Just one more thing that Bai needs to master..

Just one more thing that Bailey needs to master and she can be on her own after this! That is to pee and poo at the right place! 

Tried letting her out to sleep freely last night. Failed. Woke up to poo in the living room. She didnt return to the cage to do her business. Haiz! 

She has made pretty good progress. Not biting as much. Or stop when i tell her to. Playing fetch pretty well. Sitting more patiently to wait for her food. She knows to pee and poo when she goes for walk!

Can she just quickly learn how to pee and poo correctly at home?!!!

She melted me!!

I am starting to appreciate Bailey being at the dogsitter. She gets to play all day! With another dog. And Dianne is a doglover, who seems to take good care of Bai. And when i bring her home, she will be totally melting my heart away!!

There was a time, i am really not sure if i can do this all alone! Phew i didnt give up as yet!

The happiness of her when she sees me. How she follows me ard the hse. Its warm. Makes me think of you more. Its good to have bailey around!!

A week with some progress..

I think we can all feel Bailey is growing up! Shes stronger in jumping up and down for sure. 

We made some progress in stopping her from biting. But not without pain and blood. First she was annoyed. She hated it when i said no. I bled twice. And so i read, she doesnt understand how hard shes biting. I am supposed to let out high pitch noise to make her aware. It started to work on the third day. She seemed to know now!! 

She went Dianne's twice. I think its good for her. She totally KO when she gets back. Yeah! 

I thot theres improvement in her walks too. She didnt bite the leash today!! I hope this is truly the sign that shes getting it! 

Overall, bailey seems to be progressing.

Hopefully!!

What a week!!

A roller coaster week..

Started with the first time sending Bailey away on a full day day care. The thought of it made me happy initially. Thinking that she will not be bored to death alone at home. But when handing her over, it was really tough. Seriously. But she sure had a hell of a happy time. Apparently she played nonstop. Till the other dog gv up and shes still at it! I didnt proceed to do it everyday for the week. Cost is one. I am also afraid that she became used to being with other dogs. I cant get another dog for her. 

Then tue, Bailey and Baos together before Baos leave Singapore for a while. It was a hectic night which i will remember every moment of it. Sigh..

I also tried putting her in the toilet using the cage to block her from coming out. Shes a pup thats stronger than a bull! She broke free. And this is what welcomed me when i got home! 

Thur, i tried something else. Extend her cage. It seemed to work a little. At least she has an option. To poo in the cage and sleep outside the cage. Shes definitely growing. She can jump in and out so easily now. 

On Fri, i brot her over to see baos family. She was not too wel behaved. Kept making noise while waiting outside. Haiz. No more bringing her over. Fullstop. 

Then Sat, her first vet visit with me. Omg its strange, she was not afraid at all. All the dogs there were still. Quiet. Bailey juz never kept still. Drove me a bit silly. Ahaha. Vet told me a few things that i must work on. Cannot bring her out for the next two weeks, must stop her biting of fingers or she will grow aggressive by using a firm tone, and need to take note of heart worm and flea prevention. Why is it so diff to have a dog in singapore ah?!!!

The first time i stood firm with my No, she totally got it, but shes also totally so angry abt it. Haiz. So we do have a stubborn and notti kid here!!

Its actually tiring..

It is tiring to look after Bailey all by myself. Many thots come up. To hire a maid. To sell her away. To leave her at daycare. Etcetc. Ahahaa. 

Bringing her to walk is not that easy. Shes still young. Sometimes she wanna play. Sometimes she doesnt want to walk. And most of the time. She didnt poo or pee. Then she will do it at home. Thats my headache. She still nibbles. I must stop her, the vet said. Haiz. 

Was at the vet. Every dog has at least two adults looking after. I must be too ambitious. Is it?

At the vet..

Refusing to move..

Not giving the best i cld, i know..

I know i am definitely not giving the best that i cld for her. In terms of happiness to a pup. At times i am down, at times i am anxious. I am certainly showing it, unknowingly, but realizing it later. 

Today another couple stopped by. They have a beagle too. They told me to gv Bailey a lot of patience. Oh my. Maybe i am really not getting her at the right time. Haiz..

I will try. 

First time day care.

It was hard driving Bailey there alone in the morning. Shes confused, so she wont stop moving around. I had to hold her down with one hand while driving with the other. There was a few moments of danger alright. We did get there. 

The lady was very nice. I immediately felt that Bailey will be ok and she will like Bailey. But seriously, it was hard handing Bailey over to her. Omg! That was unexpected. 

She sent me many updates, including a video of Bailey playing with the other dog. Of course shes happy. And i heard she never stop playing. Even after the other wanna rest, she wouldnt. Deprived. I know. 

When i collected her, back in the car, after being curious for 5min, she went to zzz. Oooo. This must be the very first time. I am glad! 

Am glad now that i have found someone who can truly take care of Bailey if i need to go away. It is costly. But it is worth it, if i have to do it. Bringing up Bailey alone, by myself, is truly tough. Seriously. 

First time cutting nail and coming home with no cleaning needed

Bailey was more guai today. For most of the walk we did today. She walked most of the walk i wanted her to do. She poo'ed it all out towards the end. The only problem came after shes all done with poo'ing, she starts to get super notti again. Haiz. 

I tried cutting her nails today. It works. All in all, shes really quite ok i think. She doesnt understand why she shld not bite. I think biting is her way of showing affection. She likes to stay with me. Its pretty clear. Whenever she can, she wanna come over and follow me ard. Frankly this is strange to me. Hopefully she will grow out of it. 

And of course i bought her more toy again. Ooops. 

People living around..

For the past one week, i must have spoken to more neighbours than i have ever did for the past >15yr staying here. People are friendly. But i dun really like to engage and i will just get away most of the time. Everytime actually. Now with this too friendly pup in town, i cant turn away. Do i enjoy it? Not really actually. But do i have a choice? Not really too. Humph..

And she is certainly making me walk everywhere.. And looking at this neighbourhood at different angles. 

No more 12hr at home constraint alone!

No more leaving her at home alone and most importantly in the cage, constraint. My biggest worry, is that shes in that cage thats so smelly with her poop, she would rather eat them away, so that she can rest without them ard. 

So i am going to put her into pet day care. There are pets owners out there offering such service. Not bad is it! It does cost a bomb. Abt $150 per week. I shall see. Hopefully she gets better trained, grows up fast and i can leave her home by herself soon!! 

She seems to know..

While shes juz a baby, still a puppy, and she will find all means to defy every instructions given, as long as it means reducing fun for her, but for the second time, when i cried, she seemed to know it. 

Just now, She let out a strange bark and started staring at me. And when i finally calm down and let her out, she didnt run around but let me pat her and pat her and pat her. Its unusual. Because usually, she will wanna play and wanna nibble me. 

Is she growing up?!!!

Sometimes i think shes seriously not growing up! Each day, she seems to get naughtier than yesterday! 

One whole hour downstairs, and she refused to poo and hardly pee! She ran a lot though. Sometimes drive me crazy a little! Could single parent bringing her up be a task too difficult for me?!! Haiz.. 

Runrunrun!

I can feel this notti kid is growing up. For the first time today, she ran ran ran! 

Actually it was lovely to see these two ran!! 

Going down for walks..

Looks like shes getting more and more used to wanna go down for walks! She used to be kinda shy and i had to drag her out of the hse, into the lift. Tonight, for the first time, she was dashing out, running into the lift, and dragging us to the patches. Or maybe it was bcos, both bao and mao were ard to bring her out! 

We had fun, running up and down with her. I think she enjoyed it too. Pretty amazing. 

I'll wait for ur return, and we shall run further with bailey together! :))

A rough day...

It was a rough day today, or night rather. I came home late, as I had dinner apptm. Not sure how the helper fed her, but she sure did. Hopefully, she did treat her well.

When I let her out for her usual run around, she was totally OOC (out of control). Running all around. It was still ok, I guessed, and I let her be, while I went for my shower. When I got back out, ooops, Sally didnt place the papers properly, and this notti Bailey was starting to chew the dirty papers on her pee pan! Luckily, I was in time to stop her, else it would have been a disaster. 

And then she started to nibble me nonstop. This time, when I beat her with my hand, she got angry, and started to bite me back. Truly bite, and not nibble. I guess the stubbornness of beagle is showing its true color.

So we had a real rough time. Put her back, scolded her. After a long while, took her out again, and she didnt forget and continue to really bite me! OMG! I was furious. Put her back, and then she poo'ed. Now I am not sure, if she was just frustrated that I beat her with my palm, or she actually wanted to poo, to go downstairs to poo, but not sure why this person who came back late, was not doing so. I think, end of the day, it is always the human that screws things up.

But the problem is, she doesnt understand. And it was almost impossible to make her forget my palm is not to beat her. When asked her to play ball, she got the ball, but refused to bring it over. Real angry girl ah! Too much of a character, is it?

Put her back in, and started to pack up to get ready for bed. She was of course frustrated, and wanted to get out again. But, I must say, she knew it was bedtime. Only nao gai for a short while, and when she saw that I have off the lights and moved in, she quiet down. 

I still do not know if I will truly be a good pal to her. How much committed time can I give her, alone? While she is a delight to look at, it is certainly not un-tiring to do it alone. Especially when I do feel really bad at times, really down. At a time when i am on ghe verge of giving up myself, its probably irresponsible to get her in. Can i plough through? No end in sight, no path at sight. I guess I will know soon.

After about 45min, when I got back out again, started to pat her with the very palm that beat her, she seemed to be better off now. Simmered down ah, perhaps. No more biting. 

I hope that she will finally learn no biting, and pee at the pee pen, very very soon. It is so tiring to always clean after her. -- Bailey's maid speaking here..

Finally got the cam up too. Frankly. Truly worried that shes eating her own poop! Hopefully i can monitor her easily now. 

Bringing her home..

03 Sep: Bringing her home was a breeze. Something that was totally unexpected. We were worried that she may throw up in the car, pee'ed, or just scared. None of the above. But continued to be super excited. And it was the first time we understood how she shed. Bao ended up with her fur all over her tee. 

She doesnt seem to be afraid of anything. Quite a headache, to just hold her down.

Nonetheless, we got home safe and sound. 

When we first saw u..

27 Aug: It was accidental that bao bumped into her friend's liked petshop page and saw some cute photos of beagle. Beagle was never part of the consideration before. We were only thinking of corgi. But cld never find a reasonably priced one! We decided to check out this petshop!

28 Aug: and so two silly girls went down to Macpherson to check it out. You sure caught our eyes. So happy and active when we walked in. In fact you were the only one who seemed to be very much alive. We had to make two trips, to get the price right and to make sure we double triple thought about it. And so, this day, we placed order on you, a three-mth old beagle, born on 1 Jun 2016!

A little excited. And also a little worried.. Can i manage and love u enuf?