Who is she?
Is she Princess Leia from Star Wars?
Is she Yoda, the Jeidi Master from Star Wars?
Or is she Chun-Li from Streetfighter?
For the sake of my Chinese-speaking parents, Amber has a Chinese name. She is known affectionately as '安安' by my parents. It's a direct translation from her English name. I wanted to call her '安贝' meaning safe and precious. Thought that double-sounding names sound nice for a girl too :)
So here's Amber-安安-安贝-Jeidi Master-Chun-Li-Princess Leia-Zhuzhu(cos she sleeps so much!)... She must be having an identity crisis now! Haha... :D
A Crazy Life!
I saw this along Robinson Road one day and couldn't resist taking a picture...
Have the courage to live a CRAZY LIFE! :)
When Amber is not sleeping...
When Amber is not sleeping, she is a very busy dog!
She tries to figure out how to blog...
Amber: Yeah... or you will keep saying bad things about me! Bark!
She keeps her 'best friend' company...
She stares into the mirror thinking about how pretty she is!
Amber: Oh gosh! Is that a pimple on my nose?
She learns to be ladylike by sitting cross-legged.
Amber: I am a girl so I must sit properly!
She squeezes herself between the panel and hides in the corner cos she wants to be near the rabbits but doesn't know how to get out! She scared me to death when she carried out this stunt that day cos I shouted for her and looked everywhere but couldn't find her!
Amber: Help me please! ( Just look at her pathetic look...)
She sits under the table to chew her bone.
She learns to squint her eyes like me cos I can't see clearly... but...
.... she ended up cross-eyed instead! Haha... :)
She squeezes herself between my knee and the table cos she wants me to 'sayang' her!
Amber: Sayang please... :)
Funny Amber! :)
Like a Baby!
I am nice and warm in my air-con room! Good night :)
My Bed!
Ya... remember I said that Amber peed on her bed yesterday? I took it to wash in the middle of the night. It was dripping wet so I had to leave it in the bath tub overnight as it was dripping everywhere. This morning, Amber woke up, carried her fave bone around looking for her bed. She likes chewing on her bone in her own bed. But she couldn't find it! She looked really lost.
I suddenly remembered about the bed so I went into the toilet, took it out and immediately she wagged her tail! You can almost imagine her saying, " MY BED!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
Bed: You peed on me last night, you 'bodoh'? Remember? Now I am all wet! :(
Once I have laid it to dry by my window, she has been guarding it closely eversince! She is sleeping near it, refusing to move even though I am in the living room typing all this! Geez... serve you right for peeing on it!
Amber: Why are you there on the window, my dearest bed? I hope you dry soon and I promise I won't pee on you again!
Bed: You better! Argh!
Funny Amber...
Amber has been with me for 2 months already! Time really flies! She's brought a lot of laughter into my life with all the funny things she has done. She hops like a rabbit happily when I come home as she hasn't seen me for a long time! It's really funny!
Here's Amber enjoying the air-con and sleeping on the floor...
Then she slowly closes her eyes...
... flops to her left and sleeps!
Amber likes to play hide-and-seek during her free time... Can you see where she is? ;)
That's her... dreaming that she is Super Dog with her outstretched legs!
She loves to lean against anything when she has nothing to do... just anything... as long as it is comfortable!
This is another picture of her trying to lean on the coffee table to sleep...
A very nice and peaceful picture of her sleeping again... I thought she looks beautiful here :) You may not hear it... but she was snoring at that time in this pose! Haha...
This was her last weekend. Gave me a scare cos one moment she was fine and the next moment she was scratching herself till her face went all swollen and puffy! Notice how swollen her face looks! Look at the puffy eyes! Those eye bags! This was taken after she had an injection at the vet. It was worse before that! You can hardly see her eyes then!
Recently, she has been pee-ing all over the place when before, her toilet habits were perfect. Still wondering what the problem is... She just peed on her new bed! Argh! Will need to teach her all over again. Other than that, she's a fine and happy girl! Despite her toilet habits, I still think she's a very nice and adorable dog... ;)
Introducing Amber...
Amber is a beagle which I helped to rescue about a week ago. I received a sms from A last Friday evening about some beagles being given up and they needed a home. I thought... why not? So off I went on a Saturday afternoon with my brother and sis-in-law...
It was an experience never to forget. A hot day too cos we were all perspiring like crazy. We managed to see the beagle and decided that we wanted her because of her quiet temperament. So off we went again to the vet...
She was surprisingly good in the car. Once in a while, she would try to lie down in the dog bag which my bro had for her. Although she didn't walk very well on the leash, she seemed to know it when we said 'no' to her if she couldn't do something. This was something that I later found out that she learnt very quickly which also made her a very lovable dog.
Amber: Hi! I am Amber. This is my 1st time in a car! See how long my tongue is! Hehe...
Amber: Oh I am shy... you know... :) Stop taking pics of me!
Amber: But I think I better make sure my foster uncle and aunt drives me to the correct vet! I only want to see Dr Heng!
Getting her home was the only the beginning. There were many adjustments to be made. I had to prepare quite a lot of stuff for her. She wasn't paper-trained so there was a lot of cleaning up to do. I wasn't quite ready for it. But learnt how to manage. I also fell sick the past week. Am still ill but I still had to take care of her and the rabbits too. It was indeed a very challenging week for me. I had to clear a lot of work as I was on MC for a day and on top of that, I had to come home to 5 babies who needed my constant care and attention, I was very tired... and overwhelmed...
Luckily for me, Amber adapted to life at my home very quickly. The first day she was here, she was pacing up and down the entire night, probably not used to the large space. After she had settled down, she was sleeping and eating well and looked forward to all the pats I could give her. She seemed to know that sometimes I needed to be left alone to finish up my work or I'd become cranky and she gave me the space to do so. She was not demanding at all. The only time when she wanted attention was when she would nudge me with her big, wet nose on my knee as if saying... Hey Workaholic! I am still around... :)
Do you know that she's even afraid of my bunnies the first few days? She didn't know how to react to them the first few days she was around. Gradually, she got used to them, occasionally sniffing them and my rabbits were not even scared of her! This is funny! Maybe they all knew and sensed that they have been abandoned once before so... as the saying goes... let's live and let live...
Amber: Am I cute? :)
Amber: I think I am going to get angry if you take more pics of me... Grrr!!!
Amber: Oh... life is good... from now on... :)
Amber: My favourite lying down position... yea... :)
I am still not sure if I would be keeping her for good as I missed my rabbits. I am still not sure if I can manage Amber and the bunnies running around in the living room. I missed having my rabbits run around the living room. Taking care of a dog is certainly not easy but luckily for me, Amber is such a good dog that even for a first-time dog owner like me, I was able to feel like life is still the same after a week. Needed some adjustments and getting used to them all...
So... meanwhile, Amber is still here till I make up my mind or a better home comes along.
She certainly deserves a good life from now on.
Period.
We were just not meant to be....
Dear Panda,
It's really a coincidence that I found you in the dogs' blogs one day. I remembered how crazy I went during the March hols reading all about dogs with blogs. I read about you and Ode and how he helped to take care of you. I didn't know Ode's parents were fostering you then until I clicked on Barn2's blog and happened to see the link Homeless in Seletar , clicked on it and saw you and recognised you from Ode's blog and that was how I realised that you were up for adoption!
I started to read more about you. Your fosterers had nothing but praises for you. Your mild and gentle temperament made me convinced that you were the dog for me. You know you will have rabbits kor-kor and jie-jie to live with but I trust that you would be gentle with them.
My apprehension and indecisiveness made me lose you. After all, I was going to be a first time dog owner and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to provide you with your needs. It wouldn't be fair to you if I short change you. But then again, I thought about how happy I was going to be with you... I thought about how we would go for walks in the evening and I would walk with you to visit Uncle Chris at his pet shop. We would choose your toys together and walk back home together. I imagined myself going for walks with you and how proud I would be of you cos you are such a lovely and well-behaved girl. I know how you would help me to keep fit cos I would have to accompany you on all those walks. Now I don't exercise cos I would be so tired at the end of the day but with you around, I know I would be motivated to do it. I imagined all those nice evenings where I can laze around with you sitting on my right and Roger-kor kor and Gracie-jie jie on my left. We would watch TV together and spend those nice quiet evenings happily...
Do you know that you look like your Roger gor-gor? He also has markings like you in his eyes and when I first picked him up at a park, I nearly named him Panda too? What a coincidence it was, don't you agree?
Now that someone else has adopted you, I am sad but also happy for you. I know where you have come from and how much you have suffered cos my rabbits went through the exact same experience as you. All of you deserve to be loved by someone for the rest of your lives.
So, Panda, live a great life from now on, love and treasure what you have from now on and laugh everyday with your beautiful heart... you may not know me but you will always remain in a special place in my heart... :)
Photo taken by Panda's fosterer, A.
Thanks A for keeping me updated about her :)
Updates...
Creme jumped up the box by herself and stood there staring right at me when I went into their room. It was such a hiliarious sight cos she didn't know how to get down...
It took some time for her to figure out how to do it. But she finally did. Considering that she had a hip dislocation 2 years ago, she still loved hopping and jumping everywhere!
The hay lover= Baby! Look at how his lil' head had dug a hole in the hay rack! He must be really hungry!
Silly roger looking like a girl... haha...
My favourite dessert at Crystal Jade at Holland V. Nice and refreshing!
The mixed rice I ate... Very healthy and I couldn't finish it! The food was okay. My friend and I ordered pork ribs after that but it came with a strand of hair! I am feeling nauseous all over again even when I am typing this right now! EEEWWWW...
Is she Princess Leia from Star Wars?
Is she Yoda, the Jeidi Master from Star Wars?
