6.11.11

Happy Birthday Chili!

Chili is 2 years old!

Sheltie Tricks: Backwards Circles

Since we've been back in Penang, its been raining most of the time and I've been stuck in the house. Mommy decided to teach me a new trick with her cousin Joyce as her camera-girl and training partner.

This is my first lesson learning how to walk backwards around mommy's legs and mommy is impressed that I would come this far in one lesson!

Mommy taught me how to walk backwards earlier. Initially, I didn't like this trick as it meant I would be walking away from the yummy treats mommy hides behind her back and I want to be near the treats err... mommy.  

Since mommy started throwing the treats to wherever I am standing instead of rewarding me in front of her, walking backwards has become one of my favorite trick. Flying treats, nom noms. Who doesn't like food flying your way.

Mommy hopes that I will be able to do this trick without her needing to stand near corners and obstacles to block my way in order for me to walk around her. 

As long as you keep em flying treats coming!

Oh by the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOYCE!!! Come and teach me more tricks again and be mah camera girl too. The last time I saw you was when I was sooo little.

Tricks: Cop-Cop

Wooopss I haven't been posting much lately as I've been a very busy busy busy bee at work. Actually I've also been pretty LAzeeee too.

Here is one of the tricks Chili learnt some time back but I never got around to posting it. Cop-cop seems to be her favorite trick these day.  She will always run in between my legs and try to stand on me feet whenever I have food in my hands.

Watch how she does her sheltie smile as she is doing the trick. Her smile is sooooo wide it reminds me of baby birds waiting for their mama bird to feed them.

See the similarities?

Anyhoooo... here is the video of Chili the Sheltie doing Cop-Cop. Her sheltie smile is so big you won't miss it!

It's been raining so much in Penang, was thinking of bringing Chili out on walks, but I guess we will just have to work on new tricks indoors.

Penang!

Yay I'm all set to go back to Penang for the weekend!

Mommy quickly put the cage in the car! I'm in the cage already!

Back in Penang to play chase with Merlot & Pinot. Tho I'm always the one being chased by them.

Woops mommy forgot to buy biscuits for them this time around.

Countdown to Chillin' with da Chili

Mommy's counting down the days when her chambering ends so she can chill at home and do this with me!

This is da best way to sleep. Looking forward to you joinin' me mommy!!

Pampered or Poorly Pooch?

Since I got home, it seemed to me that silly Chili doesn't know how to limp or so it seems since she won't move or walk anywhere. She would just stand at one spot with a sad face and make a feeble attempt to hobble. Hanley says she was limping around just fine before I came home, following him around the house on her 3 paws.

As Chili likes company, we carried her to the dining area so she could be with us whilst we had dinner. Chili eating her dinner on 3 legs.

http://youtu.be/sELF01_tHZY

She doesn't know how to turn with 3 legs hehe

http://youtu.be/HEEqxMdZnus

After eating Chili needed to wee. How do I know? This is how!

http://youtu.be/xAcXcUIMEi4

I've to carry her over to her pee pad and she decided that she wanted to use her second pee pad and limps over to the other pad, promptly empties her bladder and limps over to me to be brought back to her original place.

Mr H: "see I told you soooo, she knows how to limp!"

Limping Dog

Weee...... TGIF! Just a few more minutes before the weekend begins.

My phone rings and Hanley is calling. Hanley never calls when I am at work:

H: *panicking* 

"Emergency! Chili's limping! She somehow hurt herself and won't put any weight on her left front paw!" 

Me: *Thinks to meself, maybe he is overreacting like the last time. Chili should be fine* 

"I'll be leaving work soon, I'll grab dinner on the way back and you take care of Chili. I'll be home soon. If it's serious, bring her to the vet."

H: "We don't know what it is, if it is a sprain or a hairline fracture, the vet can't do anything for her except for giving her painkillers. I'll have a look at her and try to figure out why she is limping."

I frantically look up Asia Paw's number and calls Dr Susanna praying that she has an available acupuncture slot tomorrow as her Saturday slots are usually booked up. No answer. Maybe she is in a session so I send her a SMS, called tried calling her a few more times, emailed her.

Text Aunty Fe to check if she is in Malaysia and whether she is free tonight and for the weekend for Cranio Sacral Therapy with Chili.

When I got home, Hanley was with Chili on the sofa. He put Chili down on the floor and Chili just stood there with 3 legs looking miserably at me.

Han Ni PANICS! FREAKS OUT! What has happened? She is not coming to me and can't put her paw down.

Hanley noticed a huge bump on the leg and suspects that the swelling was caused when slipped while jumping and running around the house and twisted her leg. NOW HE is laughing at me saying that he isn't worried anymore because he knows where the injury is AND because I am doing the panicking and worrying he doesn't have to worry anymore. Grrr.....

During dinner, I received a message from Aunty Fe saying that she is out that night, but will be able to see Chili on Saturday and Sunday.  Huge sign of relief. With CST, Fe will be able to tell me what is wrong with Chili's leg and whether she fractured anything without using an X-Ray. Still no reply from Asia Paws tho...

Home remedy for Chili

• Ice her paw for 15min every 4 hours
• Apply 1 drop each of PanAway and Copoiba Essential Oil on her paw, three times a day
• Pranic Healing: Cleansing with Light Whitish Green and Light Whitish Orange Prana