A lot of people have been dreaming of having a really cute puppy or any other types of pet and naively think that life will become a lot more interesting with a pet. However, i am not claiming that raising pet is very stupid but i would said that its a really huge responsibility.
If you have been follow my instagram, you probably knew that i have a really cute poodle and its name is TERRY!! Terry is a birthday gift for my sister, we have it for like.. 2 or 3 years ago.. My sister insist that she will do all the "babysitting" role and stuff.. but still ended up doing by me or mum most of the time..
So this is the picture him when he is still a little baby.. (i prefer to use the word he instead of it) So adorable, cute, fluffy, small, innocent and furry!! It looks exactly like a teddy bear that's why we call him TERRY which inspired from TEDDY..
So all along we having really good times with Terry.. he is being so alert and quaint.. Everybody love him! But as time passed, he grow, and this is where the night mare began if you didn't toilet train your puppy (especially for male puppy).. Basically he will pee everywhere, your bed, your couch, any corner, besides a dustbin and list go on.....
Training a puppy is totally not an easy task because it required a lot of time, patient, and sometime you just have to be really cruel and mean. Which means if he did anything wrong you have to hit or beat him and you need him to actually feel the pain.. According to one of pet groomer, if the pet didn't feel the pain, he will knew that you were so kind and the next time he won't be afraid of you anymore.. But my family and me personally couldn't do this to TERRY because... we thought that its just so cold blooded...
Look!! The puppy eyes!
That's the thing that causes most of the people to take the wrong step of raising the pet.
When we were having dinner, Terry will jump up to the seats and staring at us showing the face that "give me some~~" and if we refuse, he will then sit like how a human does to "seduce" us. So when the pet tried human foods, he will then rebuff all the dog food..
Another night mare arise, we have to cooked twice every single day..buy the meat (chicken or pork) with some vegetables and rice.. Sometimes we steamed, sometimes we fried, or even porridge.. Its really time consuming and sarcasm where we don't even cook for our self that often..
So when you are thinking this family is working so hard for him... how good if i can be the dog.. NO!!
Dog can't eat too much of rice for certain reason and when we cooked, we tend to put in a little but of seasoning like salt or soy sauce to make it more delicious.. Another reason is Terry don't want to eat without any seasoning.. Then he "fast" for 2 days and eventually he vomit.. Still he don't want to take the food... So we got no choice..
But what we doing is actually try to murder him... T.T
After sometimes, he is really itchy all over his body and keep on biting himself.. So we bring him to the pet groomer shop and the ladies said Terry had sensitive skin already due to several reason. Undeniably the main reason is from food.
Besides that, the long fur is all tie up especially at the butt there and when he feels uncomfortable he will go and bite and lick it there cause all those gems and what not.. I do spend some time everyday to help him to comb his fur but at the butt there he don't let people to touch it.. So when i try to help him, ended up being bitten seriously from him.. So all of us scare and leave it like this.. As time passed, problem occur..
Its a huge responsibility in raising a pet.. There is a list to make it looks simple.
i) Clean environment. Make sure the floor is clean always because they lie down or sleep at the floor most of the time.
ii) Shower at least twice or once a week.
iii) Grooming at least twice a week to make sure the fingernail and many things are neat.
iv) Make sure the toilet or where they pee is always clean and change the newspaper often.
v) Make sure they stay healthy.
vi)Clean the ears PROBABLY everyday.
vii)Remove the gum at the eyes everyday.
Important notes:
Shower with puppy required skill. You can't let water goes into their ear, eyes and nose. And when you done shower, you have to make sure you know how to clean the ear and eyes probably. Especially for the ear, you have to stuck your finger really deep into the ear because dogs have L-shape ear. So if you failed to do so, infection happened.
You can bring your pet to all those pet saloon for shower but it doesn't means that it is the best way for them. According to my own experience, Terry actually infected by flea once because the pet shop have to deal with so many dogs everyday and you can't ensure that every dog are all clean and healthy..
There are also people that cooked salmon and broccoli for her pet and the pet has really shine and healthy fur. But don't you think its really pricey? Unless you are really rich and free, you can follow this way. But general speaking, avoid giving them human food including bread as well is the best way to keep them healthy.
So this is the consequence now for my poor terry..
The groomer suggest us to keep the fur short for a while first. Terry has to eat dog food. Even if we insist of cooking only can steamed meat and vegetables, no fried no oil no seasoning at all..
When we bring Terry out or something, usually there will be a lot of people praising he is really cute and adorable but now they were like.. What happened?? Eiu... or showing off the scared face what so ever..
I am sure that Terry knew it.. Cause even me and my mum can't really accept it for the first sight.. but we have to.. But he is still cute as always..
Don't always look at the bright side of having a pet. Think twice before having a Life with you.. Make sure it can integrate with your family and please double confirm that you have that ability (Patient, Love & Time) to take good care of it..
Your pet has no one besides you, so treat them well and make sure you don't give up or abandon them besides the road!! That's is totally unethical!!
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