Toys! Toys! Toys!

Since I chew a lot, E has bought several toys for me to chew on.

Here are some of the toys that he bought for us:



Here I am playing with a ball made of weaved plastic. There is a bell inside so it jingles whenever I bite or carry it (Kylie is too tired to play):


Here is Kylie with a string of hotdogs or sausages.


King would rather sleep than play with these toys.


And since this is my post, here are a few more of my pictures:

This is the squeaky tire. It squeaks whenever I bite it:


Here is the red and green ball. Should I further destroy it? (I eventually did!)


Playing is tiring! Need some nap time:



HECTOR, the active one.

Hello, I'm Hector Krzysztof

Hi.

This is my first post here. I am a labrador retriever. I grew up in Rizal from a breeder who breeds large dogs (labs, german shepherd dog and pitbulls).

I was given to E by his friend.

At first E thought that I am not a pure-bred labrador due to the shape of my head and my tail. However, on searching the internet, he found out that I come from the American (field) type of labradors.

On meeting E, I was sooo excited that I immediately wagged my tail and tried to lick and sniff him. E also has two other dogs (Kylie and King) which I learned are a month older than I am but they're so small they can fit under me when I'm standing up.

I like playing, a lot. I was not used to playing with such small dogs that I have to tone down my play for King and Kylie. I even let Kylie be on top of me when we're playing.


But most of the times, I like to be on top.


Kylie likes playing with me. Though sometimes, he avoids playing with me because I'm too big and too strong for her. Which makes me sad so I bark and bark until she plays with me.

King, on the other hand, is a little bit shy and generally doesn't want to play. But lately, I think King is coming around to playing with me.

HECTOR KRSYSZTOF, the active

Playing with Other Dogs

On the night before Hector arrived, E allowed us to play with the dog downstairs (owned by E's landlady).

There were several dogs owned by the landlady, 2 pugs, 1 shih tzu (Kylie's mother), 1 miniature poodle, 1 pomeranian, 1 pekingese and 1 pitbull-mix.

Here are our pictures:





The floor looks kinda dirty since the landlady and her family has not yet cleaned it. Thankfully, none of the dogs live on the floor (well, except for the pitbull-mix but he has a monobloc sofa to sit on).

The pomeranian, the poodle and the pekingese are not in the picture as they were let out of the house after E has taken their pictures.

The pomeranian is quite small (she's smaller than us and she's already an adult). She's also very shy and doesn't want to play with any dog. The minute E's landlady put her on the floor to play with us, she ran to a corner and hid. The pugs ran after her to play but the pom is very scared.

The pekingese is very hairy (I think hairier than us). She's one of our ancestors (the peke was crossed with a lhasa apso to create an even more beautiful breed). She's very yappy and barks and barks at E when he passes by and smells him.

Samantha, the shih tzu (Kylie's mom) has her tail on a curl on her back and the tail is always wagging. She doesn't seem to recognize Kylie very much but she's happy to have other dogs to play with.

The mini poodle has been shaved of all her hair. The landlady said because her coat tangled and matted.

The two pugs are kindly skinny for their breed but they're very playful and smelled us several times.

Well, the pitbull-mix is on chain and he's big (bigger than Hector but Hector is still a puppy).

Based on playing with these dogs, I am happy that we are better taken care of than these dogs.

Til next playtime.

KING, the sweet one.

Near E's Crotch

Sometimes, E sits on the floor and plays with us. Here are two pictures where we are near E's crotch:

KING: I was bending my neck so I can look into the camera.


KYLIE: It may look like I was smelling E's crotch but I'm actually not. I'm just hiding from the camera (and the white light that usually flashes from it). Enough pictures already!



KING, the sweet one, and KYLIE, the beautiful.

The Big Yellow Pillow Part 2

In my previous post, I related about how I conquered the big yellow pillow E gave us (which he put in the living room).

E leaves us contained in his bedroom when he leaves the house (so we are closer to the balcony where we poop and pee) and he also contains us in the bedroom at night (E says for the same poop/pee reason, but I think E just wants us close at night just in case he gets lonely). When I staked my claim to this pillow, I didn't get the time to do it properly (as it was sleeptime and we went to E's bedroom).

Well, last night, while we were playing, I found my chance to properly take full dog-legal possesion of my pillow. I peed on it.

When E saw how I marked my dominion, he immediately got the pillow and put it on a chair (too high for us to reach). I'm pretty sure it will completely disappear from us in a day or two.

What was he thinking? Didn't he know that by peeing on it, I am marking my doggy territory? That by peeing on the pillow I am sending a message to King (and to all those dogs who may visit) that this pillow is off limits without my permission?

If humans marks their conquest by putting a flag on it (as Sir Edmund Hillary did when he climbed Mt. Everest and went to both poles), we dogs mark our territory by peeing.

Oh well, I guess humans will never really like our pee (and poop for that matter). I guess this will forever be a communication barriers between humans and dogs.

Here's a photo of me inspecting my new dominion. (If you look closer, you can see King being a mere spectator).




KYLIE, the beautiful

P.S., I'm pretty sure that Sir Edmund Hillary also peed at the summit of Mt. Everest and on the two poles

The Big Yellow Pillow

E gave us a big (and I mean big) pillow last night.

Upon E setting down the pillow, I immediately took possession of this large yellow pillow.



I allow King up on the pillow...



but I want this pillow for myself (look at me triumphantly staking my claim to this pillow).



However, we do not want to sleep on this pillow most of the time. We like sleeping on the cement floor since it is cooler.

KYLIE, the beautiful.

P.S., E thinks that the food stains in the fur around my nose is not good for my beauty. He wipes it with a tear stain remover everynight (only 2 nights so far).

Playing in the Rain

JULY 13, 2010

Whenever E leaves home (he says for work), he usually leaves the dog to the balcony open so we can wee and poop outside.

On July 13, there was rain and King and I decided to play in the rain. Well, it was only Tuesday and our next bath would be on Saturday so we decided to relieve ourselves of the heat.

After playing in the rain (which was a lot of fun), we played inside the house near the stairs. Since we played rough, Kylie fell to the first step down on the stairs. Good thing, she did not fall further.

Here is our picture when E got home:



We look like "askal" (asong kalye - street dogs), especially Kylie since her coat is cottony (which clumps easily) and the white color shows whatever dirt she rolled in while wet.

E gave us a bath which restored our beauty. Don't we look cute?





KING, the sweet one