Happy New Year

2009 was a year of a few highs for us and of course one of those highs was finding Miss Vicki. We look forward to bringing her back home with us in the next couple of days.

I can just hear her howls of delight when we approach her kennel and laugh at her full body tail wag.

Here's to a healthy and happy 2010. May you find joy in things great and small this year.

A Whole New Vicki

We are so impressed with this lighter version of Vicki. We cannot believe that this is the same dog we took home on that hot August day just five months ago. Here she is having lost 20% of her body weight, chasing street cats and Gusty too. Someone said you were a mission impossible but we knew it was possible.

Merry Christmas, Vicki. You bring us such joy!

Christmas Pugs

Vicki won't be spending Christmas with us this year but we'll be thinking of her. She would probably love to laugh and play in the snow with the other dogs and kids. We have another cute outfit for her that we may get to put on her as the temperature here is dipping to a chilly 12 degrees celsius (brrrr!)

Check out this website below for two cartoon Christmas Pug stories...

http://www.raaacartoons.com/christmas06.htm

Puppy Love

Much to Vicki's delight, she had more company on the weekend. Two of my friends helped me bake gingerbread men. As I mentioned before, company is a rare treat for Vicki. She loves the constant attention lavished on her by basically anyone and the prospect of food droppings is so darned exciting too.

Well, my friends were here for about 6 hours and the only thing that dropped was Vicki's head on the carpet in the kitchen for snoozes every hour. She grunts, snorts, gives the bulgy-eyed, tilted head expression while sniffing the spicy air and then suddenly just flops and snores contentedly.

Walk on By

Okay, lately it seems Vicki has had enough of larger dogs sniffing her behind on our walks. Vicki often sees two excitable Spoodles named Oreo and Truffle. As soon as they spot Vicki, the tag team ensues. She accepts their playful advances for a few minutes but then last night she, not so politely, told them to back off.

This morning, Vicki wanted to stop for a stalwart, tan and white  bulldog. We crossed the street to where he stood. She sniffed the air around his face and he went in to get to know her better. He may have gone a little too far because she began to squat on his snout as she would when doing a number two. I pulled her away as quick as I could while the other dog walker stared down with her jaw dropped for a moment.

Ah, can't we all just get along, huh? Another day our girl might be a little more receptive.

Vicki Loves Company

Last night a new friend stopped by our home and found herself bombarded by "The Barge". Vicki was so delighted by the rare opportunity she gets to monopolize the lap and free hands of another dog-lover in her home.

Thankfully, this person likes animals although Vicki has a way of coercing someone to, if not liking her, at least paying some kind of attention to her. She wouldn't leave this woman's side for the better part of the evening.

We don't often have people over to our home because usually people in Hong Kong meet up with friends in restaurants, bars and malls. I now realize this customary way of living here is infringing on Vicki's social life and is not allowing her the full range of attention she fervently craves.

Geez, one would really think she never gets enough attention from us. Clearly, she would like more company.

Do These Horizontal Stripes Make Me Look Fat?

Okay, for the love of God, why does my new family insist on dressing me up in unflattering outfits? First, they take a video of me snoring, then they ration me on dog food and now this. I just want to play with my ball, eat whatever I want, when I want and sleep. Oh, and of course, I like plenty of affection too.

Thankfully, the weather is warmer here these days so I'm not forced into the latest fashion craze by that over-zealous woman. What will the other dogs think of me when she parades me outside in this get up like a giant red and white bumble bee with a panda head stuck to my tush?