Marley and Us - Part 16

Marley is coming home today.  We were at Pupsi yesterday and we worked with him.  He lost all his unwanted fats and looks like a very handsome dog now.  He did good with his basic obedience stuff.  He heels, sits, stays, comes and he even went down one time. 

He is still a puppy so some mistakes are excusable.  We will have him home but will bring him to Pupsi everyday to continue working on his obedience training and of course continue playing with his friends.

He likes to roughhouse with the bigger dogs/puppies.  He knows that he can only get the kind of play that he prefers with bigger dogs so he is somewhat biased and kind of snobs little dogs in their play area.  He picks dogs that are at least twice his size to play with.

We're glad to have you back Marley!!!  See you later this afternoon!!!

Marley and Us - Part 15

Marley is back in training at Pupsi since Monday, the 21st.  We miss him already.  I need to bring some more food for him.  I hope my knee gets better.  I've been home since Tuesday, getting old (arthritis).

Marley @ Lake Crabtree 3/19/2011

Here's Marley's first visit to Lake Crabtree.

Marley @ 8 weeks old

Here's Marley when he was 8 weeks old. Still very tiny. Now he's a big boy.

My New Website

Hello everyone! I just finished creating my website. Go take a look at it by clicking HERE. You can watch my piano videos there, listen to some of my original compositions, look at musical slideshows or if you're bored you can also just chill and play games.

Be sure to navigate through the different pages and if you find a broken link or any error, let me know. Please use the contact form to send me a message para may pakinabang naman...hehehe. Okay?

Marley and Us - Part 14

We are bringing Marley to the Vet today for his checkup and hopefully he is not contagious anymore so he can return to training.

He gained more weight. He is now 23 lbs and still growing fast. He is back to his old ways of being hyperactive and always wants to play. We hope that he is fit enough to get his scheduled vaccinations today and that the Vet will give him the OK to go back to training.

He is a very smart dog and can figure out his puzzles in minutes. I guess his motivation for food is that good. He loves working on his puzzles to get his kibbles. We are feeding 1/3 of his regular meals using his puzzle toy.

Marley and Us - Part 13

Marley looks like he's feeling way much better than when we got him last Thursday. He's become his clumsy self again doing a lot of funny stuff. His energy increased by about 10X since 4 days ago.

The only thing constant is that he always finishes his food quickly even when he was very sick. I am quite puzzled that he still does not bark after barking too much and losing his voice last Thursday. He might have though that barking makes him lose his voice so he better shut up.

Anyway, less worries for me and Kaye now that we know that he is feeling better.

Marley and Us - Part 12

We picked up Marley yesterday. The trainer brought him to our Vet because he was coughing. The Vet said that he is starting to have cough and gave him antibiotics good for 7 days. He has sore throat today and is coughing more. I'll be picking up some cough medicine for him.

I hope he gets better soon.

Amazing Dog riding a scooter

See more funny videos and TBT at Todays Big Thing.

Afternoon Breeze

George The Happy Dog

Lauren's Kung Fu Action

Marley and Us - Part 11

We visited Marley at Pupsi yesterday to bring his K9 Advantix for use today.  He's doing well with his housebreaking, however, the trainer told us that he is very dominant and its going to take a while to get him to do things properly.  He barks a lot and wanted to impose his will.  He is very smart but he just wants to do things his way.

We hope that he learns soon so he can come home.  He's not coming home until he gets it.

Good Luck Marley!!!

Museums in Raleigh

We visited 3 museums last Saturday.  They are the Museum of Natural Science, Museum of History and the Museum of Art.  They are all in Raleigh.  We spent the whole day for this museum tour and it was a lot of fun.

Museum of Natural Science

Museum of History

Museum of Art

Winstar Casino - Oklahoma

Just got this picture from Mama. 

Mama, Papa and Roel in front of Winstar Casino in Oklahoma.

Marley and Us - Part 10

Marley is in boarding school.  We boarded him yesterday to start his complete puppy training.  We intend to prepare him to get a K9 Model Citizen certificate and then go for Agility Training.

We saw him join the pack at Pupsi yesterday and although we were quite a distance away, he looked very happy interacting with all the other puppies and small dogs there.  They have large play yards for different sizes and ages of dogs.  They get at least 8 hrs of playtime everyday and his schedule looks like this:

7 am - Breakfast
8 am to 12 noon - playtime
12 noon to 2 pm - staff break and rest time
2 pm to 5 pm - playtime
after 5 pm - training then dinner then rest

We're allowed to visit him but will only be able to see him from a distance while he is playing.  We will be reunited with him when he is ready, anywhere between 5 days to 3 weeks, depending on his progress.

I'll keep you posted.

Gasoline Prices

This was sent to me by one of my colleagues.  It's funny but its no joke.  These gas prices are really affecting a lot of people already.

recipe for buttered fish

Buttered Fillet of Fish

Ingredients:                                           Procedure:
                                                               On a frying pan,sautee garlic and arrange t
                                                              he fish and spread parmesan cheese on top
                                                              of fish and cover for about 2 minutes to
1 lb. salmon or tilapia fillet                   cook one side, then flip and cover again for
1 tbsp. butter                                        2 minutes on medium heat until fully cook
2 tbsps. olive oil                                   ed. Serve hot. (You may extend cooking ti
                                                               me)
1 tbsp. parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsps. crushed or minced garlic

Marley @ 11 weeks

Took this picture 2 days ago.  He is growing fast.... now at 18.6 lbs.

Marley and Us - Part 9

We've been trying to find out what food is good for Marley.  His digestive system does not take Natural Balance well.  His vet suggested that we give him Science Diet and gave us a little bit of sample which we used.  He seemed to improve but I really don't want to feed him that because the main ingredients on it are not the best.

I bought Eagle Pack -Large Breed Puppy food yesterday and started him on it gradually starting this morning.  Need to monitor him the next couple of days.  Eagle Pack, please be it.......

He's never looked sick and is as playful as always but we just want to make sure that he gets the best.