Please meet the bushy Wow Wow, a new member in our family.
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| Wow wow, a name given to her by Cedric. |
When I first met her, she was in terrible shape. Anxious, skinny, hairless, deep wound on one of her leg.
She used to be a stray, roamed about Subang area. One fine day, a kind rescuer Mandy spotted her wounded leg from afar, and her life has changed 360deg ever since.
Mandy, who was an avid dog lover and rescuer, took her to a veterinarian clinic for treatment. Apparently Wow Wow was hit by a car and lost her toes and most part of her paw on one of her leg. She was also carrying an oversize dead fetus in her womb. She was then treated for her wound, had her dead fetus removed, and neutered for good.
Mandy then posted Wow wow's story on the facebook, looking for someone to foster her until she recovers and is fit for adoption. That was how we met.
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| Wow wow many months ago, when her resuer Mandy Chee first found her on the street. |
Wow wow was fostered in our home for a few months before we decided to adopt her. Initially hubby had a lot of concerns in adopting a dog. He thought it was not a good time to have a dog since Cedric was still young and needed a lot of attention. We do not even have enough time for ourselves, let alone to take care of another being. Furthermore, we live in a terrace house without much land area for dog to roam, which might not be suitable for dog keeping. But I guess Wow wow sensed our doubts, and tried to show us that she really wanted to stay. There was once she escaped from the backyard (where we usually keep her), only to be found at our front car porch the next morning. And the rest is history...
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| Favourite evening walk |
She is an extremely smart and opinionated dog. Picky eater too. She dislikes doggie biscuits very much, and to show her disliking, she would cover her bowl of biscuits with a towel, and of course refuse to eat. She can go whole day without biscuit, but when she sees us having dinner, she would immediately wag her tails and come to sit under our chair waiting for a few bites of the "real" food treats. Mandy told me she used to survive on leftover "chap fan" when she was a stray, but now...she has official joined Terrance and Cedric's picky eater club.
Boiled chicken breasts - Yay!
Doggie biscuits....Nay...
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| Looking miserable when chained |
From a quiet cage dweller when we first fostered her, she decided that she needed an accommodation upgrade a week later. She would cry out loud for a long long time and bang the cage aggressively if we put her into the cage. We got her message, so no more cage.
We then leashed her with a long chain and allowed her some freedom to roam about the backyard while waiting for her leg to heal. That only managed to keep her happy for a short few weeks, after which she refused to be chained. So we unchained her, and the backyard was all hers to explore.
Unleashed for a few weeks, finally she decided that she belongs indoor and she wanted to be an indoor dog very badly. Same old tricks - crying out loud, scratching and banging the door demanded to be in. Her tricks worked, again, and now she is happily sleeping in my living room enjoying air-con and watching TV.
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She has been quite a good girl ever since we allowed her to be indoor. Except a few accidents, where she peed on Cedric's play mat, presented me with a broken door mat, a few holes on my cardigan, and the scattered rubbish at the kitchen every morning.
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| My mouth is itchy...yum yum... |
I realized to keep a dog is like having another baby. A lot of responsibility and patience needed, but the reward is unconditional love and affection.
We are still trying to adapt to each other's needs and habits, it may take some time for the both the human and dog to adjust and to learn, but I am sure eventually we will find a way to live happily and peacefully together.
Welcome on board Wow Wow! Now you have a place called home, where you will be safe and sound, and away from pain and suffering.
