Donut and Rambutan

Nicejellybean: Being a fruit loving person, I tend to buy fruits whenever I am at the local supermarket. It's now the month of June which is the time of the year that we see lots of seasonal fruits that are available once a year. During this time, the fruits tend to be more juicier and sweeter too. In the pics below, I am eating the rambutan (the hairy red ones). Donut cannot resist and gets all excited wanting a bite.

Dog Olympic Day 2007

Coolboy: We woke up earlier than usual on a Sunday morning to join an annual doggies event sponsored by www.puppy.com.my at Central Park, Utama. This year's gathering saw a bigger turnout than last year. We saw furkids of different breeds dressed in their Sunday best and there were many activities organised making this event a nice outing for everyone. We circled the park grounds 3 times and along the pathway, Donut had great time getting-to-know other pugs, poodles, bull maltese, silkys etc. This event was also a good opportunity for Donut to practice his social skills by meeting other furkids in an open space environment.

The Long Coat Gang

This is Dao Dao, an old friend

Donut's new pug friend, Bo Bo

Hello there .... am not afraid of you

A toy poodle ! Donut likes chasing after their cute pom-pom tails.

Nicejellybean: Due to the intense heat, we decided that the weather was getting too warm for Donut and we left the park grounds after an hour or so. As usual, Donut became a tired little pug after this outing. He was 'down and out' by the time he reached home.

All Wrapped Up

Donut: Today, Coolboy made fun of me. He bundled me up in his t-shirt and laughed at my funny face. It's his way of playing with me, I guess but honestly, I don't know what he's up to.

Toenail Update

Donut: Oh look, I see a tiny nail sticking out from my paw. I wasn't sure whether my toenail will ever grow back after the Vet pulled the entire toenail out. Nicejellybean feels it's a bit weird that my paw has four instead of five toenails !

Ouch! I lost my toenail

Donut: Just a few days ago, I managed to hurt my right paw. I think that somehow, I was walking too quickly along the pavement and the fifth toenail on my paw broke ! All of us did not realise what happened until Coolboy noticed there was a lot of blood stains on his shirt. Apparently the blood was oozing out from my broken toenail. Yucks ! Anyway, we went to the Vet straightaway and the Doc pulled out my broken toenail. The next few days I walked with a bandaged paw and felt quite uneasy. The Vet took off my bandages 4 days later minus one toenail. Overall, I feel fine but I wonder, does my toenail ever grows back ??

Where to board Donut ?

Nicejellybean: Since we could not bring Donut along our trip to Hong Kong, we have to send him off to a boarding place for a week. Instead of his usual boarding place at Pet Tales, we decided to put him in a newly opened petshop called Fur's & Things. We checked out the place a few days before our trip and quite liked the establishment. They let their pets loose during the daytime and the shop had a large space for Donut to roam around for the whole day. Also, the play area was air-conditioned, pet friendly and well maintained ie. clean and tidy.

Anyway, after we picked him up after our trip, we are glad that he did not display any unusual temperaments. We were concerned that he could not adjust to his new surroundings or was not treated well at this boarding place. We were told during his boarding, Donut had good apetite and ate all his food up which was so unlike him ! I guess he was quite ok with his stay at this temporary accomodation.

My Sad Face

Nicejellybean: Just to let everyone know that Donut has a grumpy, unhappy and bored look whenever we leave the house for work. When alone, Donut pitter patter around or play with his own soft toys until he gets bored or Donut goes to sleep in his comfortable bed ! However, he gets all excited when we come back in the evenings. He waits patiently by the door and do his jumping jack when he sees us coming through the doorway ! This photo was taken from the door as we are about to go out.

The Cute Sad Face

Good Morning Donut

Nicejellybean: When we woke up this morning, we found Donut in an awkward and funny situation. In the middle of the night, Donut crawled under the blanket for warmth and comfort. We saw that only his paws was sticking out of the blanket and he did not even respond when we called his name. Ha! Ha! he is such a cute sleepyhead.

The cute sleepyhead !

Donut is half awake

I am so so excited to go out !

From Across the Globe

Nicejellybean: We received our first christmas card of the season in our mailbox today. It was a christmas greeting card and a sweet note from Kara, Alan, Kritter and Rascal of Texas, USA. What a nice surprise ! Thank you.

Donut vs The Wii

I wanna play too ...

Donut: Nowadays, Coolboy is ignoring me because he is busy playing a very strange new game which he has just recently bought. It's so strange to see Coolboy swinging his arms and waving a stick up, down, left and right. He calls "it" the most advanced game console ever - the Nintendo Wii. I feel scared and lay low when Coolboy starts playing because I'll never know if his foot should accidentally step on me ! I wonder can I play too ?

Party and Freebies at Pet Tales

Nicejellybean: Our Donut goes for his weekly grooming sessions at Pet Tales. On 18-19 November, Pet Tales celebrated their 2nd anniversary and for this special occasion, they organised a small party and activities for their valued customers. So we dropped by the shop hoping for some goodies and freebies ! We received 2 goodie bags and Donut met many friends too.

Donut playing around and having fun !

Playing let's follow the leader

Getting the spa treatment !

Grooming time is a feel good time !

Donut's very own Photobook

Coolboy: Recently, I ordered the first photobook of Donut from Pixart. Basically, Pixart allows people like you and me to make photobooks of themselves and their happy moments. So far, Pixart has been getting some good reviews and since they had a 20% savings for the month of September, I thought "why not give it a try".

Coolboy: It took me almost a week to get everything perfectly laid out before submitting online for printing. Altogether, I can put in 24 digital photographs into different page layouts. Donut's pocket photobook was sent to our doorsteps in 4 days. Usually it takes about 5 working days to deliver within Malaysia, sometimes later if delivered overseas. The pocket photobook which I ordered consists of 12 printed pages and reminds me of a children's fairytale book.

Coolboy: The finnishing of the pocket photobook is great because it is binded and printed on semigloss paper. The result of the printed photos reflect "quality with a personal touch". However, it does require certain discretion when arranging the layouts and font sizes on some prints did not turn out as I thought.

Coolboy: This pocket photobook costs us only RM48 that's around USD13. For this price, I think the photobook is affordable and well worth my money. And, it is a special way to remind me of Donut's memorable moments. Thank you, Pixart !

Holiday in Cameron Highlands

Donut: Last weekend, I went on a trip to Cameron Highlands with Coolboy and Nicejellybean together with some people I've not met before. Most places in Malaysia are not pet-friendly so when Coolboy managed to find a pet-friendly place to stay in Cameron Highlands we were both surprised and excited. Coolboy actually sent an email request to Cameron Holiday Services and they arranged a pet-friendly accomodation for us. Below are my knick knacks that Coolboy packed for my journey. However, he forgot to pack a very important item. Can you tell from the picture below what is missing ?

Donut's must-haves for the trip

Donut: In the midst of the excitement and stress of packing for the trip, Coolboy forgot to include MY SNOOPY BOWL ! (unhappy face) I had to eat my dinner from an unfamiliar and strange human bowl.

Are we there yet ?

Nicejellybean: Travelling up to Cameron Highlands takes approx. 4 hours via a winding road by car. We passed by the rainforest and saw many aboriginal huts along the way. On the way to Cameron Highlands, we stopped for a rest at the waterfalls. Donut climbed higher up the rocks for a better view. Then, he got scared and refused to come down. We had to coax him (by tugging his leash) to get him down !

The Lion King (smaller version)

Help me!

Donut: After reaching the Highlands, we checked-in a resort style apartment which had a great view. Sometimes, the clouds gather around and everything looks misty. The weather was cold and the mountain air really fresh. I had to put on double layer of clothes to keep myself nice and warm. I was not used to staying overnight in an unfamiliar place and I felt a little homesick. Sigh !

The nice view from the balcony

Surrounded by misty clouds

Coolboy: One of my favourite activity here is bringing Donut on morning walks. Donut likes to "run" really fast that sometimes it's difficult to keep up. The only time he stops "galloping" is when he's attracted to the colourful flowers along the path. He'll pause and start sniffing them !

My morning walk

Sniff, sniff

No, you cannot eat them

Pretty flowers

Nicejellybean: Cameron Highlands is home to many strawberry and vegetable farms. Here, tea plantations spread out as far as the eye can see. We visited the Boh Tea Plantation at Sungai Palas and went to a strawberry farm, whose owner was kind enough to let Donut roam around the strawberry fields.

In front of Boh Tea Centre at Sungai Palas

A tea picker harvesting tea at Sungai Palas tea plantation

Strawberries are grown in abundance all year round at the Highlands

Coolboy: We all had a relaxing holiday in Cameron Highlands. Donut, as usual was tired when reaching home and he was also not keen to follow us whenever we went out. I guess the outing to Cameron Highlands was enough doggy excitement for Donut ... for now that is.

Donut eats Donut

Coolboy: Donut has not been well lately, hence the lack of posts. Poor guy, he was infected by bacteria and developed an unusual kind of rash over his neck area. Donut has since recovered and gained back his appetite for food again. We gave him a treat yesterday, a tiny nibble of Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Donut !

July Pug Meet

Nicejellybean: Happy puggies and their slaves made their way to Manisan House for an evening of pugball for pugs and a BBQ dinner. The adults were busy chatting and eating whilst them puggies mingled (or sniffed) around. We had 3 pugs at the party - Giant Pingpong, Piggy Puggy and Donut. Donut came in his football jersey and tried to play football with Pingpong but he was not interested.

Donut: Let's play football ...

Donut: Awww ... he is not interested.

*(From L-R) Giant Pingpong, Piggy Puggy and Donut.*

Nicejellybean: The weather was warm and breezy. Piggy Puggy kept us busy that night, who if left unguarded likes to sneak herself into the trashbin looking for leftovers.

*Puggy ... NO,NO,NO.*

Nicejellybean: Our host arranged the BBQ dinner outdoors in an old rustic corner. Most chipped in to BBQ so it was fun. We had BBQ-ed chicken wings, lamb, sausages, coleslow, mashed potato, garlic bread and honey buttered bananas.

*malaysian style grill*

*An old rustic corner provided the ambience for our BBQ *

*The sumptious BBQ spread*

Nicejellybean: Lastly, thank goodness for pug meetups where Donut gets to meet other furkids just like him. Bringing Donut to such event helps him to socialise and grow up to be an active, friendly and social pug. The next good thing for us is that Donut is usually tired out for 2 days. Yeah, baby !

*Happy Donut*

FIFA Pug Cup 2006

Coolboy: In the spirit of the on-going FIFA World Cup 2006, we bought Donut his first football jersey. Meet the Pugballer from Brazil, Donudinho a.k.a. Ronaldinho !!






Donut: Donudinho - 3 Coolboy - 0 Woof ! Woof !