gosh!

D & I went to the PETEXPO this morning. Wow! So many noisy dogs with their clueless owners! We saw so many dogs pulling and pulling on the leash! I really pity the persons walking the dogs...what sore arms they must have had at the end of the day! Also there were quite a number of anxious and stressed out dogs there, probably they are not used to this kind of crowded and noisy environment. The sad thing was, from our observations, we noticed that the owners of these dogs weren't even aware of the conditions of their dogs!

We checked out the 'Freeze-dried raw meat' dog food that I have mentioned in my earlier post. Guess what, the price was incredibly expensive! Their biggest packet 500g cost HKD 250 which makes 2 kg of food after adding water. For Happy's weight, she needs 500-650g of raw meat/meaty bones per day, so their biggest packet will only last her 3-4 meals!!! (Happy eats one meal a day). For 250 HKD, I can feed Happy for half a month with good quality raw meat from the butcher! Talk about being ripped off! -_-

Here's the calculation:

One pkt of freeze-dried = 250 HKD (Exhibition price)

Provides 3 meals for Happy, so one meal is 250 divide 3 = 83.33 HKD per meal per day.

so, for 30 days = 83.33 x 30 = 2500 HKD per month.

For HKD 2500, I can feed Happy for about FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE MONTHS with real wholesome raw meaty bones from the butcher or the supermarket!

pet expo

The 4th Hongkong PETEXPO 2009 is coming! It's on the 31st July-2 Aug. Can't wait to go there to grab some items for Happy. Dog toys such as ropes, balls and even dog snacks are as cheap as HKD 10 at the expo! Good time to stock up for the whole year! hahahaha... See u there!

get ripped off!

D showed me an advertisement on the papers, it was about a NZ company selling freeze-dried raw food for canine. Last year, an Australian company also advertised and started selling their frozen pre-packaged raw meat products for dogs and cats. It's great in a way that people here are being made aware of the benefits of feeding their pets raw meat by these companies. BUT, one thing I am concerned about is that they are being made to pay BIG bucks for all these commercialized pre-packaged raw meat products when they can get raw meat and meaty bones from either the local supermarkets or even the traditional markets here for probably a fraction of the price!! These pre-packaged food usually contained the addition of vegetables and fruits which the dogs can't utilized and the meat and bones are all grounded up... which left nothing for the dogs to chew and clean their teeth with.!!

Anyway, at the end of the day, it is way better to feed their beloved pets EXPENSIVE pre-packaged raw meat products then kibble (pellets of dried dog food filled with grains) or even canned dog food filled with meat by-products, colouring and preservatives!! Who am I to complain? Haha :)
**I might have to stock up on some of these light weight freeze-dried raw meat stuff if ever Happy gets to go camping with us! I think you just have to add water and voila... you get raw meat! Superb for camp trips with your pets!

gosh! weather is so hot!

I wish winter is here sooooon.... I perspired tons of perspiration everyday! I wondered how Happy handle summer with her fur coat on 24/7! God's amazing creation! :)

We went for a dip in Wong Lung Hang dam pool again yesterday, as the weather was super hot. Boy! The pool was pretty crowded for a monday evening, there were a few older men, teenagers and lots of boys! After seeing so many people there, we went to try the North Dragon dam pool instead, but found out that it was not an ideal pool as the accessible site that we tried to enter the water from was all soft soil and sand. My feet sank into it and the soil seemed to give way, not very safe indeed. So, in the end, we swam at the Wong Lung Hang dam pool. I kept Happy leashed almost all the time in the pool (except while she was swimming) as there might be some people there who were afraid of dogs! A few older teenagers appeared to be fascinated by Happy as they kept watching her while she swam. Happy even went over to greet the most handsome one amongst the young men! hahaha She is getting pretty confident in the water, she even dare to plunge/dive into the pool with a huge splash! It looked like she was enjoying herself tremendously! Praise the Lord!

close call!

What's wrong with that dog!!!! Happy was almost attacked by that white dog with black patches again this evening! We left our house to take Happy for a walk, as we were walking to the main road, suddenly that dog charged at us from behind! Thank God D was alert enough to notice it, I was not even aware of it until the dog was almost behind Happy. D had to kick the dog in the muzzle to deter it from advancing any further. Thank God Happy was leashed as it allowed me to quickly pulled her and walked away while D dealt with that dog! The owner of dog wasn't even anywhere in sight!! Sigh! Such irresponsiblity appalled me! I forgot to mention that we almost bumped into this unleashed dog with the owner yesterday, but I was alert enough to avoid it. I heard the owner's voice before we rounded the corner and quickly back-tracked and took a detour to avoid a head on confrontation with that dog. I hate doing this! Lord I leave this matter into your hand, You will deal with it in the best way and Happy is protected and shielded from any harm. Thankyou Lord!

bugs no more

Looks like Frontline Plus took care of the bugs on Happy. She is scratching less & less and is a happy dog! She is sleeping peacefully in our room now, well just for a short while to enjoy the aircondition before we have to chase her out later when we are about to go to bed. Nitey nite!

feedback

Phew! I managed to sew Happy's backpack instead of bringing it to the seamstress. I have it re-tested and it worked fine. Looks like I do not have to spend a bomb getting her the Mountainsmith or Wolfpack Banzai! Thank God!
As of yesterday, she was still being bugged by the bugs! So, I decided to use Frontline Plus on her last night, it was the last resort as I tried to avoid putting these products on her as much as possible. Guess this time round I needed the help! :( I hated seeing her so unsettled scratching away! Let's pray this stuff works!
D told me that Happy passed very loose stool this morning while he took her out for a walk. I wondered if the bugs' bites are causing it? She seemed quite okay this afternoon albeit a little quiet....hmm...

zak zak zak zak..

Happy scratched and scratched for the past two days.... more than usual! I thought it was flea, but it turned out that it was not, but a kind of red-coloured mites. It was on the outer flap of her ears and at the entrance of her ear. It was sucking her blood! I also found two red bumps on her back and a few on her front legs! I think the bumps on her back and legs are from the mosquitoes. Thank God it wasn't flea!! Guess she must have picked up the red-coloured mites from our hike in the mountain two days ago! I tried looking up for information on the mites, but still couldn't identify them. They are neither lice or ear mites or chiggers.... hmm.. puzzled me...

Anyway, I managed to remove all the mites ( only a few of them actually) and gave her a good soapy scrub down. It looked like it worked and she is sleeping peacefully now, gone are all those 'zak, zak, zak' annoying scratching sound! Hahahaha Thank God she has a strong immune system that prevented any serious infestation!