, everyone in the house scolds her when she does that, but she continues licking dust every chance she gets.<br /><br />4. Pedal bin 'nose-poking' - We've got a pedal bin for the kitchen that's just the right height for Brandy to go up on her hind legs and poke her nose into to smell what is in there. We used to throw kitchen scraps in there so that made it extremely enticing for her. Scoldings and smackings did not seem to deter her except that she would try and sneak a peek into the bin whenever no one was looking. We had to put the bin up on a small stool. The bin is back on the floor but we now use it mainly for dry stuff, so no more interesting smells. Once in a while, she does investigate the bin to check just in case someone's forgotten and thrown something interesting inside. You can then hear the cries of "Brandy is 'nose-poking' again".<br /><br />5. Whining at the vets - It gets embarrassing for me, 'cos I'm always the one to bring her to the vet. We are sitting in a waiting room. There are bits of chatter from the owners and some barks from the dogs (cats are very quiet creatures) but on the whole its fairly quiet. Then there is this whiny sound coming from my vicinity. It goes "hnn, hnn, hnn" (I'm sure I've got the spelling wrong but I hope the sound of it comes across) and it's high pitched and it's loud. The humans in the room usually ignore me and the whiner but the pets will look my way. There are puppies and kittens in that waiting room that do not whine like that. The family says Brandy does that 'cos of bad connotations with the vet's office, you know, the injections.<br /><br />And when the whiner and I get into the vet's office itself, forget about the shameless 'everybody-is-my-friend' behaviour. Brandy just refuses to look at the vet and doesn't want to be put on the examining table. She just wants to stay in my arms. Maybe my vet should get rid of the white coat and just wear everyday clothes and instead of my coming to his office, he should stop by my house (at no extra charge of course *big grin*). This might solve problem no. 2 in no time 'cos every visitor will be a potential vet then.<br /><br />...to be cont'd</span></div></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-65624012702516404542007-03-01T15:40:00.000+08:002007-03-01T16:46:19.717+08:00Brandy is tough to blog about<div><span style="font-family:verdana;">When I started this blog, it was actually a test run as I've never blogged before. I wanted to find a neutral topic, be able to post pictures of my blog topic without loss of privacy and tell embarrasing tidbits of my blog topic without fear of being beaten up. *grin* I also told myself that I would update my blog once a week regardless. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, Brandy's been a great blog topic. I can write anything I want about her and she doesn't mind. Her pictures are on the web but she's never lost any privacy ('cos she's never had any, haha).</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The only real problem I have is finding interesting Brandy-related things to blog about. I don't want to bore anyone to sleep reading my posts. Brandy's days and nights are spent lazing around mostly. She's really a house-dog, actually a 'flat-dog'. The flat is quite big and she's quite small so she gets a lot of exercise running around the flat. When she does get to go out, I have not managed to get the hang of dealing with a slightly mad (mad as in overly excited and not the foaming kind) dog and a camera, there are no photos of her on these outing. I truly admire little Emma (a blog I read about a lovely dog, see links) who does not need to be leashed when she goes out in public.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Even while I'm typing this, Brandy's having a mid-afternoon nap. I can hear her little snores behind me. Ah, a dog's life isn't too bad is it. </span></div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/ReaSoRABSsI/AAAAAAAAAC0/JFr08OgXhYY/s1600-h/IMG_0826.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036874453716388546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/ReaSoRABSsI/AAAAAAAAAC0/JFr08OgXhYY/s200/IMG_0826.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">But this brings me to the point (yes I know I did woffle on a bit) that it's tough to blog interestingly (I'm almost sure there's something not quite right about the syntax of this sentence) about Brandy when her days are spent lazing around.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I shall have to overcome this 'blockage' in my mind and get back to posting regularly about Brandy. And also learn how to handle a camera with just one hand or teach Brandy to behave outside the house. Hmmm....strike out the number two option there...I will just have to learn to take pictures with one hand.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-56446345283025068172007-02-21T01:24:00.000+08:002007-02-21T02:20:44.544+08:00Glad the festivities are over<span style="font-family:verdana;">Chinese or Lunar New Year is over,.......... wellll...there are actually 15 days to the new year celebrations but the official public holidays and bulk of visitations are over. The first day of the Chinese New Year (or CNY as I like to refer to it) was 18 Feb and we had the 19th and 20th as public holidays. CNY is celebrated by all Chinese, regardless of religion. This is when families open up their homes to relatives and friends and where food (can be proper lunch or dinner but is usually in the form of snacks, goodies) and the exchange of hong baos (small red envelopes containing money and is for children) feature prominently. There is also the reunion dinner on the eve of the CNY where families adjourn to a relative's house for a huge meal. CNY is a celebration of family but friends are very welcome too. Oh and I forgot to mention that a massive spring-cleaning of the home is generally done before CNY.</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">My favourite part of CNY is the food, I love all the snacks laid out and that goes double for Brandy. The family and I do not feed her any of these but it is the visitors who 'ooh and aah' over her and then drop tidbits on the floor for her to gobble up. She also loves all the attention. She received lots of pets and was duly applauded when showing off her small repertoire of parlor tricks (shaking hands, sneezing, rolling over). She also ran around with some of the young kids.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is Brandy all tuckered out last night. Whenever I try to take a closeup of her sleeping, she usually raises her head to look at me or at least opens an eye to see what I'm doing. But there was no head rising or eye opening for her last night, not even a twitch of an eyelid when I snapped the shot.</span></div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rds4VDDmL9I/AAAAAAAAACE/B2PjYVWzsKY/s1600-h/IMG_0887.JPG"></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rds4ozDmL-I/AAAAAAAAACM/sMH3PJ_3Zyk/s1600-h/IMG_0888.JPG"></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rds7xDDmMAI/AAAAAAAAACc/b_HjIWweCGo/s1600-h/ctmpphpBsv0Pb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033682722336681986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rds7xDDmMAI/AAAAAAAAACc/b_HjIWweCGo/s200/ctmpphpBsv0Pb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-43858981723191542942007-02-09T11:28:00.000+08:002007-02-12T18:11:06.214+08:00Barking madness<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brandy is a barker. There is no getting around it. She may be little but her bark is loud and strident (like those big old-fashioned alarm clocks guaranteed to get you up even if you've only had an hour's sleep last night). She barks when the phone rings, when the doorbell rings, when family comes home (even when we open the door with our key and not ring the bell),when someone drops something loud in the house, when there is any sort of steady noise (like a car alarm or house alarm) outside the house or when thunder growls. Basically she takes any excuse to bark.<br /><br />Barking to alert the humans that something unusual is happening is ok but she does not shut up even when we, the humans, acknowledge the event and tell her to keep quiet. She does stop barking once the phone stops ringing or whoever is coming in to the house actually gets into the house, then she is all wagging tail and happy yaps. I have had the phone and the doorbell ringing at the same time and yes, there was barking madness and no, I was not a happy human.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RdA8M2e54vI/AAAAAAAAAB0/ohIVgfEKuPo/s1600-h/IMG_0556.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030586975254078194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RdA8M2e54vI/AAAAAAAAAB0/ohIVgfEKuPo/s320/IMG_0556.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RdA7CWe54uI/AAAAAAAAABs/gIdgqCHs0Xo/s1600-h/IMG_0826.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>(My sister thought Brandy had green eyes 'cos of all the photos I took when her eyes turned out like this, but it's the camera flash. I don't know why but she sometimes sits like this with one of her hind legs sticking out. I think it's bad posture and have tried to correct her many times.)</em> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We have tried different ways to try and stop the barking madness, scolding her, reassuring her, distracting her, calmly and quietly telling her no, yelling even but the madness continues. I watch Oprah sometimes and she has this dog trainer guru (I forgot his name) that comes on every so often and his approach to dog training is to show the dog you are the boss. He says that pet dogs prefer to be part of your pack and once you've established that, it is easy to train the dog not to bark or jump around wildly. And it seems to work for him. I have a strong suspicion that humans are not the dominant party in Brandy's world. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RdA7CWe54uI/AAAAAAAAABs/gIdgqCHs0Xo/s1600-h/IMG_0826.JPG"></a>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-77600666424604835962007-01-29T02:38:00.000+08:002007-01-29T03:07:22.983+08:00Sleeping (a short post)<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rbzzv6ZQGEI/AAAAAAAAABU/NuOK7hVbQ_4/s1600-h/IMG_0829.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025159288693200962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rbzzv6ZQGEI/AAAAAAAAABU/NuOK7hVbQ_4/s200/IMG_0829.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rbz0CaZQGFI/AAAAAAAAABc/GZ3EshQ_Nzk/s1600-h/IMG_0828.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025159606520780882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/Rbz0CaZQGFI/AAAAAAAAABc/GZ3EshQ_Nzk/s200/IMG_0828.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div>Brandy sleeps on my bed at night. And she sleeps very well indeed, so much so that when I wake up in the mornings, she is usually still sleeping soundly. And she goes to bed earlier than I do! And she naps during the day too! If I'm not in a hurry, I will leave her and just continue with my morning routine. If I have to wake her, I usually pet her and speak to her and her tail will wag, then I carry her off the bed and put her on the floor. She doesn't jump off the bed 'cos of her bad leg (and I also think she is getting too old to jump around).</div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Sometimes Brandy dreams. I know she is dreaming 'cos she makes these little whimpering noises or her eyes will twitch or her legs will move around like she is running in her sleep or all three. I wonder what she dreams about. </div><br /><div></div><div></div><div>She usually sleeps at the bottom of the bed but once in a while she will position herself right in the middle of the bed. When I get in, we have a little pushing game (where I push and she stays put) until she gives up and moves to her place at the end. I am glad she is not a big dog as I only win 'cos of the size difference.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-24796702562331905522007-01-14T21:27:00.000+08:002007-01-14T22:09:02.042+08:00Signals that Brandy understandsI used to watch herding dog trials on television where the owner would stand still and give instructions to their dogs via whistles or one-word phrases, and the dogs would herd sheep or was it ducks around obstacles and finally into a pen.<br /><br />So how does this apply to Brandy. Following are Brandy's understanding of some of my signals. No actual words are spoken.<br /><br />1. "Tsk" said loudly - stop whatever you are doing and look up with an innocent enquiring face, ears forward. If no further signal is received quickly, go back to doing whatever you were doing before you were rudely interrupted. If further action consists of...<br /><br />2. A second louder "Tsk" - stop doing the naughty thing immediately and lie down and pretend to lay your head on your paws until owner thinks you have stopped being naughty and goes back to whatever owner was doing before.<br /><br />3. A loud "Tsk" said with owner's arms akimbo - sign of serious trouble. Immediately stop whatever you were doing, look as innocent as possible, and slink towards owner. If possible try and look cute at the same time.<br /><br />4. A grunt that sounds like "Ehmm" - owner is busy on the computer or watching tv, so further bugging by jumping up with front paws on owner's leg or chair owner is sitting on is required until owner gets up to give you what you wanted (usually for the room door to be opened, sometimes for a doggy treat, sometimes for a pet)<br /><br />5. A deeper grunt that sounds like "Mmm" - warning not to start doing anything naughty, eg. when the phone starts to ring and you want to start barking.<br /><br />6. Owner standing still with right arm outstretched pointing - go in direction that arm is pointing. This action can be done when owner is happy with you and this usually involves dog treats waiting for you, so run in direction indicated quickly. This action can also be done when owner is mightily upset with you and is angry beyond words. In such a case, you must flee quickly in direction indicated and hide until owner forgets what you have done.<br /><br />7. Owner sitting on chair and looking at you with eyebrows raised and chin raised with small smile - owner is temporarily free. If you want, you can now ask for a pet or doggy treat or to go out but usually all you want is to lie in your bed and look back at owner with sleepy eyes.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-66200655794971815382007-01-14T01:54:00.000+08:002007-01-14T03:31:38.592+08:00Musings on Brandy<div>When a family member comes home and does not pet Brandy, she will follow the person around the house until she is noticed and her pet duly received. She will then stop trailing said person as if satisfied that her presence as an important family member has been acknowledged.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The other time, Brandy annoyed my sister to the point that she received an enormous scolding and was duly ignored for some hours. She tried various ways to get back into my sister's good graces (my sister feeds her regular amounts of doggy treats when she is in favour), hanging around the doorway to my sister's room, wagging her tail and lying on her back and exposing her tummy whenever my sister walked around the house but all to no avail. She had been extremely naughty. She (Brandy not my sis) then decided to try the 'ok you ignore me, so I ignore you back'. I was in my room and heard my sister laughing. When I came out to see what was up, I was told that as my sister stood at her room doorway, Brandy walked past her twice, pretending to ignore my sister, just walking straight by but at the very last minute, sort of turned her head to see if my sister was looking at her. The first time, she turned her head back quickly and continued walking. Then turned right round, and walked past my sister again going in the opposite direction and did the same thing, ignoring my sister and just turning her head to see if she was being watched at the end. When my sister laughed, Brandy knew that all was well and was wagging her tail.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>When she does something naughty like weeing or making a poo at the wrong place (we live in a flat and she has been toilet trained on a doggy litter tray), she will immediately look guilty, tail tucked down and slink around the house and hide under my bed. We don't even have to see the evidence of her naughtiness first, just seeing her act like that will cause us to hunt for the evidence. Silly dog, alerting us to her crime when she should be enjoying herself until the moment someone spots it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I was going out yesterday and she was pestering to follow. After finally realising she wasn't going out at all, she turned around at the door and walked back inside the flat. Now I wasn't paying attention at the moment and suddenly realised Brandy was not at the doorway where she was a moment ago. I was worried she may have slipped out of the flat so I called her name. A moment later, I heard her running from inside the flat to the doorway. I think she thought I was going to bring her out after all. She looked eager, ears forward, eyes bright, tail wagging. When I began to close the door, she gave me a proper disgusted look and turned her back to me and walked back inside.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She is not a fussy eater but she likes to be watched when she eats her dinner. I take her to her food bowl, and stoop beside her and pet her head and she eats. I back off a bit, and a moment or two later, she turns her head to make sure I'm there. I say "Good girl" and she goes back to eat. I back off a bit more and repeat the process. I try to sneak off after the second repeat and sometimes it works when she thinks I'm somewhere behind her. If I am not free or not in, someone else does this with her. If I forget to watch her or am busy on the computer, she will eat a bit and then come into my room and lie down or rub her face on her bed. Then I have to bring her to her food bowl and start the process. Of course, if she is desperately hungry, she does not need a watcher. Needing someone to watch her eat seems only necessary when she is in a 'can eat or leave it' mood.</div><br /><div></div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RakzIO6ilhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mqmtYsNyPDc/s1600-h/IMG_0809.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019599476216731154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RakzIO6ilhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mqmtYsNyPDc/s320/IMG_0809.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here is Brandy scratching an itch on her right side.<br /><div></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-47953457871901488262007-01-03T17:18:00.000+08:002007-01-03T17:39:58.989+08:00Brandy had a bath today<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RZt4-wTuJRI/AAAAAAAAAAY/snMRKUDmw0E/s1600-h/IMG_0793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015735629522019602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RZt4-wTuJRI/AAAAAAAAAAY/snMRKUDmw0E/s320/IMG_0793.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>After a couple of Brandy unrelated posts, it's back to Brandy's news.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She had a bath today. She gets a weekly bath, usually on a Monday but because Monday was New Year's Day and Tuesday was another public holiday, I conveniently postponed her bath to today. Funny how bathing a little dog involves so much work on the part of the person doing the bathing and makes said person rather wet and messy whilst the dog emerges nice smelling with fluffy hair.</div><br /><div></div><div>She absolutely hates getting wet but after nine years of baths, she is mostly resigned to it. The part she enjoys is the towel rubbing at the end of the bath and the use of the hair dryer that follows. I spend quite a bit of time making sure her hair is dry. The hair dryer I have is just for Brandy, I have never used it on myself. </div><br /><div></div><div>Photo of Brandy is taken just after her bath. I have realised that the pictures I have of her are mostly when she is sitting or lying down on her bed. That is where she spends most of her time. I will try for an action shot but that will probably be of her eating. Favourite poses of Brandy are lying in bed, sitting in bed and eating.</div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-34132420188585401232006-12-31T17:54:00.000+08:002006-12-31T19:57:21.902+08:00Ok it's NY resolution time...Ok, it's NY resolution time for 2007. I have decided to keep to 5 resolutions. It's not that there isn't any room for self improvements, trust me there is and lots of it. It's just that 5 seems more reasonable to keep track of then 10 or more.<br /><br />Here goes,<br /><br />1. Count to 20 before retorting to questions or remarks that I find redundant, silly, irritating, repetitive or rude. Counting to 10 just does not cut it for me anymore.<br /><br />2. Start and finish a book every 2 weeks. I used to be a voracious reader, now it's difficult to finish a book in 3 weeks. That means 26 new books to be read in 2007. Ugh...ok stay calm, you can do it.<br /><br />3. Do something kind for someone else, family or not, every day. It need not be a big thing, something small, a gesture, a thanks, a smile. I read "Pay It Forward" some years ago and liked the idea.<br /><br />4. Play at least a game each of Music and Sports in Funtrivia on a weekly basis and improve my sparse (extremely sparse!) knowledge in these topics.<br /><br />5. Enjoy myself! Too often bogged down by real life with few moments of great happiness. Life is too short to be burdened thus, so I am going to do things that make me happy. Nothing that is going to involve breaking the law though :) .<br /><br />I actually have one more, but as this is an on-going resolution for every year of my life, I don't find it necessary to list as a NY resolution. I will state it though as it is important to me....to love Jesus Christ more.<br /><br />Happy 2007 to everyone.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-82621632966883697222006-12-24T15:07:00.000+08:002006-12-24T15:11:44.880+08:00Christmas Wishes<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RY4oEhsuqLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/gLxg9W6UJV0/s1600-h/sleigh_6.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011987493540505778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1Womjs9X8Yc/RY4oEhsuqLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/gLxg9W6UJV0/s320/sleigh_6.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;">Wishing all of you a wonderful Christmas 2006!</span></em></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"></span></em></div><br /><div align="center"></div>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1166370000865830172006-12-17T23:16:00.000+08:002006-12-19T10:57:33.836+08:00Thinking about New Year resolutions<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4484/2920/1600/20650/IMG_0698.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4484/2920/320/189060/IMG_0698.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />It is coming to the end of 2006. An OK year, had its ups and downs, but overall I will say it had more ups than downs. Very busy though. As the year end comes nearer, most newspapers and news websites will look back at the major events of 2006. I want to think ahead to the new year.<br /><br />To me, resolutions are just aiming at certain targets, there is no rule that you have to achieve them, the FUN is in the trying. Of course the idea is not to set unrealistic targets, there is absolutely no FUN if you know you will not be able to meet any of them.<br /><br />I make it 12 days to the new year. So I have 12 days to think of my resolutions. And I will be thinking hard...<br /><br />And OOPs.....this is another 'Brandy non-related post' although one or more of my New Year resolutions may involve her. So I have enclosed a picture of Brandy instead. This picture of her was taken before we moved flats. She was investigating a cupboard.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1164341986091389872006-11-24T11:59:00.000+08:002006-11-24T12:25:34.413+08:00What is it about thunder...What is it about thunder that makes Brandy growl and bark? I read somewhere that dogs think it is some sort of threat to them or to their house or to their family (I forget) but come on.....we live in an area where thunder and lightning are common place, so she has been hearing it on and off for all of her 9 years. If its newish to her, I can understand the fear but she should be an old hand at it by now. Also I don't remember any of our other dogs barking at thunder, strangers yes, thunder no. Oh, I remember our old Pekingnese, Shandy, a darling dog who died a month or so before we got Brandy, she used to bark at night at strange new objects in the house. If we bought say an over toaster and left it at night in the dark in the living room in its boxed state, when Shandy was walking from the bedrooms to the living room and saw the dark shape of the box, she would bark until we came out to investigate. I remembered having to show her new big stuff that we left lying around the house and that seemed to work with preventing her from barking at them in the dark.<br /><br />Back to Brandy and thunder, if I am home, I usually call her to my room and tell her to stop being silly, its only thunder. Its like she knows what I am saying, truly! She proceeds to curl up on her bed and ignores both me and the thunder. BUT sometimes, she comes in and forgets what frightened her a minute or so ago and goes out and barks again when it thunders more.<br /><br />I love all my dogs and their quirks.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1163672133531135632006-11-16T17:45:00.000+08:002006-11-16T18:15:33.553+08:00Brandy is fatYes, Brandy is officially fat. She's an Australian Silky Terrier and quite small. The vet has told me that she should be around 5.5kg max but on her latest trip to the vet for her yearly booster, she staggered in at an astounding 6.2kg. It does not sound like a lot for a person, but it's quite a lot for a little dog. She has got to lose some weight to lessen the load on her legs as well as on her heart. I want her to have a long healthy life.<br /><br />I've read on the internet that nowadays, obesity is a growing problem amongst man's best friends especially in the developed nations. Ok, now its my problem to try and manage.<br /><br />It's not easy putting the dog on a diet. She eats once a day, rice with pork or beef or liver and she also gets bits of dog biscuits throughout the day. It's not a lot that she is eating in the first place. We are trying to reduce the amount of rice she gets. We have also started buying low fat dog biscuits. Exercise is also what she needs but the only time she runs around is when someone rings the doorbell and there she goes barking and running to the main door. Otherwise, she slowly trots everywhere, well it is either a slow trot or a fast walk.<br /><br />I hope she loses a little bit of weight, I am not hoping for too much. Just a reduction in the podge around her middle.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1163476858477643912006-11-14T11:40:00.000+08:002006-11-14T12:05:24.110+08:00Long time no post - bath day for Brandy<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/IMG_0752.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/320/IMG_0752.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Just realised that it has been a long long time since my last post here. Brandy is fine, just great. She had a bath yesterday. Everytime I bathe her, she gets all nice and clean smelling whilst I stink. It is like she transfers all the yukky smell over to me.....hmmm.<br /><br />A bath is like such a traumatic event for her, when actually she does nothing. I carry her into the shower, spray her, shampoo her, spray her, re-shampoo her, spray her, quick towel dry her, carry her out, slow towel dry her, hair dry her, then clean her ears with ear cleaner and cotton wool. What does she have to do for herself? Yet on bath days, she falls asleep earlier and sleeps longer. Maybe it is because of the body massage I give her when I shampoo her....heheh, a dog's life isn't tooooooooooooo bad is it.<br /><br />Before I bathe her, I normally trim her nails. Why do dog's nails have to be different from human's. I always have to be careful not to cut too short as there is a vein (called the 'quick') running close to the tip of the nail. I would really like to cut her nails as short as mine. Suppose it has something to do with the ancestry of dogs but it is sure a nuisance. It grows fast and I have to make sure I trim it every week. Brandy hates nail cutting and always tries to push my hand away from her paws, pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that in her entire life I have cut too deeply three times (yes only three times considering how many times I have cut her nails and the fact that she is now nine) and made her nails bleed for all of five seconds. (Hint: if you hold a piece of tissue to the nail for a while, the bleeding will stop). This dog has a memory of an elephant for such things but takes a whole year (this was when she was a brand new pup) to be toilet-trained.<br /><br />I now leave you with a recent pic of Brandy. You have to understand that this was taken in a room with the air-con blowing and it was pretty late at night. And no, that was not bath day.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1159707228378628442006-10-01T20:29:00.000+08:002006-10-01T21:01:20.363+08:00Moving DayMoving day was a big hassle. I don't know how some people can move every few years. They must be great organisers, or else leave everything to the movers. I packed another 2 small boxes that early morning for the movers to shift, leaving several plastic bags, several 'plastic suit-covered' outfits and all my shoes for self carry.<br /><br /><span style="color:#330033;">Poor little Brandy had to be locked inside a bathroom to avoid being squashed by the movers. I made a trip to the new place in the late morning and rushed back to pick up some more self carry stuff and Brandy. I also realised that moving and movers can somehow cause a fairly clean white floor to become dusty and blackish with pieces of papers and tapes everywhere.<br /><br />At the new house, I decided to leash Brandy up in my room to be out of the way of movers. First I tried her collar and a simple leash. She got out of that in a flash. I then tightened the collar and leashed her again. It did not work. I tightened the collar yet again. Did not work. I have decided that her neck and head size are the same. I then used a body leash that has loops for 2 front legs and head. Don't ask me how but she got herself out of that in two flashes. By this time, movers had arrived, stuff was coming in and Brandy was everywhere.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"><strong><em>*Ugh*<br /></em></strong><br />Last try was to use the body leash and really loop it around her front legs and chest, tightened that and it WORKED.<br /><br />At the end of the day, made another trip to old flat to get some more stuff (not all mine). When I got back, movers had left and my room was full of boxes. Could not get to window, or to table and bed was not set up. Lucky Brandy had been released from her leash earlier or I would have been worried that she had been buried by the boxes. Spent several hours doing rapid unpacking of boxes, squashing stuff into cupboard and shelves without arrangement, just to clear the boxes and get my bed set up. Poor Brandy looked lost as I had to shift her little bed around several times that night.<br /><br />All in all an exhausting day. The few days after that were just as exhausting with more boxes to unpack and things to sort through. If I have any say in this matter, this is my last big move.<br /><br />No photos. Too pooped to take any.</span>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1157382681516393622006-09-04T23:02:00.000+08:002006-09-04T23:16:44.956+08:00Goodbye Crocodile Hunter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/0%2C%2C5234789%2C00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/320/0%2C%2C5234789%2C00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Sidetracking away from Brandy. Had a shock at 12+ when I glanced through CNN on the web and saw the headlines that Steve Irwin had died. He was only 44 with 2 kids under the age of 10. I really really enjoy his shows, he was so open and so enthusiastic about sharing his love for crocodiles and all wildlife and his love for his family shows up everytime on his programmes. He died this morning 11am Queensland time, died of a stingray barb which pierced his chest and into his heart. I feel so sorry for his family, his wife Terri, his kids, his father (his mother died a few years ago in an automobile accident) and all his many friends.<br /><br />So this is goodbye Steve, it was wonderful knowing you. See you sometime.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1156304423174086962006-08-23T11:14:00.000+08:002006-08-23T11:40:23.203+08:00Countdown to moving dayLess than a month to go! Have been thinking a bit about how to move Brandy. With all the movers around, she's bound to be a nuisance, running everyway and maybe getting squashed in the process. I guess for everyone's peace of mind, she will have to be the last thing or one of the last things to be moved. Of course, she will be moved in some luxury, car with air-conditioning and a seat to herself and not in a box at the back of some truck (heh heh).<br /><br />She has just spent almost 3 weeks enduring having her tail pulled, being petted quite strongly and being chased by a 2 year old (niece and her parents visited). All these in addition to having everyone's DIVIDED attention. I must say that she stayed cool and calm throughout even while keeping a wary eye out for escape routes. I normally let her out of my room in the early morning so that she can go to the loo and thereafter she usually stays outside. During the almost 3 weeks, after I let the dog out in the morning, I could sometimes hear desperate scratching on my bedroom door, and when I peep out to see what's going on, the dog is squashed against my door with a 2 year old looming over her.<br /><br /><br />No new pics of Brandy this time round. Sorry!mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1153659034986822452006-07-23T20:36:00.000+08:002006-07-23T20:57:58.143+08:00New flat and Brandy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/IMG_0669.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/320/IMG_0669.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Brandy has been to the new flat a total of 5 times to date. I want her to get used to the new place before we move in, especially where her toilet (newspaper) is going to be. She started off being quite good about her toilet, but the last 2 times, she did her no. 2 in the common bathroom and no. 1 in the kitchen. Ugh!<br /><br />I hope she learns quickly, I have not forgotten that when we first brought her home, it took almost a full year to 'newspaper' toilet train her.<br /><br />This is Brandy resting on the floor after being naughty.<br /><br />She has not barked once at the new place, despite workmen ringing the doorbell and trooping in and out. I think it is because she does not realise that this is her new home and thinks she is only visiting. Otherwise she will be barking her head off whenever the doorbell rings. I have not confirmed where her bed will be put. We are only moving in at end September, so there is still ages to finalise her bed position. Whenever we bring her to the new place, she wanders around all the rooms, hall, dining, kitchen and even appears to look up at the walls as if trying to get a human's eye view of the whole place. Very cute. Once we move in the furniture etc, she will be more at home....I hope.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1151233183625528232006-06-25T18:30:00.000+08:002006-06-25T19:30:28.183+08:00Brandy is a real people dog<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/IMG_0556.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/320/IMG_0556.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday, the cable tv man came by to fix a problem. He came in and bent down to give Brandy a few pats on the head. That was it.....she loved him.<br /><br />She followed him into the room and proceeded to sit as near to him as possible. When I ordered her out of the room, she would go out and come in almost immediately. And when he finished and was having a glass of coke outside, she sidled up close to his feet and lay down and rubbed her head against his legs.<br /><br />And this is not a new behaviour. She loves the aircon maintenance guys 'cos one of them pets her. She specially loves kids visiting as they play with her (I have to step in sometimes 'cos they like to chase her round and round or have her chase them and she gets really really tired). Even those who ignore her will get an immediate welcome should they even say hello to her. A real people loving dog. But this can be a problem for those who are scared of her. She wants to get close to them and all she gets are squeals of fear. I then get orders to lock her up. I hate locking her up. If you don't like dogs, just ignore her (do NOT HIT or KICK her or any animals not harming you for that matter), she is fine with that. But once she hears squeals, she thinks its a game. If for health or religion, you have to avoid dogs, thats ok with me. I like people who have a fear of dogs because they have little experience with them but are willing to be introduced to Brandy. I think these people are brave.<br /><br />Doesn't she look cute?mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1150464524606866772006-06-16T21:07:00.000+08:002006-06-17T01:05:18.866+08:00Its off, the bandage is OFF, yeh!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/IMG_0306.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/200/IMG_0306.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Brandy's bandage is off for good, finally. She went to the vet this evening and it was taken off :-)<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">The vet warned that she must avoid steps and running around like a mad thing and recommended confining her somewhere. She already has weak knees and she is getting old and is overweight. :-(</span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I guess we will continue to carry her up and down the steps, confine her, whenever possible, to the kitchen or my room and try and put her on a sensible diet. In just a few months, we will be in our new flat where there are NO steps inside. Its as if we planned to move specially for Brandy. :-)</span><br /><br />And on the downside, which has absolutely nothing to do with Brandy, my room tv is down. Sigh, repairman coming on Monday. Its a good thing I have my computer, and lots of books to read.<br /><br />I have just added a pic of Brandy on her oldest and 'favouritest' bed.<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span>mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1150164356705987342006-06-13T09:42:00.000+08:002006-06-13T10:10:20.426+08:00Its Brandy's birthday<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/Happy%20Birthday.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="206" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/320/Happy%20Birthday.jpg" width="269" border="0" /></a>Its officially a day late, sorry Brandy but thanks to the internet and time zones across the world, I am still able to post this on June the 12th, heheh. Brandy turned 9 yesterday, no today, better just make it on June 12th. I remember when my sister and I set out to go to various pet stores to find our new puppy. I know the exact date because when we were driving out of the compound, we heard on the radio that Princess Diana had died in a car crash, so that makes it August 31 1997. As to how I fixed June 12 as Brandy's official birthday, I calculated it backwards from shipment papers from the pet store.<br /><br />As Dad and I were out most of yesterday, Brandy spent her birthday mostly locked up in the kitchen with the maid as company. It sounds horrible but really the kitchen is quite roomy.<br /><br />9 for a dog is a senior citizen, but a senior citizen with a young heart and a loud voice. Happy belated birthday Brandy. My wish for you is to have a long and healthy life.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1150049140988940872006-06-12T01:58:00.000+08:002006-06-12T02:10:19.426+08:00Brandy's bad leg AGAIN<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/IMG_0632.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/200/IMG_0632.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Visit to the vet has come and gone, and Brandy's leg is newly bandaged. The vet lady says that the leg has healed some but not completely, and she recommends another week of bandage. Ugh!<br /><br />Brandy now gets carried up and down the steps in the house and I usually put her in my room with the door closed to make sure she rests the bad leg. I really want the leg to get completely better by this week. Good thing we are moving to a one-level flat soon. All these stairs are not good for her especially since she is getting older.<br /><br />Oh yes, Dad has now put pieces of wood across both the kitchen access so that we can put Brandy in there when we go out. She will have her loo and her water nearby. She does not like being locked up anywhere and makes her feelings known to all.mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27686067.post-1149744038115715312006-06-08T13:15:00.000+08:002006-06-08T13:27:03.096+08:00Brandy's bad leg<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/0628%20reduced.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/200/0628%20reduced.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/1600/0631%20reduced.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4484/2920/200/0631%20reduced.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Brandy went to the vet with a bad leg. She returned with said leg in a bandage to keep it immobile and a big collar to keep her from biting the bandage. Haha. She looks weird. But she takes it all in her stride and goes up and down the stairs like a pro. Its now a week since the bandage was put on and the bandage has turned brown (from the original creamy colour) from accumulated dirt. We are going to the vet this afternoon to get it removed. Bet she cant wait, actually neither can I. She urgently needs a bathe (holds my nose)mydogbrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654555107746419024noreply@blogger.com0