We are Kong fans over here, and already own the Kong Extreme (for tough chewers) and the Kong Genius Leo (which, by the way, makes my dog look stupid :P)
So I was pretty happy to see the Kong Satellite toy in the parcel sent by Earnest Mutts Online Store to Donna.
Today, let’s talk about us potentially replacing Donna’s anodised aluminium pet tags with stainless steel ones.
And also what information might be best to put on the new tag for a dog in Singapore. ;)
Donna’s Gotcha Day was in Januaury. This post is way overdue, but life happens. :P So anyhoo~
I really love the food at Donna’s Adoption Day Party, of course. Or I wouldn’t have ordered them.
I’m not in the business of telling people what they should or should not be buying. LOL. I’m sure you can make up your own minds. That said, I sometimes do like to pore over magazines and online stores just to see what’s available out there.
And because of the tremendous support from the sponsors of our Dogs of Instagram SG Christmas Party as well as weliveinaflat.com, I thought it would be fun to just take a closer look at their wares, and present to you some top picks for your consideration, if you are Christmas shopping. :P
So here goes 12 items to take you through the 12 days of Xmas, heehee :P
Products on the left for dog and on the right for humans ;)
Check out my Foobler review here. And my Pet Pillow photos here.
Now I know my dog is greedy but I also want to make sure she eats well.
But if you’re looking to indulge dog this Christmas season, here’s my pick of some interesting novelty foods from our favourite dog treat and bakery shops online. Perhaps something will appeal. Who knows? :P
Christmas Liver Brownies | 2 for $10.80
Ingredients: Beef Liver, Pumpkin, Coconut oil, Flaxseed, Potato, Capsicums.
Final date for last order: 17 Dec
Order here
Turkey and Cranberry Canes | 100g for $14.00 or estimated 20 canes per bag (although it can vary)
Ingredients: Oat flour, turkey, egg, cranberries
Final date for last order: 22 Dec
Order here
Salmon Jar Cake | 160-170g Jar Cake for $11.80
Ingredients: Salmon, Beetroot, Spirulina, Potato, Organic Brown Rice, Egg, Organic Milk
Final date for last order: 20 Dec
Order here (10% of our sales proceeds to Causes for Animals Singapore)
Antibiotic-free dehydrated turkey Christmas favours | 30g for $10.00
Ingredients (Turkey Jerky Sticks): Turkey, Organic Manuka honey, Wolfberries
Ingredients (Turkey Crispy Chips): Turkey, Organic Manuka honey
Final date for last order: while stocks last, please order three days in advance
Order here
Duck Confit | 250g frozen packed meal for $7
Ingredients: Sauté of tender duck breast and served with a side of puréed watercress, yellow zucchini and purple sweet potato. Contains 75% meat and is completely grain free.
Final date for last order: 15 Dec
Call Wagging Rights at 64470335 or message 90066107 to place your order. Or make your own following this recipe.
Snowman Pupcake | 2 for $9
Ingredients: Fresh Minced Pork, Dried Parsley Flakes, Egg, Rosemary, Carrot, Potato & Organic Pumpkin Seed
Final date for last order: 23 Dec
Order here
Have a lip smacking, nose licking Christmas to all our pup friends! :D And if you want to share some with the shelter dogs…
Donate Meatloaves or probiotics to the shelters, and The Barkery will make the deliveries on your behalf. 25% of the sales will be donated to the shelters.
[Sponsored] The PIB Plush featured in this photo post is kindly gifted by petsinbootz.com We are not paid to tell you more about our personalised Donna PIB Plush, but the human does get to keep the Donna PIB Plush for snuggling purposes, since Donna doesn’t like to snuggle. HAHAHA!
Meet Donna-pillow, a personalised pillow Petsinbootz made for the human so I’ll always have a smiley, huggable Donna nearby in the flat. Haha!
Whaddya mean I’m not smiley? says Donna, that’s me smiling on the pillow. That’s proof!!
Donna-plush is great to chill out with. She is low-maintenance and doesn’t squirm when you want to hug her. Donna, well as you can see, she likes to keep some personal space around her. HAHAHAHA!
Donna-plush also makes a great breakfast companion. She totally doesn’t think that all human food is meant for her.
nom, nom, nom… I’m busy human. Photos later.
Donna of course thinks so.
I’m still hungry human. Can I eat Donna-plush’s food too???
Of course, nothing can replace real life Donna.
I win, says Donna. I can do stuff that Donna-plush can’t do. See. Donna plush can’t pet me on the head, but I can totally dominate pet Donna-plush on the head. ;)
But two is of course, better than one. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (especially since #2 doesn’t require additional baths, nail-cutting nor begs endlessly for food or expects you to play fetch every hour of the day. :P)
Get $5 off your personalised PIB Plush at petsinbootz.com when you key in this discount code – 14WLF1230. Expires 31 Dec 2014.
1. Petsinbootz offers pillows customised with your pet’s photos, with your choice of fabric pattern/colour for the back of the pillow. Prices range from SGD$55-$85 depending on the size and choice of fabric for the back.
2. Not every customer is a Photoshop hero, that’s why Petsinbootz can help to crop your pet out of the photo for printing on the white background. The image processing work includes cropping the pet, and other enhancements such as red eye removal, repairing blurred areas and light adjustments. For Donna’s PIB Plush I got to review the processed photo before they sent it for printing. The pillow is then sewed and put together by petsinbootz’s seamstress. You can expect to get your order in 8-10 working days upon approval of the photo.
3. To get the best results, shoot your photo in natural lighting in order to avoid cast shadows across your pet. Right before sunset is a good time to catch great natural lighting, making for a well lit face and warm fur color.
4. Eighty percent of petsinbootz PIB plush is customised with dog photos. Customers prefer to send in photos where their dogs are sitted. Besides dog photos, petsinbootz also gets cat, rabbits and even hamster photos.
5. Donna doesn’t get to chill out with her doppelganger much since the human worries Donna will start giving Donna-plush the kill shake once they get too familiar with each other. *Oops* The PIB plush is a customised pillow for the pet-loving human. It is printed with non-toxic ink but is not made for the pet. :P
Get $5 off all Petsinbootz plushes when you enter this discount code – 14WLF1230.
Expires 31 Dec 2014.
[Media invite event] Donna and I were invited to Wagging Rights’ official launch and media party to check out Wagging Rights’ Daycare, Grooming and Gourmet food products for dogs. I thought it’s a good time to share some of the things we have considered when it comes to feeding Donna over the last two years ;) Opinions are my own. We are not paid but Donna gets to try out Wagging Rights’ products and services for free.
So many diets for dogs out there – dry, canned, dehydrated, raw and for some even vegan or vegetarian.
No judgement here over at weliveinaflat.com. There are actually some dogs that cannot take high protein diets and some dogs with the strangest allergies, like have you heard about this dog who is actually allergic to humans? So it’s really up to the individual pet parent to figure out what works best for their dog. And for their lifestyle.
In my case, over the last two years I have read my fair share of what’s good and bad about each of these different types of commercial or home-made dog food out there. There is no perfect diet because there are just too many variables involved in the production process for both commercial and home-made food. I don’t let people tell me otherwise, haha :P
I did and am still updating myself extensively on raw diets. Like did you know feeding chicken necks too regularly can possibly increase the chances of a dog developing hyperthyroidism even if it is a rare condition among dogs?
And that even though raw feeders enthuse about feeding raw bones to their dog for teeth cleaning benefits, etc, a raw bone can cause internal injuries to a dog like in Mort’s case over here.
Of course, that doesn’t mean a raw diet is a bad choice. Many would say it’s a good choice for their dogs. It just means that a balanced raw diet that comprise boneless cuts with raw ground bones will make me feel so much safer when it comes to feeding Donna.
And there we have another problem. When we were at Wagging Rights – dog daycare, grooming and gourmet food – for their opening launch, owner Luyi Ong said in her presentation that when they started sourcing fresh food for their gourmet dog food products, they could not find a supplier for raw ground bone in Singapore.
Honestly, I’m not the only one hesitant about starting Donna on a home-made raw diet over here because of the perceived challenges. Commercial raw diets are costly and since I’m not a dog nutritionist, I wouldn’t trust myself making home-made raw or cooked food for my dog. (Yes, even after spending much time reading up on the topic! Haha!).
Sam Forest Loo Lim can’t wait for Wagging Rights owner Lu-Yi Ong to start with the food demonstration at the media party! :P
So when we heard that Wagging Rights sells fresh food for dogs, I was of course interested to find out more.
The meals prepared at Wagging Rights comprise human-grade meat (60% for regular recipes and 75% in the grain-free and raw versions). Fresh fruit and vegetables like carrots, pumpkin, peas, Chinese cabbage, courgettes, cantaloupe, pear and blueberries on top of supplements such as calcium phosphate, vitamin D, zinc are being added to the meat and then frozen – sans any preservative.
– Wagging Rights press release
Sounds good in writing, but how do I really know that besides the high protein content, it does supply all the necessary nutrients and minerals, etc that Donna needs?
I asked and was definitely pleased to learn from Wagging Rights that their “recipes are derived from recipes created by a Nutritionist with strict adherence to quantities and quality. We are also in the process of getting batch samples to labs for analysis.”
On the menu are four appetite-whetting recipes: Chicken Terrine, Posh Pulled Pork, Sunday Roast Beef and Shepherd’s Lamb Stew—all of which come in grain-free formulas.
Now the thing about the grain-free label on the commercial dog food that we buy, if you were to study this table by slimdoggy.com who analysed the food in his dog food database is that they aren’t exactly low in carbohydrates.
Slimdoggy’s database covers over 3000 pet food and treats, including some common brands that we can find in Singapore.
“…dog and cat owners are becoming more aware that their pet’s bodies were meant to digest foods high in protein and fat,” says Slimdoggy in his article Worst Reasons to Choose a Dog Food: Grain Free, “The mistake they are making is equating grain free with low carb… It turns out that while grain free foods are slightly lower in carbs (and higher in protein and fat) than non-grain free foods, the difference is not very large. The average grain free dog food still contains a higher carb content than protein content. That seems counter intuitive.”
So you can see why I would appreciate Wagging Rights’ recipes which they report as comprising 60-75% meat (protein and fat). Even the non-grain free versions at 60% meat appear to possibly comprise higher percentages of protein and fat compared to the average commercial grain free dog food based on slimdoggy’s chart. :P (note: this is a very simplified comparison considering Wagging Rights’ food are pending lab analysis so bear with me :P heehee. )
…we buy whole meat pieces. We mince the meat ourselves to ensure quality and fat content. Raw food is prepared in extremely small quantities and is only available with prior notice of 3 days. This ensures that we never keep meat in unhealthy temperatures to allow bacteria growth. The small quantities also allow us to freeze quicker and thus reduce rate of bacteria growth. Of course, all raw food is handled with gloved hands and stainless steel utensils. Equipment is always disinfected after use regardless of whether the meat is for cooked or raw.
– email response from Wagging Rights about food
During the food demo, we were given the choice of meat as well as 2-3 toppings such as pumpkin, carrot, with Wagging Rights’ powdered supplement to ensure it is complete and balanced.
Lu-Yi cooked it and then we put Donna to the test!
Donna ate so fast her face is a blur. LOL. Passed!
Donna doesn’t have any known food allergies. That makes it easy for us to rotate the brands Donna gets for her dry food and canned food. We also feed her different types and cuts of boiled, dehydrated meat regularly, especially when we are training. Rotating foods from different brands and different sources ensures that Donna gets a variety of nutrients and a more complete and balanced diet in the long term.
Rotation feeding is really all about variety. It’s a holistic and nutritional philosophy that offers your pet a dietary alternative — varying both food proteins (chicken, beef, lamb, etc.) and food forms (raw, frozen, wet, dry, etc)…
Many pet foods on the market are designed to be complete and balanced. However, food ingredients each have a unique nutritional profile. Components such as amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids can be found in different quantities, depending on the type of food. By combining specific complete diets, rotation feeding allows your pet to experience the benefits of two or more foods.
– Rotation feeding for pets | related: Diet rotation for dogs
And given Donna likes the food at Wagging Rights, it’s probably easy for us to slip their 200 gram food portions into the rotation.
A sample of the ingredients list on Wagging Rights’ pamphlet. I do like how the first three ingredients are lamb and lamb organs followed by vegetables and fruits. The carbohydrate, in this case brown rice is towards the end of the list.
The food is sold in 5kg bags which are then split into 200gm portions for easier feeding. The food comes frozen and it is our recommendation that it is not heated in order to maintain optimum probiotic quality. You are meant to thaw the food in the fridge before serving. Kept frozen the food can be kept in the freezer for 2 months. Once thawed it should be consumed within 2-3 days.
– response via email by Wagging rights
That makes 25 portions of food in each 5kg bag. Wagging Rights said food prices differ by recipe but it starts at $60 for the Regular Recipe Chicken Terrine. Grain Free recipes start at $85 for 5 kg.
That makes it rather comparable to the price of canned food which can range from $4.90 – $6.50 for each can of around 360g, depending on brand.
Donna looks at a ribbon in the air as she sits in front of Wagging Rights’ signature blue storefront. Actually, she just wants to go back in there for more food, haha!
Considering Wagging Rights’ very pleasant interior decor, I asked if we may bring Donna over for a meal sometimes. :P
Unfortuntely, Wagging Rights says they have no plan for a cafe for now. They don’t cook at the shop. You need to order with at least three days notice for the food to be prepared if you have specific requests. Customers can call or go to the shop to purchase, but Wagging Rights will also deliver for purchases above $75.
You can also try out this free Duck confit recipe from Wagging Rights on esquiresingapore.com.
Wagging Rights can be found at:
Address| 337 Joo Chiat Road [map]
Tel| 6447 0335.
Operating hours| 9am-6pm
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[Updated 2015] Destructiveness due to boredom is one of the top problems or worries I keep coming across in my research when I first adopted Donna. I became determined that Donna should be house-broken in various ways, including leaving human things alone, when both of us are out at our jobs. In late 2014, Nekojam.com gave Donna a Foobler to review. Check out Donna’s reaction to it!
Less then two months to Christmas and the malls are already decked out for the season. Gift giving is hard! I totally procrastinate when it comes to gift shopping. Ideas seem to escape me when there comes a need for it. Hah!
At least, gift giving to a dog lover should be easier right? Today let’s talk about personalised dog-related gifts to make it extra special for a dog-loving friend, partner or even yourself!
I’m going to share with you my pick for an affordable personalised gift and also recommendations from two lovely ladies I met on Instagram.
So come on and take a look:
Customers favour sitting photos of their pets for the PIB Plush,
a very functional gift for modern interiors.
My pick: PIB Plush from Petsinbootz
Petsinbootz offers your own Pet Pillow available in two sizes – 35cm and 45cm.
These pillows let you have your personal stamp on it because you can have it printed with a photo that you took of your friend or partner’s pet. The photo is printed on with “UV Digital Silkscreen” technology and further customised with your choice of fabric for the back of the pillow. With nine choices providing a good variety of classic patterns, colours and textures to choose from, making a choice is easy, not overwhelming.
Black and white photos on the PIB Plush to complement monochromatic interiors.
Petsinbootz says the PIB Plush is filled with polyester fibrefill stuffing that do not clump up, and are softer and more durable than lower grade stuffing. So even if said pet dog is not exactly lap dog material, this is one pet pillow that you can keep on your lap as long as you please.
Eighty percent of customer sales are shipped printed with dog photos, so you may be sure this product is popular with dog lovers. That said, Petsinbootz says they are game for and have made pet pillows of other smaller pets like cats, rabbits and even the tiny hamster.
I don’t know about you, but I love my Donna pillow which I will share photos of in another post coming soon. :P
Petsinbootz.com PIB Plush
Customisation is easy. Simply send a clear, high-resolution photo that you/your friend would love to see on the pillow when you put in an order.
Customer service. Not every customer is a Photoshop hero, that’s why Petsinbootz can help to crop your pet out of the photo for printing on the white background. For Donna’s PIB Plush I got to review the processed photo before they sent it for printing of the final product.
Delivery. You can expect to get your order in 8-10 working days upon approval of the photo.
Price. SGD$55-$85 (depending on size and choice of fabric for the back. )
Whether your dog is short hair or a fluffy puff,
Cuddle Clones still can make you a cute and cuddly clone of him.
Miss N’s pick: Cuddle Clones
That’s Kooky (Junior) the Sheltie on the right with his Cuddle Clone friends in the picture above. For something cuddly and more three-dimensional, CuddleClones.com offers to make a stuffed toy replica of your dog.
Kooky’s Cuddle Clone was actually a gift from N’s boyfriend, who saw how much she liked the idea of a “mini Kooky” when they were checking out the Cuddle Clone website.
“He knows I will appreciate something like this much better than jewelry or bags because I’m obsessed with Kooky,” said N.
And when it was finally delivered, it was love at first sight for N.
“I love it so much!”
Kooky Jr and Kookie the Sheltie (right)
“The order… instructions was clear enough to upload different images that focus on different part of the dog,” said N, who explained there are options for the clone’s body/ear/tail position, eye color and whether you want the mouth to be open/close or tongue to be sticking out.
“I liked how they emphasized his eyes with the “eyeliners” and made his eyes huge and round as instructed. It looked so real that I felt like I’m holding a smaller version of Kooky and subconsciously I became very gentle with him as though he was a living thing.
And we also refer to him as a “he” rather than “it”. Lol! ”
As for Kooky’s reaction to his cuddly buddy, here’s a video. ;)
For more photos of Kooky Sheltie and his Cuddle Clone, follow @kookysheltie on Instagram.
Cuddle Clones
Online customisation is more detailed with clear instructions. At least 7 photos are required to be uploaded to ensure Cuddle Clones has a good view of the dog from all angles in order to replicate accurately. Customers also get the option to pick details that can indicate the pet’s emotions like tail up or tail down, open or closed mouth.
Customer service is supportive. Cuddle Clone Kooky was meant to be a surprise for N so was notified only after her boyfriend placed the order. She quickly contacted Cuddle Clones to make sure that the details of Kooky’s physical features will be captured accurately. The support she got from Shy at Cuddle Clones was patient and supportive, so N could rest easy that details such as the uneven white “socks” on Kooky’s legs would not be missed.
Delivery. You can expect to get your order in 11-12 weeks.
Price.
USD $129 for small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, fishes)
USD $199 for bigger animals (dogs, cats, horses)
Not inclusive of shipping. It cost USD $50 to ship Kooky Jr. to Singapore.
Get 10% off all Cuddle Clones products with of these two
discount codes – Kooky10 or weliveinaflat.
Cuddle Clones’ deadline for orders of pet figurines for Christmas – Dec 5.
Go away, there’s only room for One Pepi the Chihuahua in this house!,
says Pepi to his needle-felted doppelgänger.
Miss S’s pick: Dollmofee needle-felted pet sculptures
S’s four pet replicas were commissioned to Dollmofee artist Mavis Chen. Based in Taiwan, Mavis specialises in making amazingly life-like figures of pets using the technique of needle felting.
“ She (Dollmofee) used to make custom blythes, blythe clothes etc, so she was known to me as an artist…The needle felted work I have seen from others are usually just cutesy stuff with just a head. They were not lifelike. But when I saw hers placed next to the pet it was customised to look like, I had to do a double take,” S shared about the awe she felt when she first saw Mavis’ pet replicas. “I like that she can capture what one calls “the essence” of the pet. She is also known in her circles as “The Hand of God”.”
Mavis’ works were so realistic that when there came a time when S felt she needed something to plug the hole from the loss of her dog, she knew exactly who to give her order to.
‘Placing my order stems from a dark place. My first dog B died in 2001. I only had about 500 photos of her and just a handful of videos. That was not enough to help with my grief. Everyday I thumbed through the entire collection and had to repeat from page 1 because it wasn’t enough. So I decided I would have ample ammunition (although we all know it’s never enough) this time round and placed an order each for B, my pomeranian and my second dog, Pepi.’
When I first got to know S via Instagram, she had already had an 8cm replica of Pepi and a 10cm replica of B the Pomeranian made.
Pepi with his 8cm mini me, built to look “skinny, rebellious and unsatisfied”.
This year (2014), she placed another order, this time for a life-size replica of Pepi.
Based on this report, Dollmofee had 70-80 orders in 2012 alone. That means she could be making 7 to 8 or more of these life-like replicas in a month.
“I noticed most people get bigger replicas because their pet is dying or has passed,” said S, “I got her to make one of Pepi because I realised artists working in this sort of tedious (and labour intensive work)… do not last forever and I don’t think she will be around doing this when Pepi is older.”
S said while her family is in awe of the life size Pepi that was eventually shipped over, Pepi himself was not so impressed.
“He sniffed it and then acted like it was nothing when it was in the box. When placed side by side, he wanted nothing to do with it. It didn’t have a “smell of something alive, it didn’t move”. He doesn’t think it’s another dog.”
That if you ask me is a good thing. Donna would happily clamp her teeth on any stuffie given half the chance. And I’m sure I won’t be too pleased should she decide to maul a Dollmofee replica of herself like she does her other toys, considering all that effort put in by the artist.
For more photos of Pepi and S’s needle-felted replicas, follow @hellopepi on Instagram. See a video of her mini-replicas here.
Dollmofee
Customisation is super realistic especially for 1:1 and a more involvement and time to finetune with the artist to ensure accuracy and realism is necessary.
New orders are placed on wait list and takes an estimated 1-2 months before being placed. The actual time spent on crafting the order depends on the level of customisation and changes required by the customer.
“For 1:1 size I myself sent an entire folder (of photos), measuring his neck, chest, pawspan, tail, ears size . I had to be very detailed to tell her what I want highlighted, example scruff of fur on his neck, his eyebrows, the line of fur on both side of his face from the back view, the swirls on his backside.
S recalled needing only to go through one round of review and revision with the artist when making the smaller 8cm Pepi, but the life-size model took five rounds of review and revision. In S’s case, it took a month just to make the base-model for the life-size Pepi. [see base model review video].
Customer service
Creating a super realistic life-size three-dimensional product based on photos obviously takes quite a fair bit of inventive skills, talent and dedication from the artist. And the final product can only be successful if both parties are willing to commit to the time necessary to communication and understanding each other.
The created pet sculpture based on photos is recorded on video and sent to the customer to review.
“…the chest was too droopy, the eyes weren’t round enough, the muzzle was too long or dipped too low, the chest wasn’t protruding enough, the tail seem too thick and long even before adding fur.. I sent videos to correct her,” shared S on reviewing the work in progress. “It was very difficult to communicate with her only because I do not have strong command of the Language in her written Form. Taiwan uses a different writing system so I ended up drawing and using videos to highlight and revise.”
However S had confidence in their collaboration, “I think Mavis naturally only seek the highest level of perfection given the limitations of the wool so she would just keep doing the revisions but at the same time cautioning me that “it would seem too big, or not proportionate” etc and letting me decide for myself what I would like.”
Delivery. Probably reasonable to expect a wait of around 3-4 months from being waitlisted to final delivery.
Price. Dollmofee offers many sizes such as 8,10,15,20,25,30, (all in cm) and 1:1.
S estimates the prices start from USD$250 for a small dog miniature to a few thousand dollars for a 1:1 replica. Factors such as size, details of realism needed, length of fur, many colors and posture may also affect the final price.
OFFER OVER The PIB Plush printed with a photo of your dog is the simplest option. The ordering process is a breeze since you just need to submit your favourite good quality photo to be approved and printed.
SGD$55-85 at Petsinbootz.com
The Cuddle Clone will appeal to those who appreciate the details that capture the dog’s features in 3D, with a dose of cute. The ordering process should be fun for those who like get involved in making the toy their own.
USD$125-199 at CuddleClones.com
The Needle-felted Pet Sculpture requires the most involvement, time and effort from the pet parent to collaborate with the artist, who is physically located in Taiwan.
But the direct contact with the artist is what enables the collaboration to give birth to final pet sculptures with individual expressions that a human can identify as uniquely her pet’s own. And yes, this uniqueness extends down to minute details like how one’s butt hair swirls. :P
USD250 and up from Dollmofee.com | FB
Many thanks to S and N for taking the time to answer my long interview questions and for using their photos and videos. Unfortunately, I had problems publishing S’s videos to the page successfully, but you can still see it at the link provided.
Many thanks to Petsinbootz for answering my long questions about their PIB Plush. And also to both Petsinbootz and Cuddle Clones for kindly giving weliveinaflat discount codes for readers, should you be interested in the products featured.
Bought our copy of the Gentle Paws calendar from Mango the Sheltie the other day, so here’s Donna “modelling” it. If she’s not a great model, I’m sure its because the human behind the camera was uninspiring. :P And the lighting is crappy, I know.
I think a down position will be preferable to put her face at the same level as the calendar. But as the balcony faces a construction site, I worry about her environmental allergies if I have her wallowing on the already dusty floor despite the floor being mopped that morning.
So no down position.
Threw some kibble around to get her moving and hoped that would give me some more natural shots.
Every time she cleared the kibble on the floor so there’s no more she gave me this look:
That’s really just her – Gimme the food now! – face. :P
Donna says with a serious ruff:
Ok, that’s enough of modelling for me.
Are we done now?
Not too much interest in being a model really, this Donna girl. I love how the session helped me catch a variety of looks from her. Most of them quite erm… disdainful as you can see. :P
So yes, I can catch a hint. So we ended the session.
We adopted Donna from Gentle Paws, so happy to help spread the word. Please help support the dogs who, unlike Donna, are still waiting for their forever home.
Darcia looks such a sweetie, adopt her! :P
Gentle Paws can be contacted at farmwaylove@gmail.com
The Gentle Paws calendar can be bought at the following places at $10/copy:
- All Pets & Aqualife Clinic
- The Animal Doctors
- The Little Flower Pet Shop
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant Changi
- Point Vet Jurong
- Point Vet Telok Blangah
- Pet Cottage (YCK Rd)
- Vanessa Fitness School (Neil Rd)
- Sopra Ginza Dogsalon (River Valley)
- Adam Road Fishball Noodle Stall
- Paw Pet-radise Cafe
- fur’n’away (bt timah)
Or if you’re joining us for the Dogs of Instagram SG Halloween event, you can also conveniently pick up a copy from Mango the Sheltie. Please let her know in advance.
Is modelling a career choice for Donna? Or would she be eliminated in the first round of America’s Next Top Model?? Haha!
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