Just the two of us.

Picture post!! (I'll be doing lots of them since EOY exams are really near!!)

Picture post!

I'm not that huge!!

Below is a picture of mommy and me! Well, I don't actually look THAT big, like everyone thinks I am (it's the end of our conversation if you think I'm some mini lassie). Get your facts right!! I'm not a dwarf collie or some "designer" breed of dog, I'm a SHETLAND SHEEPDOG!!! And proud of it!!

Anyway I'll be taking a vacation from blogging because Mommy's end-of-year examinations are already starting next week!! That means shorter walkies for me too :( But on the bright side, I might still come on, so I'm not 100% away! :)

~Rico

New toy!!!

My new toy!!! The bone!!! Mommy bought it for me while she went shopping. I was kind of excited because it didn't look anything like my old chewy keys which mommy thought looked kinda disgusting already.

And it's my first new toy since Mr. Snort. from my 6 month old birthday!!! Off to enjoy my toy!!

~Rico

Mid Autumn Festival

Today's mid autumn festival and Singapore!!! And guess what I got as a "present"? I finally got that disgusting cone of shame of me!!! Whoopee!!

Haha I am just so happy and angry!!! Why am I angry? Well, mommy and her friends are out eating their mooncakes in school, I have to wait at home instead. What nonsense is this!!

Wordless Wednesday #4

Sterilisation day 5

Whee! I'm back. Yes it is me, Rico! :D I'm finally well and jumping about so much that Mommy can't keep me still ;) But she gets nasty when she wants me to stay still by snapping at me sometimes, and of course, being the smart dog, I tone down a bit. I know my limits!!

So anyway Mommy took some shots (well the first one was candid) of me!

I'm so happy I got my blogging rights back!

P.S. I don't tinkle like the way I did in the previous post anymore. Don't believe Mommy! Trust her to put that here!

~Rico

Sterilisation

Yes, I'll be posting this for Rico today :)

On Thursday morning, we sent our little sheltie to the vet's to get sterilised, and was awaiting his return at around 8 at night.

But the vet rang us up at around 6, telling us that the little prince had a successful surgery (which of course calmed me down), but he had to stay overnight because his swelling was quite bad and they wanted to keep him for observation, and I eventually spent the night worrying about my Rico.

But the vet assured us we could bring him home the next day at 12 noon, and I immediately rushed home after band to bring my boy home. At around 2 we picked him up, and I was shocked to see the state he was in. He looked so limp and tired, and his wound didn't look very good either. They gave us lots of medication, and I had to write them down on a little card to remember the instructions, haha!

But I have to say, I am glad my little boy is doing well now :)

He was pretty groggy at first, and kept whining because he didn't want the e-collar on, but somehow he kept quiet and just lay his head down to rest or sit down. He didn't move much, but he did try his best to walk to greet my dad at the door when he came home :) What intrigued me the most was Rico's way of telling us he was going to tinkle. He sat on his pee tray for a long while, and then when we weren't looking, he started to go to his toilet, which I saw after I turned back.

I'm happy that Rico still managed to remember where to go potty even in his zombie like state! :) He had a good early dinner, some apples and water so I guess it wasn't surprising his amount of wee could soak through the very thick (about 6 pieces) pile of newspapers we put on his tray HAHA. He ate his tablet without whining, spitting or throwing it up too :D

He started getting better at night, and he could RUN and BARK at the other dogs outside, which of course proved that he was definitely on his way to recovery LOL. And we're gonna clean up his wound once he wakes up from his nap! We hope he'll get better with each coming day! :

~Carol

Wordless Wednesday #3

Collars!

Actually this is a delayed -action post. Mommy was supposed to post this like a millennium ago!! So they're not very new anymore :( What am I talking about? My (not so) "new" collars of course!

The yellow one is a hand made one by one of mommy's friends. It has musical notes on it! Now I have a musical thing too, a musical collar! :D

This one's my new collar from my breeder (she was really nice to give it to mommy brand-new) :) It's pretty worn now actually, because mommy likes using this one for our usual outings!

I think it's a lot better than my old tiny little collar!

Aren't they nice?

And of course they look nice on me! *flicks head* I'm a handsome spokesperson! If you need to endorse any of your products, call me!

~Rico

24/7 ever and always handsome sheltie

P.S. I was kidding about the endorsement, haha!

When life gives you Ricottas, treasure them!

Apparently Mommy has realized how important I was to her after one very unfortunate incident in ECP that had already passed, but left a mark in her heart. Well, I'm not saying she doesn't love me (of course she does!), but apparently people only know how to treasure them properly through loss, especially her, according to what she said.

Mommy tells me that we will go through life together, no matter what happens, and I'll always be the best and most important sheltie to her and in her life *flashes smile*. Life's not about fights and winning, but how to live it. It's just like playing agility, it's not about winning, it's about having fun.We'll have our ups and downs like faults, but we can always try and try again. People try, people fail, people try, people fail. But you ONLY FAIL when YOU give up on YOURSELF. Don't let people change you, but always try to accept their criticisms, be yourself, and have fun!

"Made a wrong turn, Once or twice
Dug my way out, Blood and fire
Bad decisions, That's alright
Welcome to my silly life

Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss "no way, it's all good", It didn't slow me down
Mistaken, Always second guessing
Under estimated, Look, I'm still around

Pretty, pretty please
Don't you ever, ever feel
Like your less than perfect.
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You're perfect to me."

-Pink

~Rico

Rico, you'll always be perfect to me! <3