What can she "do"?

Look at her!!...how "lazy" she is......

"Coco is a smart and cute doggy." (Alan, 2007:1)...

As she was 4 months old, and we firstly saw her in the pet shop, the shopkeeper showed us what she've already learned. As i remember, she've learned "Sit", "Give Hand" and "Fall flat on the ground"...Most of the dog owners said, if you wanna the dog learn more techniques, you should teach it before it is 2 years old. It is because they have the highest learning ability.

Therefore, after Coco became our family member, my dad has already taught her as many as he wanted Coco to do, such as "Give right hand", "Give Left hand", "Give both hands", "Sit" (like a Fortune Cat) and "Turn". The most excellent technique that Coco knows is acting like a "dead body". (in fact, we don't know who taught her about that) She usually uses this technique when she did something naughtily. For example, if we discovered that she urinated on the sofa or on the floor and she heard we called her name, she would immediately act like a "dead-body" which means she knew she did wrongly and asked for forgiveness.

Another technique which Coco knows is she can differentiate Hong Kong dollar notes. Coz one day, my mum gave me pocket money which has 2 $100 dollar notes (red in color) and 1 $1000 dollar note (yellow in color). I put one $100 and $1000 note on the floor and asked Coco to pick one. She immediately chose the $100 note. Ok...you can say she picked that randomly without thinking, but after i put a $10 note (green in color) together with these 2 notes at the same time but in different order, she still chose the $100 one. Then, i kept back the $100 note in my hand and left the $10 and $1000 notes on the floor, this time, she didn't choose any and scratched my hand and wanted back the $100 one. After this little test, i found out that Coco like $100 note rather than others maybe due to the color of the notes.

Haha, anyway, to you who have doggies at home, what techniques have your doggies learned?...Let share with me, see your dog is smarter or my Coco is smarter...XDDDDDD

Her way of Living~

That's one of her favorite toys (The yellow one)

Each creature has their own way of living. Coco has her own living style as well...Today, i am going to share her living habit with you, especially to you who have doggies at home~Basically, she has a very regular and ordinary living style. Most of the time, she just stays at home and we don't take her out of the street. It is because we want her to keep away of the "flea". We tired to let her walk on the street once and after she's back home, we discovered that there were many "flea" entwined her legs. The scene was so horrible and we had to use the pincer to catch the flea one by one. When my dad caught the flea, i could see that Coco was suffering painfully. Because the flea clawed tightly at her skin.

Ok...Return back to the main thesis - Coco's live style...She has already been living with us for 8 years, so i can sum up her daily activities with a "Timetable"...^.^

AM

6:00 - Wake up
6:15 - Breakfast time (The breakfast is delivered to her by my dad everyday!!!)
6:30 - Toilet time (Of coz, my dad cleans that up everyday!!)
6:35 - Go back to bed and sleep...
9:00 - Wake up again
9:15 - Scratch on my room door and try to wake me up (But it's optional, coz it depends on her mood~~)
9:30 - 1:00pm - play time (If i am home, she will ask me to play with her)

PM

1:30 - 3:30 - Nap
3:30 - Tea time ( She usually asks for a piece of snack!)
3:30 - 6:00 - 2nd Play time (Sometimes having Sun bath on the balcony)
6:15 - Waiting behind the main door for welcoming my dad home
6:30 - 7:00 - Dinner Time (Rice and Veges for dindin)
7:15 - Another Toilet time (Usually, we are having our dinner at this moment, but i have to clean it up...=.=")
7:30 - 9:00 - 3rd play time (Mainly plays with my dad) or bath time (She takes bath every two weeks)
9:00 - Night snack time (She must asks for a biscuit every night and very on-time !!!!!)
10:00 - Bed time (We usually can find her on my parent's bed, coz she sleeps with them every night !!)

See, that's her daily life at home. I can say that she can nearly follow all the items with this time-table...and i don't know why she seems can watch the clock..haha...

If you have a daily time-table, can you follow it everyday?...Personally and honestly, i can't...hahaha...XDDDDD

What is my name?

Up side down @.@ (She is sleeping when this photo is taken)

This is already the third week of writing story of my doggy. But i think, after you read the previous stories, you may ask why i use "She" and "Her" to represent my doggy. Why i don't call her name directly? Also, maybe you will think that to call my doggy as "She" or "Her" in the stories, would it be disrespectful to her?...umum, wait a minute. Be patient...Let me tell a story to you how i named "Her".

On 27th October, 1999, that was her third day in my family. She totally recovered from her sick and lives very cheery. My mum's friend who is living one level below my home has a Schnauzer too. It is a male dog whose name is Bobo. He was 3-4 years old at that time (But unfortunately, he passed away in 2006 because of illness...=_="") and he is very cute. So on that day morning, my mum and i bring "her" downstairs to let "her" meet Bobo. Guess what? when we put "her" on the floor and let "her" play with Bobo, "she" didn't scare of him. Contrarily, "she" kissed him "mouth to mouth".

"Oh my godness..." i said. How embarrssed that scene was. But my mum and her friend laughed loudly at them. After the kiss, Bobo was scared and tried to hide himself under the sofa and made some "woooo" sound (unfriendly sound) to "her". But "she" didn't give up to chase after Bobo and creeped next to Bobo. Suddenly, Bobo barked very loudly, so i embraced "her" back immediately. My mum's friend laughed at "her" and said "you kissed Bobo, so now, he is you boyfriend..."

After we were home, i laughed at "her" and said " you like Bobo, right?". My mum said it's time to give "her" a name. so i immediately suggested "Coco". My mum asked why and i said because "her" boyfriend is named "Bobo" and what followed "B" is "C" alphabetically. That's why, i called her "Coco". At first, when i said "Coco", "she" didn't have any response. So, everytime when i called "Coco", i usually got some snacks on my hand and she would come to me at once. As time went pass, i started not giving "her" any snacks but i still yelled "Coco". She seemed she knew that everytime when my family and i said the word "Coco", she would come to us.

So, that's the way i gave my doggy with the name "Coco". Coco likes her name (i think.....), because everytime we ask her to come, she shakes her tail and shows her happiness to us. (What's a cute and smart doggy....~~~)

*I told my family that if we have another doggy in the future, i will name it as "Dodo"...hahaha XDDDDD

Second Day, First Sick~~!

She is playing on the sofa which she couldn't jump off from it when she was just 4 months old.

On 26th October,1999, this was her second day in my family. Unfortunately, one thing happened to" her" on this day morning...=.="... When my father woke up on that morning (I remember, that was a Tuesday), he came out the room and went towards to "her" cage. (We kept her in the cage for that night was because we haven't taught her where to urinate...) "Ah.....What's happen with the dog?"..he screamed loudly which made me awake. So i ran out my room immediately, and i saw "her" just laid inside the cage and breathing deeply. At the moment, we didn't know what to do...so my father took her out and put her on the floor. She seemed just could move "her" eyes and looked at us hardily.

"What should we do? What's wrong with "her?" my mum was in a hurry and said. "Maybe we should give the pet shopkeeper a call and see what happen to "her"." My dad said calmly. A few minutes later, the shopkeeper answered the phone and he asked us to bring "her" back to the shop. Therefore, we caught a taxi and arrived the shop within 10 minutes. The shopkeeper saw "her" and he touched on "her" stomach. "What did you give "her" to eat last night?" the shopkeeper asked. My dad said that he gave "her" dog-food for dinner only, but he gave "her " two bowls...@.@

"You can't give that much to "her" in one time! That will make "her" stomachache." the shopkeeper said angrily. "But after "she" ate one bowl, "she" seemed not full enough. That's why i gave "her" another bowl." my dad explained. The shopkeeper told us that for a little doggy, we can just give "her" two meals only, one in the morning and one at night time as its breakfast and dinner. During each meal, we can just give "her" "ONE" bowl of dog-food only. Otherwise, "she" will get sick if she eat too much. So he gave us some pills for helping "her" to digest.

We took "her" home and gave "her" the pill. We let "her" laid on the sofa to take rest. A few hours later, "she" suddenly woke up and started barking. "She" barked because she couldn't get down to the floor as the sofa is too hight for "her" to jump down...hahaha...Therefore, i helped "her" to get on the floor and "she" started to play with "her" toys which we bought for her yesterday. (*She could bark and play which meant that she recovered already..^.^v..) After this" serious" case, we had a very valuable lesson in keeping a dog. We learned that we couldn't give too much food for it in one meal. Otherwise, it will get sick..@.@ (to be continued...)

First night - First home - First dog

Coco's first photo. She was just 2 years old...

On 25th October, 1999, there was a big change in my family. The number of family members was increased from 3 to 4...which means that there was a "newcomer" joined to my family. Yes...the newcomers is a dog, a Schnauzer.

As i remember, one week before the "newcomer" arrived my home, my family and i went to a pet shop and saw a very cute Schnauzer. The shopkeeper put "*her" on my father's solder and a few times when my father wanted to put her down, she did not let my father go. She just clawed tightly. She gave a feeling to us that "Bring me home, Bring me home, i don't want to stay here...". But finally, we put her back to the cage and left the shop. Because we were still thinking/arguing about whether that's a good idea to have a pet. Because we knew that to have a pet, we must put more time and responsibility to take care of it instead of just putting it at home.

So, during that week, my dad and i made an appointment with my mum that both of us would take care of it. But one problem came to us was that we did not know whether "she" was still at the shop or not...@.@ Therefore, my mum and i went to the shop again and luckily, that "she " was still there. When "she" saw us walked in the shop, she kept barking very loudly and her tail was shaking powerfully. She seems recognizing us. We told the shopkeeper that we wanted her to become our family member. So, after we paid the money, the shopkeeper gave her a shower. After that i embraced her and caught a Taxi home. (On the taxi, she sat on my leg very quietly and kept looking around. Honestly, that was my first time to hold a "real dog" in that close. I felt very exciting and i think she had the same feeling as mine. v^.^v)

15 minutes later, we arrived home. I put her on the floor and she started to check around. She looked at the sofa, looked at the tables, smelt at the cupboard, smelt the toilet =.=". Everything at home seems very new to her...A few minutes later, she barked at the door...Oh...it's because my dad came home. When he saw her, he was surprised. (Because my mum and i didn't tell him that we brought her home) He clawed her at once and she licked my dad's cheek <-- What a warm scene!!. My dad gave her dinner, we played with her and settled the cage for her to sleep that night... (To Be Continued...)

*She was just 4 months old at that time...

Introductury

The Red Bus and the DOG - COCO.

To write (or make) a blog, it is extremely new to me because i never write any blogs before. In this semester COMM 315, it gives me a great chance to become a "blogger".

In my blog, i am going to share many good and funny memories of "me" and "one of my family member - Coco". Yes of cause, Coco is my family member. She is an eight-year-old female Schnauzer who has already living with me for 8 years. During this 8 years, i have lots of great memories with her. Through this blog, i will share them with you. ^.^v" I hope you can know more about "Coco" after keeping in touch with my Blog...^o^

Other than Coco, in my blog, i will post some "News" of new products in each week. The new products means the new invented or new selling one the market. For example, new mobile phones, new games or new "food" etc.. In other words, anything new on the market, i will choose "one" for each week. So if you keep in touch with my blog every week, you will not be "OUTDATED"...XD

"I Hope You Can Enjoy and Have Fun With My Blog...^_^"