Fun Weeknds~!

-= Saturday, 04 April 2009 =-

Yippee! The weekends were well-spent with the dogs~!

Saturday morning, brought Ebi for the prawning session that we've planned since last week, along w/ my buddy. Drove my parents to work @ 6am, reached back home nearly 6.45am, took a shower & brought Ebi out of the house. Did not bring Emma along as she's easily excitable (what if.. she scares away the prawny prawns? Or, if she eats up the jumping prawns? lol~) Newae, i doubt i can handle both dogs since i'll be focusing on the 'prawn pond', thus i only brought Ebi along with us.. shall bring Emma along next time. =)

There were slightly more than 5 people when we reached. Ebi was excited & busy sniffing the grounds & checking out the other humans there. We paid @ the counter, took the rods & the baits and went to the pond. Settled down, hook the bait onto the rods & started our prawning. The staffs there were friendly & the uncles were calling out to Ebi~ So, i unleashed him to let him roam & asked him to stay close. He went roaming around, checking out the ponds, asking those Uncles for rubs rubs & played with the staffs.. Then, their 'resident dog' - a mini german shephard (GS lookalike) came out & ran over to checkout on Ebi. I was on alert & called to Ebi, telling him 'friend friend ok'..~ They did not fight but played. The resident dog was very friendly & they teased each other & played chase. =)


Prawning!


Ebi!


Ebi checking out the ponds

Ebi running free!

Ebi: Prawny prawnies.. where r u...~

Their resident dog, a GS lookalike but smaller in size. Looks like a mongrel cross?

1st meeting.. friend friend

Sniff Sniff


Teasing & play chase


My ah-pek dog, walking around, checking out the prawns that were caught, going to the humans nearby & asking for rubs rubs..~

My 1st catch! Yippee!

Ebi checking out my catch~

Catches of the day!

Though the catches were little & was abit disappointing. But overall, we had loads of fun & Ebi enjoyed himself as well~! Will definately be back again, together with Emma this time round. Perhaps we could do it @ night, so we can BBQ the prawns on spot, chill & relax with ice-cold beer. Yummmmmmmmm!

-= Sunday, 05 April 2009 =-

It was the Class 95 Dog Walk @ Bishan Park! Weather was great in the early morning, thus decided to bring the duos there. Left the house @ 7.30am to fetch my cousin & headed straight to Bishan Park thereafter. Josephine sms-ed me as i was reaching & told me carpark was very full! Boohooz, it was only 8.10am leh..~ Anyway, i dropped my cousin & Ebi off @ the bus-stop first while i have to make a u-turn upfront & park at the hawker centre carparks opposite. It was only after 30mins of turning around & waiting before i finally parked the car! Moi couzzie managed to get a goodie bag for Ebi & i met them @ the gate near the registration counter, waiting for the walk to start. There was such a longggggg queue for the goodies bag, 300 bags were all snapped up pretty fast!

I met Gary+Kat with their schnauzers & we happened to be first in line, right behind the DJ's to start the walk. LOL~ Gary unleashed Julius & left him to roam free while Glenn Ong got Julius to 'lead' the walk with all the other doggies behind, haha~ There were soooo many people & dogs that when we were approaching the finishing line, we need to stop & take a break becoz the 'line of people & dogs' were still walking the roundabout & we need to let them pass before we can continue. Amazing!

We proudly finished the walk & went ahead into the dog-run area to cool down & let the dogs roam & mingled around. Weather was so freaking hot & all of us were sweating like mad. Ebi & Emma were panting like no tomorrow & they quickly finished up the bottle of water i brought. Phew~~!!


Dog Walk 2009 begins.. Us, first few in line.. hurhur~

Ebi w/ his cool banana!

Emma & Ebi @ the Dog Walk

Crowded w/ humans & dogs!

Into the dog-run & meet-up w/ our fellow MS kakis~

Emma & Ebi met Rocky~

Ebi

Emma


Rocky

Julius

Siper

Ody

Jamie

New MS friend, Coffee

New MS friend, Horlick

Gennie's Chihuahua - Kassidy Lismore's

We also supported Julius (taking part in Best Looking Dog contest) & cheered for Gary! Top 3 were Pom = Trouble/ Husky = ??? / Mini Schnauzer = Julius

Julius, clunching the 3rd position with 89% votes!


Met Lille w/ her dotters & Ollie, her standard poodle there too! Awwwww~ look @ how big this boy has grown!! I've seen him grown from a puppy into an adult!



Ebi & Emma, finished the walk. Walking to the carpark & heading home!

After the walk, it was home after breakfast, followed by a damn heavy downpour with non-working traffic lights (at cross junction!), very very bad visibility on the roads - can only rely strictly on the headlights of the car infront & the lines on road, small floods & many lightning strikes. Im glad i made it home safely with the duos. Then, it was time to vaccumm & clean the house before proceeding to bath/blowdry & dematt the dogs. After all these, it was time to wash & clean the hamster cage, changing their litter & eg. I finally got to rest @ 7pm.. Gosh! Very tired indeed!

Fun-filled weekends~ Am totally happy & im glad the dogs & i enjoyed ourselves. Seeing how much they enjoyed themselves & having fun, beats more than anything no matter how tired i am~! ("v")

Ebi & Emma @ ECP~

Oh dear, i totally forgot to update the blog when i brought the dogs to ECP last saturday! *uploading it all in Facebook seems much easier & convenient, lol*

It was a boring Saturday after work last weekend. Weather seems bright & sunny (i love the sun!), thus decided to bring the dogs out. It was either cycling @ ECP or going prawning with the dogs tagging along. I even thought of Tanjong Beach @ Sentosa! Aborted the idea to the beach soon after coz their basic grooming has been book on Sunday. Buddy & I finally decided on cycling @ ECP coz the timing is bad for prawning (am sure it will be overload with humans). I packed their stuffs (towel, treats, water bottle & poo bags), grabbed the poochie pouch & off we go!

Reached ECP @ 3.30pm & the sky looked slightly gloomy. Nevertheless, we decided to go ahead with the plan & rented the bike for 2 hours. Since there were only 1 poochie pouch, they will take turns to sit in the big basket provided. We cycled from the bicycle kiosk near the lagoon all the way till the end, passing the Sailing Centre, Safra Resort eg. until there seems like no further route except a small turn along the 'river' & we were dead tired! We stopped, rest & took a drink, allowing the dogs to roam for awhile while i took some pictures. It was then that we heard some dogs howling from a distance away, which i did not get bothered coz the howling seems far away & there was a forest opposite (i've thought that the dogs were in the forest!). Until my buddy went off a short distance away to make a call. He hurried back soon after & anxiously told me there were 2 big black strays (mongrels most likely) at the end of the 'turning route' heading towards our direction & were about only about 300m away. I got paranoid as im afraid there would be a fight! Thus, I quickly packed the stuffs, carried Ebi into the basket, strapped the poochie pouch on Emma & off we cycle back. Phew, it was a close shave! My heart was thumping so fast on the way back (until we think we were safe & far away enough)! I was so worried that the dogs would come after us or something. I'm sure Emma will scream her lungs off & we'll be so helpless should they decide to attack us or what. :x

Emma got to be in the basket first & Ebi in the poochie pouch for the first 1 hour cycle, afterwhich they will 'change' during the next 1 hour cycling back. Emma was so excited that my buddy had to hold on to her leash tightly even after tying the leash onto the bike! She would stand against the basket once a while & looks ready to 'fly off' anytime! 1/2 way thru, we met a couple with their off-leashed Shih-Tzu & Beagle. Emma was screaming away & getting so excited she tried to 'jumped' off. Luckily the leash were tied onto the bike & my buddy was holding the leash in case it comes loose too, so she remained stuck in the basket. Phew~ Ebi on the other hand could only 'swing' his 4 paws in excitement, in the poochie pouch front-packed by me when he met the new pals. LOL~ Anyway, it was much easier when Emma was in the poochie pouch later on & Ebi in the basket. We could place out trust on him & we did not even tied the leash to him or to the bike. He remained calm throughout~ =)


Emma in the bicycle basket!


Ebi in his poochie pouch! (this 1 looks a little tight for him now, i guess i needs a bigger sized one. shall go & get it someday~)

Looking far at the sea & scenery

Sexy butt butts~

Emma & Ebi

My rented bike w/ small basket to carry their barangs

Ebi & Emma, they were happy but tired though they were not the ones 'exercising'.

Happy Ebi

Happy Emma





My precious duos~ It was an enjoyment to bring them out though sometimes it can be pretty troublesome & tiring to handle both. But looking @ how happy & enjoyable they are makes it all worthwhile~~ ("v")

Stopped for another break on the way back to the bicycle kiosk. Tireddddd~

Tired Ebi

Tired Emma

We saw many planes flying past us! When we were at the end, the planes were even nearer to us! Heez

*Sniff Sniff*




Ebi & Emma, the schnauzers~


Ebi in the bicycle basket!

Oh yah, when we were cycling.. it looked like we were the *attractions*. Along the way, we did not see any other dogs travelling in the bicycle basket or any poochie pouch except us! Most of the people that walked/cycled past us exclaimed how cute my dogs were, muahaha~ One angmoh lady even thought i was using a carrier meant for babies to carry Ebi in! She said it looked cool~! Hurhur~

We had fun & im looking forward to the next cycling trip already! I remembered our last cycling trip was with Cobi & Ody, in July last year! Newae, after the 2hrs of cycling , my legs & bum came back aching. Proceeded to Grandma's house thereafter to learn Mahjong while the dogs slept @ home. =)