Ben Stillah and Poroko

Hi. It’s me Vanilla Bean. While the elders of my pack chill out for an afternoon siesta, I act as the pup-nanny of the little squeekers. It’s a huge responsibility for me because the job requires alertness, focus and fast feet. Moreover, I have to keep them out of trouble and to teach them mischief fun.

Let me give you an update on the boys – Ben Stillah (barely three months old and the oldest among the batch) and Poroko (two months old and the youngest puppy). Both are curious of the big wide world; they spend most of the fun time exploring with their mouths and noses.

Ben Stillah likes to play with chunks of charcoal.  He doesn’t even mind the soot on his coat…

Poroko prefers the chunks of coconut husks to attract attention from the humans…

…and like me, they wage war against the broomstick…

…this little pooch learns fast how to get cute h the camera…
Ben Stillah vs. Poroko

Here’s the video of their play-fight:

my unexpected kitteh guest

Hi. It’s me, Vanilla Bean.

Most of the dogs I meet in the blogosphere have kitteh-stories to tell or live with mean/adorable meowing housemates. So, I’m trying to convince the other gals that having a cat around is handy and cool. However, they often give me that are-ya-serious?-look as if I’m missing something impawtant… sigh…

So for the meantime, my kitteh-tales would revolve around strays… No problem inviting them in because I’m the gate watcher and our place seems to be a magnet for homeless cats… like this latest feline visitor…

me barking/attending to the stray the little kitteh at the porch

…the poor thing has little energy to make an audible sound; he’s so hungry that he dives in with gusto on the left-over rice at a food bowl. Meanwhile, I’m barking at him for an invitation to play chase with me… and he turns his face toward me with this look…

Why do kittehs keep giving me that look? He is my second stray and he, too, expresses that he doesn’t want to play with me… (Ya could view my first stray kitteh encounter here.) I keep barking at him until Keanna decides to check on us, shushes me and gives him a deadline. to scram…

Keanna: eat and then leave in peace... you have 10 more minutes...

[Keanna explains that visiting cats or strays are ok but a cat-pet is definitely a no-no; another pet would mean minus minutes of Twinkle-bonding... ] Oh no… another missed fun-chase oppurtunity… Would you kindly tell me what I did wrong? Why did the kitteh turned down my invitation? Here’s the video of my second stray kitteh encounter:

quick milk drink

ShihPoo puppies are forever hungry…

- Princess the ShihPoo

A noisy welcome

What a day I’ve been through…the people of Tubod really welcome the year with a noise barage…too noisy and filled with excitement…I guess most folks around here still believe what they’re doing kept away bad luck…hmm Anyway, Cassie gave ma a lick for not wetting the floor or furniture while enduring the hour long booming sounds…yep..and I got a tennis ball for my good behavior…yay! Here’s our video:

Dancing with EJ

After meeting talented pooches, I decided to learn some tricks which would earn me more treats… Dancing to hip-hop beat seemed natural to me; with EJ’s help, I learned to shake my booty… it’s still a work in progress though… Here’s my video:

curiosity is fun

EJ strikes again; he is still observing how living creatures respond to stimulus… [The National Geographic Channel really does influence people to "live curious".]  This time, the stimulus is a fabric-covered Styrofoam ball with string and the “unfortunate subject” is Vanilla Bean…  Here’s the video:

Wordless Wednesday: tickle experiment

He’s back and he looked like he lost a couple of pounds since we saw him 2 weeks ago. Nevertheless, Butchok the ShihPoo is still an adorable gentle dog in his own right… which made him an easy target for mischief science experiment. EJ called it as the dog tickle response. Here’s the video:

Playing with a rugrat

Vanilla Bean manages to sneak into the room where EJ and Kenji keep their after-school toys. Among those stuff (broken robots or cuddly toon characters), the ShihPoo choose the carrot-haired Chuckie, the rugrat as her new object of attention… watching her treat the ragdoll like that makes me rethink of dying my hair red or orange… I guess she doesn’t approve of flaming heads…

what i’m saying is…

Do you speak dog? If so, could you please me what Butchok the ShihPoo is saying… I could only guess what he wants such as:

• a. ”i want my mama Lin”;
• b. “i wanna play with Princess”;
• c. “how ’bout some belly rub, cuddle or tussle…”;
• d. “got some treats?”;
• e. “let me in…”
• f. “sheesh…Cassie is bossy…”

but… then again, I may be lost in translation…

ruff and hiss exchange

Stray cats like to take a night’s lodging at our upper garden. It is a perfect place for felines who are just passing through because it is out-of-bounds to the resident dogs.

This morning, Vanilla Bean hears some meows.  When she investigates the source of the cries, she comes face to face with a pair of stray kitties — mother and son. She does her usual friendly overtures but the gray-coated kitten is somewhat suspicious and defensive. He emits a hissing sound every time the ShihPoo tries to get near him. During this 15-minute interaction, the mama-cat stares in silence as the two young fur-balls exchange some hisses and woofs. Here’s the video of that meeting around 8:38 a.m.:

Vanilla Bean goes inside my room after the cats vacate the upper garden. She lies in the rug as she mopes in her failure to chase the kitties… Her expression says:  I’m cute, ain’t I… so why’s that kitteh’s scared of me… and he sez he ain’t playin’ wid me.

She’ll eventually get over it… For the meantime, we’ll have fun with other pets on the Saturday Blog Hop…

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