2 weeks with us

My ex-colleague's puppy of 8 months has just passed away last week. His puppy was at the vet for it's regular checkup and he was still fine, nothing was detected until a week later. I can imagine how he feels during this period of time. It passed away due to a internal tick infection. Not sure what is the actual cause of it but it sure sound serious. Hope his current dog can slowly make his sorrows subside.

Here are some updates on Yu Dan.

Have been training Yu Dan 15-20 minutes almost everyday. It is good to start at young age. At his age of 2 months and 2 weeks, he has learn how to sit, hands, down and wait for "OK" sign before he is allowed to consume his meals. Sometimes he just spaced out and ignored commands when you said it but execute it after a few seconds. Sometimes he ignored you completely. HAHA!

Good thing is that he does not bark when we are sleeping anymore as well as when we are away. He was given tough training! Totally ignored by us, not giving him any affection when he barks. :)

Talking about meals, Yu Dan is a fanatic when it comes to food. He will ignore what you are saying or if you are even looking at him. His eyes are just glued to the bowl you are holding while he runs and hops around but he only gets his food if he calms down. He also likes to gulp his food down within seconds like it's his last meal which is not good! Gulping of food will make their stomach bloated due to lots of air intakes that will cause indigestion which may lead to vomiting and gastric problems. Guess I would need to invest in a bowl that makes them eat slower.

For today's meals (before I get Yu Dan a new eating bowl tomorrow), I gave a slight push on Yu Dan to get him away from the bowl after every 2-3 mouths to stop him from gulping. Procedure, push - wait - OK. Four to five times in the process to slow his eating instead of him finishing his food in 3-5 seconds.

Bowls with special designs that have "compartments" can make dogs have their meals slower by obstructing them instead of having a plain bowl that allows their mouth to access the whole bowl.

I have also taught him how to stay outside places where I do not want him to be especially the kitchen. Kitchen is definitely out of bounds for him as it is dangerous for him to be there - knives, hot cooking oil/water etc when we are cooking. But sometimes he could not control himself cause he knows that his food are kept in the kitchen and he got the perception that when we enter the kitchen, there is a possibility of us preparing his food. He would tend to try his luck, stepping in bit by bit while we are not looking and quickly move back if we were to noticed and caught him in action.

Last Wednesday was Yu Dan's first bath after we brought him home. He was so skinny with his furs all damped. He was scared too! Have to distract him with treats during the bathing process.

Some pictures over the weekend.