Hello everyone! My name is Ah Bee and this is my first blog entry in my mummy/daddy’s blog. Hee hee. So excited to post here, I tell you! And please forgive me if I make mistakes about past tense and present tense or my English is bad. I have not gone to grammar school what. How you expect me to write perfect English right? And that’s me in the photo above! So smuck and handsome right? I am sitting in my crate waiting for my first outing! Yipppeee!

Upon my arrival, I got a few curious stares from people with small hands and legs. Mummy calls them “small children”. One little girl tried to run after me to grab my tail! I am so scared! Luckily Daddy is close by and fends off these small children away. Or else I will GGGRRRRR show them my awesome teeth!

And me in between my Daddy’s legs. I don’t know what he is trying to do. But he is really smelly – I’d tell you.

And me following Daddy Ah Toad as he walks me on the leash. Why is he walking me up and down the same spot? I think I look very thirsty after walking for so long! You see, puppies like me, cannot pay attention for too long.

And mummy and me standing far far away from the camera. You know why? I know why. I can read mummy’s mind – I tell you!

And that’s me! Still smuck and handsome after an hour walk. I like my face the best. Mummy always say I am a cute looking little schnauzer.

Why are they muzzling me up? I hate the bath-tub. I want to run away! Help me! I don’t want to be clean and smelling nice. I am just like Daddy!

I swear I am not going into the bathroom again. Remember my angry face!

So happy with my nice comfy bed and little banana squeaky toy. Daiso’s dog toys are AWESOME.

See I have so many toys! Mummy will buy me anything I fancy. I am a spoilt little brat… hee hee.

I’d promise not to bark before my food is served. I’d promise not to bark in the middle of the night. I’d promise not to pee and poo on the kitchen floor. I’d promise to cooperate with Mummy when she tries to clean my ears. I’d promise not to struggle during bath. And I’d promise not to escape out of the kitchen whenever the opportunity arises. I promise!

We brought Ah Bee for a hobby grooming lesson last weekend – to learn how to properly care for Ah Bee; trim his nails, clean his ears, pluck ear hair, shave his fur and bath him. The lesson is of benefit to us since we are first-time dog owners. During the 3.5 hours, we learnt how to handle and control him during grooming. We could see that Ah Bee was very tired after the ultra-long grooming session. Much of his fur had been matted and had to be shaved away. I like the Botak Ah Bee because he is so much neater now!

Ah Bee is now 17 weeks old and weigh a hefty 4.2 kg. Everytime I bring out a packet of treats, he would automatically sit down quietly and wait for me to give him the food. He’s also a big glutton who barks incessantly prior to meals. He can smell the food coming. Our dog trainer has instructed us how to stop the barking. But we are too soft-hearted to apply compulsive training to him – he is still so much of a baby! Look at his innocent baby eyes and you will melt into a dream. Not easy to make him sit so still; I actually have a packet of treats in front of my camera to make him pose. Most of the time, he is jumping up and down

And Ah Bee salivating at the sight of the dog biscuits. We bought him a “Talk-to-me” treatball which allowed us to record messages and dispense treats at the same time. However this treatball was so flimsy and didn’t last more than 2 weeks. So we ended up with a packet of biscuits left for his consumption. He was really a spoilt brat and a yaya dog (that’s what Croaky likes to call him when he pees on the kitchen floor).

Our dear Bee is nursing a cough and running a bit of phlegm for a few weeks. He likes to sleep on the kitchen floor, so we have gotten him a warm bed for him to sleep. Hopefully he gets better. Perhaps we should bring him to see the vet, at the same time, get some medicated shampoo for his dandruff. The usual Croaky remarked, “His shampoo is more expensive than mine – you know?”.

Yes, I know. But he is our dear boy, and we ought to give him the best of everything. What’s more, Croaky’s hair is as coarse as the floor mat – you don’t need expensive shampoos!

It has been 3 weeks since we carried Ah Bee home. He has settled in nicely and is active, cheerful and very noisy in our kitchen.

In our second week, we brought him to see his vet for a general health screening and to complete his third dose of vaccination. He is a brave boy – only let out a whimper while the vet microchipped and gave him his vaccine. The microchip needle was humongous; thicker than a 16G needle! We are glad he is well, except for his dirty ears and dandruffed skin. Since his vet visit, I have been faithfully cleaning his ears every alternate night but he has been uncooperative and fearful of his ear cleaning routine. He would struggle, bite me and show me his awesome baby teeth in an attempt to shoo me away. He looked real funny when he was angry – like some ET with eyes popping out!

Ah Toad is less fortunate. He has been chased around in the kitchen and both his feet suffered visible bite injuries. And Ah Bee was smart enough to know when we are closing the door on him and run for our dinner. He would sit next to our kitchen door like a guard door and dash through the doors in his quickest attempt to escape the kitchen. For a three – four month old puppy – he was fast!

And his favourite game in the house would be playing hide-n-seek. We would hide in 4 different corners in the house and take turns to call “Ah Bee, where arrree yooou?” Then he would follow the sound and scamper off like some mad dog. Once, he rammed his poor head into a chair while trying to make a U-turn. Thankfully, he was okay after the knock.

Croaky and myself have decided it that it was his best interest to attend obedience training to make him a better dog. He is playful and easily distracted, and it is tough getting him to understand basic commands. So far, he has learnt to sit and stay on command but he barks uncontrollably during meal-times. There was one time I watched him like a hawk and waited for 3 hours for him to pee and poo and he just wouldn’t! It is easy reading a book on how to train a puppy but when it comes to practice, both of us were at a loss; much alike to telling swordsmen to learn swordfighting by reading a book! ^They managed to do it in kungfu dramas right?^

In reality, Ah Bee is a sweet dog (when he is not barking). It’s nice to have a living pile of fur cuddle up to you when you return home after a hard’s day work. Can’t imagine how life would be without Ah Bee.

The vet wanted us to keep him in the house for 2 weeks after his third vaccine. So we are bringing him out for his first walk this weekend! Can’t wait to see his happy smile on the leash. Such a lucky dog.